Podcast

Tran Girlismo

Automotive, Leisure

A show about car culture and living during the decline of empire from millennials who have never known anything else, with a dash of photography on the side. Hosted by Jordan Hoffstetter and Victoria Scott, a pair of (former!) automotive journalists and (current!) trans women. If you like cars but also hate what mandatory car ownership has done to the landscape of America, this is probably for you!

Automotive chart
#11
Episodes
45
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
1 hr 54 min
On air since
2026
Latest episode
5 days ago

Episodes

45 episodes, newest first

  1. Episode 35: The Honda Fit Is God's Own Automobile [with Guest Sable Rapp of Drive Deviant]

    Season 1, Episode 35

    Show notes

    Hello! On this week's episode the girls are joined by Sable Rapp of Drive Deviant, a queer-friendly, queer-led car club with chapters around the world! (Drive Deviant hosted the recent meetup at Mose Auto in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood mentioned in Ep. 33!) Sable owns not one, not two, but three Honda Fits, and the girls discuss how it is God's own automobile. Victoria updates on the Jeep, Jordan fills us in about her C8 adventures in Los Angeles, and the girls generally discuss how automotive culture is actually at its best when it is a collective effort, rather than an individualist one.

    Sable had to leave before the end, so the girls wrap the episode with being pissed off about Sophie Cunningham and election season generally. God, we cannot wait for it to be over.

    Check out the Drive Deviant Discord and Linktree if it sounds like a group you want to be involved in! Both of us will certainly be doing a lot more with our respective chapters soon!!!

    As always, our opening theme is off Stella Spazzatura's Horse Tranquilizer Simulator and our fantastic editor (who is available to edit your show, too!) is the lovely Alex/Harmful Park!

    Referenced Stories:
    Sophie Cunningham NOT EVEN FROM HERE @Houston Chron

    2 hr 16 min
  2. Episode 34: Finally, A Fiat For Puppygirls

    Season 1, Episode 34

    Show notes

    Hello! In this episode of Tran Girlismo, the girls talk about Stellantis... positively??? That's right, Stellantis unveiled six new concepts to demonstrate their styling and future product plans, and they actually kinda go.

    All following images via Stellantis.

    Alfa Romeo Cuorerosso:

    Peugeot RCZ Vision:

    Peugeot E-T16:

    Opel STX:

    Fiat Multiplay:

    DS F3ver:

    Citroen 2CV:

    The girls then discuss the fact that they hate the white supremacist "concept" ""car"" and will not be discussing it as a serious thing. Please stop asking the girls what they think of it. Then, Jordan plays another video game (Project Motor Racing) and learns that sometimes even if nostalgia is bad, old stuff actually is just kinda better when new stuff is ass.

    As always, our opening theme is off Stella Spazzatura's Horse Tranquilizer Simulator and our fantastic editor (who is available to edit your show, too!) is the lovely Alex/Harmful Park!

    VICTORIA NOTE: Shirt/sticker update for people who have ordered! Some of them have been mailed, some of them are still in my living room; my wife and I are about halfway through the process. I apologize again for the delay, we have had a rough few weeks in my home and I am behind on basically all aspects of my life. These will be mailed out (although I have no idea in what order; we basically just pick whatever shirts are closest and send those), and I will not be handling merch in the future now that I have a full-time day job, but that obviously happened between me offering pre-orders and me actually getting the merch.

    I deeply appreciate your patience and understanding while I catch up with everything, it has been a really rough time in my life. <3 Vicki

    Related Stories:
    E-T16 & RCZ Vision @Car & Driver
    Pontiac Stinger @Motorweek via YouTube
    The Pragmatic and Moral Case to Sell Your Tesla @Motor1

    1 hr 41 min
  3. Episode 33: The Jaguar 6000SUX

    Season 1, Episode 33

    Show notes

    Hello! In this episode of Tran Girlismo, the girls start off with some fun stuff. The car meet that Mosé Auto and Drive Deviant put together was a success, and Vicki had fun meeting some of y'all there! Next, W O R L D R A L L Y C H A M P I O N S H I P R E T U R N S ! ! ! After nearly four decades, America is finally enough of a pariah state once more for FIA to bestow us with a WRC event.

    Next, the girls dive into the hot new electric car of the week, the Jaguar Type 01. It's... it's fine. It feels like it's been one million years since the ad campaign for it launched, though. Finally, more oil, as ol' Donnie throws Ukraine further under the bus for a completely trivial amount of diesel before the midterms. Vicki wrote the notes for this one. Did you think you were going to escape The Oil?

