Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Lulu Garcia-Navarro appears in the following:

The Robots Are Coming To Las Vegas

Sunday, October 07, 2018

Hotels and casinos are turning more and more to technology, and according to one estimate, the city could lose up to two-thirds of its jobs to automation by 2035.

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'Life Is A Lesson, And Sometimes It's Difficult To Learn': Cat Power Steps Forward

Friday, October 05, 2018

Six years since her last album, Cat Power has returned. The singer-songwriter talks about motherhood, memories and her latest album 'Wanderer.'

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Latino Votes Crucial In Nevada, As Culinary Union Focuses On Turnout

Wednesday, October 03, 2018

Dean Heller is the only Republican in the Senate up for re-election in a state that Hillary Clinton won. Latino union workers are a key voting bloc for his Democratic opponent, Rep. Jacky Rosen.

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Music For Healing: A Meditative Alt.Latino Playlist

Sunday, September 30, 2018

An emotionally exhausting week calls for music that helps you to unwind and just breathe.

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'It Never Existed Before': M.I.A. On Changing Pop And Documenting Her Story

Sunday, September 30, 2018

'MATANGI/ MAYA/ M.I.A.' is a new documentary about musician and activist M.I.A. She joins NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro to talk about the film and what it's like for women who speak out.

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Molly Ringwald On '80s Movies And Sexual Assault

Sunday, September 30, 2018

The 1980s movie darling talks to NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about the impact of the era's pop culture, which came up during hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh. These days she has a teen of her own.

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While In Las Vegas, Trump Reaches Out To Latino Voters

Sunday, September 23, 2018

The Senate race between GOP incumbent Sen. Dean Heller and Democratic challenger Rep. Jacky Rosen, is one to watch this November. Appealing to the Latino vote will be crucial to whoever wins.

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'Weekend Edition' Host Lulu Garcia-Navarro Reports From Las Vegas

Sunday, September 23, 2018

This episode of Weekend Edition features some stories from Las Vegas, including a heated Senate race and recovery from last year's mass shooting.

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Photojournalists Are Demanding A #MeToo Reckoning

Sunday, September 16, 2018

Vox photo editor Kainaz Amaria talks about the unaddressed culture of sexual harassment in the photojournalism industry — a rampant issue she says stems from a glaring gender imbalance.

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She Thought Her Family Was Middle Class, Not Broke In The Richest Country On Earth

Sunday, September 16, 2018

In Heartland, author Sarah Smarsh explores what working class looks like in the United States while reflecting upon her own life experiences growing up in the Midwest.

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Adam Rippon On What It Means To 'Show Every Part Of Who You Are'

Sunday, September 16, 2018

The Olympic bronze medalist tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro that his decision to come out coincided with his readiness to take on the responsibility of being a role model for the LGBTQ community.

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'Ordinary People' Learn What Happens To Marriage In Midlife

Sunday, September 09, 2018

Diana Evans' novel follows two couples — 30-something Londoners — as they navigate friendship, relationships and parenthood. The goal, she says, was to write "about very ordinary moments."

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Wisconsin Political Activists Hope A 'Silent Canvass' Will Win Back Black Voters

Sunday, August 19, 2018

Wisconsin Democrats are trying to re-elect Sen. Tammy Baldwin and unseat Gov. Scott Walker. African-Americans are a key part of the coalition necessary to do so.

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'Insecure' Co-Star Yvonne Orji Says Molly Is A 'Beautiful Mess'

Sunday, August 19, 2018

Comedian Yvonne Orji planned to become a doctor, but says God had other plans. She co-stars on HBO's Insecure, now in its third season. It's "a life that I never imagined," she says.

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For Wisconsin's Dairy Farmers, Tariffs Could Reshape The Race For The Senate

Sunday, August 12, 2018

Retaliatory tariffs on dairy may put dairy farmers in Wisconsin, a state won by Donald Trump in 2016, up for political grabs in this year's midterm elections.

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A Guantanamo Guard And His Detainee Reunite

Sunday, August 12, 2018

Former Guantanamo guard Steve Wood recently took a trip to Mauritania to visit Mohamedou Ould Slahi, the prisoner he watched for almost a year.

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'The Line That Held Us': Noir In Appalachia

Sunday, August 12, 2018

Novelist David Joy, whose books chronicle the rural, working-class South of his own milieu, has penned a new book where a hunting accident triggers a thriller of violent vengeance.

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In 'Orchid And The Wasp,' An Unapologetic Heroine Who's No Gentle Flower

Sunday, August 05, 2018

Caoilinn Hughes's new novel introduces a young Irish woman named Gael Foess, who is both exploitative and highly effective. The author says her protagonist is unlikable on purpose.

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GOP Donor Questions His Support For Koch Network After Trump Criticism

Sunday, August 05, 2018

Speaking days after the Koch brothers' political network signaled it would distance itself from President Trump, a donor to the network says "it would be better for them to fall in line."

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A Sexual Underground Surfaces In 'Scotty And The Secret History Of Hollywood'

Sunday, August 05, 2018

Scotty Bowers, now 95, facilitated the sexual proclivities of major film actors during Hollywood's golden age — and kept their most intimate secrets. A new documentary reveals his secrets.

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