{"podcast":{"title":"How To Academy Podcast","slug":"how-to-academy-podcast-460186","podcast_index_feed_id":460186,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NSR3811872066","website_url":"http://www.howtoacademy.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/88d11174-a83f-11eb-9eac-4b3226c749ec/image/New_Series_Image_2.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"How To Academy","episode_count":530,"summary":"How To Academy is London's home of big thinking. From Nobel laureates to Pulitzer Prize winners, we invite the world’s most influential voices to share new ideas for changing ourselves, our communities, and the world. Our biweekly podcast is your chance to hear in-depth from the most exciting thinkers in global culture.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T04:18:57.196930+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-academy-podcast-460186"},"episode":{"title":"Freya India - The Commodification of Girls and How to Fight Back","slug":"freya-india-the-commodification-of-girls-and-how-to-fight-back","published_at":"2026-05-12T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-academy-podcast-460186/freya-india-the-commodification-of-girls-and-how-to-fight-back","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-academy-podcast-460186","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR9069259505.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR9069259505.mp3","summary":"Coming of age has always been a time of angst and inner turmoil, especially for girls. But today, those worries exist in a world of AR filters, TikTok “plastic surgeons,” dating apps, hookup culture, online porn, profit-driven therapy apps, and even fully customizable AI girlfriends. All of it is personalized by algorithms designed to prey on their deepest insecurities and delivered on platforms engineered to be addictive. While previous generations of women were relentlessly sold products and procedures, girls today have become the product. In this episode of the podcast, Freya India will explore how technological and cultural shifts over the past decade have shaped the inner lives of young women and girls—from anxieties about appearance and reputation to the dynamics of friendships and romantic relationships. She will expose the ruthless commercialization of girlhood—an exploitation corporations are all too eager to profit from. Freya will also share ways for girls to reclaim their privacy, protect their dignity, and, above all, rediscover what it means to be people rather than products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Coming of age has always been a time of angst and inner turmoil, especially for girls. But today, those worries exist in a world of AR filters, TikTok “pl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3762,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/how-to-academy-podcast-460186/episodes/freya-india-the-commodification-of-girls-and-how-to-fight-back/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-to-academy-podcast-460186/freya-india-the-commodification-of-girls-and-how-to-fight-back.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}