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Tran Girlismo

Victoria Scott & Jordan Hoffstetter
Tran Girlismo
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  • Tran Girlismo

    Episode 23: H.M.S. Chudnought

    23/07/2026 | 1h 58 mins.
    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
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    Episode 22: Empire Bin State Of Mind [With Guest Josh Boerman]

    16/07/2026 | 2h 6 mins.
    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
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    Episode 21: Finally, A Pickup Truck For Protestants

    09/07/2026 | 1h 46 mins.
    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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    [PREVIEW] BONUS Ep 5: Bullitt (1968) (or: The Snuffbait Protection Program)

    02/07/2026 | 5 mins.
    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!
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    Episode 20: Fordian — I Mean Freudian — Slip

    25/06/2026 | 1h 59 mins.
    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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