Tran Girlismo

Victoria Scott & Jordan Hoffstetter
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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!

Episodes

  1. Episode 7: Risky CIS-ness [With Guest Kevin McCauley]

    1D AGO

    Episode 7: Risky CIS-ness [With Guest Kevin McCauley]

    Hello! In this episode we invite our old friend, author, and fellow podcaster Kevin McCauley! We catch up a bit on what we've all been up to in the past five years since the girls left Texas, and offer a lengthy digression about what Porsche calls their early fuel injection systems. (Hint: It's CIS.) Then we dive into a discussion of what Porsche Influencer Magnus Walker is up to on the heels of his newest Sotheby's hypebeast starter kit auction. Check out Kevin's absolutely incredible book, Waiting For The Sun To Come Down at Carrera Media! And if you want more Kevin you can listen to him (biannually) on New For '96! He also has a fantastic YouTube channel for automotive photographers called Capturing The Machine! Referenced Stories: Listen to Be Gay, Solve Crimes [and give them money also on Patreon] The video Kevin and I made together on the roof of the parking garage in Houston on his YT channel The Iraqi Burn Pit scandal @The VA The LC500 video Kevin and I made together in Galveston (also on his YT channel) The Nine Foot Tall Energia-Buran Model That Kevin Referenced That Blew Up Victoria's Entire Life [more photos on Flickr] The story Victoria mentioned being a specific press trip she would not name @This Patreon The story Victoria mentioned about rally cars in Vermont that no one read @Motor1 Kevin's "Intercontinental Ballistic Missile" Porsche 911 flight/road trip @Autoweek Ferdinand Porsche's Elefant Tank Destroyer Victoria's photos from Modern Aircooled in Houston @Flickr Victoria's review of Kevin's 911 @The Drive [I will probably finish updating these notes sometime tomorrow, 3/12! - Victoria] Our intro music as always is off stella spazzatura's album Horse Tranquilizer Simulator, which you can find on Bandcamp!

    1h 51m
  2. Episode 6: The Curly Of The Big Three Stooges, a.k.a. Stellantis

    MAR 4

    Episode 6: The Curly Of The Big Three Stooges, a.k.a. Stellantis

    Hello! In this episode, Jordan starts us off with genuinely one of the funniest jokes Victoria's ever heard in her podcasting career during a discussion of how we like to fly. We then discuss the fact that Volkswagen is almost certainly going to whiff on launching Scout (remember Scout?) because The Vibes Are Off. Then we give the fans what they DEMAND and deep-dive into the train wreck of STELLANTIS on the heels of them losing Twenty Six Billion Dollars. Then Jordan gives me the scoop on a BDS-compliant Forza Horizon, aka "TDU: Solar Crown", and how we miss when car games were still fun. Also sorry about the little bit of background noise from me, Victoria, I absolutely had to run the dishwasher because I had run out of clean forks and we record right before I eat dinner. I promise I will be better about doing my silverware. Editor's Note: P.J. O'Rourke is dead. Referenced Stories: Volkswagen Delaying Scout??? @TheDrive The Microbus concept Victoria had a Barbiemobile @eBay Original Plan for Scout Validation Vehicles In 2026 @Car And Driver S. Korean Former PM Sent To Jail Forever @BBC Amtrak Cancels Plans To Replace Bilevel Cars (Superliners) @Trains VW Still Selling Tons Of EVs In Europe @ArsTechnica Edmunds Loves The Model Y??? @Edmunds VW Changes ID.4 To ID.Tiguan @AutomotiveNews Tim Walz Has a Scout. Too Bad He Sucks @LA Times Tim Walz Pulled Over Drunk Driving His Miata @Time (NOTE: He was doing 96 MPH, not 103 MPH, at the time of his arrest. This publication regrets the error.) Stellantis Lose $26.3 Billion Dollars @Freep New Pacifica @MotorTrend RAM REV cancelled @Car And Driver Stellantis PHEVs Cancelled @AutomotiveNews Edmunds "Sick Of" Their Charger EV @InsideEVs Fiat Struggles @Club Alfa Fiat Struggles (Europe Edition) @ara MORE HEMI, SAYS FILOSA @AutomotiveNews European Diesels Coming Back @Forbes Dodge Challenger: America's Id @Jalopnik The Aston Martin V12 Vantage Top Gear Segment Francis Fukuyama's Instagram BDS Movement Target Microsoft The Giant Bomb TDU2 Video

    1h 32m
  3. Episode 5: Strap In Girls It's Time For An Episode About Private Equity

