The Former First Lady Shares Fashion Secrets: Top Audio Shows of the Week
This Week's Highlight
IMO: Style Stories
This fresh installment of Michelle Obama's IMO podcast coincides with the publication of a hardcover volume chronicling her fashion evolution. The production is sleek (typical of the Obama brand), with appearances by including style expert Elaine Welteroth and iconic performer Jane Fonda. In the style of Michelle personally, the series delivers substance together with its glamour, uncovering fascinating perspectives about the expectations she dealt with as the pioneering Black female to reside in the White House.
On Hold
Medical reports. Your ride. Your marriage ceremony. We all experience the complex sentiments associated with waiting. Now imagine awaiting an incarcerated partner? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the interval from passing away and being revived? In this thoughtful series, presenter Katy Davis collects incredible narratives of dealing with the unknown.
The Prevention Expert
This series from a major media investigative unit maintains their legacy of hard-hitting investigations into debated issues. Presenter Dyan Neary meets parents whose children were taken away after allegations of abuse were made by one physician, and probes whether an overly cautious strategy was the right one.
The Truth Unveiled
Public records inquiries may seem boring, but journalist Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic make them a lively listen. The information they've obtained through these methods in the US comprise persuading the former president's aide to testify under oath that the leader's social media posts aren't factual.
European Comparison: Top Performers
This limited series places European countries against each other on accommodation, parental support and narcotics laws to establish the top performer. The childcare episode explores multiple topics such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the situation where renowned Sweden problematically reduces childcare for toddlers if their parents have another baby. The best childcare system? It's not Scandinavian.
