Victoria Scott & Jordan Hoffstetter

Tran Girlismo

Leisure EN ↓ 45 episodes

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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Leisure

Podcast website

www.patreon.com

Latest episode

Oct 29, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 35: The Honda Fit Is God's Own Automobile [with Guest Sable Rapp of Drive Deviant] 29.10.2026

Hello! On this week's episode the girls are joined by Sable Rapp of Drive Deviant , a queer-friendly, queer-led car club with chapters around the world! (Drive Deviant hosted the recent meetup at Mose Auto in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood mentioned in Ep. 33!) Sable owns not one, not two, but three Honda Fits, and the girls discuss how it is God's own automobile. Victoria updates on the Jeep,...

Episode 34: Finally, A Fiat For Puppygirls 22.10.2026

Hello! In this episode of Tran Girlismo, the girls talk about Stellantis... positively??? That's right, Stellantis unveiled six new concepts to demonstrate their styling and future product plans, and they actually kinda go. All following images via Stellantis. Alfa Romeo Cuorerosso: Peugeot RCZ Vision: Peugeot E-T16: Opel STX: Fiat Multiplay: DS F3ver: Citroen 2CV: The girls then discuss the fact...

Episode 33: The Jaguar 6000SUX 15.10.2026

Hello! In this episode of Tran Girlismo, the girls start off with some fun stuff. The car meet that Mosé Auto and Drive Deviant put together was a success, and Vicki had fun meeting some of y'all there! Next, W O R L D R A L L Y C H A M P I O N S H I P R E T U R N S ! ! ! After nearly four decades, America is finally enough of a pariah state once more for FIA to bestow us with a WRC event. Next, t...

Episode 32: Apologies, Francis Bourgeois, I Was Not Familiar With Your Game 09.10.2026

Hello and welcome to another episode of Tran Girlismo! On this episode, Jordan rounds up the racing season as it comes to its conclusion. Then, the girls watch the new Grand Tour; as you can predict, one of them is a downer about it. (Spoilers though: Francis rocks.) The two of them discuss the new BMW 3 Series (in gas, yet again), and then Jordan fills us in on her latest pleasure cruise explorin...

Episode 31: Tran Girlismo Is An Anagram For Grim Oil Rants 01.10.2026

Hello! On this episode of Grim Oil Rants (apologies/thanks to our wonderful friend of the show Nathaniel for stealing this bit from him), the girls just want to have fun, but they can't. Degrowth Don is back at it again, so it's time for an (admittedly more limited than last weeks') analysis of the diesel market. Then, the feds decide that since fuel prices are so low it's a great time to abolish...

[PREVIEW] BONUS Episode 8: Le Mans (1971) (or: The Most Haunted Man To Ever Drive A Race Car) 29.09.2026

Hello! In this month's bonus episode, the girls watch and review Steve McQueen's 1971 film Le Mans, which it turns out kicks ass. DO NOT WORRY, non-subscribers, we will still have a main feed episode out this week! But we wanted to put out our bonus for all of our Patreon subscribers, we appreciate your support as always! Later this week: MORE OIL

Episode 30: The Oil Crisis Special 24.09.2026

In this episode of Tran Girlismo, the girls correct the trajectory of the past "we're so back" episodes with one that affirms, no, really, "it's so over". Jordan briefly tries to distract Victoria with the good that is IMSA at IMS, and while that was fun, she cannot stop the It's So Over tsunami that is eight pages of oil crisis notes. First, the girls cover the absolutely hilarious backstory of t...

Episode 29: IT'S A JEEP THING AND I SEEK TO UNDERSTAND [with Guest Cora Goodwin] 17.09.2026

Hello! On this episode, the girls are joined by their friend Cora Goodwin ( who you can find nowadays on Instagram ), who basically invented half the car culture the two of them grew up with. (You might remember Cora from the Zero Fucks Given RX-7 or the Turbo Trolls-Royce builds if you liked Matt Farah as a teenager and you're about the girls' ages). The girls had written notes but rapidly threw...

