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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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Episode 36: Are EK9 Civics Millennials' Tri-Five Chevys? Discuss,
Hello! In this very long installment of Tran Girlismo, the girls are back after a weeks' break and Jordan breaks down SEMA, and Vicki talks about politics, and the girls discuss what makes this whole podcast …
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Hello! In this very long installment of Tran Girlismo, the girls are back after a weeks' break and Jordan breaks down SEMA, and Vicki talks about politics, and the girls discuss what makes this whole podcast feel a lot different than their former careers in the industry.
Jordan released a bonus this week with reader Q&A, and we will have some movie reviews coming soon to make up for lost time. Victoria would like to apologize for being a mess lately, but she's getting her shit together again!
Referenced Stories:
Throtl Prelude Type R Build @Youtube
Sung Kang Feature By Kristen Lee @The Drive
Pocket Bunny Build @Youtube
Jordan Meeting MBS @Bluesky
Woke 2 And 3 Shirts @Aftermath[PREVIEW] SEMA Bonus Q&A
Howdy Howdy folks! Jordan is back from SEMA, and as promised recorded this little bonus Q&A episode for patrons! Don't worry though, full episode on SEMA and the usual nonsense is coming this Thursday, but we …
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Howdy Howdy folks! Jordan is back from SEMA, and as promised recorded this little bonus Q&A episode for patrons! Don't worry though, full episode on SEMA and the usual nonsense is coming this Thursday, but we just wanted to throw a little something in the bonus feed as a thank you for being with us while the last month has been absolutely crazy with travel and personal happenings.
Episode 35: The Honda Fit Is God's Own Automobile [with Guest Sable Rapp of Drive Deviant]
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 …
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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, Jordan fills us in about her C8 adventures in Los Angeles, and the girls generally discuss how automotive culture is actually at its best when it is a collective effort, rather than an individualist one.
Sable had to leave before the end, so the girls wrap the episode with being pissed off about Sophie Cunningham and election season generally. God, we cannot wait for it to be over.
Check out the Drive Deviant Discord and Linktree if it sounds like a group you want to be involved in! Both of us will certainly be doing a lot more with our respective chapters soon!!!
As always, our opening theme is off Stella Spazzatura's Horse Tranquilizer Simulator and our fantastic editor (who is available to edit your show, too!) is the lovely Alex/Harmful Park!
Referenced Stories:
Sophie Cunningham NOT EVEN FROM HERE @Houston ChronEpisode 34: Finally, A Fiat For Puppygirls
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 …
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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.
The girls then discuss the fact that they hate the white supremacist "concept" ""car"" and will not be discussing it as a serious thing. Please stop asking the girls what they think of it. Then, Jordan plays another video game (Project Motor Racing) and learns that sometimes even if nostalgia is bad, old stuff actually is just kinda better when new stuff is ass.
As always, our opening theme is off Stella Spazzatura's Horse Tranquilizer Simulator and our fantastic editor (who is available to edit your show, too!) is the lovely Alex/Harmful Park!
VICTORIA NOTE: Shirt/sticker update for people who have ordered! Some of them have been mailed, some of them are still in my living room; my wife and I are about halfway through the process. I apologize again for the delay, we have had a rough few weeks in my home and I am behind on basically all aspects of my life. These will be mailed out (although I have no idea in what order; we basically just pick whatever shirts are closest and send those), and I will not be handling merch in the future now that I have a full-time day job, but that obviously happened between me offering pre-orders and me actually getting the merch.
I deeply appreciate your patience and understanding while I catch up with everything, it has been a really rough time in my life. <3 Vicki
Related Stories:
E-T16 & RCZ Vision @Car & Driver
Pontiac Stinger @Motorweek via YouTube
The Pragmatic and Moral Case to Sell Your Tesla @Motor1Episode 33: The Jaguar 6000SUX
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 …
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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, the girls dive into the hot new electric car of the week, the Jaguar Type 01. It's... it's fine. It feels like it's been one million years since the ad campaign for it launched, though. Finally, more oil, as ol' Donnie throws Ukraine further under the bus for a completely trivial amount of diesel before the midterms. Vicki wrote the notes for this one. Did you think you were going to escape The Oil?