    As always, our opening theme is off Stella Spazzatura's Horse Tranquilizer Simulator and our fantastic editor (who is available to edit your show, too!) is the lovely Alex/Harmful Park!

    Related Stories:
    WRC Returns To America by Fred Smith @Road & Track
    Tennessee Candidate Event Coverage @DirtFish
    Jaguar Reveals A $130,000 All-Electric Vehicle. Why? @CNN
    Saudi Ceer Sedan Specs @ArsTechnica
    Type 01 Dimensions And Specs @AutoWeek
    Jaguar Boss Defends Ad Campaign @The Guardian UK
    Jaguar Scraps Ad Campaign @Automotive News
    Type 01 Launch Coverage @WSJ
    Trump Cuts Deal With Putin For Diesel @The Guardian US
    The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia And Iran Act Of 2026 @Congress
    Trump Bitches About NATO Allies Buying Fuel From Russia (Last Year) @CNBC
    Trump Deal To Buy Diesel From Russia (Now) @CBS
    Putin Asks For Trump To Do Exactly This Entire Scenario (One Week Ago) @Reuters
    WSJ Analysis Of Deal @WSJ (via archive.ph)
    Tim Armitage Reading Trump For Filth @BBC
    Russian Diesel Consumption And Production @Fortune
    Iran Claims To Blow Up Supertanker Below Waterline @Mehr News
    Riyadh Airport Struck Twice By Houthis @Reuters
    BEAN YEAR Shipping Cost Analysis @Bluesky

    1 hr 37 min
  4. Episode 32: Apologies, Francis Bourgeois, I Was Not Familiar With Your Game

    Season 1, Episode 32

    Show notes

    Hello and welcome to another episode of Tran Girlismo! On this episode, Jordan rounds up the racing season as it comes to its conclusion. Then, the girls watch the new Grand Tour; as you can predict, one of them is a downer about it. (Spoilers though: Francis rocks.) The two of them discuss the new BMW 3 Series (in gas, yet again), and then Jordan fills us in on her latest pleasure cruise exploring the Allegheny Mountains.

    AS A REMINDER FOR SEATTLE PEEPS: If you want to attend a really cool queer car meet and say hi to Victoria, come swing on by Mose Auto (700 S Orchard St, Seattle, WA 98108) from 2-6 PM in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood, where she'll be tabling for her day job at TRACTION!

    And of course as always, the girls' opening theme is from Horse Tranquilizer Simulator by Stella Spazzatura, and they are kept out of going to prison forever by the wonderful Alex/Harmful Park, who is available for work and you should hire, too!

    Related Stories:
    IMSA Petit Le Mans Highlights @Youtube
    New Gas 3 Series @https://TopGear.com
    Gas 3 Series Pricing In USA @https://TopGear.com
    Average New Car Prices @https://KBB.com
    Hagerty Road of the Year (PA 144) @Hagerty

    1 hr 48 min
  5. Episode 31: Tran Girlismo Is An Anagram For Grim Oil Rants

    Season 1, Episode 31

    Show notes

    Hello! On this episode of Grim Oil Rants (apologies/thanks to our wonderful friend of the show Nathaniel for stealing this bit from him), the girls just want to have fun, but they can't. Degrowth Don is back at it again, so it's time for an (admittedly more limited than last weeks') analysis of the diesel market. Then, the feds decide that since fuel prices are so low it's a great time to abolish CAFE in a way that Victoria thinks might actually make the entire market balloon more in size, and NHTSA admits will cost us more in fuel. Great.

    Finally, Jordan plays a really good video game that can never happen again because Electronic Arts is too busy bonesawing small studios they purchase to make Infinite Money with Zero Employees.

    Victoria especially would like to extend her genuine apologies for another oil-based downer episode but wow she is feelin' it this week. The uplifting, fun episode is the bonus this time. Sorry y'all.

    As always, our opening theme is off Stella Spazzatura's Horse Tranquilizer Simulator and our fantastic editor who keeps us out of prison is Alex aka Harmful Park, who is looking for work and you should hire to work on your podcast too!

