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Episode 11: The Geopolitical Shapes Place (Patreon)

Published:
2026-04-15 21:39:19
Edited:
2026-04-23 17:21:22
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2026-08
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Hello! On this episode (which was recorded on Sunday, 4/12), Victoria has a slight mental breakdown (no big deal) about the omnicrisis devouring us all. Nothing Ever Happens vs. Oh God It's So Over, the matchup you've all been waiting for! Next the girls discuss Infiniti's talk of a 700-horsepower QX80 juxtaposed against their current, uh, two-and-a-half car lineup. SUV lineup, really. Then we point and laugh at Volkswagen for pausing production of the ID.4. Then we point and laugh at Ford for begging the President to pause tariffs while he smirks and says "no".

SHOUTOUT: Thanks to Eve for enabling the really cool shoot with my friend Sula! Here's one of the shots she took of me with the F-100:

CALL TO ACTION: Here's the WA State Rail Plan along with the opening for public comment, and here's the Urbanist article that goes into great detail about what we can and should ask for, for the good of our region!! Please, if you want high speed rail (and importantly dedicated trackage for it!) in WA, make your voice heard before April 24th!

THANK YOU: To Nat for the incredible cover of Shapes Place, which we end the episode with!! This brought us a lot of joy, we really appreciate it! Also thank you to all of our $15 subscribers, thanks for your patience

CORRECTION: "Irrational Exuberance" is from Alan Greenspan, not Ben Bernanke. This podcast apologies for the error.Referenced Stories: IDF blows up apartment block in Southern Lebanon @The Guardian3,636 dead in Iran (254 children) @ReutersCall for end to civilian casualties in Lebanon @Amnesty Int'lJet Fuel Prices (via IATA) line go up

20% of global oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz @BBC700 Horsepower QX80?????? @TheDriveThe Luxury SUV story I wrote @This PatreonLeaf Best Seller Until 2020 @CleanTechnicaAriya canned in America @Car And DriverInfiniti sales in '25 @Car And DriverInfiniti EV Maxima concept @Car And DriverHotdogging @Dictionary.com1,000 HP Infiniti QX80 @TheDriveInfiniti Q50 Eau Rouge Concept @Car And DriverNissan Juke-R 2.0: 600 HP GT-R Drivetrain In A Joke @Car And DriverSultan of Brunei's Car Collection @WikipediaRothko ChapelOswego factory fire @WSJJim Farley hangin' with the President @YouTubeFord begging for tariff relief @WSJThomas Sabula heckling the President @Car And DriverNew Aston Supercar @TheSupercarBlogCar Companies Are Abandoning The Everyday Enthusiast (Matt Farah) @Road & Track

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Crobisaur

It's always sunny [nightmare] in the shapes place.

AnarCaylee

Hello shapes place my old friend, I've come to talk with you again

etienne

I was ranting about that in the TF comment section but it would be so awesome to hear you talk about all the weird micro-cars and alt-fuel mobility solutions that got put on the market during the 70's oil shocks, so many delightful little critters, none of them stood a single chance lol

ThePallidMask

Piping up that I use "hotdogging it" as well for the kids doing burnouts/moto stunts here maybe its the southern region keeping old slang alive.

An impromptu concert from Bosco Hogan

On an unrelated note, the other day I got a set of filters so I can use 600 Polaroid in my beloved old SX-70. So far so good on that front!

Daz Clyde

I say hotdogging and hotdog shit too

Dexas (December)

Whoa, that's my name at the end, pretty cool dude.

Crobisaur

I was gonna say the last time I heard that colloquialism used was from my local mechanic when I lived in WV, saying I was hotdogging my outback despite having tod drive up and down 12% grade mountains every day to get to class. Oddly enough I'm pretty sure he did have a fallout shelter in his shop.

