The Former First Lady Unveils Fashion Secrets: Must-Listen Podcasts of the Week
This Week's Highlight
IMO: Style Stories
This latest series of Michelle Obama's IMO podcast coincides with the release of a visual tome exploring her style journey. The production is sleek (in true Obama fashion), with appearances by such as former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and iconic performer Jane Fonda. In the style of Michelle personally, the podcast provides meaning together with its polish, revealing fascinating perspectives about the expectations she dealt with as the inaugural African American first lady to live in the White House.
The Pause
Medical reports. Public transport. Your big day. We all experience the complex sentiments associated with expectation. But what about waiting for a lover in prison? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the period spanning clinical death and revival? This reflective podcast, host Katy Davis listens to extraordinary stories of managing unpredictable situations.
The Prevention Expert
This podcast by a renowned production house maintains their reputation of hard-hitting investigations into controversial topics. Presenter Dyan Neary interviews caregivers whose children were placed in foster care after claims of mistreatment were linked to one physician, and probes whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was the right one.
The Truth Unveiled
Public records inquiries may seem boring, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic transform them into an engaging show. The revelations they've discovered by using them 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 positions member states against each other on accommodation, parental support and narcotics laws to establish the top performer. The family support installment examines different concerns including Iceland's feminist protest to the reality that renowned Sweden problematically reduces preschool services if the family expands. The top-ranked support service? Surprisingly, it's not Nordic.