County Dems Make 2020 Picks, Social Media And The Next Election

Future Chicago Casino Profits And A New Elder Abuse Task Force: A new survey says that Chicago and Illinois will do quite well once a successful casino opens in the city. But it also says that the profits for the casino’s actual owner will be so low, we may see a situation where no one wants to build one in the first by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

21 min listen

Waukegan Gambling And Young Poets Honor Gwendolyn Brooks: Pro Publica Illinois has taken another deep dive into gambling in the state. This time the focus is on Waukegan, the gambling interests there, and the influence they’re exerting. Plus the Gwendolyn Brooks Youth Poetry Awards give young people a chance to by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

25 min listen

Updates On Area Road Construction, And Rocky Makes An Impact: Construction updates, distracted drivers, and new rail cars are some of the transportation stories you’ll hear from Tribune reporter and WBEZ transportation contributor Mary Wisniewski. Plus anti-hate activist Christian Picciolini talks about Rocky on th by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

24 min listen

CJ Run Finds Community, Inspiration In Chicago: CJ Run was born in Germany, grew up in England, spent their high school years in rural North Carolina, and finally found community and a sense of belonging at college in Champaign-Urbana. Now, they’ve moved to Chicago, and the music is flowing like never by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

20 min listen

Chicago’s Billion Dollar Budget Hole: Friday News Roundup For Aug. 23, 2019: Mayor Llightfoot and the billion dollar budget hole. Why national Democrats need to stop in Chicago. A Tea Party firebrand looks to run against Trump. And rampant bullying and sexual harassment in the statehouse outlined in a new report. Those stories an by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

26 min listen

Does CPS Have Enough Teachers?: A new WBEZ investigation found 1 in 3 CPS schools continue to have teacher vacancies. Some kids have gone all year without a teacher. And most of those schools are in black neighborhoods. WBEZ’s Sarah Karp explains what she found. And the impact of Toni by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

19 min listen

Friday News Roundup for August 2, 2019: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker made the bulk of the headlines this week. We’ll find out what they said, what they meant, and how they plan to move forward on a number of issues and promises with our panel of journalists. T by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

27 min listen

CPS Teacher Returns To Classroom After Stint In Academia by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

21 min listen

Chicago Kids Combating Gun Violence In Schools, Neighborhoods: One weekend in America, two more mass shootings. While the national media focuses on the massacres in El Paso and Dayton, 7 were killed and nearly 50 wounded in Chicago between Friday and Sunday nights. Earlier this year, as we marked the 20th anniversar by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

14 min listen

Harassment In Springfield, And CHA Head Abruptly Resigns: Last year a staffer in Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan’s office came forward with allegations of sexual harassment against her superior Kevin Quinn. Now a new report fully outlines the circumstances and situations women have endured for years. And wh by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

20 min listen

Bonus Pod - Mayor Lori Lightfoot's State of the City Speech: Mayor Lightfoot's complete speech from 8-29-19 by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

27 min listen

Planned Parenthood and Title X, A Growing Peace Campus In Englewood: The Trump administration’s decision to withhold funds from health providers that talk about abortions has led Planned Parenthood to leave the federal program Title X and go without the millions in funds that comes with it. We talk about what that means f by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

22 min listen

Illinois Fiscal Picture Looking Brighter. Barely.: Ratings agencies-which determine how fiscally stable a government entity is, which ultimately determines how much it will cost that government to borrow money-have taken a dim view of Illinois’ finances over the last several years. But this week, the sta by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

22 min listen

New Illinois Law Aims To Even Playing Field For Job Applicants: Pritzker signed a bill that prohibits potential employers from asking applicants about their past salaries. Revealing past salaries often perpetuates the fact that women and minorities are paid less for the same work than white men. Plus the University o by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

23 min listen

Growing Up Bears: Chairman George McCaskey On His Family's Business And Passion: Bears' chairman George McCaskey talks to Cheryl Raye Stout about his life and work as the grandson of the team's-and the NFL's-founder George Halas by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

30 min listen

CPS CEO Janice Jackson Answers Your Questions: From budgets to hiring, from staffing to special ed, people in Chicago have a lot of questions when it comes to the 2019-2020 school year at Chicago’s public schools. CPS CEO Janice Jackson joins us for an extended one-on-one where she talks about those by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

