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Things To Read, Watch, and Do With Author Nnedi Okorafor Apr 30, 2020

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We’re all doing our best to cope under the current circumstances. But it always helps to get ideas of things to read, watch, and do during the stay-at-home order. So each week, we reach out to a creative Chicagoan to get their ideas. This week, we get some of those ideas science fiction, fantasy, and magical realism author Nnedi Okorafor

A Dose Of Reality: What Lies Ahead For Covid-Covered America Apr 29, 2020

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When it comes to battling the covid-19 virus, it's not just that we’re not doing things right. It’s that we’re doing things wrong. And we’re doing them for the wrong reasons. We still have a chance to turn things around and save lives, but the future is going to look a lot different than we imagined a few months ago. NY Times’ science and health reporter Donald McNeil looks into that future in his latest article “The Coronavirus In America: The Year Ahead”

Comedian Cameron Esposito's New Memoir Is Painfully Funny Apr 28, 2020

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Comic Cameron Esposito talks about feeling different and alone growing up in the very straight, very Catholic, very bucolic western suburbs of Chicago in her sometimes painful, often hilarious new memoir Save Yourself

Former CDC Director Talks About 'Boxing In' COVID-19 Apr 27, 2020

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Former CDC chief Dr. Tom Frieden talks about what needs to be done now, and going forward, to make people safe and to beat back the spread of COVID-19

WBEZ’s Chicago And Illinois News Roundup: April 24, 2020 Apr 24, 2020

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Two journalistic heavyweights, Carol Marin and Mick Dumke, take you inside the biggest stories in Chicago and Illinois this week on our Friday News Roundup.

Chicago Author Suggests Things To Read, Watch, Do While We Stay At Home Apr 23, 2020

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Hearing from doctors and epidemiologists is important, but we can’t hear from them every day. Which is why today’s RESET guest is Chicago author Rebecca Makkai. Makkai shares things to read, watch and eat while we’re sheltering in place.

How Close Are We To A Covid-19 Vaccine? Apr 22, 2020

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Virologist and DePaul University associate professor of health sciences Sarah Connolly describes what it will take to create a covid-19 vaccine, and how far away scientists are from a human trial.

How And Why Oil Is $0 Per Barrel Today Apr 21, 2020

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Journalist and author Antonia Juhasz explains why oil has plunged to record-low levels, and what it means for the industry, the American economy, and for you.

Can The U.S. Survive The Worst-Case COVID-19 Scenario? Apr 20, 2020

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For years, public health and science experts warned that the U.S. was not prepared to handle a global pandemic. Reset checks in with Atlantic science writer Ed Yong for his latest piece on how COVID-19 could radically reshape summer across the country, and how the pandemic could end.

Chicago And Illinois News Roundup: April 17, 2020 Apr 17, 2020

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Heather Cherone has moved from the Daily Line to WTTW, but she continues to bring us fantastic state and local political coverage. She's joined by Better Government Association's CEO (and long-time journalist) David Greising to deconstruct the biggest news stories of the week on our Friday News Roundup.

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