In the Loop with Louise Netz and Yasmeen Sheikah

Welcome to the final episode of this show! Today we will be skip the news and our social media moments to bring you the stories of graduating Columbia College Chicago seniors for the Manifest Urban Arts Festival. If you want to check out this year’s online festival head over to manifest.colum.edu. Thank you to Madelena Primini, Michael Filek, Josie Whisman and Mahnoor Syed for guesting on this episode. A very special thank you to Matt Cunningham. Thank you for listening in this semester. Congrats to the class of 2020. We made it. Please enjoy this last episode, the Manifest episode, of in the loop with Louise and Yasmeen. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @WCRXFM. If you have anything you’d like to share with us, send it our way using the hashtag #inthelooponcrx

Today on the show we bring you up to date on some of the news stories you may have missed in your feed this week from Chicago, the state and beyond. We discuss another amazing digital commencement opportunity for high school seniors, Illinois’ and Chicago’s new plans for reopening, Corgis and how you can now listen in to Supreme Court case hearings for the first time. After that Yasmeen brings you an interview with Danya Marou, a 2019 Columbia College Chicago fashion design alumnus, who is launching her debut clothing line centered around modest hijab friendly fashion. Louise speaks with Gene E. Robinson who is an entomologist and director of the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. They talk asian giant hornets, or murder hornets. We discuss what you need to know about this new invasive species and how you can protect the good native bees in your area. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @WCRXFM so you never miss an episode. If you have anything you’d like to share with us, send it our way using the hashtag #inthelooponcrx.

Today on the show we bring you up to date on some of the news stories you may have missed in your feed this week from Chicago and beyond. We dive into what is happening in the 2020 race for the White House including a new candidate who just joined the race, a special baby’s arrival across the pond and how there is some Hope on the horizon for grads missing out on in person commencement ceremonies. After that Yasmeen bring you an interview with Nick Forsythe where they discuss his new film Part of Me in which he documents the mental health struggles of his college roommate. And then Louise chats with Eva Eig, host of the new Doing Better Podcast about what kind of coping mechanisms can help ease stress through this crisis and what kinds of resources are available if you are struggling. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @WCRXFM so you never miss an episode. If you have anything you’d like to share with us, send it our way using the hashtag #inthelooponcrx.

This week on In the Loop, we have a big update from our home state of Illinois concerning new COVID-19 rules for going out to the store or pharmacy. We also talk new COVID-19 symptoms you should be aware of and the beginning of Ramadan. Yasmeen interviews a teacher from Chicago Public Schools about how he is coping with teaching math from home, and Louise talks with singer-songwriter Janet Blackwell about her new EP “Énouement,” how to stay creative while trapped inside four walls and how not to beat yourself up if you’re not as productive as you had hoped to be during this extra time at home. Follow the show @WCRX on social media and share and tag our show with #inthelooponcrx

In this week’s show, Louise and Yasmeen discuss how the 2020 race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination fell came down to one last week, how some places around the country are mandating the use of face coverings in public and how animals are benefiting from us staying at home. Yasmeen speaks with the Columbia College Chicago Career Center about how graduating seniors can navigate the job market amidst the coronavirus pandemic, and Louise speaks with the Chicago Field Museums’s Chief Curiosity Correspondent and host of YouTube’s “The Brain Scoop” about how we can support our museums during this crisis, and how they are supporting us through online learning resources in return. #inthelooponcrx