The Former First Lady Shares Outfit Stories: Best Podcasts This Week
This Week's Highlight
IMO: The Look
This new spin-off from Michelle Obama's audio series aligns with the launch of a coffee-table book exploring her wardrobe transformation. Everything is meticulously crafted (in true Obama fashion), with appearances by including style expert Elaine Welteroth and iconic performer Jane Fonda. Similar to the woman herself, the series delivers substance together with its polish, revealing significant insights about the expectations she dealt with as the pioneering Black female to live in the White House.
The Pause
Medical reports. The bus. Your wedding day. We're familiar with the conflicting feelings linked to expectation. However, consider awaiting an incarcerated partner? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the period spanning passing away and being revived? This contemplative show, narrator Katy Davis hears remarkable accounts of navigating such uncertainty.
The Interventionist
This production from a major media investigative unit maintains their reputation of in-depth reporting into debated issues. Host Dyan Neary meets caregivers whose minors were taken away after allegations of abuse were linked to the same doctor, and examines whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was justified.
Revelations
Freedom of information requests aren't the sexiest topic, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic turn them into a lively listen. 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 president doesn't mean what he tweets.
EU Nations: Best Practices
This limited series positions member states against each other on real estate, parental support and drug policy to determine the top performer. The parenting segment examines different concerns from Iceland's women's strike to the reality that much-vaunted Sweden problematically reduces preschool services if the family expands. The best childcare system? It isn't from Scandinavia.