As always, our opening theme is off Stella Spazzatura's Horse Tranquilizer Simulator and our fantastic editor (who is available to edit your show, too!) is the lovely Alex/Harmful Park!
Related Stories:
WRC Returns To America by Fred Smith @Road & Track
Tennessee Candidate Event Coverage @DirtFish
Jaguar Reveals A $130,000 All-Electric Vehicle. Why? @CNN
Saudi Ceer Sedan Specs @ArsTechnica
Type 01 Dimensions And Specs @AutoWeek
Jaguar Boss Defends Ad Campaign @The Guardian UK
Jaguar Scraps Ad Campaign @Automotive News
Type 01 Launch Coverage @WSJ
Trump Cuts Deal With Putin For Diesel @The Guardian US
The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia And Iran Act Of 2026 @Congress
Trump Bitches About NATO Allies Buying Fuel From Russia (Last Year) @CNBC
Trump Deal To Buy Diesel From Russia (Now) @CBS
Putin Asks For Trump To Do Exactly This Entire Scenario (One Week Ago) @Reuters
WSJ Analysis Of Deal @WSJ (via archive.ph)
Tim Armitage Reading Trump For Filth @BBC
Russian Diesel Consumption And Production @Fortune
Iran Claims To Blow Up Supertanker Below Waterline @Mehr News
Riyadh Airport Struck Twice By Houthis @Reuters
BEAN YEAR Shipping Cost Analysis @BlueskyEpisode 32: Apologies, Francis Bourgeois, I Was Not Familiar With Your Game
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 …
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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 exploring the Allegheny Mountains.
AS A REMINDER FOR SEATTLE PEEPS: If you want to attend a really cool queer car meet and say hi to Victoria, come swing on by Mose Auto (700 S Orchard St, Seattle, WA 98108) from 2-6 PM in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood, where she'll be tabling for her day job at TRACTION!
And of course as always, the girls' opening theme is from Horse Tranquilizer Simulator by Stella Spazzatura, and they are kept out of going to prison forever by the wonderful Alex/Harmful Park, who is available for work and you should hire, too!
Related Stories:
IMSA Petit Le Mans Highlights @Youtube
New Gas 3 Series @TopGear.com
Gas 3 Series Pricing In USA @TopGear.com
Average New Car Prices @KBB.com
Hagerty Road of the Year (PA 144) @HagertyEpisode 31: Tran Girlismo Is An Anagram For Grim Oil Rants
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 …
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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 CAFE in a way that Victoria thinks might actually make the entire market balloon more in size, and NHTSA admits will cost us more in fuel. Great.
Finally, Jordan plays a really good video game that can never happen again because Electronic Arts is too busy bonesawing small studios they purchase to make Infinite Money with Zero Employees.
Victoria especially would like to extend her genuine apologies for another oil-based downer episode but wow she is feelin' it this week. The uplifting, fun episode is the bonus this time. Sorry y'all.
As always, our opening theme is off Stella Spazzatura's Horse Tranquilizer Simulator and our fantastic editor who keeps us out of prison is Alex aka Harmful Park, who is looking for work and you should hire to work on your podcast too!
Referenced Stories:
Trump Considers Blowing Up Entire Economy For Fun @Reuters
Trump Does Not Understand How Red Dye Works @Reuters
Trump Admin Rolls Back CAFE To Pre-Biden @NPR
892 Pages Of Bullshit @NHTSA
Victoria's Extensive Reporting On The Footprint Rule @The Drive
Tesla's Easy Money Ends @Reuters[PREVIEW] BONUS Episode 8: Le Mans (1971) (or: The Most Haunted Man To Ever Drive A Race Car)
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 …
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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 OILEpisode 30: The Oil Crisis Special
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 …
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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 the Freedom Fuels... business (legally, they cannot call it a scam), before Victoria puts on her WTYP hat and breaks down the history of Yemen. It turns out that the entire world fucked over this country of 35 million for basically going on 100 years and the current oil-crisis-inducing Houthi situation did not just fall from the coconut tree, so to speak.
