Michelle Obama Shares Fashion Secrets: Best Audio Shows This Week
This Week's Highlight
IMO: Fashion Focus
This new spin-off of the former first lady's IMO podcast aligns with the launch of a coffee-table book exploring her style journey. Everything is meticulously crafted (in true Obama fashion), featuring guests such as style expert Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. Similar to the woman herself, the show delivers substance alongside its polish, revealing important details about the expectations she dealt with as the pioneering Black female to reside in the White House.
Waiting Game
Test results. Your ride. Your wedding day. We're familiar with the conflicting feelings that come with expectation. But what about waiting for a lover in prison? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the time between death and resuscitation? In this thoughtful series, narrator Katy Davis listens to incredible narratives of navigating such uncertainty.
The Preventionist
This podcast by a renowned production house upholds their tradition of in-depth reporting into controversial topics. Presenter Dyan Neary speaks with caregivers whose minors were taken away after allegations of abuse were linked to a single medical professional, and probes whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was the right one.
The Truth Unveiled
Freedom of information requests aren't the sexiest topic, but reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic transform them into a compelling series. The revelations they've discovered via these requests in the US include getting Donald Trump's chief of staff to testify under oath that the commander-in-chief's tweets aren't literal.
The Europeans: Who Does It Best?
A new miniseries places European countries against each other on accommodation, early education and drug policy to identify the top performer. The parenting segment examines various issues from Iceland's women's strike to the fact that much-vaunted Sweden nightmarishly limits daycare for young children if their parents have another baby. The top-ranked support service? It's not Scandinavian.
