In the first segment [1:39-16:17], hosts Eric Jaffe and Vanessa Quirk discuss this week's top stories:

• Can America’s cities be engines of opportunity again? (NYT Editorial board) https://nyti.ms/364AZLN / What opportunity looks like (David Leonhardt and Yaryna Serkez, NYT) https://nyti.ms/2LyiMgg) 
• Needed: Main Street Regenerators (Bruce Katz, Frances Kern Mennone, Michael Saadine, and Colin Higgins, New Localism) https://bit.ly/2AoHDk7
• Why online voting isn’t safe yet (Lily Hay Newman, Wired) https://bit.ly/3dT9x6t

In the second segment [16:44 - 23:26], the hosts ask housing expert Carol Galante why it’s time for cities to embrace density. (NYT) https://nyti.ms/3bDC3au

And in the final segment [23:31 - 26:16], the hosts share what made them smile this week.

• German cafe asks customers to wear ‘noodle hats’ (Ewan Somerville, Evening Standard) https://bit.ly/2LvsuzR
• Philly makes it easier to turn blocks into playgrounds (Catalina Jaramillo, WHYY) https://bit.ly/2yQRHCk