    Referenced Stories:
    Trump Considers Blowing Up Entire Economy For Fun @Reuters
    Trump Does Not Understand How Red Dye Works @Reuters
    Trump Admin Rolls Back CAFE To Pre-Biden @NPR
    892 Pages Of Bullshit @NHTSA
    Victoria's Extensive Reporting On The Footprint Rule @The Drive
    Tesla's Easy Money Ends @Reuters

    1 hr 58 min
  6. [PREVIEW] BONUS Episode 8: Le Mans (1971) (or: The Most Haunted Man To Ever Drive A Race Car) Trailer

    Season 1, Episode 8

    Show notes

    Hello! In this month's bonus episode, the girls watch and review Steve McQueen's 1971 film Le Mans, which it turns out kicks ass. DO NOT WORRY, non-subscribers, we will still have a main feed episode out this week! But we wanted to put out our bonus for all of our Patreon subscribers, we appreciate your support as always!

    Later this week: MORE OIL

    5 min
  7. Episode 30: The Oil Crisis Special

    Season 1, Episode 30

    Show notes

    In this episode of Tran Girlismo, the girls correct the trajectory of the past "we're so back" episodes with one that affirms, no, really, "it's so over". Jordan briefly tries to distract Victoria with the good that is IMSA at IMS, and while that was fun, she cannot stop the It's So Over tsunami that is eight pages of oil crisis notes.

    First, the girls cover the absolutely hilarious backstory of the Freedom Fuels... business (legally, they cannot call it a scam), before Victoria puts on her WTYP hat and breaks down the history of Yemen. It turns out that the entire world fucked over this country of 35 million for basically going on 100 years and the current oil-crisis-inducing Houthi situation did not just fall from the coconut tree, so to speak.

    The girls wrap things up by dunking on the new Saudi Arabian Ceer car company. Please email all professional bonesaw appointment scheduling to trangirlismo@gmail.com.

    CALL TO ACTION: If you are looking for ways to help the trans community and have some spare time we would love more volunteers at TRACTION! If you have spare space you'd be willing to let a trans refugee crash in (especially if you're in the Puget Sound region) please sign up to be part of our Couch Network! If you have money to spare, we also would love donations! I will probably be putting together a big fundraising marathon once things slow down slightly in my life!

    As always, our intro theme is from the wonderful Stella Spazzatura off her album Horse Tranquilizer Simulator, and our editor is the fantastic (and available for more work) Alex aka Harmful Park!

    Our special edition image is President George W. Bush addressing the American people about the invasion of Iraq, with Smoliv next to him. Because, you know, Smoliv is full of oil. [Victoria Note: For people that ordered shirts, I actually picked them up yesterday, and I'm gonna ship them ASAP; this weekend I have a wedding to attend, so it might not be until next weekend.]

    Referenced Stories:
    Sketchy Stolen Gas? @The New Republic
    Mansfield Oil Allegations @The Guardian US
    Associated Press Reporting On The Blowjob Brothers @Associated Press
    Mansfield Oil Lawsuit @Politico
    $700,000 In Back Rent Allegations @PoliticoPro
    South Yemen's Socialist Experiment @Jacobin [https://Archive.org]
    Zaydi Overview @Britannica
    [Victoria Note: A lot of the backstory of Yemen is assembled from a variety of Wikipedia articles on the history of the Republic of Yemen, South Yemen, the history of Yemen, the history of British colonial occupation in the Middle East, and conflicts in Yemen, chasing down links for firmer citations as appropriate. As this was a crash-course for me, I did not record every source I relied on for my summary; my apologies!]
    Chris Murphy Comments On Yemen @The Intercept
    UN Comments On French/British/American Culpability In War Crimes @The Guardian
    UN Reports On Material Poverty In Yemen @UN
    Houthis Blow Up F-15 @BBC
    Houthis Take Hanish Islands, Perim @The Guardian
    Saudi Petroline Kablooied, Blowed Up @CNBC
    Chris Wright Lies Through Teeth To Media @CNBC
    It's So Over You Don't Even Know @Financial Times
    Reuters Analysis Of How Over It Is @Reuters
    Trump Tells Saudis GL, HF With Houthis @The Guardian
    Trump Backtracks, Then Backtracks On Backtracking @New York Times
    US Clears Way To Sell $25 Billion In F-35s To Saudis @Reuters
    Israel Bombs "Houthis", Harms Civilians @Al-Jazeera
    Shanghai Oil Futures $129 @Financial Times
    Shanghai Oil Futures $140 Like Two Days After I Got That Link @Bloomberg
    Ghost Shipping Surge @Reuters
    National Security Council Houthi Analysis @NSC [https://Archive.org]
    Houthi Analysis @Council on Foreign Relations
    Ceer Unveiled @Reuters
    Ceer Claims Of Range, Performance @Ars Technica
    Foxconn Plant That Never Happened In Wisconsin @NBC [Chicago Affiliate]
    Foxconn Runs Labor Camps According To Chinese, HK, Taiwanese Universities @South China Morning Post
    Saudi Arabian Kafala System @Human Rights Watch

