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Structural reforms in local governments | S3E22

2

Can bus corporations handle city growth? | S3E21

3

Journey of youth change makers | S3E20

4

Is there value for life in India? | S3E19

5

Will the Greater Bengaluru Authority succeed? | S3E18

6

State of the 74th amendment - CAG findings | S3E17

7

Subsidiarity and how it can be made to work | S3E16

8

Overton window as a guide to understanding political action | S3E15

9

Students explore the challenges of cycling in Indian cities | S3E14

10

How bad are our cities for the disabled? | S3E13

11

Customer centricity, talent and systems in government | S3E12

12

To plan or not to plan? | S3E11

13

Taxes, negotiations or entrepreneurs, who will solve for social cost? | S3E10

14

Should we stop building more roads in cities? | S3E9

15

What is anyones incentive to solve for the city? | S3E8

16

All about Namma Raste second edition | S3E7

17

History and the future of governance | S3E6

18

The theory that may provide answers | S3E5

19

Is the road in your city a public good? S3E4

20

Biases taking over your thinking? S3E3

21

How thinking slow helps you make better decisions | S3E2

22

Fix prejudices and become smarter | S3E1

23

Is deep knowledge uninteresting to urban citizens? | S2E50

24

Community Engagement: Overcoming Challenges Together | S2E489

25

Making footpaths great again | S2E48

26

Is PMAY and housing for all working? | S2E47

27

How to quieten our cities? | S2E46

28

Learnings from a 4 decade old Commission on Urbanisation? | S2E45

29

Mistreating the marginalised is costing us all | S2E44

30

How adolescents experience the city | S2E43

31

Apathy lets down Pune | S2E42

32

Navigating the Complexities of Urbanization | S2E41

33

Redefining Safety for women in Indian Cities | S2E40

34

How should we solve our waste problem? | S2E39

35

Why we are unable to get past greenwashing | S2E38

36

Builders and Buyers, not Government will drive built form | S2E37

37

Will Nagara metered app on ONDC bring back street hailing autorickshaws in Bengaluru? | S2E36

38

Inefficient Bureaucracy, bad politics and horrible citizen choices | S2E35

39

Energy, Buildings, What else can cities do? | S2E34

40

Why Urban biodiversity is still a lip service | S2E33

41

Constitutional validity of Greater Bengaluru Authority | S2E32

42

Automation's Impact on Jobs and Cities | S2E31

43

Does your city need a brand to be relevant? | S2E30

44

Welfare of gig workers on aggregator platforms | S2E29

45

What an Airport can teach our cities | S2E28

46

Broken municipal governance pulling back our growth | S2E27

47

How to catalyse government action for cycling | S2E26

48

How India & Germany partnered for sustainable mobility | S2E25

49

Responding to Urban Complexity - Part 2 | S2E24

50

Unraveling Wicked Problems in Urban Governance - Part 1 | S2E23

51

Answering Youtube viewer comments | S2E22

52

Is Bengaluru Tunnel Road Project Worth It? | S2E21

53

Five point frameworks for managing traffic | S2E20

54

What the free bus tickets did to women in Tamil Nadu | S2E19

55

Is it too late to fix the climate? | S2E18

56

Bengaluru shows the new way | S2E17

57

Can Indian Railways power the urban growth? | S2E16

58

95% of real estate left out of FAR amendment | S2E15

59

Why our biases might be hindering progress | Monthly ones - S2E14

60

Who should be setting price for taxis, autorickshaws, water tankers etc | S2E13

61

Is it possible to cycle safely in Indian cities? | S2E12

62

How to get results without government | S2E11

63

Masterclass on water scarcity in Bengaluru | S2E10

64

The fight for tax money | Monthly ones for mango people | S2E9

65

What makes a City? Learnings from Bengaluru | S2E8

66

Masterclass on tax devolution in India | S2E7

67

Why is tourism an urban issue? | S2E6

68

Value of information over rhetoric | Monthly Ones, S2E5

69

Why Government struggles to get you infrastructure and services | S2E4

70

What did Bengaluru speak for a 1000 years? | S2E3

71

Permanent fix to urban traffic jams | S2E2

72

The big fight: Indian Railways vs Bengaluru Suburban Railway | S2E1

73

Future of citizenship and politics in cities

74

How can cities curb their car-thusiasm? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 46

75

Which is India’s best future ready city? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 45

76

How long before Delhi can breathe clean air? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 44

77

Is good governance a pipe dream? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 43

78

What is Brand Bengaluru? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 42

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Are NGO’s effective in creating sustainable cities? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 41

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Will congestion charging work in India? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 40

81

Will our cities plunge into darkness? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 39

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Why is the government slow? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 38

83

Can the Knowledge economy create better cities? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 37

84

Can apartment complexes create sustainable cities? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 36

85

Does your neighbourhood matter? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 35

86

Is India ready for clean transportation? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 34

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Can cities fix the jobs shortage? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 33

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Where is the money in our cities going? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 32

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Why are our cities dirty? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 31

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Is there remedy for citizen complaints? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 30

91

Is the newspaper dead? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 29

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Are our urban citizens healthy? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 28

93

Are we designing the cities wrong? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 27

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How do we achieve liveability in cities? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 26

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Indian cyclist in Tour de France? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 25

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Should Bengaluru be split? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 24

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How to stop cities from drowning? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 23

98

China controlling Indian EV market? | OoruLabs Talking Heads podcast Episode 22

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City’s future inscribed on a stone | #OoruLabs Talking Heads #podcast Episode 21

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Who is a Bicycle Mayor? | #OoruLabs Talking Heads #podcast Episode 20