Life stories, told with patience.
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Así es la Vida gives guests room to tell the long version of their lives. The conversations move through childhood, family, work, illness, recovery, relationships, grief, faith, and the values that helped them keep going.
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About Así es la Vida
Así es la Vida is a Spanish-language interview show built on patience. Its episodes make space for guests to explain where they were born, what kind of family formed them, and which values still guide them. The tone is warm and direct. Rather than racing toward a single lesson, the conversations often let a full life story branch through childhood memories, difficult relationships, faith, work, illness, and recovery. Estefanía’s episode shows the program at its most vulnerable, with alcoholism, co-dependence, panic attacks, mistreatment, and personal boundaries discussed as lived experience rather than abstract advice. It is heavy material. The exchange still keeps returning to survival, support, and the possibility of change. Noelia Pace brings a different kind of gravity, speaking about missing people, family contact, searches across countries, and the grief that becomes suspended when no clear ending arrives. The show listens closely to that uncertainty. María Fernanda Sánchez’s conversation begins with Quindeloma, then opens into surgery, fertility treatment, pregnancy loss, spiritual interpretation, and the complicated hope of becoming a parent. The movement is typical of the program: a social topic becomes personal, then moral, then reflective. Ana Lucia Moncayo and Raúl Monge focus on couple relationships, communication, silence, crisis, and the work of looking inward instead of demanding that the other person change first. Their episode gives the show a practical domestic dimension. Valeria Mena’s appearance brings media life into the frame, including preparation, live broadcasting, responsibility, and the discipline behind a public career. Across these conversations, Así es la Vida favors sincerity over polish. It has the rhythm of a host asking a simple question and then allowing the answer to breathe. The show is not built around fast segments or clever debate. Its appeal is in the long answer, the remembered detail, and the guest who slowly arrives at meaning while speaking.
Made for: For Spanish-speaking listeners drawn to intimate interviews about resilience, family, faith, relationships, vocation, and recovery. It especially suits people who prefer reflective life stories over fast commentary.
What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its willingness to start with simple biographical questions and stay with the emotional details until a larger lesson appears. It treats guests as whole people, not just as representatives of a topic.
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A life-story interview here can move from newsroom nerves to survival, if you want the whole road.
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- guests who trace present-day strength through family patterns, painful choices, and recovery
- career talk that includes the preparation behind a microphone, not just the polished voice
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Episodes
- 1
ENTREVISTA A FERNANDO REINO
·57m - 2
ENTREVISTA A LORENA
·40m - 3
ENTREVISTA A LUIS CARLOS ROGGIERO
·1h 19m - 4
ENTREVISTA A JORGE JARA
·40m - 5
ENTREVISTA A SEBASTIAN FELIX ( CEVICHE )
·2h 13m - 6
ENTREVISTA 2000 A PATO HOLGUIN
·2h 3m - 7
ENTREVISTA A MILY ZAMBRANO
·1h 29m - 8
ENTREVISTA A CARLOS
·1h 20m - 9
ENTREVISTA A JENNY VERA Y MARCELO SALAZAR
·1h 26m - 10
ENTREVISTA A JUAN FERNANDO SALINAS
·1h - 11
ENTREVISTA A ANDRÉS
·1h 8m - 12
ENTREVISTA A JOSÉ PARDO
·55m - 13
ENTREVISTA A PAULINA TAMAYO
·1h 1m - 14
DRA MARÍA ELENA BRITO (INFIDELIDAD)
·48m - 15
ENTREVISTA A OMAR
·1h 26m - 16
ENTREVISTA A CARLA
·1h 49m - 17
ENTREVISTA A JUAN CARLOS MARTÍNEZ
·1h 58m - 18
ENTREVISTA A ÁLVARO ESTEBAN
