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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

WBEZ’s Reset brings context to the latest Chicago-area news with experts, journalists and newsmakers. Want to be a connected Chicagoan in the know? Subscribe to this podcast! You can email the team behind Reset at [email protected]. Or leave us a voicemail at 888-915-9945.

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

‘Reset’ host Sasha-Ann Simons interviews WBEZ reporters Mariah Woelfel and Tessa Weinberg on Feb. 20, 2024.

WBEZ’s Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons is your forum for the Chicago conversation.

We bring context to the latest local news with journalists, experts and newsmakers. And we cover a wide variety of beats from State and City Politics to Arts and Culture to the Environment. Every Tuesday, we talk Health and Wellness. Every Thursday, it’s Food and Music. We’re on the latest news stories throughout the week and on Fridays in our Weekly News Recap.

Reset really is your forum. We love to work your voice and ideas into the show. To leave a suggestion, news tip or feedback, leave us a voicemail at 888-915-9945 or email us at [email protected].

If you’re a local listener, join us live on the radio weekdays from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. CT on 91.5 FM WBEZ. You can also listen from anywhere live or on delay online and on the WBEZ app.

Not much of a radio listener? We’re working hard to meet folks where they like to read, watch and listen to news, culture and conversation.

You can find Reset on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook and our podcast.

We’ve also got a great daily newsletter that hits your inbox at 10:30 a.m. every weekday. Sign up here!

Recent
The summer harvest isn’t over yet!
The closure of three migrant shelters in October will eliminate roughly 3,000 beds.
You can catch the Vocalo Summer Finale at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park on Friday, Sept. 20, at 5 p.m.
The festival kicks off on September 16 with Joe Winston’s “Punch 9 for Harold Washington.”
Chicago sits on an important migratory path for birds and about 400 people are registered for the festival.
Tuesday night’s presidential debate highlighted the candidates’ economic plans for taxes, tariffs, tax credits and more.
In ‘Tías and Primas,’ Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez explores and expands on what it means to be Latina.
Chicago is freezing hiring across departments, including for police and firefighters.
Recent polls show the presidential candidates neck-and-neck. So, what can either do to earn the nation’s trust and pull ahead?
Options run the gamut from a Harry Potter musical to a Mike Royko biography.
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

‘Reset’ host Sasha-Ann Simons interviews WBEZ reporters Mariah Woelfel and Tessa Weinberg on Feb. 20, 2024.

WBEZ’s Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons is your forum for the Chicago conversation.

We bring context to the latest local news with journalists, experts and newsmakers. And we cover a wide variety of beats from State and City Politics to Arts and Culture to the Environment. Every Tuesday, we talk Health and Wellness. Every Thursday, it’s Food and Music. We’re on the latest news stories throughout the week and on Fridays in our Weekly News Recap.

Reset really is your forum. We love to work your voice and ideas into the show. To leave a suggestion, news tip or feedback, leave us a voicemail at 888-915-9945 or email us at [email protected].

If you’re a local listener, join us live on the radio weekdays from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. CT on 91.5 FM WBEZ. You can also listen from anywhere live or on delay online and on the WBEZ app.

Not much of a radio listener? We’re working hard to meet folks where they like to read, watch and listen to news, culture and conversation.

You can find Reset on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook and our podcast.

We’ve also got a great daily newsletter that hits your inbox at 10:30 a.m. every weekday. Sign up here!

Recent
The summer harvest isn’t over yet!
The closure of three migrant shelters in October will eliminate roughly 3,000 beds.
You can catch the Vocalo Summer Finale at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park on Friday, Sept. 20, at 5 p.m.
The festival kicks off on September 16 with Joe Winston’s “Punch 9 for Harold Washington.”
Chicago sits on an important migratory path for birds and about 400 people are registered for the festival.
Tuesday night’s presidential debate highlighted the candidates’ economic plans for taxes, tariffs, tax credits and more.
In ‘Tías and Primas,’ Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez explores and expands on what it means to be Latina.
Chicago is freezing hiring across departments, including for police and firefighters.
Recent polls show the presidential candidates neck-and-neck. So, what can either do to earn the nation’s trust and pull ahead?
Options run the gamut from a Harry Potter musical to a Mike Royko biography.