The Former First Lady Reveals Style Insights: Best Audio Shows of the Week
Pick of the Week
IMO: Fashion Focus
This fresh installment from Michelle Obama's IMO podcast aligns with the launch of a hardcover volume documenting her fashion evolution. The production is sleek (typical of the Obama brand), with appearances by including style expert Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. In the style of Michelle personally, the series provides meaning together with its polish, disclosing fascinating perspectives about the challenges she faced as the inaugural African American first lady to occupy the White House.
Waiting Game
Exam outcomes. The bus. Your big day. Everyone knows the mixed emotions that come with waiting. But what about expecting a jailed romantic interest? A baby born via surrogate? Or the time between passing away and being revived? This reflective podcast, host Katy Davis hears extraordinary stories of navigating such uncertainty.
The Prevention Expert
This production from a renowned production house maintains their legacy of hard-hitting investigations into controversial topics. Journalist Dyan Neary meets families whose kids were taken away after claims of mistreatment were made by the same doctor, and probes whether a preventive measure was justified.
Revelations
Government document petitions may seem boring, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and constitutional lawyer Matt Topic make them a compelling series. The stories they've unearthed through these methods in the US feature persuading the former president's aide to testify under oath that the commander-in-chief's tweets aren't literal.
European Comparison: Top Performers
A new miniseries places European countries in competition on accommodation, childcare and drug policy to identify the best. The childcare episode explores multiple topics such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the fact that renowned Sweden severely restricts childcare for toddlers if their parents have another baby. The best childcare system? It's not Scandinavian.