Cassandra foretells the doom of Troy, NY

The ongoing review of the state of major manufacturers has been very helpful as someone who hasn't kept up with industry news for a while. Writing this I realize that I basically stopped following auto news when Clarkson left Top Gear. Which I have very complicated feelings about.

Echo

oh my god re: being sick during horror week: i was also like sick and fevered and i kept having stress dreams about me, random tranny from poland, being personally involved with the strait of hormuz somehow and everyone was mad at me for being sick and not being there to Adress the situation

Great Joe

Iceland has a fair few Infinitis, but I'm not sure if they're sold local or imported from the US. I've also seen a listing for an R34 GT-T, so y'know, there's just utter perverts here.

Donovan Burns

I've usually heard it used in a derogatory sense in wrestling, especially with the most hotdog looking man ever, hulk hogan

Donovan Burns

You know the big ass Nissan v8 passenger van? I have a joke that they should make an Infiniti version for tradwife influencers and sell them out of Park City, Utah

rakslice

one may simply go around idaho

rakslice

eyeing the panhandly part at like an hour and 20 minutes and wondering whether one simply rolls the dice

cavira cavidura

You know the neatest part about those SUV prices? They rise when the dollar falls further.

Adam Shepherd

I used to have a G37 manual sedan that I sold because I couldn't afford to run it (I had the internal oil gallery leak from the early version where they thought a paper gasket was a good idea) - I'm sorry to say that I would buy the Q50 with the Z manual driveline unless they botch it. The last Q50 they were putting $10k on the hood of Red Sport I just couldn't deal with that transmission. Yes I am part of the problem.

Echo

i kept waking up in a sweat slightly deliriously and like. mechanically checking the headlines on al jazeera. i was Monitoring the situation

SharkSteaks

Hey Pod. I realize this is a stretch and it's unwise to trust people on the Internet, but I am currently stationed in/around Boise Idaho, and on the off-chance you end up getting that car and need somewhere to piss, I know several trans woman in the valley who could assist. Peace.

Penile_Sparing_Vaginoplasty folds nicely inside

Worst User Experience Ever: The Kia Nero has dual-purpose Audio and Air Conditioner knobs 😡 When you try to turn the radio down, if the car isn't in the right mode, you turn the temperature down instead, and the touch button for defrost (under your index finger) inadvertently activates.

-Kris-

Things very much DO happen, they are happening right now, it's just that the imperial core is the place most insulated from change and hardship. Other generations thinking the world is ending because of religion or nostalgia or whatever is very different from being measurably in the middle of a mass extinction the likes of which Earth hasn't seen since a mountain fell from space onto the Yucatan (73% decline in wildlife since 1970 baybee). I appreciate Victoria and November for having the only sane reaction, when I'm surrounded by people who either say "that's not real, that's just liberal lies" or "well I'm sure they'll think of something, it'll never affect me personally"

-Kris-

I think the widespread tendencies towards either denial (it won't impact me though) or apocalypticism (we're all going to be suddenly wiped out as though by a meteor) are both coping strategies to take the simpler, easier path of not having to do anything. The more realistic and unpleasant view is that humanity is not going to suddenly go extinct, society is not going to explode overnight, it's just going to be a gradual downwards stairstep process of crisis that makes the standard of living much worse, then a period of recovery that never *quite* makes it back to the level you were at before the next crisis hits. "Nothing will happen" and "I will be instantly wiped out" are easier to deal with than "within my lifetime I will be living like people in Cuba or Haiti or Myanmar or Sudan are now"

Lain of the Wired

We know your from the same place as Gibson cuz before you said hot dog I had only seen that term used that way in Count Zero

Stef Schrader

in-car controls in 2026 are my personal Shapes Place-inducing horror

selectric

okay i know i'm a month late here but i just wanted to note that i'd never heard anyone use the phrase "hotdog shit" until vicki used it around me once. that's all.

MKJ

Bad and naughty podcasters get put in the astronaut wiggler Also holy fuck the Shapes Place song is incredible