    FEB 25

    Episode 5: Strap In Girls It's Time For An Episode About Private Equity

    On this episode of Tran Girlismo it's time to break down the First Brands collapse, so strap in for the most transgender explanation of shadow banking and private equity you'll hear this week. Also, Jordan fills Victoria in on Renault/Alpine's F1/WEC implosion. Then we exercise our right to make this podcast a little bit of a photography show because we wanna, and talk about private equity again in the context of the Kodak Alaris/Eastman Kodak split and the surprising direct distribution of Ektar and Ektachrome! Kodak if you're listening we'll both sell out for a pallet full of Ektachrome :) Referenced stories: Raybestos shut down @Motor1 2019 study on private equity job loss impacts @WaPo Private equity failure rate @CFA Institute Private equity discussion @The Guardian Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s video with Kid Rock and cold-dippin' jeans @Instagram HHS The 1963 Salad Oil Scandal @Well There's Your Problem First Brands bankruptcy filing @The Guardian First Brands sues Patrick James @D&O Diary First Brands creditors noticing their money is gone @Reuters First Brands fallout @Reuters Morningstar DBRS report on First Brands collapse Federal Indictment of the two brothers @DOJ Patrick James story about his secretive life @Financial Times (archived) Tricolor collapse @DealershipGuy Jamie Dimon cockroaches quote @CNN IMF $4.5 trillion dollar study @The Economist Recaro bankruptcy (Jordan meant Recaro, not Sparco) @TheDrive GM has urgent meetings with suppliers @AutomotiveNews Also, apparently the Pacifica PHEV did get canned apparently???? But they still have the 2026 model for sale on their website. We're doing a full-bore Stellantis episode in the very near future though don't worry! Alfa Romeo pissed off about Dodge Hornet @The Drive New engine rules for F1 @F1 Renault cans F1 engine program at the end of 2025 @Autoweek "Crashgate" controversy @Wikipedia Alpine canning WEC in exchange for increased focus on F1 @Bloomberg Alpine still flirting with America with a crossover @Car And Driver Lamborghini out of WEC @Motorsports Network Eastman Kodak reintroducing direct distribution @DPReview Ektar and Tri-X sold directly via Eastman Kodak @Petapixel Kodak structural racism @Medium (Madeline M. Dovi) Kodak Alaris sold to Kingswood Capital @DPReview Our intro music as always is off stella spazzatura's album Horse Tranquilizer Simulator, which you can find on Bandcamp!

    1h 43m
  4. [PREVIEW] BONUS Ep. 1: Reader Questions, Brought To You By Weed Vape & Kirkland Signature London Dry Gin

    SEASON 1, EPISODE 5 TRAILER

    [PREVIEW] BONUS Ep. 1: Reader Questions, Brought To You By Weed Vape & Kirkland Signature London Dry Gin

    Hello! In our first bonus episode, we discuss how I could have been JD Vance, and also try to cover as many reader questions as possible while drinking and stoned after recording for three straight hours! This is a very loose episode so please expect it to be such; we might add more structure in the future so if this wasn't your bag, please suggest some ideas and we're open to them! Thanks so much for subscribing and giving us money so I can pay rent; we truly hope you enjoy! Jordan edited this one, give her a little round of applause, also!!

    5 min
  5. Episode 4: Jony Ive And His Consequences Have Been A Disaster For The Human Race

    FEB 19

    Episode 4: Jony Ive And His Consequences Have Been A Disaster For The Human Race

    Hello! In this episode, we discuss the Ferrari Luce interior (feat. Squircle King Jony Ive), the (possible?) death of the Porsche 718 EV, and Victoria puts on her hammer-and-sickle hat to discuss why she thinks Waymo could be good, but probably won't be. We also shout out Thomas Sabula, the sole man at Ford more powerful than Jim Farley. Go off, king. First bonus episode coming later this week for Patreon subscribers!!! Referenced stories: Jony Ive/Ferrari Luce Interior Teaser Pics @Jalopnik Jony Ive/OpenAI iO concept design (I thought this concept rendering I saw floating around was the real thing - it's not; they've just vaguely gestured at the idea of a wearable. Jony, you could still surprise me by not using aluminum and glass in the final design. Bet you won't) Porsche dropping the 718 EV? Who Knows!!!! @TheDrive Porsche in the US market @Autoblog EV sales falling in America in 2025 @TheDrive Waymo hits child @SFGate Robotaxis looooooove crashin' @Electrek Apocryphal story of Musk's hatred of the color yellow in his factories @Intelligencer Mitch McConnell's sister in law drowns in Tesla crash @BBC Cruise disengagement statistic @CNBC Waymo runs over cat in the Mission @axios Waymo customer wealth @Forbes Cruise false reports about pedestrian impacts @BayAreaNBC My DDR bandanna drip @bsky Source for cost estimates on Waymo compute stack @CBTNews One Hundred Ten Billion Dollars @Reddit Thomas Sabula Dudes Rock Moment @Road And Track Our intro music as always is off stella spazzatura's album Horse Tranquilizer Simulator, which you can find on Bandcamp!

