Category: 4-FrequentNewsStreams

Fifteen states and Washington DC signed onto a memorandum of understanding to accelerate efforts for the electrification of trucks and significantly cut carbon emissions. Reset talks with experts and a community activist about how the effort will cut the current disproportionate number of deaths of people who live in marginalized communities. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

The McAninch Arts Center premiered their Frida Kahlo exhibit on Saturday in suburban Glen Ellyn. The museum and the town are ready to celebrate the exhibit, and the visitors will make their way to celebrate a summer of related events in what is being called “The Year of Frida.” Today on Reset, we talk to the director and the curator of the exhibit on what to expect at the exhibit and how Glen Ellyn was picked to celebrate the works of the internationally known Mexican artist. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

Reset brings on an infectious disease expert for our weekly check-in to provide clarity and answers to your questions, comments and concerns about COVID-19.

New ethics laws, an elected school board for Chicago and a bill allowing college sports betting. The pandemic brought on a backlog of bills in Springfield. Reset gets a rundown on which bills did and didn’t make it through Springfield this week. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

New language within a bill headed towards governor Pritkzer allows for rewording of government positions to make them more gender neutral. In Chicago, that means a change in title for the position from alderman to alderperson. Today on Reset, we bring on a politics reporter and an alderman to speak on the significance of the change in language. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

The name “Lake Shore Drive” is as Chicago as our famous 7-topping hotdog, but some aldermen want to honor Chicago’s first non-native Black resident by renaming part of the drive after Jean Baptise Point DuSable. WBEZ's Natalie Moore helps Reset take the pulse of listeners about the proposed change, which is expected to be voted on in City Council in June.

If you’re fully vaccinated, the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control says you can shed your masks and go back to many of the activities you stopped doing because of the pandemic. But how do we know who is fully vaccinated and who’s not? Reset brings on a bioethicist and opens the phones to listeners to discuss the COVID-19 honor system and other ethical challenges during the pandemic. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

Reset brings on an infectious disease expert for our weekly check-in to provide clarity and answers to your questions, comments and concerns about COVID-19.

Clean energy, ethics, an elected school board and marijuana expansion — COVID-19 caused a backlog of bills in Springfield. Now legislators are frantically trying to finish up the spring session by Monday’s deadline. Reset gets an update on state legislation and finds out what’s been happening with police reform in Chicago, as well as a stalled plan to rename parts of the Outer Drive after Jean Baptiste DuSable. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset

A year after the killing of George Floyd, companies and corporations took major steps to combat racial inequity and diversity within its organizations. From addressing hiring discrepancy to incorporating more people of color in leadership, those are just of the few steps companies have taken to combat systemic racism in this country. Reset speaks with a reporter and ceo more about the significance of this past year in corporate America. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset