Michelle Obama Unveils Style Insights: Must-Listen Podcasts This Week
Top Selection
IMO: The Look
This fresh installment of the former first lady's IMO podcast accompanies the launch of a visual tome exploring her fashion evolution. It's a highly polished affair (in true Obama fashion), featuring guests such as ex-Teen Vogue chief Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. In the style of the host, the series offers depth in addition to its style, uncovering fascinating perspectives about the expectations she faced as the inaugural African American first lady to live in the White House.
The Pause
Exam outcomes. Your ride. Your marriage ceremony. Everyone knows the complex sentiments that come with waiting. However, consider expecting a jailed romantic interest? A baby born via surrogate? Or the interval from death and resuscitation? This contemplative show, narrator Katy Davis hears extraordinary stories of navigating such uncertainty.
The Preventionist
This podcast from a renowned production house maintains their legacy of hard-hitting investigations into debated issues. Host Dyan Neary speaks with parents whose minors were removed from their care after reports of harm were made by a single medical professional, and questions whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was appropriate.
The Truth Unveiled
Government document petitions aren't the sexiest topic, but journalist Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic make them a lively listen. The information they've obtained through these methods in the US feature getting Donald Trump's chief of staff to testify under oath that the leader's social media posts aren't factual.
The Europeans: Who Does It Best?
This limited series puts EU nations in competition on housing, childcare and drug policy to identify the best. The family support installment analyzes different concerns from Iceland's women's strike to the fact that highly-praised Sweden nightmarishly limits childcare for toddlers if the family expands. The best childcare system? Surprisingly, it's not Nordic.