Michelle Obama Unveils Style Insights: Best Audio Shows This Week
Top Selection
IMO: Fashion Focus
This fresh installment from the former first lady's IMO podcast aligns with the publication of a hardcover volume chronicling her style journey. The production is sleek (in true Obama fashion), featuring guests such as style expert Elaine Welteroth and iconic performer Jane Fonda. Similar to the woman herself, the series provides meaning in addition to its glamour, disclosing important details about the challenges she faced as the pioneering Black female to live in the White House.
The Pause
Medical reports. Public transport. Your marriage ceremony. We all experience the mixed emotions that come with waiting. But what about waiting for a lover in prison? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the period spanning clinical death and revival? In this thoughtful series, presenter Katy Davis listens to incredible narratives of dealing with the unknown.
The Interventionist
This series from a major media investigative unit continues their reputation of hard-hitting investigations into contentious subjects. Presenter Dyan Neary speaks with parents whose minors were placed in foster care after claims of mistreatment were attributed to the same doctor, and probes whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was justified.
The Truth Unveiled
Government document petitions might sound dry, but reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic transform them into an engaging show. The stories they've unearthed through these methods in the US feature persuading the former president's aide to admit to a court that the commander-in-chief's tweets aren't literal.
The Europeans: Who Does It Best?
This limited series places European countries in competition on real estate, early education and drug policy to establish the best. The childcare episode examines multiple topics including Iceland's feminist protest to the reality that much-vaunted Sweden nightmarishly limits daycare for young children if a new sibling arrives. The best childcare system? It's not Scandinavian.
