Reset is joined by creators of HBO’s South Side Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin, as well as actor Sultan Salahuddin, to discuss the comedy series based in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood
At Karaoke Storytellers events, performers tell a short story about a song, which they then perform karaoke-style. Reset talks with show creator Connor Gorman and show host Jacoby Cochran of the City Cast Chicago podcast.
This kind of fraud occurs when diners enjoy their meal, then call their bank or credit card company to report the charge as fraud, leaving the restaurant to forfeit the tab and the server’s tip. Reset hears more about how this is affecting the local restaurant industry with Crain’s Chicago Business reporter Ally Marotti.
Reset talks to some independent gym owners who are actively making an inclusive place for anyone to get active. They include Annie Padrid, owner of the gym The Space in Hyde Park, Jake Goldstein, co-owner of The Gym Pod, and Alex Nsiah-Kumi, co-owner of Paramount Fitness and Personal Training.
Guten tag! It’s the winter season in the city, and you know what that means! We get to see annual beloved events again like Christkindlmarket.
The bustling seasonal market is one of the most iconic winter traditions in Chicago. And who doesn’t love to swing by and get a drink in one of their famous mugs? But do you know the history and significance behind these markets?
Reset hears from local Chicago German cultural experts.
GUEST: Monica Jirak, Executive Director of Dank Haus
Maren Biester, CEO of German American Events, Organizers of the Christkindlmarkets
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Illinois lawmakers finish up year’s final legislative session by compromising on controversial criminal justice bill and gather in Springfield to unveil a new historical marker.
Reset goes behind those headlines and more in our Weekly News Recap.
GUESTS:
Alice Yin, politics reporter for the Chicago Tribune
Christian Farr, NBC-5 Chicago reporter
Dan Mihalopoulos, government and politics reporter with WBEZ
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Spotify tracked our listening history, and YOURS, all year to give you Spotify Wrapped. Are you uneasy yet?
Reset shares our favorite songs of the year and digs into the good, the bad, and the ugly of Spotify.
GUEST: Tammy McCann, award-winning Chicago singer
Isabel Reidy, lead singer of indi-pop band Izzy True
Che “Rhymefest” Smith, Chicago hip-hop artist and humanitarian
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The world’s leaders met in Egypt for the COP27 summit on climate change — and these Chicago teens met with them.
The United Nations Climate Change Conference is an annual convening of countries to talk about and address climate change issues. The summit has youth observers — and this year, some of them were from Chicago. Reset talks with youth climate activists Antonio Padilla and Fatima Perez, high school seniors and members of Zero Waste Ambassadors at Solorio High School, about their experience at COP27.
Congress passed a bill forcing an agreement between companies and rail workers to avoid a rail strike. Reset talks to a labor expert Robert Bruno, professor and director of the Labor Education Program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, to find out what this means for rail workers and other unionization efforts around the country.
Here’s what to look out for when doing your holiday shopping online.Reset learns how to tell good and bad quality items when shopping online with Heather Kelly, Tech reporter for the Washington Post.
