The Former First Lady Unveils Outfit Stories: Best Audio Shows This Week
This Week's Highlight
IMO: The Look
This latest series of Michelle Obama's audio series accompanies the publication of a visual tome exploring her fashion evolution. It's a highly polished affair (in true Obama fashion), with appearances by such as ex-Teen Vogue chief Elaine Welteroth and iconic performer Jane Fonda. Much like the woman herself, the podcast offers depth in addition to its glamour, disclosing significant insights about the pressures she dealt with as the pioneering Black female to occupy the White House.
Waiting Game
Medical reports. Public transport. Your marriage ceremony. Everyone knows the mixed emotions associated with expectation. Now imagine expecting a jailed romantic interest? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the time between clinical death and revival? This reflective podcast, host Katy Davis hears incredible narratives of navigating such uncertainty.
The Preventionist
This podcast by a renowned production house continues their legacy of thorough examinations into debated issues. Host Dyan Neary meets families whose children were placed in foster care after allegations of abuse were attributed to one physician, and probes whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was appropriate.
The Truth Unveiled
Freedom of information requests aren't the sexiest topic, but journalist Jason Leopold and constitutional lawyer Matt Topic turn them into a compelling series. The stories they've unearthed 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 places European countries against each other on real estate, parental support and narcotics laws to identify the top performer. The childcare episode analyzes various issues such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the fact that renowned Sweden nightmarishly limits preschool services if a new sibling arrives. The best childcare system? Surprisingly, it's not Nordic.
