The Former First Lady Unveils Style Insights: Must-Listen Audio Shows This Week
Top Selection
IMO: Style Stories
This fresh installment of Michelle Obama's audio series coincides with the launch of a coffee-table book exploring her fashion evolution. The production is sleek (typical of the Obama brand), with appearances by including style expert Elaine Welteroth and Hollywood legend Jane Fonda. Much like Michelle personally, the series provides meaning together with its glamour, uncovering fascinating perspectives about the expectations she faced as the inaugural African American first lady to live in the White House.
The Pause
Medical reports. Your ride. Your wedding day. We all experience the conflicting feelings associated with waiting. But what about awaiting an incarcerated partner? A baby born via surrogate? Or the period spanning passing away and being revived? This reflective podcast, host Katy Davis listens to extraordinary stories of managing unpredictable situations.
The Prevention Expert
This podcast by a major media investigative unit upholds their legacy of thorough examinations into contentious subjects. Journalist Dyan Neary meets parents whose children were removed from their care after allegations of abuse were attributed to one physician, and probes whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was appropriate.
Revelations
Public records inquiries might sound dry, but journalist Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic turn them into a lively listen. The revelations they've discovered through these methods 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
A new miniseries puts EU nations against each other on accommodation, childcare and substance regulations to establish the top performer. The childcare episode explores various issues including Iceland's feminist protest to the situation where much-vaunted Sweden nightmarishly limits childcare for toddlers if a new sibling arrives. The best childcare system? It isn't from Scandinavia.
