Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Lulu Garcia-Navarro appears in the following:

More Flamingos Are Flocking to Mumbai Than Ever Before. The Reason Could be Sewage

Sunday, March 31, 2019

There is an almost three-fold increase in the flamingo population in Mumbai, India. Rahul Khot, assistant director at the Bombay Natural History Society, tells NPR his speculations as to why.

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A Game of Thrones Fan Traveled To The Arctic As Part Of A Worldwide Scavenger Hunt

Sunday, March 31, 2019

HBO created a world-wide scavenger hunt to promote the last season of Game of Thrones. Josefine Wallenå of Sweden drove eight hours in her quest to find the Iron Throne.

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One Woman Wants To Create This: *Insert Afro Emoji Here*

Sunday, March 31, 2019

Writer Rhianna Jones is petitioning the Unicode Consortium for an emoji of a person with an Afro.

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Building For An Uncertain Future: Miami Residents Adapt To The Changing Climate

Sunday, March 31, 2019

In Miami, the effects of global warming are not hypothetical predictions but realities of everyday life, prompting change by government, businesses and individuals alike.

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'Women Talking' Gives A Human Voice To Horror

Sunday, March 31, 2019

Miriam Toews' new novel is based on an awful true story: The drugging and rape of women in a Mennonite colony in Bolivia. Toews says she wanted to show the women as real humans, not isolated cultists.

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Behind The Bar With Natalie Morales, The Abby Of NBC Sitcom 'Abby's'

Sunday, March 31, 2019

In a new TV show, Morales runs a very, very local watering hole. In an interview, she discusses her character's sexuality and her path as a Latina in Hollywood.

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In Florida, Doctors See Climate Change Hurting Their Most Vulnerable Patients

Saturday, March 30, 2019

The medical community in Florida is increasingly sounding the alarm about the health risks associated with rising temperatures.

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Need A Can't-Miss Wheel Of Cheese? Try Playing It Some Hip-Hop

Sunday, March 24, 2019

Researchers exposed cheese to different genres of music for 24 hours a day over six months to find out that hip-hop might create the tastiest cheese.

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Adapting To Climate Change In Miami

Sunday, March 24, 2019

We travel to Miami to see how people there are already adapting in a city that's been called "ground zero" for climate change and sea level rise.

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How Climate Change Is Affecting Residents' Health In Miami

Sunday, March 24, 2019

We visit Miami to talk with Dr. Cheryl Holder of Florida Clinicians For Climate Action, and Jorge, a fruit vendor who is feeling the effects of increasingly hot days firsthand.

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9 First-Person Perspectives Give Voice To 'The Other Americans'

Sunday, March 24, 2019

The narrators in Laila Lalami's new novel have one thing in common: They've all "had the experience of dislocation," Lalami says. Together, they form a mosaic of race and class in America.

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Miami Residents Go On Hunger Strike To Protest Gun Violence

Saturday, March 23, 2019

In Miami's Liberty City neighborhood, a group of men have been holding a hunger strike to protest gun violence in their community.

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Thieves Steal A Famous Painting From An Italian Church — But Don't Worry, It's Fake

Sunday, March 17, 2019

After authorities were tipped off about the heist, they replaced the Flemish masterpiece with a replica.

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Alt.Latino's New Music Discoveries At SXSW 2019

Sunday, March 17, 2019

From the heart of music madness in Austin, Felix Contreras shares the hottest new Alt. Latino sounds from SXSW Festival.

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Man Inadvertently Proves That Hipsters Look Alike By Mistaking Photo As Himself

Sunday, March 10, 2019

MIT Technology Review wrote about a study that found hipsters look alike. A man mistakenly thought the photo at the top of the story was of himself and threatened legal action.

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3 Billboards In Baltimore: How One Woman Is Trying To Find Her Sister's Killer

Sunday, March 10, 2019

Jennifer Carrieri's twin was shot and murdered in an empty parking lot in 1996, but nobody knows why. This year, Carrieri put up billboards in Baltimore, Md., in the hopes of solving the cold case.

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Menstruate? Celebrate! New Novel Urges Girls To Embrace 'The Moon Within'

Sunday, March 10, 2019

Author Aida Salazar didn't want her daughter to feel ashamed about getting her period. "I wanted to reframe the conversation," Salazar says. "I wanted to tell a different story."

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Ximena Sariñana Wants To Know: 'Where Will The Girls Dance?'

Sunday, March 10, 2019

Sariñana's latest album, ¿Dónde Bailarán Las Niñas?, encapsulates her becoming a mother, balances her vulnerability and addresses sex crime rates in Mexico.

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Alligators, Drugs And Theft, Oh My! New List Shows Top 10 'Florida Man' Stories

Sunday, March 03, 2019

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the most Florida of them all? A new top 10 list of bizarre stories from a Miami-based injury claims company attempts to answer that question.

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Should This Exist? The Ethics Of New Technology

Sunday, March 03, 2019

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Caterina Fake. She's a co-founder of Flickr, a venture capitalist, and host of the podcast Should This Exist? about the impact of technology on humanity.

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