The Former First Lady Shares Fashion Secrets: Best Podcasts This Week
Top Selection
IMO: Style Stories
This latest series of Michelle Obama's audio series coincides with the launch of a coffee-table book exploring her wardrobe transformation. The production is sleek (in true Obama fashion), with appearances by including ex-Teen Vogue chief Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. In the style of Michelle personally, the podcast provides meaning together with its glamour, revealing fascinating perspectives about the challenges she encountered as the first Black woman to reside in the White House.
Waiting Game
Exam outcomes. Your ride. Your wedding day. We all experience the conflicting feelings associated with expectation. Now imagine waiting for a lover in prison? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the period spanning clinical death and revival? This contemplative show, host Katy Davis hears incredible narratives of dealing with the unknown.
The Prevention Expert
This podcast from an established audio team continues their legacy of hard-hitting investigations into debated issues. Presenter Dyan Neary interviews caregivers whose kids were removed from their care after allegations of abuse were linked to a single medical professional, and questions whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was justified.
Revelations
Freedom of information requests aren't the sexiest topic, but journalist Jason Leopold and legal expert Matt Topic make them an engaging show. The information they've obtained by using them in the US include obtaining confirmation from Trump's assistant to state in legal proceedings that the commander-in-chief's tweets aren't literal.
European Comparison: Top Performers
A new miniseries positions member states in competition on housing, early education and drug policy to determine the leading example. The parenting segment explores multiple topics including Iceland's feminist protest to the reality that much-vaunted Sweden problematically reduces daycare for young children if a new sibling arrives. The top-ranked support service? It's not Scandinavian.