    2 hr 29 min
  8. Episode 29: IT'S A JEEP THING AND I SEEK TO UNDERSTAND [with Guest Cora Goodwin]

    Season 1, Episode 29

    Show notes

    Hello! On this episode, the girls are joined by their friend Cora Goodwin (who you can find nowadays on Instagram), who basically invented half the car culture the two of them grew up with. (You might remember Cora from the Zero Fucks Given RX-7 or the Turbo Trolls-Royce builds if you liked Matt Farah as a teenager and you're about the girls' ages). The girls had written notes but rapidly threw them out the window as the conversation took on a life of its own.

    (Victoria's Note: For the geopolitics sickos, next week's episode will be a return to form.)

    The discussion (roughly) covers the Focus ST, Civic Si, VICTORIA'S FIRST CAR IN YEARS, HER NEW JEEP [air horn sounds dot wav], being transgender and figuring out your deal, the Morgan Aero 8, hydrogen-powered cars, and how to help your community. It was meandering.

    Anyway, check out these sick-ass pics of Vicki and her new Jeep taken by Friend Of The Show and photographer Sula Griggs:

    (Victoria's Note: Thank you all for your support, this Jeep is pretty much possible because of this Patreon. I will be relentlessly talking about what I'm going to do with and to it in the near future on the show and I promise I will use having a vehicle to do as much good as I can!)

    As always, our opening theme is off Horse Tranquilizer Simulator by Stella Spazzatura and our editor is the fantastic Alex/Harmful Park, who you should hire to edit your show, too!

    2 hr 29 min
  9. Episode 28: 9/11 Comes Earlier Every Year [with Guest Rob Zacny]

    Season 1, Episode 28

    Show notes

    Hello! This week the girls are joined by Rob Zacny, cofounder of Remap Radio, host of Star Wars podcast A More Civilized Age, and panelist on F1 podcast Shift+F1! The girls had a bunch of notes written out but immediately got distracted for almost three hours. Sorry about that.

    We discuss Mazda, the catfish Chevrolet Camaro, living at a race track, generational trauma of The Sports Car You Missed Out On, revving for 9/11, the narrative complexity of Codemasters' F1 series, getting your wife to sim-race, Dire Straits,

    Our opening theme as always is off the album Horse Tranquilizer Simulator by Stella Spazzatura and thank you as always to our wonderful editor Alex (@nohopeoverkill.com on Bsky)!

    Referenced Stories:
    Pedestrian Safety by Victoria @https://Motor1.com
    Car Bloat by Victoria @The Drive
    The girls actually didn't really have any sources for this episode because it's like three hours of riffs.

    2 hr 47 min
  10. Episode 27: Penske Purgatory AKA The Freedom 250

    Episode 27

    Show notes

    Howdy everyone! We did it, we recorded our final thoughts on the Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington D.C.

    This episode is fully focused on the race, our experiences at it, and how we sorted through our feelings in the days afterwards. We want to welcome all of our new listeners who found us through Youtube or our threads on Bluesky about our time on the ground, and we once again want to thank all of our Patrons as we literally couldn't have done this without y'all.

    I also want to thank everyone who came out to our meetup Saturday night, as it was maybe the one redeeming part of the whole weekend!

    As always, our opening theme is off Stella Spazzatura's Horse Tranquilizer Simulator, and our editor (who you should hire!!!!) is Alex aka Harmful Park!

    1 hr 54 min
  11. [PREVIEW] 2 Tran 2 Girlismo: A Movie Commentary Bonus Episode Bonus

    Show notes

    Howdy howdy!

    The other thing we recorded together in D.C. during our trip to the Freedom 250 was our second movie commentary for the Fast and Furious franchise! The girls crowded around Jordan's laptop in their hotel room, cracked some modelos, and buckled into John Singleton's 2 Fast 2 Furious, a movie we both liked a whole lot actually!

