The Former First Lady Reveals Outfit Stories: Top Podcasts This Week
Top Selection
IMO: The Look
This new spin-off from Michelle Obama's audio series aligns with the release of a hardcover volume chronicling her fashion evolution. It's a highly polished affair (typical of the Obama brand), featuring guests such as ex-Teen Vogue chief Elaine Welteroth and Hollywood legend Jane Fonda. Similar to the host, the series provides meaning alongside its style, revealing important details about the pressures she dealt with as the inaugural African American first lady to live in the White House.
Waiting Game
Test results. Public transport. Your wedding day. We all experience the complex sentiments that come with waiting. However, consider expecting a jailed romantic interest? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the period spanning passing away and being revived? This contemplative show, presenter Katy Davis listens to extraordinary stories of dealing with the unknown.
The Prevention Expert
This podcast from an established audio team upholds their legacy of in-depth reporting into contentious subjects. Presenter Dyan Neary speaks with families whose kids were placed in foster care after claims of mistreatment were attributed to the same doctor, and examines whether an overly cautious strategy was justified.
Disclosure
Freedom of information requests may seem boring, but journalist Jason Leopold and legal expert Matt Topic make them a compelling series. The stories they've unearthed through these methods in the US feature getting Donald Trump's chief of staff to testify under oath that the president doesn't mean what he tweets.
The Europeans: Who Does It Best?
This limited series places European countries against each other on real estate, parental support and narcotics laws to identify the best. The family support installment examines multiple topics including Iceland's feminist protest to the situation where renowned Sweden nightmarishly limits childcare for toddlers if their parents have another baby. The best childcare system? Surprisingly, it's not Nordic.
