Michelle Obama Reveals Fashion Secrets: Best Audio Shows of the Week
This Week's Highlight
IMO: Style Stories
This fresh installment from the former first lady's IMO podcast coincides with the launch of a hardcover volume exploring her fashion evolution. The production is sleek (as expected from the Obamas), with appearances by such as style expert Elaine Welteroth and iconic performer Jane Fonda. Much like the woman herself, the series delivers substance in addition to its polish, uncovering fascinating perspectives about the pressures she dealt with as the inaugural African American first lady to live in the White House.
Waiting Game
Medical reports. Your ride. Your wedding day. We all experience the complex sentiments associated with anticipation. Now imagine awaiting an incarcerated partner? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the period spanning death and resuscitation? This reflective podcast, narrator Katy Davis listens to incredible narratives of managing unpredictable situations.
The Preventionist
This production by an established audio team upholds their legacy of thorough examinations into controversial topics. Host Dyan Neary speaks with parents whose children were taken away after allegations of abuse were attributed to one physician, and probes whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was the right one.
Revelations
Government document petitions aren't the sexiest topic, but 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 include persuading the former president's aide to testify under oath that the commander-in-chief's tweets aren't literal.
European Comparison: Top Performers
This special production positions member states in competition on housing, early education and drug policy to identify the leading example. The family support installment analyzes various issues such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the fact that highly-praised Sweden nightmarishly limits preschool services if their parents have another baby. The top-ranked support service? It's not Scandinavian.