    This one is really silly goofy fun, so I think you'll have fun. We watched on Netflix, so sync us up to 0.00 on Netflix, or just understand that we might be a few seconds fast or slow for you.

    I think next month the aim is to do another listener questions bonus, but who knows, maybe we watch Tokyo Drift together instead. Thanks again for all the support patrons, without it we literally couldn't have done this trip. Look forward to the full report on our thoughts on the next mainline episode, and remember that our merch store is open for preorders until the end of the month!

    5 min
  12. Tran Girlismo: Live From D.C. Emergency Minisode

    Show notes

    Hi folks! We survived! Just after the Freedom 250, Victoria, Jordan, and their wives all gathered and recorded their thoughts on the race in the immediate aftermath of the race. While we filmed this for the YouTube channel Youtube.com/@trangirlismo we wanted to put this up on the audio only feed as well, just to make sure no one misses it. Audio quality is gonna be a bit weird since it was recorded off a shotgun microphone, but it was worth it to get this out ASAP

    Spoilers? It sucked! For mostly completely avoidable reasons!

    Further thoughts, a full rundown of our weekend, and more on this week's full episode.

    14 min
  13. Episode 26: Now With 100% More D&B

    Season 1, Episode 26

    Show notes

    Hello! In this episode, Jordan discusses driving her new Corvette (spoilers: it's good)! Then she explains that she watched some Throttle House, and dissects where her tepid optimism for the newest reboot of Top Gear with those guys running it.

    Then it's time for a rare Jordan Angry Episode, as the girls dive into the failures of the W Series and F1 Academy to produce literally any meaningful advancement for women in racing at all, on the heels of Maya Weug's public posts about her career's dead-end.

    Finally, Victoria tried Wreckfest 2 Early Access because her wife refurbished her computer. Unfortunately, it's not what she was hoping for, and she's not sure it's going to get fixed.

    Victoria would like to apologize for her audio being a bit off; she has no clue why the gain got changed on her mic after her computer was refurbished, and she tried repeatedly to fix it but could not. She will fix it next week!

    As always, our opening theme is off Stella Spazzatura's Horse Tranquilizer Simulator, and our editor (who you should hire!!!!) is Alex aka Harmful Park!

    BIG ENORMOUS NOTE: IF YOU ARE IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND WOULD LIKE TO HANG OUT THIS WEEKEND, THE GIRLS WILL BE AT AS YOU ARE (THE GAY BAR) AT 8 PM EASTERN TIME ON SATURDAY, 8/22/26. WE HOPE TO SEE SOME AND POTENTIALLY ALL OF YOU THERE

    Referenced Stories:
    Maya Weug's Career Collapse @https://Crash.net
    Maya Weug's IG post @Instagram
    Jamie Chadwick Is A Terf @Telegraph UK (this is here more for a fact-check than to encourage any of you to click it, like, it's the Telegraph)

    1 hr 41 min
  14. Episode 25: We Gotta Give The Government Acronym Guys A Raise

    Season 1, Episode 25

    Show notes

    Hello! In this episode of Tran Girlismo, Victoria goes Wonk Mode, as it is her natural response to environmental stressors such as wildfire smoke and extreme heat that was gripping the state of Washington last week. First: What's The Deal With The Strategic Petroleum Reserve, amirite folks? No but seriously we're running out of oil to pull from it, it turns out, and the impact on the oil market will be... almost certainly not good.

    Next, Victoria explains that if you do nothing but deplete war materiel for four straight years, you eventually run out of war materiel. Then you gotta buy more. It turns out that every American car company (but especially GM), fresh out of ideas about how to make cars, wants to get in on that sweet, sweet gravy train, probably at the expense of any of us ever being able to afford a car again. (Victoria apologizes for making this episode a little TrashFuture-y but she just guested and she had a lot of fun so it felt like a good way to take it.)

    Finally, and by far the most fun, JORDAN. ANNOUNCES. HER. NEW. FUN. CAR. It is not exactly congruent with the material conditions of America but hey a girl's gotta have a little hope, right?

    IF YOU WOULD LIKE TRAN GIRLISMO SHIRTS OR STICKERS: https://store.trangirlismo.com is open again until August 31st!

    As always, our opening theme is off Horse Tranquilizer Simulator by Stella Spazzatura and our editor is Alex, aka Harmful Park!