    1h 32m
  6. Episode 3: The DOT Is The Last Bastion Of Democracy [With Guest November Kelly]

    FEB 12

    Episode 3: The DOT Is The Last Bastion Of Democracy [With Guest November Kelly]

    Our first guest episode is here! On this episode we welcome November Kelly of No Gods, No Mayors, Trashfuture, Well There's Your Problem, and Kill James Bond! In this episode, Victoria gets a crash-course in who Lewis Hamilton's new girlfriend Kim Kardashian is, our hosts attempt to process the knowledge that Jeffrey Epstein couldn't successfully import a Toyota Century, we collectively try to untangle the mess of British masculinity that is Top Gear, and the two of us make November rank every single Bond car on a scale of 1-1,000,000. This is a very loose episode, but it was extremely fun and we hope you enjoy! Thank you so much to November for joining us. Our first bonus episode will be coming next week, as well! Links to referenced stories: Lewis Hamilton dating Kim Kardashian? Lula's Hip Hop hat. Epstein's Toyota Century emails. Ghislaine Maxwell in the SLR McLaren. Amtrak's questionable X.com post. New Grand Tour hosts. Throttle House Youtube Channel. Victoria on Kill James Bond! on Fast And Furious: Tokyo Drift. Our intro music as always is off stella spazzatura's album Horse Tranquilizer Simulator, which you can find on Bandcamp! Deep thank you to takofoodtruck for the Nikon F6 and being a fantastic fan!!!

    1h 52m
  7. Episode 2: Make-A-Wish For Racist Grandpa (or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The America250 Grand Prix)

    FEB 4

    Episode 2: Make-A-Wish For Racist Grandpa (or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The America250 Grand Prix)

    Hello! In this episode (which is not a 1.3GB .wav file this time!) we realize we accidentally became Important at Work and now lots of people want to listen to us. Luckily, the universe bestowed us with an incredible piece of Content for episode two: The America250 Grand Prix of Washington D.C. (in the middle of August!) Also, we discuss the end of Tesla's Model S and X, the end of the Santa Cruz, and run through the Indycar calendar to decide which races are actually still worth going to. New intro music is 'oops i did too much k while listening to toby fox on repeat' off stella spazzatura's album Horse Tranquilizer Simulator, which you can find on Bandcamp! Jordan & I have decided we're going to try and make this a Wednesdays-show with a bonus episode for Patreon subs, btw. No worries if you can't afford a sub, you will still get plenty of us. Some links to stories we reference: Gavin's incredibly thoughtful review of the show @their blog. Indycar's America250 Grand Prix @NBC News. Trump Phone Weekly Updates! @The Verge. Tesla Cancels S & X @The Verge. Optimus Robot Passes Out @Youtube. Ferrari FF First Drive (Dan Neil) @WSJ via Internet Archive. All Supercars Should Be Rally Cars (Matt Farah) @R&T. New S-Class Overview @Car And Driver. Hyundai Santa Cruz Cancelled @Driving(dot)ca. Subaru Baja @Achewood.

    1h 39m
  8. Tran Girlismo Episode 1: What Is Going On With "Car Culture"

    JAN 29

    Tran Girlismo Episode 1: What Is Going On With "Car Culture"

    Hello! Here is my attempt at a podcast with my good friend Jordan Hoffstetter! The premise: two car journalists who want to stop loving cars but can't make themselves stop. In this episode we lay out our premise, discuss the challenges of car enthusiasm in 2026 (HINT HINT IT'S MOSTLY THE DECLINE OF EMPIRE AND LATE CAPITALISM), and talk about how Jerome Powell making a hostage video bodes poorly for The Automotive Industry. As an aside, I'm working on getting these on Spotify and Apple Podcasts still; please bear with me while I try and figure it out! Some referenced stories: Rory Carroll Chiron review @Jalopnik. Zampella crash @Grassroots Motorsports. Cybertruck cultural critique @R&T. Kate Wagner F1 critique @R&T. Renault Twingo on the PCH @The Autopian. Dodge Challenger: America's Id @Jalopnik. Akio's Vance shirt @R&T.

    1h 23m

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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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    Victoria Scott & Jordan Hoffstetter
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  • Episodes
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