28 episodes
- 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 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 - 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 - 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 - Hello! For this month's bonus episode, we let our listeners vote, and they chose Bullitt (1968) as our movie review! Neither of us enjoyed this one, because it's not very good! Next month we're doing a Q&A episode, so I'll be posting on Patreon shortly for us to receive your questions!
- Hello! In this somehow-we've-recorded-20-episodes twentieth episode, the girls discuss Jordan's immediate EV Struggles on her first road trip in her new-to-her Hyundai Ioniq 5 EV and we immediately digress into the economy of Sandusky, Ohio. First off, Porsche isn't selling us their prettiest car anymore. Then, Lucid loses thousands more workers after losing a billion dollars. Seems bad! Then Ford introduces their new ST Sinister package (bad. very bad) and shows off their new EV truck (good?) and the girls continue to digress. Very digression-heavy episode.
Vicki admits she doesn't like Subarus, also, so she is prepared for her lesbian audience to throw stale vegetables at her. [I JUST DON'T LIKE BOXER ENGINES OKAY]
Related Stories:
Kia EV9 Feature Where Vicki Almost Had To Live In Forks, WA @Motor1
Jordan's Forza feature on the Patreon @This Patreon
Rivian Owns A Better Route Planner @Rivian
Chicago Flag @Wikipedia
Fry Like An Eagle @Their Website
Porsche Cans Taycan Cross/Sport Turismo (In The USA Only, Victoria Gets Corrected, Don't Worry) @Car And Driver
THE STEAM CUBE IS ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS @Steam
Porsche Sold 9,000 Macan EVs @CarBuzz
Lucid Century of Humiliation @TechCrunch
Lucid Loses One Billion Dollars @Jalopnik
Ford Explorer Sinister Package @Ford
About Face (comic mentioned in episode) @Popula
Ford Teaser Site For EV Truck @Ford
Ford's $30,000 EV Pickup @Car And Driver
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About Tran Girlismo
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!
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