    Referenced Stories:
    Strategic Petroleum Reserve Quick Facts @US DOE
    March 11th Chris Wright Announcement @US DOE
    Current Crude Stocks In SPR @US EIA
    Congress and DOE Need a Unified Plan to Align Priorities and Investments for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve @US Government Accountability Office
    SPR Under Stress @CNBC
    Operational Floor of the SPR @Bloomberg
    US Refinery Capacity Utilization + Chris Wright Comments @EnergyNow
    US Average Gas Gallon Cost @AAA
    Bob McNally Interview @EnergyNow
    CENTCOM Claims/Ghost Shipping Estimates @Bloomberg
    Global Reserves Exhaustion Estimates @US EIA
    Chevron Profit Quadruples @CNBC
    Mike Stone Defense Industry Feature @Reuters
    Spending On Ukrainian Defense @Council on Foreign Relations
    Hegseth Budget @The Guardian
    Castelion Blackbeard Contract @Castelion
    Pentagon Approaches Automakers For Weapons @WSJ
    General Motors To Build Ventilators (2020 Reporting By Victoria) @Jalopnik
    Barra Expects Billion Dollar Chevy Colorado Contract [by Summer Ballentine] @DetroitNews
    The M130 Infantry Squad Vehicle @Wikipedia
    Mad Max's Pickup Truck [Victoria's ZR2 First Drive] @Motor1
    ICE Gives $2.5 Million No-Bid Contract To Rick Hendrick @Zeteo
    Trump Pardons Hendrick Nephew @Daytona Beach News-Journal
    FY2021 Annual Report @Director Of Operational Test & Evaluation
    GM Profit Soars [by Summer Ballentine] @Detroit News

    2 hr 7 min
  15. The Girls Watch Fast and Furious, a Patreon Preview

    Show notes

    Hi folks!

    No new episode this week so the girls (and Alex!) could have a week off and take care of some stuff. But, I figured what better time to bring maybe my favorite of our bonus episodes in front of the paywall as a little showcase of what we do for those folks who don't subscribe!

    This is a movie commentary track, so you will need to source your own copy of The Fast and Furious, and I think it's a goofy good time! So, if you're a free subscriber, enjoy, and I hope you take a chance on supporting us. Love y'all, thanks for a crazy six months!

    1 hr 53 min
  16. [PREVIEW] Bonus Episode 6: Tran Girlismo Origins Bonus

    Episode 6

    Show notes

    It's double episode Thursday if you're a patron! Squeeking in just before the month is over, here is our third listener question special! I think we had a bounty of questions, and the mood was pretty great, despite coming right off the back of recording episode 24!

    5 min
  17. Episode 24: Transsexual C-Span

    Episode 24

    Show notes

    Hi folks! Jordan here giving you your weekly dose of Gay Girl John Oliver, so the notes are gonna be a bit light this week! I had a slightly updated audio setup this week, so I am hoping any audio issues are in the past now! Thanks for being patient with us!

    This week we talk about: The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix, and it's many wonders and pleasures. Long story short, you all should go to Pittsburgh, it's great.

    https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/us-senate-panel-approves-bill-crack-down-chinese-vehicles-2026-07-22/ We also talk about the US senate trying to explode the auto industry (again) and we delve into the identity politics of your average used car salesman.

    And then we finish stuff off with a dose of racing news, that is also somehow still America's fault! Thanks to The War™ the WEC is altering its schedule for the second time this year! https://www.dailysportscar.com/2026/07/13/wec-season-set-to-finish-in-europe-as-middle-east-conflict-continues.html

    As always, our opening theme is off Stella Spazzatura's Horse Tranquilizer Simulator. Special thank you to our editor Alex; you can check out her site here and you can get WHITE LINE NIGHTMARE, her toxic yuri visual novel, on https://Itch.io!

    1 hr 45 min
  18. Episode 23: H.M.S. Chudnought

    Season 1, Episode 23

    Show notes

    Hello! In this episode of Tran Girlismo, the girls dig into the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 promotional tie-in Aston Martin Dreadnought and how much the two of them cannot stand it. Then Jordan put herself through listening to Donald Trump ramble on about the Freedom 250 so we could get an idea of what we're in for come... oh God next month. When the race is held. And we have to go to it.

    Next up, Victoria dissects the Volkswagen Century of Humiliation, and the girls discuss the Nissan Altima's possible demise. Also, Vicki finished her book, and she has to describe the crashout that only finishing a project that has been a sole obsession for months on end can bring.

