The Former First Lady Shares Fashion Secrets: Best Audio Shows This Week
This Week's Highlight
IMO: Style Stories
This fresh installment of the former first lady's IMO podcast coincides with the launch of a hardcover volume chronicling her wardrobe transformation. The production is sleek (as expected from the Obamas), with appearances by including ex-Teen Vogue chief Elaine Welteroth and Hollywood legend Jane Fonda. Much like the woman herself, the series offers depth alongside its style, disclosing fascinating perspectives about the challenges she dealt with as the pioneering Black female to reside in the White House.
Waiting Game
Medical reports. Public transport. Your big day. We're familiar with the complex sentiments associated with anticipation. But what about awaiting an incarcerated partner? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the period spanning clinical death and revival? In this thoughtful series, narrator Katy Davis hears incredible narratives of dealing with the unknown.
The Prevention Expert
This production from an established audio team maintains their legacy of in-depth reporting into debated issues. Presenter Dyan Neary speaks with caregivers whose children were placed in foster care after allegations of abuse were attributed to the same doctor, and questions whether a preventive measure was the right one.
Disclosure
Freedom of information requests aren't the sexiest topic, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and legal expert Matt Topic make them a compelling series. The revelations they've discovered via these requests in the US feature obtaining confirmation from Trump's assistant to admit to a court that the leader's social media posts aren't factual.
The Europeans: Who Does It Best?
This special production puts EU nations against each other on housing, early education and drug policy to identify the best. The family support installment explores various issues from Iceland's women's strike to the situation where highly-praised Sweden severely restricts daycare for young children if a new sibling arrives. The top-ranked support service? It's not Scandinavian.