Episode 28: 9/11 Comes Earlier Every Year [with Guest Rob Zacny] 10.09.2026

Hello! This week the girls are joined by Rob Zacny , cofounder of Remap Radio , host of Star Wars podcast A More Civilized Age , and panelist on F1 podcast Shift+F1 ! The girls had a bunch of notes written out but immediately got distracted for almost three hours. Sorry about that. We discuss Mazda, the catfish Chevrolet Camaro, living at a race track, generational trauma of The Sports Car You Mis...

Episode 27: Penske Purgatory AKA The Freedom 250 28.08.2026

Howdy everyone! We did it, we recorded our final thoughts on the Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington D.C. This episode is fully focused on the race, our experiences at it, and how we sorted through our feelings in the days afterwards. We want to welcome all of our new listeners who found us through Youtube or our threads on Bluesky about our time on the ground, and we once again want to thank all...

[PREVIEW] 2 Tran 2 Girlismo: A Movie Commentary Bonus Episode 26.08.2026

Howdy howdy! The other thing we recorded together in D.C. during our trip to the Freedom 250 was our second movie commentary for the Fast and Furious franchise! The girls crowded around Jordan's laptop in their hotel room, cracked some modelos, and buckled into John Singleton's 2 Fast 2 Furious, a movie we both liked a whole lot actually! This one is really silly goofy fun, so I think you'll have...

Tran Girlismo: Live From D.C. Emergency Minisode 25.08.2026

Hi folks! We survived! Just after the Freedom 250, Victoria, Jordan, and their wives all gathered and recorded their thoughts on the race in the immediate aftermath of the race. While we filmed this for the YouTube channel Youtube.com/@trangirlismo we wanted to put this up on the audio only feed as well, just to make sure no one misses it. Audio quality is gonna be a bit weird since it was recorde...

Episode 26: Now With 100% More D&B 20.08.2026

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 adva...

Episode 25: We Gotta Give The Government Acronym Guys A Raise 13.08.2026

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 wi...

The Girls Watch Fast and Furious, a Patreon Preview 07.08.2026

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...

[PREVIEW] Bonus Episode 6: Tran Girlismo Origins 31.07.2026

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!

Episode 24: Transsexual C-Span 30.07.2026

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 Pitts...

Episode 23: H.M.S. Chudnought 23.07.2026

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 u...

Episode 22: Empire Bin State Of Mind [With Guest Josh Boerman] 16.07.2026

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 TR...

Episode 21: Finally, A Pickup Truck For Protestants 09.07.2026

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...

[PREVIEW] BONUS Ep 5: Bullitt (1968) (or: The Snuffbait Protection Program) 02.07.2026

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!

Episode 20: Fordian — I Mean Freudian — Slip 25.06.2026

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...

Episode 19: It's Not WWII Anymore But Mitsubishi Is Still A Zero 18.06.2026

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, w...

Episode 18: First Ballot Can't Park There Hall Of Famer 11.06.2026

Hello! On this episode of Tran Girlismo, Jordan calls in from DA BIG APPLE BABY, which means our audio isn't quite as good as normal. Apologies in advance! We discuss the success of Jordan's art show and Victoria's photowalk; thank you to the incredible people of Pittsburgh and Seattle, the Transgender Paris and New York City of America, respectively (not to be confused with New York City, the Tra...

Episode 17: Stellantis Constructs A Footgun To Surpass Metal Gear 04.06.2026

Hello! On this OVER TWO HOUR episode of Tran Girlismo, we catch up on some weeks where decades happened. First, we give an earnest rest in peace to Kyle Busch, one of the greatest drivers of all time, who died suddenly at the age of 41 a few weeks back. (Victoria references a eulogy you should really read, and it's here on Road & Track , from Alanis King . It's genuinely beautiful.) After that...

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