The girls wrap things up by dunking on the new Saudi Arabian Ceer car company. Please email all professional bonesaw appointment scheduling to [email protected].
CALL TO ACTION: If you are looking for ways to help the trans community and have some spare time we would love more volunteers at TRACTION! If you have spare space you'd be willing to let a trans refugee crash in (especially if you're in the Puget Sound region) please sign up to be part of our Couch Network! If you have money to spare, we also would love donations! I will probably be putting together a big fundraising marathon once things slow down slightly in my life!
As always, our intro theme is from the wonderful Stella Spazzatura off her album Horse Tranquilizer Simulator, and our editor is the fantastic (and available for more work) Alex aka Harmful Park!
Our special edition image is President George W. Bush addressing the American people about the invasion of Iraq, with Smoliv next to him. Because, you know, Smoliv is full of oil. [Victoria Note: For people that ordered shirts, I actually picked them up yesterday, and I'm gonna ship them ASAP; this weekend I have a wedding to attend, so it might not be until next weekend.]
Referenced Stories:
Sketchy Stolen Gas? @The New Republic
Mansfield Oil Allegations @The Guardian US
Associated Press Reporting On The Blowjob Brothers @Associated Press
Mansfield Oil Lawsuit @Politico
$700,000 In Back Rent Allegations @PoliticoPro
South Yemen's Socialist Experiment @Jacobin [Archive.org]
Zaydi Overview @Britannica
[Victoria Note: A lot of the backstory of Yemen is assembled from a variety of Wikipedia articles on the history of the Republic of Yemen, South Yemen, the history of Yemen, the history of British colonial occupation in the Middle East, and conflicts in Yemen, chasing down links for firmer citations as appropriate. As this was a crash-course for me, I did not record every source I relied on for my summary; my apologies!]
Chris Murphy Comments On Yemen @The Intercept
UN Comments On French/British/American Culpability In War Crimes @The Guardian
UN Reports On Material Poverty In Yemen @UN
Houthis Blow Up F-15 @BBC
Houthis Take Hanish Islands, Perim @The Guardian
Saudi Petroline Kablooied, Blowed Up @CNBC
Chris Wright Lies Through Teeth To Media @CNBC
It's So Over You Don't Even Know @Financial Times
Reuters Analysis Of How Over It Is @Reuters
Trump Tells Saudis GL, HF With Houthis @The Guardian
Trump Backtracks, Then Backtracks On Backtracking @New York Times
US Clears Way To Sell $25 Billion In F-35s To Saudis @Reuters
Israel Bombs "Houthis", Harms Civilians @Al-Jazeera
Shanghai Oil Futures $129 @Financial Times
Shanghai Oil Futures $140 Like Two Days After I Got That Link @Bloomberg
Ghost Shipping Surge @Reuters
National Security Council Houthi Analysis @NSC [Archive.org]
Houthi Analysis @Council on Foreign Relations
Ceer Unveiled @Reuters
Ceer Claims Of Range, Performance @Ars Technica
Foxconn Plant That Never Happened In Wisconsin @NBC [Chicago Affiliate]
Foxconn Runs Labor Camps According To Chinese, HK, Taiwanese Universities @South China Morning Post
Saudi Arabian Kafala System @Human Rights WatchEpisode 29: IT'S A JEEP THING AND I SEEK TO UNDERSTAND [with Guest Cora Goodwin]
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 …
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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 them out the window as the conversation took on a life of its own.
(Victoria's Note: For the geopolitics sickos, next week's episode will be a return to form.)
The discussion (roughly) covers the Focus ST, Civic Si, VICTORIA'S FIRST CAR IN YEARS, HER NEW JEEP [air horn sounds dot wav], being transgender and figuring out your deal, the Morgan Aero 8, hydrogen-powered cars, and how to help your community. It was meandering.
