Tran Girlismo

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 @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)

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 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

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.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 Itch.io!