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Laugh Cry Fight

by Sonora

Need to get something off your chest? Tune in weekly to laugh, cry, and fight about life’s tough topics with Sonora Hospital-Medina in this judgment free podcast. No conversation is off limits!

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Episodes

  1. CHAPTER 22: Life Update, Grad School Applications, and Writer's Block

    Sonora does a quick solo episode revealing why the podcast has become biweekly, her graduate school application experiences, self-doubt, and writer's block. She dives into self-reflection about why it was so hard to be creative after the first round of graduate school applications and why it is…

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  2. CHAPTER 21: Why We Collect

    Sonora is joined by Esteban, an avid collector, to discuss types of collections, why we collect, and various theories of collecting. Topics include: Freud's theory of collecting (let's just say toilets are involved...), earliest memories of collecting, is collecting genetic?, and why Funko POPs…

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  3. CHAPTER 20: Living Together

    Sonora is joined by her fiancé Esteban to talk about moving in with your significant other. Discussion includes making the decision to live together, communicating expectations, getting engaged, and creating a cohesive lifestyle. | Follow the podcast at Instagram.com/laughcryfight -...

  4. CHAPTER 19: Discovering Mental Health

    Sonora is joined by the podcast’s former co-host Carolina Florez to discuss how COVID, quarantine, and being furloughed affected her mental health; coming to the realization that therapy was a necessity (to help herself and the people around her); and ultimately how and why she made the decision…

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  5. CHAPTER 18: 1.5 Cubans - Children of Exile

    Sonora is joined by poet Carolina Hospital to continue the discussion of Cuban culture and identity from Episode 17. Carolina shares her experiences coming from Cuba at a young age, life in Miami pre-1980s, her journey from trying to assimilate into American culture to embracing her Cuban-ness…

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  6. CHAPTER 17: Culture and Identity

    Sonora does her first solo episode! She goes into detail about her personal experience being Cuban-American, growing up in Miami, anxiety about speaking Spanish (including, but not limited to, wishing she could get over the fear and talk to her soon-to-be in-laws in their native language), and…

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  7. CHAPTER 16: Long-Distance Relationships

    Sonora is joined by her friend Erin to discuss Erin's long-distance relationship. They dive into the origin of the relationship, how to stay close emotionally despite the distance, how to work through tough spots in a relationship at a distance, and Erin shares advice and tips on how to make a...

  8. CHAPTER 15: Movies R Us

    Sonora is joined by Nicole Hospital-Medina (Chapter 12: Poetry with...) and Esteban Sanchez (Chapter 14: Money and Relationships) to discuss all things movies. Topics include: favorite movies vs. movies we can watch over and over, movies that had a positive and/or negative impact on our lives,...

  9. CHAPTER 14: Money and Relationships

    Sonora is joined by her fiancé Esteban to discuss money and relationships! Topics include investing money, the risks of investing money, how they handle money within their relationship, and the benefits of budgeting. Sneak peek: Sonora is against the stock market and Esteban thinks budgeting in...

  10. CHAPTER 13: Government Corruption

    Caro and Sonora are joined by Mike Strohofer (previously on Episode 7: The Meaning of Time) to discuss the United States government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests. They also discuss the effectiveness of masks, living in Florida in the time of Covid, and Mike's...

  11. CHAPTER 12: Poetry with Nicole Hospital-Medina

    Caro and Sonora are joined by poet and artist Nicole Hospital-Medina. Discussion includes growing up as a creative person, the poetry writing process (may or may not include listening to The Doors), advice for new writers, the value of a writing workshop, the benefits of an MFA program, the...

  12. CHAPTER 11: 73(ish) Questions with Caro and Sonora

    Caro and Sonora are interviewed by Esteban (Sonora's fiance/third wheel of the podcast), who asks questions that reveal Sonora's evident Jane Eyre obsession, Caro's Rachel Brosnahan girl-crush, and various tattoo locations in the works. They also dive deep into the meaning of beauty, advice to...

  13. CHAPTER 10: La Croix Intervention

    Sonora couldn’t join this week (but left a highly opinionated voice note about La Croix), so Caro is ONCE AGAIN joined by Nick and Anthony to discuss Caro's love of La Croix, Nick's disappointment in it, and his desire to reevaluate their entire friendship. Fair warning: anger is involved.

  14. CHAPTER 9: A Mental Health Journey Pt. 2

    Caro and Sonora are once again joined by Anthony (Episode 3: Astrology) and Nick (Episode 1: Abusive Relationships) to discuss Anthony's personal mental health journey with anxiety, depression, and a mood disorder; how it affects their relationship; insight into the various routes of medication;...

  15. CHAPTER 8: A Mental Health Journey

    Caro and Sonora discuss Sonora's mental health journey, which dives deep into personal experiences dealing with anxiety, depression, OCD, and trichotillomania; the effects of moving away from home; lessons learned the hard way; and even how certain shows, like "13 Reasons Why," negatively…

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  16. CHAPTER 7: The Meaning of Time

    Caro and Sonora are joined by Mike Strohofer, who gives an in depth, TED talk-esque explanation of the relative and interconnected nature of time and space, Einstein, and E=mc^2, as well as time travel, paradoxes, and even a bit on black holes of all shapes and sizes.

  17. CHAPTER 6: The Paranormal

    Caro and Sonora are joined by Esteban to discuss the supernatural - and things get heated. As mentioned in the episode, here are some useful resources for those of you that want to get involved with the protests for justice happening across the nation and globe…

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  18. CHAPTER 5: Conspiracy Theories

    Caro and Sonora talk about some crazy conspiracy theories, from mattress stores used for money laundering to Bill Gates orchestrating the coronavirus - and some theories we got from our social media search! (PSA: Coronavirus is serious. Stay safe, stay home!)

  19. CHAPTER 4: Religion

    Caro and Sonora are joined by Allen, John, and Esteban, who each have different beliefs, to talk about how religion plays a part in their lives - with a few laughs along the way.

  20. CHAPTER 3: Astrology

    Caro and Sonora welcome Anthony (who studies and believes in astrology) and Cesar from the podcast “What’s the Pitch?” (who is zodiac skeptical to say the least) to discuss and analyze the different ways people view and use astrology in their lives.

  21. CHAPTER 2: Friendships

    Join Caro and Sonora as they share stories about their friendship and discuss the importance of close friends!

  22. CHAPTER 1: Abusive Relationships

    The first episode of Laugh Cry Fight dives deep into our special guest Nick's experience in an abusive relationship at a young age.

  23. PROLOGUE: Welcome to Laugh Cry FIght

    Laugh Cry Fight explores a wide range of life’s tough topics, such as adult mistakes, mental illness, religion, relationships, politics, sex, death, etc. Come laugh, cry, and fight with us in a judgment free space where empathy and understanding reigns. In this prologue to the show, Carolina and...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Need to get something off your chest? Tune in weekly to laugh, cry, and fight about life’s tough topics with Sonora Hospital-Medina in this judgment free podcast. No conversation is off limits!

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Sonora

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Need to get something off your chest? Tune in weekly to laugh, cry, and fight about life’s tough topics with Sonora Hospital-Medina in this judgment free podcast. No conversation is off limits!

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