Michelle Obama Shares Outfit Stories: Best Audio Shows of the Week
This Week's Highlight
IMO: Style Stories
This new spin-off of Michelle Obama's audio series coincides with the release of a coffee-table book exploring her style journey. It's a highly polished affair (as expected from the Obamas), featuring guests such as ex-Teen Vogue chief Elaine Welteroth and iconic performer Jane Fonda. Similar to the host, the series provides meaning in addition to its glamour, disclosing significant insights about the expectations she dealt with as the pioneering Black female to live in the White House.
The Pause
Exam outcomes. Your ride. Your wedding day. We all experience the conflicting feelings associated with anticipation. Now imagine awaiting an incarcerated partner? A baby born via surrogate? Or the time between passing away and being revived? This reflective podcast, presenter Katy Davis hears remarkable accounts of navigating such uncertainty.
The Prevention Expert
This podcast by an established audio team upholds their tradition of hard-hitting investigations into debated issues. Presenter Dyan Neary speaks with families whose minors were removed from their care after reports of harm were made by a single medical professional, and probes whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was appropriate.
Revelations
Government document petitions might sound dry, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic transform them into an engaging show. The stories they've unearthed via these requests in the US comprise persuading the former president's aide to admit to a court that the president doesn't mean what he tweets.
EU Nations: Best Practices
This special production puts EU nations against each other on accommodation, childcare and drug policy to identify the top performer. The family support installment examines multiple topics such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the reality that renowned Sweden severely restricts childcare for toddlers if their parents have another baby. The finest provider of childcare? It's not Scandinavian.