Winning The Internet with Nathan Jun featuring Carlos Espina, Eumieverse, and RaeShanda Lias
episodePreviously titled “Winning The Internet with Nathan Jun featuring Carlos Espina, Isaiah Martin, Eumieverse, and RaeShanda Lias” — renamed by the publisher on Sep 17, 2026
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How do content creators reach audiences that ignore traditional media?
Welcome back to the Andy Bashir Podcast. I'm Andy, and today's episode is coming to you from a slightly different setting, the Democratic Governors Association's Fall Policy Conference, where governors from across the country get together to talk about what's actually working and what we can learn from each other. But instead of just talking to other governors, this time I wanted to bring in some of the people actually reaching folks who don't watch cable news or read the paper every morning, the content creators. shaping a whole generation and how they understand what's happening in the country. I'm joined by my friends Carlos Eduardo Espina, the most beloved Latino activist in the country, who's built a massive bilingual platform in uplifting immigrant communities across the U.S.
I've got Isaiah Martin, a content creator known for taking on MAGA influencers directly and translating politics for an audience that's mostly tuned out of traditional media. Yumi joins us again too, and she's bringing the Yumiverse platform with the same blunt group chat energy that's made her a go-to voice for younger audiences. And I'm also joined by Nathan John and the Return of Rashonda, who have built their own platforms, translating what's happening in our politics for people who need it explained straight and without any spin. These are some of my favorite communicators and conversations. Let's get into it. All right, next on the Andy Bashir podcast, we're catching up with Carlos. Carlos, uh you came on the podcast uh during Derby.
Yeah. I know had a had a great time in Kentucky. You are back for a Democratic Governors Association uh event here. Uh tell us as you've been traveling the country, uh what are the races that you are seeing and you're participating in? What type of momentum do you feel?
Well, I've been helping a little bit of everywhere. I've mostly been focused in Texas because there's a few winnable seats there. I'm very good friends with Bobby Pulilo who is in a Trump plus eighteen district but is polling up three, four, five, depending on what poll you look at. Incredible. So that's been pretty awesome, you know, helping James Talarico for the Senate race, Gina Nihosa for governor. But I've mostly been just traveling all over, going to like conferences, events, you know, just listening to people and then also doing my own thing, right? 'Cause uh I mean yesterday for example I checked in in my hotel and like the five ladies who were working at the front, they're like, Oh, we're all from Cuba, we're US citizens now and you know, we all follow you and I was just asking them, like, what do you think about everything that's going on?
And you know, the main thing I hear is there's a lot of um frustration with the Trump administration, a lot of especially Latinos who maybe supported him for economic reasons, whatever it may be, uh are not happy with what's going on, but there's still a lot of hesitation as to Right. Whatever. Does that mean we support Democrats or do we just sit this one out because, you know, people will say, Hey, well, you know, I don't like Trump but I also don't like this that the Democrats did the other thing? So it's a lot about the messaging, how you are able to break through and I think we have a lot of good candidates for governor and for other races who are doing a good job, but it's you know
So so you think the candidates need to be laser focused on bringing down costs, the cost of gas, the cost of diesel if you're in Kentucky, um because uh every piece of farm equipment runs on on diesel. Cost of groceries, cost of of utilities.
Yeah, I think they need to be focused on like how do you build a new brand of the Democratic Party and what I mean by that is, you know, for example on the issue of immigration or the economy, people will say, Hey, well, I wasn't like things weren't great under, you know, Biden or previous administrations either. Obviously they were better than they are now, but everything, you know, is relative and people say, I don't wanna s struggle anymore, I don't want to suffer anymore.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
How do content creators reach audiences that ignore traditional media?
0:07–9:14
2
What sparked Nathan Jun’s transition from corporate marketing to full‑time online commentary?
9:14–16:12
3
Why does Nathan Jun believe simple messaging is crucial for the Democratic Party?
16:12–22:00
4
How are tariffs and supply‑chain issues affecting everyday Americans?
22:00–30:33
5
What personal challenges did Nathan face with social‑media bans and platform censorship?
30:33–37:33
6
How can the Democratic Party better engage young men and women on the issues that matter to them?
37:33–44:16
7
What role does personal resilience and community support play in overcoming political fatigue?
44:16–52:08
8
What concrete policy changes does Andy propose to restore trust in American democracy?
52:08–59:58
Speakers
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