Anyway, check out these sick-ass pics of Vicki and her new Jeep taken by Friend Of The Show and photographer Sula Griggs:
(Victoria's Note: Thank you all for your support, this Jeep is pretty much possible because of this Patreon. I will be relentlessly talking about what I'm going to do with and to it in the near future on the show and I promise I will use having a vehicle to do as much good as I can!)
As always, our opening theme is off Horse Tranquilizer Simulator by Stella Spazzatura and our editor is the fantastic Alex/Harmful Park, who you should hire to edit your show, too!
Episode 28: 9/11 Comes Earlier Every Year [with Guest Rob Zacny]
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 …
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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 Missed Out On, revving for 9/11, the narrative complexity of Codemasters' F1 series, getting your wife to sim-race, Dire Straits,
Our opening theme as always is off the album Horse Tranquilizer Simulator by Stella Spazzatura and thank you as always to our wonderful editor Alex (@nohopeoverkill.com on Bsky)!
Referenced Stories:
Pedestrian Safety by Victoria @Motor1.com
Car Bloat by Victoria @The Drive
The girls actually didn't really have any sources for this episode because it's like three hours of riffs.Episode 27: Penske Purgatory AKA The Freedom 250
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 …
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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 of our Patrons as we literally couldn't have done this without y'all.I also want to thank everyone who came out to our meetup Saturday night, as it was maybe the one redeeming part of the whole weekend!
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!
[PREVIEW] 2 Tran 2 Girlismo: A Movie Commentary Bonus Episode
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 …
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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 fun. We watched on Netflix, so sync us up to 0.00 on Netflix, or just understand that we might be a few seconds fast or slow for you.I think next month the aim is to do another listener questions bonus, but who knows, maybe we watch Tokyo Drift together instead. Thanks again for all the support patrons, without it we literally couldn't have done this trip. Look forward to the full report on our thoughts on the next mainline episode, and remember that our merch store is open for preorders until the end of the month!
Tran Girlismo: Live From D.C. Emergency Minisode
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 …
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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 recorded off a shotgun microphone, but it was worth it to get this out ASAP
Spoilers? It sucked! For mostly completely avoidable reasons!
Further thoughts, a full rundown of our weekend, and more on this week's full episode.Episode 26: Now With 100% More D&B
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 …
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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)Episode 25: We Gotta Give The Government Acronym Guys A Raise
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 …
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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 NewsThe Girls Watch Fast and Furious, a Patreon Preview
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 …
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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![PREVIEW] Bonus Episode 6: Tran Girlismo Origins
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 …
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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
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 …
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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!Episode 23: H.M.S. Chudnought
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 …
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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 @Motor1Episode 22: Empire Bin State Of Mind [With Guest Josh Boerman]
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 …
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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 @CNNEpisode 21: Finally, A Pickup Truck For Protestants
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! …
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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[PREVIEW] BONUS Ep 5: Bullitt (1968) (or: The Snuffbait Protection Program)
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 …
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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
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 …
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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 introduces their new ST Sinister package (bad. very bad) and shows off their new EV truck (good?) and the girls continue to digress. Very digression-heavy episode.
Vicki admits she doesn't like Subarus, also, so she is prepared for her lesbian audience to throw stale vegetables at her. [I JUST DON'T LIKE BOXER ENGINES OKAY]
Related Stories:
Kia EV9 Feature Where Vicki Almost Had To Live In Forks, WA @Motor1
Jordan's Forza feature on the Patreon @This Patreon
Rivian Owns A Better Route Planner @RivianChicago Flag @Wikipedia
Fry Like An Eagle @Their Website
Porsche Cans Taycan Cross/Sport Turismo (In The USA Only, Victoria Gets Corrected, Don't Worry) @Car And Driver
THE STEAM CUBE IS ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS @Steam
Porsche Sold 9,000 Macan EVs @CarBuzz
Lucid Century of Humiliation @TechCrunch
Lucid Loses One Billion Dollars @Jalopnik
Ford Explorer Sinister Package @FordAbout Face (comic mentioned in episode) @Popula
Ford Teaser Site For EV Truck @Ford
Ford's $30,000 EV Pickup @Car And DriverEpisode 19: It's Not WWII Anymore But Mitsubishi Is Still A Zero
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 …
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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, which has humiliated itself anew with the Nissan Leaf II, aka another miserable chapter in the continued degradation of the Eclipse name. Then we discuss the miserable state of the racing game market as Victoria tries to find her own BDS-compliant Forza Horizon replacement. Finally, Jordan regales her Amtrak experiences.