27 min listen

What Will The Mayor Say Tonight? And The Many Layers Of Gone With The Wind: In the latest installment of The Movie That Made Me, Lesle Honore of the KLEO Community Family Life Center talks about her attachment to, and struggles with, the classic film Gone With the Wind. Plus A.D. Quig of Crains’ takes a stab at what Mayor Lightf by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

26 min listen

Minority-Owned Small Businesses Can’t Get Capital Needed To Grow: Small business loans are not being dished out at past rates in minority and low-income areas across Chicagoland and across Illinois. That’s according to a new study from Chicago’s Woodstock Institute. The lack of investment from banks essentially leaves by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

25 min listen

Chicago Below National Average For Murder Cases Solved, Prose: WBEZ’s Patrick Smith explains why prosecution numbers for murder cases are so low. And things to do this weekend around Chicago with See, Hear, Eat. by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

20 min listen

Friday News Roundup for August 16, 2019: Bumps in the road for a future Chicago casino. A long-time politician says she won't stand for reelection. State's Attorney Kim Foxx gets a primary challenger. Those stories and more, broken down by 3 of the best journalists in the city. This week we're by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

21 min listen

Nurses Strike And Crime On The El: Nurses at the University of Chicago Medical Center went on a one-day strike last Friday, highlighting what they see as staffing issues that put patients at risk. We’ll find out more about the strike from Tribune healthcare reporter Lisa Schencker, and De by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

21 min listen

Markets In Tizzy Over Inverted Yield Curve, Chicago’s Safe House: Over the last week, news reports and business channels have been throwing around the term Inverted Yield Curve. We’ll find out what it means, and what it has to do with a possible future recession or economic downturn. Then we’ll talk to the folks who ru by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

23 min listen

An Important Message For Morning Shift Listeners: Why haven't you seen a daily podcast in your feed this week? As we wind down Morning Shift and ramp up our new program Reset, Jenn White explains how we've got you covered from a programming perspective (more of the news and conversations that matter to by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

2 min listen

Lightfoot’s First 100 Days Fast Approaching. How’s She Doing?: When Lori Lightfoot campaigned for Mayor of Chicago, she talked about rooting out corruption, making government more transparent, including communities in discussions about how to make better policy, and having an all-around more equitable city that work by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

25 min listen

A Teacher At Heart: One Man Leaves Academia And Returns To The Classroom: Gregory Michie was born to teach. After years as a CPS teacher, Michie took a job as an education professor. He thought he was leaving the rough-and-tumble of daily teaching for a less stressful gig at a university. But a decade later, he was back. Michi by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

21 min listen

U.N. Sustainability Summit And The King’s Speech At Chicago Shakespeare: When it comes to climate change, much of the world is sitting up, taking notice, and pledging to do something, while the Trump administration rolls back environmental regulations and denies there’s even a problem. We talk about the recent UN Climate Acti by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

26 min listen

Trade War With China Affecting Illinois Farmers, Consumers: It’s been well over a year since the Trump administration started slapping tariffs on Chinese goods. China has responded in kind, and Illinois corn and soybean producers are taking a hit as one of their biggest export markets dries up. Additional tariffs by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

25 min listen

Lightfoot’s State Of The City: Friday News Roundup For August 30, 2019: Mayor Lightfoot had good news and bad news when she delivered her state-of-the-city speech last night. The good was the number of reforms and cost-saving measures she implemented in her first 100 days. The bad news is, those reforms may not be enough to by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

27 min listen

Billy Branch: 50 Years Of The Blues: Billy Branch was born in Chicago, but he was raised in LA. He’d never been exposed to the blues until, at 17, he moved back to Chicago to attend UIC, and wandered into Grant Park for what many aficionados call “the greatest blues concert ever”. From that by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

20 min listen

County Dems Make 2020 Picks, Social Media And The Next Election: It’s not quite the old smoke-filled back room of yore, but Cook County Democrats met late last week to choose who they’ll be supporting in the 2020 elections. WBEZ county reporter Kristen Schorch explains who got the nod, and how the county party’s backi by Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

16 min listen

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