The Former First Lady Shares Style Insights: Top Audio Shows of the Week
This Week's Highlight
IMO: Style Stories
This latest series from the former first lady's IMO podcast coincides with the launch of a visual tome exploring her style journey. Everything is meticulously crafted (typical of the Obama brand), featuring guests including former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and Hollywood legend Jane Fonda. In the style of the woman herself, the series provides meaning alongside its polish, revealing important details about the expectations she faced as the pioneering Black female to live in the White House.
On Hold
Exam outcomes. The bus. Your big day. We're familiar with the conflicting feelings linked to expectation. However, consider expecting a jailed romantic interest? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the period spanning passing away and being revived? This contemplative show, presenter Katy Davis hears remarkable accounts of managing unpredictable situations.
The Preventionist
This podcast from an established audio team upholds their legacy of thorough examinations into controversial topics. Host Dyan Neary speaks with families whose minors were placed in foster care after allegations of abuse were linked to the same doctor, and examines whether a preventive measure was appropriate.
Revelations
Freedom of information requests aren't the sexiest topic, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and legal expert Matt Topic make them an engaging show. The information they've obtained via these requests in the US feature getting Donald Trump's chief of staff to testify under oath that the president doesn't mean what he tweets.
EU Nations: Best Practices
This limited series positions member states in competition on accommodation, childcare and narcotics laws to establish the leading example. The childcare episode explores different concerns including Iceland's feminist protest to the fact that much-vaunted Sweden problematically reduces preschool services if their parents have another baby. The best childcare system? It isn't from Scandinavia.
