The OoruLabs Podcast

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   Summary In this episode, Sathya Sankaran discusses the complexities of urban traffic congestion, emphasizing that decongestion is not feasible for private vehicles without significant penalties. He introduces the concept of Jevons Paradox, explaining how increased efficiency in resource use can...

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   Summary This conversation delves into the challenges and inefficiencies of public transport systems in India, particularly focusing on bus services. The discussion highlights the gap between the number of buses and the population's needs, the importance of smart route planning, and the need...

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   Summary In this conversation, Nupur Ghuliani from Reap Benefit and Kaushik Ravi  a Solve Ninja discusses the importance of empowering youth as change makers. The dialogue explores how engaging young people can transform citizen apathy into active participation in civic and environmental issues....

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   Keywords crowd management, pre-planning, real-time monitoring, data utilization, misinformation, crowd safety, event management, psychological triggers, crowd disasters, safety protocols Summary The conversation delves into the complexities of crowd management, emphasizing the need for pre-plan...

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   Summary In this episode of the OoruLabs podcast, Sathya Sankaran discusses with Alok Prasanna Kumar of Vidhi legal, the recent changes in Bengaluru's governance structure. The Greater Bengaluru Governance Act proposes to divide Bengaluru into multiple corporations and establish a Greater Be...

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   Summary In this episode of the OoruLabs Podcast, host Sathya Sankaran discusses with Srikanth Vishwanathan, CEO or Janaagraha, the alarming state of urban governance in India, highlighting the rapid growth of city populations juxtaposed with the inefficiencies of local governments. The conversa...

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   Summary In this episode of the OoruLabs Podcast, host Sathya Sankaran explores with Ashwin Mahesh, the challenges of local governance and the principle of subsidiarity, emphasizing the need for citizen engagement in development. The conversation highlights the cultural differences in developmen...

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   In this episode of the OoruLabs, India’s premier urban affairs podcast, host Sathya Sankaran explores the complexities of political decision-making through the lens of public choice theory and the Overton window. The discussion delves into how politicians prioritize self-interest and popularity...

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   Summary This conversation explores the evolution of urban mobility in Bengaluru, highlighting the shift from cycling to motor vehicles and the resulting traffic congestion. It emphasizes the need for better infrastructure to support cycling as a viable mode of transport, presenting Pedaluru as...

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   In this episode of OoruLabs, India’s premier Urban Affairs podcast, Sathya Sankaran, explores the multifaceted aspects of disability in society, focusing on the prevalence of disabilities, the role of technology in enhancing accessibility, government initiatives like the UDID card, and the chal...

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   In this episode of OoruLabs, India’s premier Urban Affairs podcast, Sathya Sankaran discusses the challenges of urban planning in Bengaluru, highlighting the limitations of traditional master plans and advocating for a more dynamic, local approach to city management. He emphasizes the need for...

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   This episode of OoruLabs, India’s premier Urban Affairs podcast explainer series explores the complexities of urban planning, its historical evolution, and the challenges faced by modern cities, particularly in India. The host, Sathya Sankaran, discusses the importance of urban planning in enha...

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   In this episode of the OoruLabs podcast, Sathya Sankaran discusses urban congestion and pollution, exploring the concept of negative externalities and the various methods to internalize these costs. He delves into the Pigovian tax, Coase theorem, and private solutions, highlighting the complexi...

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   In this episode of the OoruLabs podcast, Sathya Sankaran discusses the complexities of road expansion and traffic congestion, emphasizing that simply adding more road capacity is not a sustainable solution. He explores the concept of public goods, opportunity costs, and the law of induced deman...

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   In this episode of the OoruLabs podcast, Sathya Sankaran explores the reasons behind urban transport choices in India, the role of government in urban planning, and the implications of public choice theory. He discusses the rational ignorance of voters, the incentives that drive politicians, an...

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   In this episode of the OoruLabs podcast, Sathya Sankaran talks about the second edition of the Nama raste event in Bengaluru with Pawan Munukutla of WRI India. It focuses on urban mobility challenges, community engagement, and the role of local organizations and the BBMP in improving transporta...

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   In this episode of the Uru Labs podcast, Sathya Sankaran explores the evolution of government from monarchies to modern democratic systems, highlighting key political philosophers like Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau. The discussion delves into the social contract theory, the role of g...

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   On, OoruLabs, India's premier urban issues podcast, Sathya Sankaran, host of the podcast, discusses the collective action problem, particularly in the context of urban congestion and pollution. He explains the tragedy of the commons, where individual self-interest leads to collective negati...

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   On, OoruLabs, India's premier urban issues podcast, Sathya Sankaran, host of the podcast,  explores the concept of public goods, their characteristics, and classifications. He explains the definitions of public, common, and private goods, emphasising the implications of these classifications in...

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   On, OoruLabs, India's premier urban issues podcast, Sathya Sankaran, host of the podcast, explores the impact of cognitive biases on decision-making, particularly in the context of road safety for pedestrians and cyclists. He explains four key biases: availability heuristic, anchoring bias, fra...

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   On, OoruLabs, India's premier urban issues podcast, Sathya Sankaran, host of the podcast, explores the concepts of fast and slow thinking as introduced by psychologist Daniel Kahneman. He discusses how most of our daily decisions are made through fast thinking, which is often based on biases an...

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   On, OoruLabs, India's premier urban issues podcast, Sathya Sankaran, host of the podcast, introduces the concept of updating Bayesian priors, emphasizing the importance of critical thinking in the face of overwhelming information. He discusses base rate neglect and how it affects our judgments,...

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   On, OoruLabs, India's premier urban issues podcast, Sathya Sankaran, host of the podcast and Susheel Nair, an intermittent co-host banter about the 99 episodes past and rant about the state of affairs. You can make out how our biases towards managing traffic congestion shows up :)  In this conv...

**Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   On, OoruLabs, India's premier urban issues podcast, Sathya Sankaran, host of the podcast talks to Zibi Jamal of Whitefield Rising a new age residents welfare association on the pitfalls and success of civic participation in Bengaluru. We discuss the rise of Whitefields Rising and what active cit...

***Support the podcast, become a member: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksnReFEAAK47cTVZBVQJrw/join   On, OoruLabs, India's premier urban issues podcast, Sathya Sankaran, host of the podcast talks to Arun Pai of Bangalore WALKS. He has a unique way of engaging with the footpaths of Bangalore, he runs on them and works with the civic authorities to fix it. In this episode he talks about why he d...