    As always, our opening theme is off Stella Spazzatura's Horse Tranquilizer Simulator. Special thank you to our editor Alex; you can check out her site here and you can get WHITE LINE NIGHTMARE, her toxic yuri visual novel, on https://Itch.io!

    Referenced Stories:
    The Aston Martin Dreadnought @Jalopnik
    Press Release On The Dreadnought @Call of Duty
    The Gamer Rolls @This Patreon (Free To Read)
    The 2025 Williams-Sonoma Hater's Guide By Drew Magary @Defector
    German Car Sales Down Steeply @Fortune
    Chinese Economy Not Great, Not Terrible @Reuters
    VW Profit Collapsing YOY @BBC
    VW Cutting 50% Of Models @Quartz
    Germany Really Liked Cheap Russian Gas @BBC
    Nissan Altima Dead, Says Guy Who Probably Should Know If It's Dead Or Not @Wards Auto
    No It Isn't We Swear Says Nissan @Motor1

    1 hr 58 min
  19. Episode 22: Empire Bin State Of Mind [With Guest Josh Boerman]

    Season 1, Episode 22

    Show notes

    Hello! On this episode of Tran Girlismo, the girls are joined by Josh Boerman of Worst of All Possible Worlds and Ill-Conceived as we support his quest to guest-star on 52 podcasts in a single year.

    First, the girls and Josh discuss the new-to-America Fiat Topolino, and then we turn to the Special Interest Josh brought along: NEW YAWK, LOVE DA METS, BABEY

    That's right it's time to talk about DA TRASH, as New York wants to convert street parking into dumpsters instead of letting raw bags of waste bake on the sidewalk, which has rational automobile drivers furious, somehow,

    Finally, Jordan gives us a rundown on the Freedom Fuel Gas Stations that cropped up all across the United States. [actually it was just in Philly for whatever reason]

    Our opening theme as always is off the album Horse Tranquilizer Simulator by Stella Spazzatura and special thank you to our wonderful new editor @harmfulpark.bsky.social!

    Referenced Stories:
    Fiat Topolino @Autoblog
    New Yorkers Furious About Plan To Stop Letting Garbage Bags Rot On Sidewalk @Gothamist
    New York Post Finds The World's Most Car-Brained Vet Office @New York Post
    Mayor Mamdani Says New Yorkers Should Live Like Human Beings, Have Dumpsters @YouTube
    Donald Trump's Freedom Fuel Stations Post @TruthSocial
    Freedom Fuel @CNN

    2 hr 6 min
  20. Episode 21: Finally, A Pickup Truck For Protestants

    Season 1, Episode 21

    Show notes

    Hello! In this episode of Tran Girlismo, we finally dig into the Slate Truck. We both do not like it. Next up, President Deals decides to destroy his own trade deal because we live under textual fascism! Weirdly, we both have complicated feelings about this, because it turns out that global trade and American imperialism are not clear-cut issues. Finally, Jordan explains that Ferrari has invented a Real Fake Manual and Victoria can't decide if it's good or not but it sure is some shit Baudrillard would have soy-pointed at.

    As always, our opening theme song is off Stella Spazzatura's Horse Tranquilizer Simulator!

    Also: The Bangladesh factory collapse was actually two Tenerife airport disasters in terms of fatality count. Victoria regrets the error.

    Referenced Stories:
    EPA Rolling Coal Tuners Get Pardons @CarAndDriver
    The BBC Had To Apologize For How Racist The Mexico Special Was @BBC
    Slate Truck Details @CarAndDriver
    Slate Truck Price Leak @TheAutopian
    Tesla Gaming The EPA Numbers @CarAndDriver
    Resistance Heater Planned For The Slate Truck @Facebook
    Slate Truck Originally Planned To Use NMC Batteries @InsideEVs
    Great Slate Battery Breakdown @Techcrunch
    Cobalt Mining Feature @NPR
    The Slate Truck Uses LFP Batteries After All @InsideEVs
    Chevy Bolt Specs And Pricing @CarAndDriver
    Daniel Golson's Slate EV Ridealong @Jalopnik
    Slate Has To Sell 80,000 Trucks A Year To Break Even @Carscoops
    Trump Blows Up The USMCA @CarAndDriver
    USMCA vs. NAFTA @Investopedia
    Matt Yglesias Being A Piece Of Shit @Slate
    Trump Loves The USMCA He Made Until He Didn't Anymore @CNN
    Real Fake Manual 12Cilindri @Top Gear

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