BRAT! Pod (Ben and Robin Are Trans!)

Trans Hope United

Just a silly li'l guy and a silly li'l gal sharing stories from real trans people.

  1. 09/15/2025

    Ben and Robin Celebrate a BRATiversary!

    Ben and Robin celebrate a whole YEAR of podcasting, finding community, and finding themselves. On the opening episode of season 2, we look back at what's changed over the past year, drop a lot of lore updates, and debate switching fully to ASMR. Thank you for your love and support as we enter a second year of podcasting! We have so many more stories and interviews on the way. If you want to help with our fundraiser for a new editing computer and web hosting expenses, donation links are at https://bratpod.com Come hang out with Ben and Robin and the rest of the BRAT! community on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ server⁠! Find our Discord and socials at https://bratpod.com

    Ben and Robin Celebrate a BRATiversary!

  2. 07/21/2025

    Ben and Robin Go Back In the Closet!

    In the last episode from our first YEAR of podcasting, Ben and Robin go back in the closet...just to take a look around for a bit. We talk about our own experiences being closeted to family, to the world, and to ourselves. We get into: - Reasons to come out of the closet - When it's OK to stay in the closet - How hard would it actually be to go back in the closet after coming out? - Is it possible to be closeted to yourself? - Shadow work and Internal Family Systems - Nami doing ASMR! Thank you for your love and support through our first year of podcasting! We have so many more stories and interviews on the way. If you want to help with our fundraiser for a new editing computer and web hosting expenses, donation links are at BRATpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Come hang out with Ben and Robin and the rest of the BRAT! community on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ server⁠! Find our Discord and socials at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BRATpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Content warning: suicide (22:38-23:20)

    Ben and Robin Go Back In the Closet!

  3. 07/16/2025

    Ben and Robin and Dan Get Cultured! (Or, the Unexpected Virtue of Transness)

    Ben and Robin welcome back Dan (any pronouns) to talk about the pop culture we grew up with and how it affected our understanding of ourselves as trans people. We get into a wide array of topics, including:  -       Common trans tropes in movies, TV, and video games (and why we deserve better) -       How we conceptualized ourselves in a world where (almost) all trans representation was negative -       The power of positive tragedy-free queer content, and how to tell a trans trauma story the right way -       Why trans actors and creators deserve good contracts and good agents -       Another Jerry Springer rant and another Jim Carey rant -       How pop culture and the media are used as anti-trans propaganda and erasure -       All sports are gay -       Our new strategy of funding the podcast with crypto and NTFs! Get your BRATcoins now! The documentary Disclosure can be found at https://www.disclosurethemovie.com Come hang out with Ben and Robin and the rest of the BRAT! community on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ server⁠! Find our Discord, socials, and donation links at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BRATpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ben and Robin are proud members of Trans Hope United, a creators’ collective and resource center for trans and gender non-conforming people. Find us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TransHopeUnited.com⁠⁠Looking for resources for your transition? Have resources that helped you that you'd like to share? We post all the resources we can find at ⁠⁠directory.TransHopeUnited.com⁠⁠ Spoilers: The Last of Us Part II (45:40-55:03)

    Ben and Robin and Dan Get Cultured! (Or, the Unexpected Virtue of Transness)

  4. 06/17/2025

    Ben and Robin After Dark! with GrizzAud

    Ben and Robin welcome their friend Grizz (he/him) to the pod to finally get into the topic of sex work! Grizz aka GrizzAud makes adult audio content as well as audio content focused on SH harm reduction. He talks about growing up having to advocate for himself in a less-than-ideal (but not anti-trans) family situation, performing musical theatre while your voice is actively dropping, getting into voice acting, following your dreams and finding self-actualization in an often cynical world, and much more. Robin gives a big update on her customer/ally “Jaques”. Ben tries out an (unauthorized) ad read for Manscaped. Robin rants about the Myth of Sisyphus (full quote below). But first, a big ol’ clearance sale of trans joy! Note: Though this episode doesn’t get super graphic there is a lot of sex talk and is intended for 18+ audiences. More detailed content warnings below. All the links to Grizz’s content and socials can be found at https://linktr.ee/GrizzAud. His YouTube channel is now up and running and can be found at https://youtube.com/@grizzaud?si=GTJvNQpVra-piDKP. Looking for resources for your transition? Have resources that helped you that you'd like to share? We post all the resources we can find at ⁠directory.TransHopeUnited.com⁠ Come hang out with Ben and Robin and the rest of the BRAT! community on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ server⁠! Find our Discord, socials, and donation links at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BRATpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ben and Robin are proud members of Trans Hope United, a creators’ collective and resource center for trans and gender non-conforming people. Find us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TransHopeUnited.com⁠ Content warnings: Suicide (15:11); Sex and sex work (most of the episode beginning at 33:55); Self harm (41:59; 1:06:50). And finally, the full quote from The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus: “If the descent is thus sometimes performed in sorrow, it can also take place in joy. This word is not too much. Again I fancy Sisyphus returning toward his rock, and the sorrow was in the beginning. When the images of earth cling too tightly to memory, when the call of happiness becomes too insistent, it happens that melancholy arises in man’s heart: this is the rock’s victory, this is the rock itself. The boundless grief is too heavy to bear…But crushing truths perish from being acknowledged. I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain! One always finds one’s burden again. But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks. He too concludes that all is well. This universe henceforth without a master seems to him neither sterile nor futile. Each atom of that stone, each mineral flake of that night filled mountain, in itself forms a world. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”

    Ben and Robin After Dark! with GrizzAud

  5. 05/30/2025

    Ben and Robin Are Transitioning!

