{"podcast":{"title":"Everything & Anything...and a bit gay Podcast","slug":"everything-anything-and-a-bit-gay-podcast-6752108","podcast_index_feed_id":6752108,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/prFhjice","website_url":"https://www.everythingandanythingpodcast.com/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/732965a8-b75c-4c2b-9803-1411be48134d/0edaafe4-e169-4638-b901-8d28ef02b3aa/3000x3000/3000x3000.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Zach Randles-Friedman","episode_count":272,"summary":"Queer-hosted and unapologetically curious. We cover everything and anything — and yes, it's a bit gay.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T16:20:08.229018+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-anything-and-a-bit-gay-podcast-6752108"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 218: Dance Moms Star Lennon Torres on Social Media Harm, Trans Rights & Big Tech","slug":"ep-218-dance-moms-star-lennon-torres-on-social-media-harm-trans-rights-big-tech","published_at":"2026-05-19T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-anything-and-a-bit-gay-podcast-6752108/ep-218-dance-moms-star-lennon-torres-on-social-media-harm-trans-rights-big-tech","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-anything-and-a-bit-gay-podcast-6752108","url":"https://www.everythingandanythingpodcast.com/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/afp-939909-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/cfe1ea8e-7d0f-47dc-a4ba-305ba19ff04f/episodes/ea7a86a1-11cb-408b-8626-c585460c9ca0/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=cfe1ea8e-7d0f-47dc-a4ba-305ba19ff04f&awEpisodeId=ea7a86a1-11cb-408b-8626-c585460c9ca0&feed=prFhjice","summary":"Lennon Torres — Dance Moms alum, trans activist, and online safety advocate at Heat Initiative — joins Zach for a wide-ranging conversation about growing up on reality TV and social media, the systemic harms platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat knowingly inflict on young people, sextortion, the algorithm as a tool of manipulation, trans rights, and what it means to fight Big Tech as a queer person. This episode will change how you see your phone. Resources & Links 🔥 Heat Initiative: heatinitiative.org ✍️ Lennon on Substack — Diary of a Palatable Trans Woman: https://substack.com/@lennontorres 🎬 Documentary: Can't Look Away —https://www.jolt.film/watch/cantlookaway","meta_description":"Lennon Torres — Dance Moms alum, trans activist, and online safety advocate at Heat Initiative — joins Zach for a wide-ranging conversation about growing…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3540,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/everything-anything-and-a-bit-gay-podcast-6752108/episodes/ep-218-dance-moms-star-lennon-torres-on-social-media-harm-trans-rights-big-tech/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-anything-and-a-bit-gay-podcast-6752108/ep-218-dance-moms-star-lennon-torres-on-social-media-harm-trans-rights-big-tech.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}