Peaker plants, pop-up shops, and "NOT MISSING YOU!"

In the first segment [2:00-17:12], hosts Eric Jaffe and Vanessa Quirk discuss this week's top stories:

• Renewables vs. Natural Gas (Ivan Penn, NYT) https://nyti.ms/2BVUQC4 / From Peaker Plants to Publicly-Owned Solar (Clarisa Diaz, Gothamist) https://bit.ly/3iQau2z
• Singapore's Home Ownership Success (Adam Majendie, CityLab) https://bloom.bg/38GZ7Wa
• The New Boomerang Kids (Joe Pinsker, Atlantic) https://bit.ly/2W6j7fU

In the second segment [17:35-23:35], the hosts talk to Laura O'Reilly, the founder of the placemaking organization Wallplay, about pop-ups and ground-floor retail recovery. (Carrie Denning Jackson, Sidewalk Talk) https://bit.ly/2ZRlaW4

And in the final segment [23:42 - 26:40], the hosts share what made them smile this week.

• A brief history of the ice cream truck (Colin Dickey, Smithsonian) https://bit.ly/2WnfTVt
• Elsa Majimbo, the star of Kenya's lockdown (Helen Sullivan, Guardian) https://bit.ly/3gYbm3F