The Former First Lady Unveils Outfit Stories: Top Podcasts This Week
This Week's Highlight
IMO: Fashion Focus
This new spin-off from Michelle Obama's IMO podcast aligns with the launch of a visual tome chronicling her fashion evolution. The production is sleek (typical of the Obama brand), with appearances by such as ex-Teen Vogue chief Elaine Welteroth and iconic performer Jane Fonda. Similar to the woman herself, the series delivers substance together with its style, revealing important details about the pressures she faced as the inaugural African American first lady to occupy the White House.
The Pause
Test results. Public transport. Your wedding day. We all experience the complex sentiments that come with waiting. Now imagine expecting a jailed romantic interest? A baby born via surrogate? Or the period spanning passing away and being revived? In this thoughtful series, narrator Katy Davis collects extraordinary stories of managing unpredictable situations.
The Prevention Expert
This podcast from a renowned production house maintains their legacy of thorough examinations into debated issues. Journalist Dyan Neary interviews caregivers whose minors were removed from their care after claims of mistreatment were attributed to a single medical professional, and examines whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was justified.
Disclosure
Public records inquiries might sound dry, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic turn them into a lively listen. The information they've obtained by using them in the US feature obtaining confirmation from Trump's assistant to testify under oath that the president doesn't mean what he tweets.
The Europeans: Who Does It Best?
A new miniseries puts EU nations in competition on accommodation, childcare and narcotics laws to identify the best. The family support installment analyzes multiple topics such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the situation where much-vaunted Sweden nightmarishly limits childcare for toddlers if a new sibling arrives. The top-ranked support service? It isn't from Scandinavia.
