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

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April 28, 2025 39 mins

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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Katie, Ada and Gia continue disccusing Neon Genesis Evangelion, and also discuss: the GATE conspiracy theory and the CIA, how everything always leads back to When Harry met Sally, and an extended interlude where we meet Idgie, Ada's (very) new beagle puppy, and her extended menagerie. Robots! Emotions! Alien attack!

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Hi friends! We continue our Neon Genesis Evangelion watch with Episode 3! Is Shinji cringe and fail and a loser? Will he and the bully kiss? When will we see more PenPen? The adult women long for PenPen! Katie, Ada and Gia discuss this and much more, you should watch along with us!

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In the final installment of her miniseries, Rabia (of Suddenly: A Frank Sinatra Podcast) gives us a deep dive into the backstory of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, a film based on three actual Sydney drag queens: Cindy Pastel, Lady Bump, and Styrkermyer. How did this film come to be, and how did they get queer and trans life so wrong? This deep dive will change the way you think about Priscilla—and trans Australian history—forever.

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Join Katie, Ada and Gia as they discuss Neon Genesis Evangelion, specifically the second episode, also called The Beast. Robots fighting aliens! Disaster women in the military! Penguins!

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In the penultimate episode of Rabia's miniseries, Rabia (of Suddenly: A Frank Sinatra Podcast) and Henry discuss the 1995 Australian film All Men Are Liars, in which an egg dresses in drag and joins an all-female band...with complications. Are all men liars? Are all men eggs? Who is Bazza and why does everyone want to see him sing Perry Como covers?

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February 23, 2025 11 mins
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Hi friends! Today we are launching our new mini (maxi?) series about the trans cultural touchstone Neon Genesis Evangelion. In this first episode, we discuss our backgrounds in anime, as well as the early career of creator Hideaki Anno, and the pilot episode, Angel Attack. Ada and Katie are joined by anime expert Gia, so all levels of anime knowledge are represented and welcomed. So watch along with us!

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February 10, 2025 85 mins

Rabia of Suddenly joins us once again to explain why the 1996 romcom Dating the Enemy is a better trans film than Priscilla Queen of the Desert! This charming Guy Pearce vehicle imagines a trans romance with heart, humanity, and deeply saturated color. 

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February 3, 2025 21 mins

In this bit of something different, Ada Wish (@a-wish) talks about the power of telling stories in the battle for Truth against fascism.

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Read Dionu: The Unnamed Faith of the Named on Dionu.org or buy the book
Read Robert Evans' Essay

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In the first episode of a new series featuring special guest Rabia (of Suddenly: A Frank Sinatra Podcast), Henry and Rabia dive into the 1995 Australian musical film Billy's Holiday, a deeply insane, quite eggy film that Rabia is obsessed with. 

This is the first episode of several that Rabia is joining us for! Tune in next week when Rabia and Henry take a look at another Australian movie you've never heard of that's ...

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January 14, 2025 6 mins

In this bit of something different, Ada Wish (@a-wish) talks about trying to find ways to express an unnameable feeling.

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Get trans magic art cult the book Ada has been working on here
Check out our previous episode on Rachel Pollack's run of Doom Patrol

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January 6, 2025 35 mins

Katie and Ada talk about Nosferatu
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December 30, 2024 87 mins

 Katie, Henry, and Ada sit down to talk about their favorite media of 2024 and the things we have been up to
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August 4, 2024 11 mins

In this episode, Ada talks about Drive Away Dolls, The End of History, 90s Nostalgia, and I Saw the TV Glow
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Buy our old merch RedBubble and TeePublic 

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July 28, 2024 36 mins

We discuss The People's Joker and also what movies we've seen lately, Glen Powell, Beatings out of context, and more!

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July 21, 2024 13 mins

So it's been awhile since this had been out now, but here's a few words about Vera Drew's fantastic movie, and probably a bit too much about Katie's early gender experimentation 🤷🏻‍♀️

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July 15, 2024 33 mins

Join Ada (the_ada_rhodes), Katie (@katieofthelake) and Henry (@punkgroucho, @spaldinggay) as they chat about Henry's Susan Taubes episode. Discussed: dissociation, disembodiment, and the wish to be free of all bodies and genders!

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July 8, 2024 10 mins

In this episode, Henry (@punkgroucho, Spalding Gay on TikTok) discusses the work of the late feminist writer Susan Taubes.

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