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 so important to create boundaries at home - ESPECIALLY since we are all at home much more often these days. | Follow the podcast at Instagram.com/laughcryfight -  twitter.com/laughcryfight - and send in voice notes on the Anchor app or email directly at [email protected] | --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laughcryfight/message

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 are addictive.  This episode also features listeners like you! Sonora and Esteban listen to and comment on voice notes sent in about collecting, including other peoples methods of collecting and what and why they collect.  | Follow the podcast at Instagram.com/laughcryfight -  twitter.com/laughcryfight - and send in voice notes on the Anchor app or email directly at [email protected] | --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laughcryfight/message

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 -  twitter.com/laughcryfight - and send in voice notes on the Anchor app or email directly at [email protected] | --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laughcryfight/message

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 to leave the podcast. | Follow the podcast at Instagram.com/laughcryfight -  twitter.com/laughcryfight - and send in voice notes on the Anchor app or email directly at [email protected] | --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laughcryfight/message

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, and how her experiences have greatly influenced her writing. Carolina shares two poems that really encapsulate different aspects of her identity at different moments in her life and writing career. She also asks Sonora follow up questions about Episode 17, and they compare growing up in Miami at very different times. | Follow the podcast at Instagram.com/laughcryfight -  twitter.com/laughcryfight - and send in voice notes on the Anchor app or email directly at [email protected] | --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laughcryfight/message

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 the benefits of learning her culture's history. | Follow the podcast at Instagram.com/laughcryfight -  twitter.com/laughcryfight - and send in voice notes on the Anchor app or email directly at [email protected] | --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laughcryfight/message

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 long-distance relationship work. | Follow the podcast at Instagram.com/laughcryfight -  twitter.com/laughcryfight - and send in voice notes on the Anchor app or email directly at [email protected] | --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laughcryfight/message

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, Robin Williams classics, the negative portrayal of women in movies, and how Sonora got her name (spoiler: her parents did not name her). This episode also features listeners like you! Sonora, Nicole, and Esteban comment on movie opinions from listeners as well as listen and react to voice notes from Vanessa - instagram.com/sundaymorningsbyvdesigns/ - and Amelia - instagram.com/cestlamepodcast/ - who both talk about their favorite movies! | Follow us at Instagram.com/laughcryfight -  twitter.com/laughcryfight - and send us voice notes on the Anchor app or email us directly at [email protected] | --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laughcryfight/message

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 your head is not actually a budgeting strategy (who knew?). | Follow us at Instagram.com/laughcryfight -  twitter.com/laughcryfight - and send us voice notes on the Anchor app or email us directly at [email protected] --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laughcryfight/message

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 first hand experience of police intervention at a protest. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laughcryfight/message