Tran Girlismo

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!

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