In the first segment [1:24-15:47], hosts Eric Jaffe and Vanessa Quirk discuss this week's top stories:

• Covid and the affordability crisis: (Quoctrung Bui and Emily Badger, NYT) https://nyti.ms/2DMogn2 / (Wolf Richter, Wolf Street) https://bit.ly/3fywn3v / (Derek Thompson, Atlantic) https://bit.ly/3ip3vwJ
• San Diego pushes back on "smart" streetlights (Sarah Holder, Bloomberg CityLab) https://bloom.bg/31yB8oM
• Cities consider reparations: (Dasia Moore, Boston Globe) https://bit.ly/2C7PQKV / (Rosanna Xia, LA Times) https://lat.ms/3a3s0we

In the second segment [16:09 - 22:45], the hosts talk to author Emily Anthes about her book The Great Indoors. https://bit.ly/3kmVQk2

And in the final segment [22:52-25:01], the hosts share what made them smile this week.

• Cleaning robots (Lisa Prevost, NYT) https://nyti.ms/30BWgez
• Hairdressers (Marc Bain, Qz) https://bit.ly/2PuUyFw