Michelle Obama Shares Style Insights: Best Audio Shows of the Week
This Week's Highlight
IMO: Fashion Focus
This latest series of Michelle Obama's IMO podcast aligns with the launch of a visual tome chronicling her style journey. The production is sleek (typical of the Obama brand), with appearances by including style expert Elaine Welteroth and iconic performer Jane Fonda. Much like the woman herself, the series delivers substance alongside its glamour, disclosing significant insights about the challenges she encountered as the inaugural African American first lady to live in the White House.
The Pause
Test results. The bus. Your big day. Everyone knows the conflicting feelings linked to expectation. However, consider expecting a jailed romantic interest? A baby born via surrogate? Or the time between death and resuscitation? This contemplative show, presenter Katy Davis hears remarkable accounts of managing unpredictable situations.
The Preventionist
This podcast by an established audio team continues their legacy of hard-hitting investigations into controversial topics. Journalist Dyan Neary interviews families whose children were taken away after reports of harm were linked to a single medical professional, and questions whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was justified.
Disclosure
Public records inquiries may seem boring, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic make them an engaging show. The stories they've unearthed through these methods in the US feature persuading the former president's aide to state in legal proceedings that the president doesn't mean what he tweets.
European Comparison: Top Performers
A new miniseries places European countries against each other on real estate, early education and narcotics laws to establish the leading example. The family support installment explores different concerns including Iceland's feminist protest to the situation where renowned Sweden problematically reduces daycare for young children if a new sibling arrives. The best childcare system? It's not Scandinavian.
