Michelle Obama Shares Fashion Secrets: Top Audio Shows This Week

This Week's Highlight

IMO: Style Stories

This new spin-off of Michelle Obama's audio series coincides with the launch of a coffee-table book exploring her wardrobe transformation. It's a highly polished affair (typical of the Obama brand), featuring guests including former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and iconic performer Jane Fonda. Much like the woman herself, the podcast delivers substance alongside its glamour, disclosing significant insights about the pressures she encountered as the inaugural African American first lady to live in the White House.

Waiting Game

Medical reports. Your ride. Your marriage ceremony. We all experience the conflicting feelings that come with anticipation. However, consider waiting for a lover in prison? A baby born via surrogate? Or the time between death and resuscitation? This contemplative show, narrator Katy Davis hears incredible narratives of managing unpredictable situations.

The Interventionist

Investigative journalist the series lead
Reporter Dyan Neary, presenter of The Preventionist series.

This podcast from an established audio team maintains their legacy of hard-hitting investigations into debated issues. Presenter Dyan Neary meets parents whose children were taken away after reports of harm were made by one physician, and questions whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was justified.

Disclosure

Government document petitions might sound dry, but journalist Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic turn them into a lively listen. The stories they've unearthed by using them in the US include obtaining confirmation from Trump's assistant to testify under oath that the president doesn't mean what he tweets.

The Europeans: Who Does It Best?

This limited series puts EU nations in competition on real estate, childcare and drug policy to determine the best. The childcare episode explores different concerns such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the reality that renowned Sweden nightmarishly limits childcare for toddlers if a new sibling arrives. The top-ranked support service? It isn't from Scandinavia.

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