The Former First Lady Reveals Fashion Secrets: Best Audio Shows of the Week
This Week's Highlight
IMO: Fashion Focus
This new spin-off from the former first lady's IMO podcast aligns with the publication of a coffee-table book exploring her wardrobe transformation. The production is sleek (in true Obama fashion), featuring guests such as former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and Hollywood legend Jane Fonda. Much like the woman herself, the series provides meaning together with its style, disclosing significant insights about the pressures she faced as the inaugural African American first lady to occupy the White House.
The Pause
Exam outcomes. The bus. Your big day. We all experience the conflicting feelings linked to anticipation. Now imagine waiting for a lover in prison? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the time between death and resuscitation? In this thoughtful series, presenter Katy Davis listens to extraordinary stories of navigating such uncertainty.
The Preventionist
This production by a renowned production house maintains their legacy of thorough examinations into contentious subjects. Host Dyan Neary speaks with caregivers whose kids were placed in foster care after allegations of abuse were made by one physician, and questions whether an overly cautious strategy was the right one.
Revelations
Government document petitions aren't the sexiest topic, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and legal expert Matt Topic make them an engaging show. The stories they've unearthed by using them in the US comprise obtaining confirmation from Trump's assistant to state in legal proceedings that the leader's social media posts aren't factual.
The Europeans: Who Does It Best?
This special production puts EU nations head to head on housing, childcare and substance regulations to establish the top performer. The childcare episode explores multiple topics from Iceland's women's strike to the fact that much-vaunted Sweden problematically reduces childcare for toddlers if the family expands. The finest provider of childcare? Surprisingly, it's not Nordic.