The Former First Lady Reveals Style Insights: Must-Listen Audio Shows of the Week
Pick of the Week
IMO: Style Stories
This latest series from the former first lady's audio series accompanies the launch of a hardcover volume documenting her style journey. The production is sleek (in true Obama fashion), featuring guests including style expert Elaine Welteroth and iconic performer Jane Fonda. Much like Michelle personally, the podcast provides meaning together with its glamour, disclosing significant insights about the challenges she faced as the inaugural African American first lady to live in the White House.
Waiting Game
Medical reports. Public transport. Your big day. We're familiar with the complex sentiments linked to expectation. However, consider waiting for a lover in prison? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the period spanning passing away and being revived? This reflective podcast, host Katy Davis listens to incredible narratives of navigating such uncertainty.
The Preventionist
This production from a major media investigative unit maintains their reputation of in-depth reporting into contentious subjects. Presenter Dyan Neary interviews families whose kids were placed in foster care after claims of mistreatment were made by a single medical professional, and examines whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was the right one.
Disclosure
Public records inquiries aren't the sexiest topic, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic turn them into a compelling series. The information they've obtained through these methods in the US feature obtaining confirmation from Trump's assistant to state in legal proceedings that the commander-in-chief's tweets aren't literal.
The Europeans: Who Does It Best?
A new miniseries places European countries in competition on accommodation, parental support and drug policy to establish the leading example. The family support installment examines various issues from Iceland's women's strike to the situation where much-vaunted Sweden nightmarishly limits childcare for toddlers if their parents have another baby. The best childcare system? Surprisingly, it's not Nordic.
