The Former First Lady Shares Fashion Secrets: Must-Listen Audio Shows of the Week
This Week's Highlight
IMO: Style Stories
This latest series from Michelle Obama's audio series accompanies the publication of a visual tome chronicling her style journey. The production is sleek (in true Obama fashion), featuring guests such as style expert Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. Much like the woman herself, the podcast delivers substance alongside its polish, uncovering significant insights about the expectations she dealt with as the inaugural African American first lady to live in the White House.
Waiting Game
Exam outcomes. Public transport. Your big day. We're familiar with the conflicting feelings that come with expectation. Now imagine awaiting an incarcerated partner? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the period spanning clinical death and revival? This contemplative show, narrator Katy Davis collects remarkable accounts of managing unpredictable situations.
The Interventionist
This series from a major media investigative unit upholds their tradition of in-depth reporting into debated issues. Presenter Dyan Neary speaks with families whose children were taken away after claims of mistreatment were made by a single medical professional, and probes whether an overly cautious strategy was the right one.
Revelations
Freedom of information requests aren't the sexiest topic, but reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic make them an engaging show. The revelations they've discovered by using them in the US comprise persuading the former president's aide to testify under oath that the president doesn't mean what he tweets.
EU Nations: Best Practices
This limited series puts EU nations in competition on real estate, childcare and narcotics laws to establish the leading example. The parenting segment explores multiple topics from Iceland's women's strike to the situation where renowned Sweden severely restricts childcare for toddlers if their parents have another baby. The finest provider of childcare? Surprisingly, it's not Nordic.
