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: 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 DOEMarch 11th Chris Wright Announcement @US DOECurrent Crude Stocks In SPR @US EIACongress and DOE Need a Unified Plan to Align Priorities and Investments for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve @US Government Accountability OfficeSPR Under Stress @CNBCOperational Floor of the SPR @BloombergUS Refinery Capacity Utilization + Chris Wright Comments @EnergyNowUS Average Gas Gallon Cost @AAABob McNally Interview @EnergyNowCENTCOM Claims/Ghost Shipping Estimates @BloombergGlobal Reserves Exhaustion Estimates @US EIAChevron Profit Quadruples @CNBCMike Stone Defense Industry Feature @ReutersSpending On Ukrainian Defense @Council on Foreign RelationsHegseth Budget @The GuardianCastelion Blackbeard Contract @CastelionPentagon Approaches Automakers For Weapons @WSJGeneral Motors To Build Ventilators (2020 Reporting By Victoria) @JalopnikBarra Expects Billion Dollar Chevy Colorado Contract [by Summer Ballentine] @DetroitNewsThe M130 Infantry Squad Vehicle @WikipediaMad Max's Pickup Truck [Victoria's ZR2 First Drive] @Motor1ICE Gives $2.5 Million No-Bid Contract To Rick Hendrick @ZeteoTrump Pardons Hendrick Nephew @Daytona Beach News-JournalFY2021 Annual Report @Director Of Operational Test & EvaluationGM Profit Soars [by Summer Ballentine] @Detroit News

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!

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!

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.htmlAs 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!

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 @JalopnikPress Release On The Dreadnought @Call of DutyThe Gamer Rolls @This Patreon (Free To Read)The 2025 Williams-Sonoma Hater's Guide By Drew Magary @DefectorGerman Car Sales Down Steeply @FortuneChinese Economy Not Great, Not Terrible @ReutersVW Profit Collapsing YOY @BBCVW Cutting 50% Of Models @QuartzGermany Really Liked Cheap Russian Gas @BBCNissan Altima Dead, Says Guy Who Probably Should Know If It's Dead Or Not @Wards AutoNo 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 @AutoblogNew Yorkers Furious About Plan To Stop Letting Garbage Bags Rot On Sidewalk @GothamistNew York Post Finds The World's Most Car-Brained Vet Office @New York PostMayor Mamdani Says New Yorkers Should Live Like Human Beings, Have Dumpsters @YouTubeDonald Trump's Freedom Fuel Stations Post @TruthSocialFreedom 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 @CarAndDriverThe BBC Had To Apologize For How Racist The Mexico Special Was @BBCSlate Truck Details @CarAndDriverSlate Truck Price Leak @TheAutopianTesla Gaming The EPA Numbers @CarAndDriverResistance Heater Planned For The Slate Truck @FacebookSlate Truck Originally Planned To Use NMC Batteries @InsideEVsGreat Slate Battery Breakdown @TechcrunchCobalt Mining Feature @NPRThe Slate Truck Uses LFP Batteries After All @InsideEVsChevy Bolt Specs And Pricing @CarAndDriverDaniel Golson's Slate EV Ridealong @JalopnikSlate Has To Sell 80,000 Trucks A Year To Break Even @CarscoopsTrump Blows Up The USMCA @CarAndDriverUSMCA vs. NAFTA @InvestopediaMatt Yglesias Being A Piece Of Shit @SlateTrump Loves The USMCA He Made Until He Didn't Anymore @CNNReal 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 @Motor1Jordan's Forza feature on the Patreon @This PatreonRivian Owns A Better Route Planner @RivianChicago Flag @WikipediaFry Like An Eagle @Their WebsitePorsche Cans Taycan Cross/Sport Turismo (In The USA Only, Victoria Gets Corrected, Don't Worry) @Car And DriverTHE STEAM CUBE IS ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS @SteamPorsche Sold 9,000 Macan EVs @CarBuzzLucid Century of Humiliation @TechCrunchLucid Loses One Billion Dollars @JalopnikFord Explorer Sinister Package @FordAbout Face (comic mentioned in episode) @PopulaFord Teaser Site For EV Truck @FordFord's $30,000 EV Pickup @Car And Driver

