Pregnancy Tests? Pigeon Poo? What Chicago Aldermen Really Do

Curious City

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4.8 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2013

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

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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0:00.0	Planet Money helps you understand the economy.
0:02.7	We find the people at the center of the story.
0:05.1	Garbage in New York, that was like a controlled substance.
0:08.6	We show you how money influences everything.
0:11.6	Tell me what you like by telling me how you spend your money.
0:15.5	And we dig until we get answers.
0:17.5	I had a bad feeling you're going to bring that up.
0:19.4	Planet Money finds out.
0:20.7	All you have to do is listen.
0:22.4	The Planet Money podcast from NPR.
0:26.2	It's Curious City, where we take your questions about Chicago and the region.
0:30.7	And investigate.
0:31.8	Report.
0:32.5	Explore.
0:33.4	From WBEZ.
0:38.6	Hey, this is Alex Keefe.
0:40.2	I'm WBEZ's politics editor.
0:42.5	And as you probably know, at least maybe you should know if we're doing our job here,
0:46.7	Chicago is heading into another election season.
0:49.9	In February, we'll vote for new citywide officers, including a new mayor,
0:53.8	and the city council,
0:55.2	which is made up of what Chicagoans call aldermen.
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