The Former First Lady Unveils Fashion Secrets: Top Audio Shows This Week
This Week's Highlight
IMO: Style Stories
This fresh installment of the former first lady's IMO podcast aligns with the release of a hardcover volume exploring her fashion evolution. The production is sleek (as expected from the Obamas), featuring guests including former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. In the style of Michelle personally, the podcast offers depth in addition to its style, disclosing fascinating perspectives about the pressures she dealt with as the first Black woman to reside in the White House.
The Pause
Exam outcomes. Your ride. Your marriage ceremony. Everyone knows the conflicting feelings associated with anticipation. However, consider expecting a jailed romantic interest? A baby born via surrogate? Or the interval from clinical death and revival? This reflective podcast, presenter Katy Davis collects extraordinary stories of navigating such uncertainty.
The Prevention Expert
This podcast from a major media investigative unit upholds their tradition of thorough examinations into controversial topics. Host Dyan Neary meets caregivers whose children were removed from their care after reports of harm were attributed to one physician, and probes whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was the right one.
Revelations
Government document petitions may seem boring, but reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic turn them into a compelling series. The information they've obtained by using them in the US feature persuading the former president's aide to state in legal proceedings that the commander-in-chief's tweets aren't literal.
The Europeans: Who Does It Best?
This special production puts EU nations in competition on housing, early education and drug policy to identify the best. The parenting segment examines different concerns such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the fact that highly-praised Sweden nightmarishly limits daycare for young children if their parents have another baby. The best childcare system? It's not Scandinavian.