Michelle Obama Shares Outfit Stories: Must-Listen Podcasts of the Week
Pick of the Week
IMO: Fashion Focus
This latest series of the former first lady's audio series aligns with the release of a hardcover volume exploring her wardrobe transformation. The production is sleek (as expected from the Obamas), with appearances by including ex-Teen Vogue chief Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. In the style of Michelle personally, the podcast delivers substance together with its polish, disclosing fascinating perspectives about the expectations she faced as the inaugural African American first lady to reside in the White House.
The Pause
Exam outcomes. Your ride. Your big day. We all experience the mixed emotions that come with expectation. Now imagine waiting for a lover in prison? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the period spanning clinical death and revival? In this thoughtful series, narrator Katy Davis collects extraordinary stories of navigating such uncertainty.
The Interventionist
This podcast by a renowned production house continues their reputation of in-depth reporting into debated issues. Host Dyan Neary meets parents whose kids were taken away after claims of mistreatment were attributed to one physician, and questions whether a preventive measure was justified.
The Truth Unveiled
Freedom of information requests aren't the sexiest topic, but reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic make them a compelling series. The stories they've unearthed by using them in the US include getting Donald Trump's chief of staff to state in legal proceedings that the leader's social media posts aren't factual.
The Europeans: Who Does It Best?
A new miniseries puts EU nations against each other on real estate, childcare and drug policy to identify the leading example. The family support installment explores various issues including Iceland's feminist protest to the reality that highly-praised Sweden nightmarishly limits childcare for toddlers if their parents have another baby. The top-ranked support service? It isn't from Scandinavia.
