Curious City - Pregnancy Tests? Pigeon Poo? What Chicago Aldermen Really Do

Sure, they pass laws and vote on city budgets. But there’s so much more. Think: Pregnancy tests and pigeon poo.

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Curious City - Pregnancy Tests? Pigeon Poo? What Chicago Aldermen Really Do

Sure, they pass laws and vote on city budgets. But there’s so much more. Think: Pregnancy tests and pigeon poo.

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Start the Week - Putin’s Russia

On Start the Week Anne McElvoy talks to the Russian expert Fiona Hill about the many faces of Vladimir Putin, while Vladislav Zubok considers the impact of the past on the Russia of today. Oliver Bullough turns to drink to understand the soul of the nation and the historian Rachel Polonsky considers the cultural landscape of the post-Soviet era.

Producer: Katy Hickman.