Tracie Hall talks about her plans and goals as she becomes the first African American woman to lead the American Library Association. The ALA the world’s largest and oldest organization dedicated to the advancement of libraries and their important role as holders and disseminators of knowledge.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Celebrating Lunar New Year With Food and Culture
Monica Eng and Louisa Chu, co-hosts of the Chewing Podcast, talk about the history of Chinese food in Chicago, and Monica softens her stance on Americanized Chinese food.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Friday News Roundup For Jan. 24, 2020
Illinois state politics gurus Amanda Vinicky (WTTW) and Tony Arnold (WBEZ) bring us the latest news out of Springfield in our Friday News Roundup
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Chicagoans Gather To Heal Wounds Of Racism
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, we hear from the folks behind Truth Racial Healing, and Transformation Greater Chicago. They’ve planned events across the area to help people better understand each other, and to help individuals heal from racial trauma.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - CPD Overhauls Crucial Training Program That Senior Officials Once Called ‘A Hot Mess’
For decades, the Chicago Police Department’s field training program has been in shambles. But officials say they’re turning it around.
Reset takes a look at CPD’s efforts to overhaul the program that could determine the future of policing in Chicago.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - SNL’s Chris Redd Says You Need To Bomb To Grow
Chicagoan Chris Redd talks about wanting to be a rapper and a wannabe gangster before finally finding himself as a standup comic, and eventually a cast member on Saturday Night Live.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Friday News Roundup For Jan. 17, 2020
The City Council, The County, and The State are all on the agenda, as WBEZ state politics reporter Dave McKinney, Daily Line managing editor and City Hall reporter Heather Cherone and A.D. Quig, government and politics reporter at Crain’s Chicago Business join us for the Friday News Roundup
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - A Possible Construction Slowdown For Chicago, And The Rise Of Cli-Fi
Is Chicago’s decade-long building boom slowing down? And, as temperatures and sea-levels rise, so does the interest in Cli-Fi, or Climate Change Fiction
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - $10 Million Up For Grabs To Reinvigorate Chicago Neighborhoods
6 community organizations are trying to win $10 million to advance their work investing in the future of certain Chicago neighborhoods
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Illinois Governor Pritzker And Lieutenant Governor Stratton Reflect On First Year In Office
Today on Reset, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker discusses his first year in office. We talked about legal cannabis, a graduated income tax...and why he wanted to expand gambling statewide.
We also hear Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton about her work to make criminal justice in Illinois more fair and equitable.