A special note from our host Victoria Scott: Please read Lenin before you yell at me on Bluesky. The referenced piece on revolutionary defeatism is literally like just a few thousand words. The Defeat of One's Own Government in the Imperialist War @Marxists.orgAs always our opening theme is off of Stella Spazzatura's Horse Tranquilizer Simulator!
Referenced Stories:
FIA Le Mans Recap @YouTube
F1 Hamilton Win Recap @YouTube
Carolina Hurricanes Fans Chant "No Means No" At Vegas Knights Goalie Charged With Sexual Assault @The Raleigh News & Observer
Max Verstappen Drives His Dad Around Spa-Francorchamps @YouTube
"Verstappen: Forged by his father's beatings and humiliation to achieve a winning character" @Marca
The Webbies Still Exist But They Did Pick Claude As Person Of The Year For 2026 So I Don't Actually Think I Want One Anymore @The Webbies
Laura Jedeed's ICE Expose @Slate
Laura Jedeed's Liveblogging Of The UFC White House Fights @Bluesky
Iran Deal Includes $300 Billion @Reuters
Cox Automotive Manheim Index (May 2026) @Cox Automotive
Experian Q1 Auto Market Analysis @Experian
Model S and X were discontinued in April @InsideEVs
Honda Denies The Prologue Is Dying @Motor1
The Acura SLX (which also was sold as a Honda in Japan!) @Acura
Here's Where The Spyder Moniker Comes From (hint: we were wrong, it's literally from the 1800s) @Road & Track
Seattle Link Line Is Now The Highest Ridership Light Rail In The Country WOO @Reddit
Bipartisan Bill To Ban Chinese Vehicles @NBC
US Authorities Must Be Held Accountable For The Deaths Of 120 Children In Minab School Strikes @Amnesty.org
250 Children Dead In Ongoing War In Iran @The Center For American Progress
Edwards B-52 Crash @Military
Two EA-18s Crash At Air Show After Attempting To Mate In Midair @KOMO
F/A-18 Crash In Washington @Marine Corps Times
101 Fatalities During Berlin Airlift @Cultural Diplomacy
Mitsubishi Eclipse Sportback Announced @Mitsubishi
The Official Photos of the Final Mitsubishi Eclipse Are Just As Sad As The Car Itself (By Friend Of The Show James Gilboy) @TheDrive
What Is This 911 GT3 RS Doing At The Mitsubishi Dealer @Reddit r/Porsche
Plagarism And You(Tube) By Hbomberguy @YouTube
James Somerton Is A Wedding Photographer With A Plagarized Portfolio @Reddit
Oh hey btw Wreckfest is on sale for $3 today, if you never played it you should get it @Steam
Microsoft Complicity In War Crimes @BDS Movement
Nascar Chase For The Cup Opening Viper Street Race Against Ryan Newman @YouTube
Endorphin Port @YouTube
WHCD Would-Be Shooter Took His Gun On Amtrak @AP NewsEpisode 18: First Ballot Can't Park There Hall Of Famer
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 …
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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 Transgender Istanbul of America).
We then discuss one of the greatest Seattle Moments in recent memory, where someone drove their Mazda CX-5 so far down the Link light rail in Seattle they got stuck inside a station. If you're listening and that was you: Please stop driving! Forever! Next, we discuss Robby Starbuck's attempt to get Harley Davidson considered "woke" for the second time, and Victoria explains her disillusionment with pinkwashing after experiencing it up close. Finally, the girls discuss Stellantis, again. FaSTLAne2030, here we come. Christ.