Hello and welcome to episode 19 of Tran Girlismo! On this episode, the girls briefly recap Jordan's trip to New York (DA KNICKS BABEEEEEY, congrats to the NY dolls in the audience). Then we get into the meat of the American Century of Humiliation: Cox Automotive has new data on the used EV market, and Experian has new data on the new EV market, and we're fucked, baby. Then we discuss Mitsubishi, which has humiliated itself anew with the Nissan Leaf II, aka another miserable chapter in the continued degradation of the Eclipse name. Then we discuss the miserable state of the racing game market as Victoria tries to find her own BDS-compliant Forza Horizon replacement. Finally, Jordan regales her Amtrak experiences. A special note from our host Victoria Scott: Please read Lenin before you yell at me on Bluesky. The referenced piece on revolutionary defeatism is literally like just a few thousand words. The Defeat of One's Own Government in the Imperialist War @Marxists.orgAs always our opening theme is off of Stella Spazzatura's Horse Tranquilizer Simulator!Referenced Stories: FIA Le Mans Recap @YouTubeF1 Hamilton Win Recap @YouTubeCarolina Hurricanes Fans Chant "No Means No" At Vegas Knights Goalie Charged With Sexual Assault @The Raleigh News & ObserverMax Verstappen Drives His Dad Around Spa-Francorchamps @YouTube"Verstappen: Forged by his father's beatings and humiliation to achieve a winning character" @MarcaThe Webbies Still Exist But They Did Pick Claude As Person Of The Year For 2026 So I Don't Actually Think I Want One Anymore @The WebbiesLaura Jedeed's ICE Expose @SlateLaura Jedeed's Liveblogging Of The UFC White House Fights @BlueskyIran Deal Includes $300 Billion @ReutersCox Automotive Manheim Index (May 2026) @Cox AutomotiveExperian Q1 Auto Market Analysis @ExperianModel S and X were discontinued in April @InsideEVsHonda Denies The Prologue Is Dying @Motor1The Acura SLX (which also was sold as a Honda in Japan!) @AcuraHere's Where The Spyder Moniker Comes From (hint: we were wrong, it's literally from the 1800s) @Road & TrackSeattle Link Line Is Now The Highest Ridership Light Rail In The Country WOO @RedditBipartisan Bill To Ban Chinese Vehicles @NBCUS Authorities Must Be Held Accountable For The Deaths Of 120 Children In Minab School Strikes @Amnesty.org250 Children Dead In Ongoing War In Iran @The Center For American ProgressEdwards B-52 Crash @Military Two EA-18s Crash At Air Show After Attempting To Mate In Midair @KOMOF/A-18 Crash In Washington @Marine Corps Times101 Fatalities During Berlin Airlift @Cultural DiplomacyMitsubishi Eclipse Sportback Announced @Mitsubishi The Official Photos of the Final Mitsubishi Eclipse Are Just As Sad As The Car Itself (By Friend Of The Show James Gilboy) @TheDriveWhat Is This 911 GT3 RS Doing At The Mitsubishi Dealer @Reddit r/PorschePlagarism And You(Tube) By Hbomberguy @YouTubeJames Somerton Is A Wedding Photographer With A Plagarized Portfolio @Reddit Oh hey btw Wreckfest is on sale for $3 today, if you never played it you should get it @SteamMicrosoft Complicity In War Crimes @BDS MovementNascar Chase For The Cup Opening Viper Street Race Against Ryan Newman @YouTubeEndorphin Port @YouTubeWHCD Would-Be Shooter Took His Gun On Amtrak @AP News