

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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Feb 23, 2026 • 42min
Big Robot Feelings 25/26: The Last Episodes
25. The Ending World/Do You Love Me?26. The Beast That Shouted 'I' at the Heart of the World/ Take Care of YourselfKatie, Gia and Ada walk about the last two episodes of Neon Gensis Evangelion, and try to figure out what exactly they just watched. We talk about Heated Rivalry, Twin Peaks, Lost, The Witness, and chicken stuff, too. Hope you've enjoyed the run, we've got one more episode on The End og Evangelion, and we really hope it ties things up better than this mess. Support the show

Feb 9, 2026 • 42min
Big Robot Feelings 24: The Beginning and the End, or Knockin' on Heaven's Door/The Final Messenger
Ada, Katie and Gia are almost done with Neon Genesis Evangelion and are kind of losing their minds at this point. Luckily, the next two episodes are normal.Shinji gets a boyfriend, but the funtime yaoi hour ends all too quickly as a bunch of stuff happens and we kind of understand most of it. Also, this was recorded wayy back in early November, so references to current events that have now been ignored and or forgotten should just be par for the course at this point as our own world hurtles toward third impact or whatever. Support the show

Jan 26, 2026 • 34min
Big Robot Feelings 23: Rei III/Tears
We're closing in on the end here, and things are getting wild, y'all. Gia, Ada and Katie talk Dr. Highheels descent into madness, penetrating worms and, the common trope introducing RegPreg before a finale.Support the show

Jan 19, 2026 • 1h 3min
2025 Wrap-up
Quick break from your regularly scheduled Evangelion run to check in with your hosts, Ada, Henry, Katie and Gia, as they share their favorite movies, tv, books and albums of 2025. What a terrible year! But the art was good. Support the show

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