Our intro theme as always is off of Stella Spazzatura's Horse Tranquilizer Simulator!
Referenced Stories:
Mazda CX-5 On Da Light Rail @Road&Track (hey look ma my city made R&T!!!)
The incredible investigation of Brightline's death toll @Miami Herald
Harley Davidson Is Woke Again @USAToday
Toyota Drops "DEI" @Fox Business
Nissan Drops "DEI" @Fox Business
Will Sommer's Analysis Of Harley War @TheBulwark (groan)
FaSTLAne2030 @Autocar
Emanuele Cappellano Interview @Autocar
The Actual Correct Platform Segments (B, C, and D) For STLA One @CarBuzz
Chrysler Airflow Spotted @TopSpeed
Original Airflow Concept @MotorTrend
AI-Generated RAM Shirt @Motor1's X AccountEpisode 17: Stellantis Constructs A Footgun To Surpass Metal Gear
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 …
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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, we have good news finally: Jordan gets a new car!!! And it's electric!!! Hormuz who??? Then we discuss the most bitter contentious topic we've tackled yet: The Ferrari Luce. Is it a horrendous abomination against man and God, or is it fine actually? Finally, we discussed the Ram Rumble Bee, the 777 HP pickup truck launched when The Banks Are Out Of Oil, thickening our shoot-on-sight file at Stellantis HQ.
Thank you for listening! Shirts and stickers should be arriving in peoples' hands throughout the week, and we will be opening another round of orders in the very near future if you missed out!
This week we were guest-edited by Alex Harmful ParkOur theme, as always, is off Stella Spazzatura's Horse Tranquilizer Simulator!
Referenced Stories:
Kyle Busch's Incredible Records In NASCAR @Front Stretch
Kyle Busch Dies At 41 @ESPN
Kyle Busch Invoking The Constitution Over The Radio When He Got Pissed Off @Bluesky
FERRARI LUCE REVEALED @Car and Driver
Mark Newson Ford 021C @Wikipedia
2027 Ram Rumble Bee Revealed @Car and Driver[PREVIEW] BONUS Ep 4: Ford v. Ferrari (2019)
Hello! On this bonus episode, Victoria and Jordan have watched Ford v. Ferrari (2019) and here to break it down for y'all on what we thought of it. This is not a commentary track; ideally, you can listen to …
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Hello! On this bonus episode, Victoria and Jordan have watched Ford v. Ferrari (2019) and here to break it down for y'all on what we thought of it. This is not a commentary track; ideally, you can listen to this without ever having seen the movie and still sort of get an idea of what the movie is and what we think of it (imagine our friends over at Be Gay Solve Crime or Kill James Bond!)
As an aside, for our own workload and sanity, we are switching the format to four total episodes per month - i.e., this bonus episode takes the place of this week's main episode. Having burnt out before with other creative projects, we're both trying to avoid doing that with this one, and one episode a week is much more sustainable for us for both recording and editing. We will be back next week with a free episode about Everything That Has Happened!
Episode 16: Oh My God The Banks Are Out Of Oil
Hello and a heads up for the start of this episode: We discuss the recent murder of Seattle resident, UW student, and trans woman Juniper Blessing. We recorded this episode the day after her name was announced …
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Hello and a heads up for the start of this episode: We discuss the recent murder of Seattle resident, UW student, and trans woman Juniper Blessing. We recorded this episode the day after her name was announced, and we were both extremely distraught. We discuss the ridiculous cruelty of her death and the general sadness of living as a trans person in the modern American world. If you find this triggering and upsetting and would like to skip it (which trust me, I get it if you do), the mainline episode begins at 7:58.