    Ben and Robin are back in the studio to talk about their transition journeys, why every transition follows a different path, how to find resources for your transition, and share some transition roadblocks and gatekeeping our listeners have faced. Robin rants about privileged trans people who hold impossibly high standards for everyone else. Ben draws a cool S then makes it queer. Looking for resources for your transition? Have resources that helped you that you'd like to share? We post all the resources we can find at directory.TransHopeUnited.com Come hang out with Ben and Robin and the rest of the BRAT! community on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ server⁠! Find our Discord, socials, and donation links at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BRATpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ben and Robin are proud members of Trans Hope United, a creators’ collective and resource center for trans and gender non-conforming people. Find us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TransHopeUnited.com

    Ben and Robin Are Transitioning!

  6. 05/18/2025

    Ben and Robin and Amanda Are Shameless!

    Ben and Robin continue their mission of making all parasocial relationships normal relationships with longtime TikTok friend Amanda! Amanda is a trans woman who began transitioning in her 60s. Most importantly, she's the wife of a trans woman and stepmom to a trans teen. We get into a lot of topics, including: - Growing up closeted in a military family - Coming out while working as a truck driver - Experiencing T4T relationships after being in a cishet-presenting marriage - Having a healthy relationship and co-parenting with your ex - Having a super cute trans family - The transition from Trump voter to trans rights activist - Community organizing in Cincinnati, Ohio and so much more! Amanda is so sweet and cute and we're so excited to have a new trans auntie! Find Crossport Cincinnati at https://crossport.org Come hang out with Ben and Robin and the rest of the BRAT! community on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ server⁠! Find our Discord, socials, and donation links at ⁠⁠⁠⁠BRATpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ben and Robin are proud members of Trans Hope United, a creators’ collective and resource center for trans and gender non-conforming people. Find us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠TransHopeUnited.com

    Ben and Robin and Amanda Are Shameless!

  7. 04/10/2025

    BnR Play DnD! Part 3: Fey Awakening

    The BRAT20 crew returns to the ruins of an ancient castle, Shadra fighting for her life and Elas desperate to follow after her and Ful into the hole. Luna hovers above, covering the moving statues with the violet glow of faerie fire while trying not to get grappled back to the ground. The party thinks they have the strength to escape the statues, but can they resist the ancient evil lurking just below the surface? Thank you all for following our little band of Ful's on their journey through the Graveshores. If you haven't figured it out yet, this campaign which was originally intended as a one-shot has taken on a life of its own. As we publish this episode we're getting ready to play session 11, and wow, y'all are SO far behind on the story! These take a lot more work than our normal episodes, so if you'd like to hear more please let us know in the comments on YouTube. Thank you to our wonderful GM and worldbuilder of Kytari, Briar. Thanks also to our friends Auggie and Ashley in whose minds Elas and Shadra live rent-free, and for our friend Heron who created the original artwork for Ful, Shadra, Elas, and Briar.  Find Briar at https://www.patreon.com/briarthegm and @BriartheGM on most of the socials. Find Heron’s art, merch, and socials at https://thxnywy.art Come hang out with Ben and Robin and the rest of the BRAT! community on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ server⁠! All resources mentioned on the podcast are posted there. Find our Discord, socials, and donation links at https://⁠BRATpod.com Ben and Robin are proud members of Trans Hope United, a creators’ collective and resource center for trans and gender non-conforming people. Find us at https://TransHopeUnited.com

    BnR Play DnD! Part 3: Fey Awakening

  8. 04/01/2025

    Ben and Robin and Rayven Are Military BRATs!

    Ben and Robin welcome back fellow podcaster Rayven (she/her) of the Rainbow Veteran and Smoking Out the Closet podcasts. We talk about the experiences of the large but underrepresented group of trans people in the US military, current and future challenges queer service members face, navigating the VA, accessing both gender-affirming and general medical care as a vet, her volunteer work with the veteran community, and much more. For more of our conversation with Rayven, check out our Trans Day of Visibility bonus episode "We Need to Talk About Visibility." Find Rayven's content and socials at https://linktr.ee/therainbowveteran Find the webcomic Changeling that Rayven mentioned at https://www.tumblr.com/genderfluidgreer Come hang out with Ben and Robin and the rest of the BRAT! community on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Discord⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ server⁠! All resources mentioned on the podcast are posted there. Find our Discord, socials, and donation links at ⁠⁠⁠BRATpod.com⁠⁠⁠ Ben and Robin are proud members of Trans Hope United, a creators’ collective and resource center for trans and gender non-conforming people. Find us at ⁠⁠⁠TransHopeUnited.com

    Ben and Robin and Rayven Are Military BRATs!
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