This podcast episode explores "The Competition," a scholarship competition called Distinguished Young Women, where 50 high school senior girls in Mobile, Alabama compete for a massive cash prize. The host, Shima Oliaee, who was a contestant 20 years ago, returns as a judge to examine what two weeks with these ambitious teens can reveal about girlhood in America. The episode delves into the journey of the speaker and her previous experience in the competition, as well as the history and purpose of the competition itself.