Today, in the actual episode, Jordan and Vicki go to the bank and take all their oil out, because the banks are out of Group III Base Oils!!! (Victoria does indeed go John Oliver mode again about base oils btw, hope y'all enjoy that.) Then, Jordan describes a perfect car which is totally illegal to buy (thanks to one weird trick Hyundai DOESN'T want you to KNOW). Then we discuss the fact that we all live in the Fast and Furious Cinematic Universe, forever, as NBC is making like four shows. Maybe. Who knows anymore tbh.
As always, our theme song is off Stella Spazzatura's Horse Tranquilizer Simulator.
Referenced Stories:
Gwen Howerton's Story About Texas -> Seattle Refugees @Chron
ILMA/DOE Talks On Base Oil Supply Chain @ILMA
Texas City Disaster (Vol. II) @Well There's Your Problem YouTube
Group III Pricing Chaos @JobbersWorld
ILMA Expectations Of Supply Pressure Through 2027 @CNBC
Bimmerpost Poster With The Lathe Of Heaven @Bimmerpost
Ioniq 6 Canned For America @CarAndDriver
Ioniq 6 Stop-Sale Recall @People
Fast And Furious Forever And Ever And Ever @Hollywood Reporter
The Receipts For Paul Walker Dating Teenage Girls When He Was Well Into His Thirties @Jalopnik
The Receipts For Jerry Seinfeld Dating A Teenage Girl When He Was Almost Forty @ColliderEpisode 15: Grok, Generate Me The Most Racist T-Shirt Imaginable
Hello! On this episode, Jordan and I divert from our episode plans to discuss The Shirt. Jordan then explains to Vicki her experiences playing the newest entry in her personal BDS-Compliant-Forza-Horizon …
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Hello! On this episode, Jordan and I divert from our episode plans to discuss The Shirt. Jordan then explains to Vicki her experiences playing the newest entry in her personal BDS-Compliant-Forza-Horizon series, The Crew: Motorfest. (It's not very good.) Next we laugh at some rich people who might face consequences for (allegedly) dodging taxes in California with the Montana plate loophole, and then Vicki goes down a wormhole about the Other MBS.
To check out Jordan's photo gallery for Pittsburgh peeps, check out pittbert.gay! Submit this week if you want to submit your work!!!
As always, our opening theme is off horse tranquilizer simulator by Stella Spazzatura!Vicki Posting Too Hard Music:
"Local Forecast - Elevator" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Referenced Stories:
Indycar Removes Shirt After Uproar @HuffPost
Also, adding this comment Indycar released since we recorded:
"A shirt was removed from INDYCAR’s online store following feedback from customers. We understand that some individuals found its phrasing concerning and therefore have remedied the situation."
Lotta words to not apologize but I guess at least it's gone
Hannibal Buress Apple Juice Skit @Youtube
What About NASCAR??? Vine @Youtube
Trump/Lula Presser Cancelled @MSN
Todd Warner Wearing Trump Cape @The Intercept
Abagail Spanberger Totally Chickened Out Since We Recorded This Episode @Cardinal News
Nike Ballroom Poll @Newsweek
BDS Movement Overview of Microsoft @BDSMovement
The Crew: Motorfest @Ubisoft
California Charges Bunch Of Rich Assholes With Tax Evasion Crimes @Hagerty
Montana Plates Include Epstein's Jet @Bloomberg
CA Lost Revenue Estimates @CDFTA
FIA Giving Up On Woke Shit @Reuters
MBS Named UN Tourism Ambassador @TTNWorldwide
FIA Bars Drivers From Having Opinions @Reuters
FIA Swearing Ban @AP
Insanely Racist Quote From MBS @BBC
Hamilton's Unmentionable Piercing @Reddit
Verstappen's Silence At Saudi GP 2025 @AP
Rally Drivers Protest Swearing Ban @AP
FIA Veep Resigns, Protests @AP
Ben Cussons Dismissed @BBC
New Restrictive NDA @BBC
Nagorno-Karabakh Forced Expulsion Considered A War Crime @Reuters
Ilham Aliyev Person of the Year Award @Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
Azerbaijani Laundromat @Wikipedia
Tim Mayer Comments @Motorsport.com
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