Michelle Obama Shares Style Insights: Best Audio Shows This Week
Top Selection
IMO: Fashion Focus
This new spin-off from Michelle Obama's IMO podcast aligns with the release of a coffee-table book exploring her fashion evolution. The production is sleek (typical of the Obama brand), featuring guests including former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and iconic performer Jane Fonda. Similar to the host, the series provides meaning together with its style, uncovering fascinating perspectives about the pressures she faced as the first Black woman to live in the White House.
On Hold
Medical reports. Public transport. Your big day. Everyone knows the mixed emotions that come with expectation. But what about awaiting an incarcerated partner? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the time between death and resuscitation? In this thoughtful series, host Katy Davis listens to incredible narratives of managing unpredictable situations.
The Preventionist
This production by a renowned production house continues their legacy of hard-hitting investigations into contentious subjects. Presenter Dyan Neary meets parents whose minors were removed from their care after reports of harm were made by one physician, and examines whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was justified.
Revelations
Public records inquiries may seem boring, but journalist Jason Leopold and constitutional lawyer Matt Topic make them an engaging show. The information they've obtained through these methods in the US feature persuading the former president's aide to admit to a court that the leader's social media posts aren't factual.
The Europeans: Who Does It Best?
This special production places European countries head to head on accommodation, childcare and drug policy to establish the leading example. The parenting segment examines various issues such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the reality that renowned Sweden nightmarishly limits daycare for young children if the family expands. The best childcare system? It's not Scandinavian.
