Glorelys Mora and Sasha Merci, two Dominican-American best friends and comedians from New York, co-host the Morir Soñando Podcast — a bilingual, unfiltered, culture-rich comedy podcast built on authenticity, laughter, and community.
The podcast is an extension of their comedy brand Morir Soñando, originally launched as a comedy show in 2019 to uplift Dominican voices in the comedy world and provide space for stories that mainstream platforms often overlook.
The show digs into the Dominican-American and broader Afro-Latino experience, reflecting on cultural nuances, bicultural identity, family expectations, generational differences, and what it means to belong between backgrounds. Hosts talk about experiences growing up in Dominican households in the U.S., navigating expectations around success, family, dating, and culture.
The podcast blends raw humor with candid conversations — nothing is off limits. Glorelys and Sasha riff on everyday life topics like relationships, toxic traits, cringe boyfriends, adulting challenges (e.g., diligencias, life admin), personal growth, spirituality, and more, all while delivering plenty of laughs. Their humor is deeply caught up in real life and the awkwardness, contradictions, and chaos that come with it.
Beyond punchlines, the show creates a space for healing, connection, and shared experience — especially for listeners who feel seen by the anecdotes and cultural reflections. They speak to the immigrant experience, feeling “not enough” of either culture, and finding pride in identity through humor rather than through assimilation.
This week, Sasha and Glory get chaotic, nostalgic, and a little exposed about references, pop culture, and what it feels like to be completely out of the loop. What starts as a conversation about not catching references turns into something deeper: how the media you grow up with shapes what you understand, why some people are tapped in and others just… aren’t, and what it’s like being in rooms where everyone gets it except you. They talk about niche vs universal references, growing up with different influences, comedy and why references matter, and the very real experience of just laughing along when you have no idea what’s going on. From MTV and reality TV to Charmed, Practical Magic, and The Traitors, this episode is full of moments where you either get it… or you really don’t.
Checkout previous episodes of Morir Soñando w/ Glorelys Mora & Sasha Merci HERE
