Hello, fam. Welcome to the Translash podcast. I'm Mara Jones, and we have an out of this world show for you today. You have to listen to find out what it is. If you're just tuning in, the Translash podcast is a politics and culture show with a trans perspective. And that means this week,

we're talking about the first presidential debate. Oh, boy. Joining me to help talk about that

and to process all that the debate means is the brilliant Jamila King, who hosts the Mother

Jones podcast.

We have a roadmap that's been set up for us already by generations of people who have fought battles that are much more difficult, much more personal, much more deadly even than this one.

And it's our responsibility to follow it.

Plus, I get super nerdy and all the way sci-fi with Ian Alexander, a groundbreaking trans actor who's helping Star Trek go where even it has not gone before.

I can't wait to see this future where we've all sort of transcended and ascended gender. Before we dive in, I want to start off with a moment of trans joy.

One thing that always brings me joy is trans people getting what we need to feel at home in our bodies.

That's why I'm shining the spotlight on Point of Pride's binder exchange program.

They've given nearly 9,000 binders to trans people who need them since 2014.

Tyler Rodriguez runs the Binder Exchange program.

He says they've sent binders to people in all 50 states and more than 60 countries.

Sometimes I get emails from folks who've gotten their binder and they're just so excited.

And I just find myself laughing at their email.

And, you know, it's got 18 typos because they were so excited.

They couldn't even see the keyboard properly.

My personal favorites are always, every once in a while I'll get a parent.

And, you know, you get the subject line, you get the preview of the email and you always see,

my child got their binder from you.

And I always

cringe a little bit. And then almost every time I open one, it's like, I can't believe how

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