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by Victoria Scott & Jordan Hoffstetter
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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- 2 weeks ago1h 40m
Episode 34: Finally, A Fiat For Puppygirls
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 VickiRelated Stories: E-T16 & RCZ Vision @Car & Driver Pontiac Stinger @Motorweek via YouTubeThe Pragmatic and Moral Case to Sell Your Tesla @Motor1
- 3 weeks ago1h 37m
Episode 33: The Jaguar 6000SUX
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? @CNNSaudi Ceer Sedan Specs @ArsTechnica Type 01 Dimensions And Specs @AutoWeek Jaguar Boss Defends Ad Campaign @The Guardian UKJaguar Scraps Ad Campaign @Automotive News Type 01 Launch Coverage @WSJ Trump Cuts Deal With Putin For Diesel @The Guardian USThe 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 @BBCRussian Diesel Consumption And Production @FortuneIran Claims To Blow Up Supertanker Below Waterline @Mehr News Riyadh Airport Struck Twice By Houthis @Reuters <a href="https
- Oct 9, 20261h 48m
Episode 32: Apologies, Francis Bourgeois, I Was Not Familiar With Your Game
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 @YoutubeNew Gas 3 Series @TopGear.comGas 3 Series Pricing In USA @TopGear.comAverage New Car Prices @KBB.com Hagerty Road of the Year (PA 144) @Hagerty
- Oct 1, 20261h 58m
Episode 31: Tran Girlismo Is An Anagram For Grim Oil Rants
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 @ReutersTrump Does Not Understand How Red Dye Works @Reuters Trump Admin Rolls Back CAFE To Pre-Biden @NPR892 Pages Of Bullshit @NHTSA Victoria's Extensive Reporting On The Footprint Rule @The DriveTesla's Easy Money Ends @Reuters
- Sep 29, 20265 min
[PREVIEW] BONUS Episode 8: Le Mans (1971) (or: The Most Haunted Man To Ever Drive A Race Car)
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
- Sep 24, 20262h 29m
Episode 30: The Oil Crisis Special
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 RepublicMansfield Oil Allegations @The Guardian USAssociated Press Reporting On The Blowjob Brothers @Associated PressMansfield Oil Lawsuit @Politico$700,000 In Back Rent Allegations @PoliticoPro South Yemen's Socialist Experiment @Jacobin [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 InterceptUN Comments On French/British/American Culpability In War Crimes @The Guardian
- Sep 17, 20262h 29m
Episode 29: IT'S A JEEP THING AND I SEEK TO UNDERSTAND [with Guest Cora Goodwin]
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!
- Sep 10, 20262h 47m
Episode 28: 9/11 Comes Earlier Every Year [with Guest Rob Zacny]
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 @Motor1.comCar Bloat by Victoria @The DriveThe girls actually didn't really have any sources for this episode because it's like three hours of riffs.
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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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