

Totally Trans Podcast Network
Katie Coleman, Henry Giardina, and Ada-Rhodes Short
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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Jan 5, 2026 • 41min
Big Robot Feelings 22: Staying Human/Don't Be
It's the robot Show! Ada, Katie and Gia discuss another backstory heavy episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion, this one's about Asuka, and throwing stuff to the moon. Listen for more techno-bible nonsense. Support the show

Dec 22, 2025 • 41min
Big Robot Feelings 21: He Was Aware He Was Still a Child
Gia, Ada and Katie discuss if we actually like Kaji, or even if we like this show at this point. It's a flashback episode as we finally close in on the homestretch here, and things keep getting weirder. Support the show

Dec 8, 2025 • 30min
Big Robot Feelings 20: Oral Stage
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.Support the show

Dec 1, 2025 • 40min
Trans Search for Meaning: Eileen Noonan
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!Support the show

Nov 24, 2025 • 52min
Tr---y Danger: Pacific Rim
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?Support the show

Nov 10, 2025 • 41min
Big Robot Feelings 19: Introjection/Ambivalence
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.Fact Check: Katie's relates a joke from the Simpsons: it's a bullet, not a sunflower seed that Bart, not Homer spits out which accidentally kills a buffalo.Support the show

Oct 27, 2025 • 43min
Big Robot Feelings 18: Life and Death Decisions/Ambivalence
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.Support the show

Oct 20, 2025 • 1h 15min
Trans Search for Meaning: Robin Tran
CW: self harmIn 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.Robin's InstaSupport the show

Oct 13, 2025 • 33min
Big Robot Feelings 17: The Fourth Children
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.Support the show

Sep 29, 2025 • 36min
Big Robot Feelings 16: The sickness unto death, and then...
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!Support the show