·1h 16m - 19
ENTREVISTA A LA DRA MARÍA ELENA BRITO
·1h - 20
ENTREVISTA A BLASCO PEÑAHERRERA
·1h 28m - 21
ENTREVISTA A ANDREA Y CAROLINA TOBAR HACIENDA CHORLAVI
·40m - 22
ENTREVISTA A RICARDO ESPINOSA
·59m - 23
ENTREVISTA A ROCIO
·1h 28m - 24
ENTREVISTA A IVETTE MONTALVO
·1h 11m - 25
ENTREVISTA A MARCO GARCIA
·52m - 26
ENTREVISTA A MARGARITA MINAS
·15m - 27
ENTREVISTA A ANITA JATIVA
·1h 49m - 28
ENTREVISTA AL DR DIEGO CORREA
·1h 2m - 29
ENTREVISTA A SANTIAGO
·2h 19m - 30
ENTREVISTA A FREDDY CEVALLOS
·1h 16m - 31
ENTREVISTA A PATRICIO ARÉVALO
·1h 24m - 32
ENTREVISTA A MICHEL BRIONES
·43m - 33
ENTREVISTA A JULIA QUIÑONEZ
·1h 18m - 34
ENTREVISTA A DANIEL GONZÁLEZ
·1h 17m - 35
ENTREVISTA A IMPERIUM
·45m - 36
ENTREVISTA A PAÚL AMBROSI
·1h 2m - 37
ENTREVISTA A CARIDAD VELA
·1h 6m - 38
ENTREVISTA A CHRISTIAN BAQUERO
·29m - 39
ENTREVISTA A ROBERTO
·1h 40m - 40
GABRIEL GUERRERO Y JUAN JOSÉ BALSECA
·45m - 41
ENTREVISTA A EL CHE DE LA VAGANCIA
·1h 43m - 42
ENTREVISTA AL PADRE JUAN CARLOS VASCONEZ
·49m - 43
ENTREVISTA A ANITA CALLEDE
·51m - 44
ENTREVISTA A DRA. GABRIELA ÁVILA Y VERÓNICA YÉPEZ
·1h 6m - 45
ENTREVISTA A PEDRO VÁSCONEZ
·34m - 46
ENTREVISTA A DARÍO ZAMBRANO
·1h 4m - 47
ENTREVISTA A EDGAR PALACIOS
·43m - 48
ENTREVISTA A EMILIO MEJIA
·1h 12m - 49
ENTREVISTA A MICHELE UGAZZI
·1h - 50
ENTREVISTA A DIEGO ALVAREZ
·38m - 51
ENTREVISTA A MAGUI TAVELLA
·30m - 52
ENTREVISTA A CRISTINA ZAPATA
·1h 9m - 53
ENTREVISTA A MANUEL
·1h 4m - 54
ENTREVISTA A PABLO PILAMUNGA
·1h 4m - 55
ENTREVISTA AL DR. CIANO FRANCO
·25m - 56
ENTREVISTA A NICOLÁS LARENAS
·1h 5m - 57
ENTREVISTA A ERNESTO SECO GUERRERO
·1h 20m - 58
ENTREVISTA A GISELLA BAYONA
·59m - 59
ENTREVISTA A MARIO VALLE
·29m - 60
ENTREVISTA A ALEGRIA CRESPO
·35m - 61
ENTREVISTA A NAPOLEÓN SALGADO
·1h 28m - 62
ENTREVISTA A FUNDACIÓN FUERZA ROSA
·46m - 63
ENTREVISTA A SANTIAGO LÓPEZ
·39m - 64
ENTREVISTA A JACINTO ESPINOZA
·29m - 65
ENTREVISTA A MAYTE
·56m - 66
ENTREVISTA AL PADRE ROBERTO
·54m - 67
ENTREVISTA A SANTIAGO JÁCOME
·1h 3m - 68
ENTREVISTA A PIETRO MARSETTI
·1h 35m - 69
ENTREVISTA A PANCHO TERÁN
·1h 46m - 70
ENTREVISTA A FRANKLIN CHÁVEZ
·1h 3m - 71
ENTREVISTA A DARIO CASTRO
·1h 47m - 72
ENTREVISTA A IVAN BURGET, ANDRÉS Y JORGE
·59m - 73
ENTREVISTA A RODRIGO GÓMEZ DE LA TORRE
·1h 2m - 74
ENTREVISTA A ROXY RIVADENEIRA
·45m - 75
ENTREVISTA A PAOLO MUÑOZ
·46m - 76
ENTREVISTA A JORGE SAADE
·25m - 77
ENTREVISTA A CANDICE FIGUEROA
·59m - 78
ENTREVISTA A MICHAEL STRUNCK
·58m - 79
ENTREVISTA A JOSÉ CUEVA
·55m - 80
ENTREVISTA A FERNANDO MOYA
·1h 28m - 81
ENTREVISTA A ZULAY VILLAMARIN
·30m - 82
ENTREVISTA A DIEGO PALACIOS
·22m - 83
ENTREVISTA A ALEXIS
·1h 20m - 84
ENTREVISTA A HUMBERTO HERRERA
·1h 5m - 85
ENTREVISTA A ESTEBAN PROAÑO
·1h - 86
ENTREVISTA A GONZALO JIMÉNEZ
·38m - 87
ENTREVISTA A DARIO VELASCO
·1h 1m - 88
ENTREVISTA AL DR RYAN GARCÍA
·37m - 89
ENTREVISTA A CRISTIAN
·1h 15m - 90
ENTREVISTA A CAMILO PINZÓN
·55m - 91
ENTREVISTA A ALBERTO CAÑAS CAÑITAS
·14m - 92
ENTREVISTA A JEFFERSON CARRASCO
·48m - 93
ENTREVISTA A LA DRA ANDREA SEVILLA
·42m - 94
ENTREVISTA A JORGE LEONARDO VINTIMILLA
·39m - 95
ENTREVISTA A KURT FREUND
·1h 25m - 96
ENTREVISTA A VALERIA MENA
Host Ricky interviews veteran journalist Valeria Mena on Así es la Vida.
·1h 26m·5 clips - 97
ENTREVISTA A MARIA FERNANDA SANCHEZ
Host Ricky interviews Maria Fernanda Sanchez, the Coordinator of Experiences at Quindeloma Hotel in Riobamba, Ecuador, on the Spanish-language podcast Así es la Vida.
·48m·3 clips - 98
ENTREVISTA A NOELIA PACE
Hidden gemHost Ricky interviews Noelia Pace, an Argentine medium and thanatologist from Mar del Plata, on the Así es la Vida podcast ahead of her conferences in Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador.
·41m·2 clips - 99
ENTREVISTA A ESTEFANIA
Hidden gemEl padre de Estefanía murió a los 16 años en un choque contra un poste, después de salir a manejar borracho.
·1h 40m·2 clips - 100
ENTREVISTA A ANA LUCIA MONCAYO Y RAÚL MONGE
Ana Lucía Moncayo and Raúl Monge share their 46-year marriage journey and work as couple coaches.
·1h 27m·5 clips