Totally Trans Podcast Network

Totally Trans Podcast Network

In the networks flagship show Searching for the Trans Canon, hosts Katie Coleman (playwright, composer, queer trans woman she/her @katieofthelake), Ada-Rhodes Short (activist, engineering academic, and queer trans woman She/her @the_ada_rhodes) and Henry Giardina (writer, critic, trans guy. He/they @punkgroucho) discuss finding trans representation in film, tv, and literature. Twitter & Instagram: @totallytranspod

Episodes

December 8, 2025 29 mins

Gia, Ada and Katie go into a world of goo, and clutch our collective pearls at the latest episode/clip show of Neon Genesis Evangelion, but the end is in sight! We discuss Freud's childhood develeopment stages and learn that, in storytelling, you, of course, start with the butt and work your way up.

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Ada sits down with actress, web developer and CTO Eileen Noonan, to discuss the big question, and some smaller ones as well. They go from the Margolis Method to Shakespeare to Tim Robinson, meditation to accessibility in web design. 

Watch Eileen in The Chair Company on HBO and HBO MAX!

If your wordpress site needs accesibility options, check out insihub.com!

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November 24, 2025 51 mins

Our second special episode in our long-running coverage of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Katie, Ada, and Gia talk about Guillermo del Toro's 2013 mecha movie Pacific Rim. It's Goofus Hour as we meet some of the best-named characters in ficition, Ada says some real problematic shit, and we wonder: can a fight pass the Bechdel Test?

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A bit of a rowdy one for you this week, y'all, as Ada, Gia and Katie continue their deep dive on the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. We talk about Kaji's melons, learn that boolean rhymes with cerulean, Katie has some hot takes on Christopher Nolan movies, and find out how being an Eva pilot went for Toji, exactly.

Also, left some housekeeping chat in this one, for you sickos.

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We continue our series about the 90s anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Much to discuss! Katie, Gia and Ada talk about Kaji's first ride as an Eva pilot, the transness of piloting a giant monster body around the world, wonder if Kaji is based?? And the issue of the Dong Gobble Tunnel.

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October 20, 2025 75 mins

CW: self harm

In this new miniseries, Ada interviews guests on the big questions.

In this inaugural episode, she talks with stand-up comedian Robin Tran on the subjects of fascism, family, shootings, offensive jokes, comedy, optimism, and the controversial notion that trans people might actually be brave after all.

Note: This episode was recorded on 9/15/25, and as always, more bad things have happened since then.

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October 13, 2025 33 mins

We continue our deep dive into the 90s anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion! This week, Katie, Ada and Gia discuss who does and doesn't believe in rehabilitation, the poor Class Rep, watch as Toji is just days away from retirement and wonder who could the fourth pilot be? I wonder? Hmmmmm.

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In this Episode: Gia, Ada and Katie discuss Kierkegaard, but only how to pronounce his name, Shinji remains a loser, nobody has played CS:GO we promise, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, naked mom ghosts, and positrons!

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Funny story. You're going to laugh. I (Katie) mixed up the order of these two episodes (14 & 15). Luckily, as this one is a mostly a clip show, it shouldn't be a huge problem for those of you watching along with us. So this is actually episode 14, and should be watched before the previous episode, "They longed for others' lips..." Terribly sorry about that, please forgive me.

Anyway, in this episode, Ada...

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Fallout Boy-ass title aside, this is a pretty eventful episode! Katie, Ada and Gia manage to derail the conversation anyway, though. We talk Jaws! Cellos! Kaji Shenanigans! Kissing! Pen-Pen is there! What's Rei's whole deal?! Watch along with us!

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Katie, Ada and Gia continue their discussion of Neon Genesis Evangelion with a bottle episde mostly about Dr. High Heels and her complicated relationship with Momputer.

Also, if anyone wants to write a Modernist novel called "Gideon's Wank," you could probably make us do an episode on it.

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Ada, Gia and Katie continue watching Neon Genesis Evangelion, meet a rad new Angel, learn some Misato backstory, talk sea slugs, Tarot, and some keys, oohh-ohhhh your ring of keeeeeeysssss

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Ada, Gia, and Katie discuss another episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion, digress on Sailor Moon and some Gundams, and shriek in terror at the horror of the Saddy Blonglegs.

Note: Due to some lag, there's a bit more overtalk in this episode than usual. I edited what I could, but sorry if that's a bother to you. It will be better next episode


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July 7, 2025 48 mins

Gia, Katie and Ada discuss episode 10 of Neon Genesis Evangelion, and also Drinking, What the Kids are Doing These Days, school trips, speculation on the various fetishes of Anno-san, more questionable Japanese geography/language, and more Gundam/ Sentai talk

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Katie, Ada & Gia coninue our discussion of Neon Genesis Evangelion as Shinji crossdresses (again) Dr. High Heels acts suspicious (again) and more sex crimes are committed (again again). Watch along with us!



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Ada, Katie & Gia take a quick break from Evangelion to look at Hideaki Anno's first work as an animator on this classic Miyazaki film from 1984. There's big bugs, and they definitley have feelings. Watch along with us!

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May 26, 2025 43 mins

Katie, Ada and Gia are getting a little tired of the constant sexualization of the women (and child!) characters in the show, but a sassy redhead is a fun addition nonetheless. Also, an extended digression on redheads in comics! Watch along with us!

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May 12, 2025 34 mins

Ada, Katie and Gia talk about a Misato-focused episode that really starts to open up the show to a larger scale. We also talk McDonald's toys, nuclear reactors (pushin' on tubes) beer for breakfast and being a woman at academic conferences

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We continue watching Neon Genesis Evangelion! In this episode: 

The D8 tries to use an overdesigned vibrator to break into NERV, so Misato has to rush to come up with a plan, and the plan is...Big Gun! Ada, Gia and Katie talk Twin Peaks comparisons, a little Japanese geography, and mispronounce a bunch of words. This is a good episode, you should watch along with us! ☺️

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Katie, Ada and Gia continue their coverage of Neon Genesis Evangelion, and discuss the D8 of Doom, Homeschooling, and more cameos from a beagle named Idgie.

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