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Espanglish — Traumatically Bilingual

Santi Espinosa

YouTube · 2026

Bilingual stand-up about Colombian mothers, therapy, and new fatherhood.

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Santi Espinosa flips between English and Spanish mid-thought, treating bilingualism less like a party trick and more like a psychological condition. He walks through the oddities of learning English in a Spanish-speaking country, bringing Latino family habits into therapy, and living under the rules of Colombian mothers and wives. Released on YouTube on May 26, 2026, the 61-minute set arrives after a bumpy release schedule: his first special, Identity Crisis, was taped in 2022 and sat on the shelf over contract disputes until March 2025. Espinosa, a Colombian-born comic who started doing stand-up in Quebec in 2010 and now hosts showcases at New York Comedy Club, spent 2026 taking the Espanglish hour to clubs across the United States and Montreal. The hour also gets into new fatherhood, Colombian expressions, and his take on Latinos for Trump, grounded by more than a decade of club work.

Notable bits & set list

6 bits

  1. Taking an Uber in Bogotá driven by an accountant from Paris

    Observing how Colombian women hold all the power after meeting a French professional who moved and became an Uber driver for love

  2. Spending $45,000 to conceive a child through IVF

    Describing IVF as the whitest thing he has ever done and joking about spending tens of thousands for an ordinary baby that cannot do taxes

  3. Reevaluating his absent gambler father after becoming a parent

    Explaining that after 38 years of hating his dad for abandoning the family at birth, 10 months of sleep deprivation made him realize his father was a visionary

  4. Contrasting white American parenting with immigrant parenting

    Recounting a misbehaving kid named Kyle at an Astoria laundromat whose mother coddled him after a fall versus harsh immigrant lessons on gravity

  5. Watching election results with his Canadian wife

    Reacting to her surprise over Latinos voting for Donald Trump by explaining his own relatives want other cousins deported

  6. Reading bedtime stories and confusing neurodivergence terms

    Discovering he is dyslexic after reading Dr. Seuss with an accent and confusing ADHD and dyslexia with HDMI

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bilingualism and language, Colombian identity, fatherhood, IVF, parenting styles, immigration and politics

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