Michelle Obama Unveils Fashion Secrets: Must-Listen Audio Shows This Week
Pick of the Week
IMO: Style Stories
This new spin-off of the former first lady's IMO podcast accompanies the release of a hardcover volume chronicling her fashion evolution. The production is sleek (in true Obama fashion), featuring guests including ex-Teen Vogue chief Elaine Welteroth and Hollywood legend Jane Fonda. Much like the woman herself, the show provides meaning alongside its polish, revealing fascinating perspectives about the expectations she dealt with as the inaugural African American first lady to occupy the White House.
Waiting Game
Medical reports. Your ride. Your marriage ceremony. We all experience the mixed emotions that come with expectation. But what about awaiting an incarcerated partner? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the interval from death and resuscitation? This contemplative show, host Katy Davis collects extraordinary stories of dealing with the unknown.
The Interventionist
This podcast from an established audio team upholds their tradition of thorough examinations into debated issues. Journalist Dyan Neary meets families whose children were placed in foster care after claims of mistreatment were attributed to one physician, and questions whether an overly cautious strategy was appropriate.
Revelations
Public records inquiries might sound dry, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and constitutional lawyer Matt Topic transform them into a compelling series. The revelations they've discovered by using them in the US comprise getting Donald Trump's chief of staff to state in legal proceedings that the leader's social media posts aren't factual.
The Europeans: Who Does It Best?
This special production puts EU nations head to head on accommodation, parental support and drug policy to establish the leading example. The childcare episode explores various issues including Iceland's feminist protest to the situation where highly-praised Sweden problematically reduces childcare for toddlers if the family expands. The top-ranked support service? It's not Scandinavian.
