Michelle Obama Unveils Outfit Stories: Best Audio Shows This Week

Pick of the Week

IMO: Fashion Focus

This latest series from Michelle Obama's IMO podcast coincides with the launch of a visual tome exploring her fashion evolution. It's a highly polished affair (typical of the Obama brand), featuring guests such as style expert Elaine Welteroth and Hollywood legend Jane Fonda. Much like the woman herself, the series offers depth alongside its polish, revealing important details about the pressures she encountered as the inaugural African American first lady to live in the White House.

Waiting Game

Test results. The bus. Your marriage ceremony. Everyone knows the mixed emotions linked to expectation. However, consider waiting for a lover in prison? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the time between passing away and being revived? In this thoughtful series, host Katy Davis hears remarkable accounts of dealing with the unknown.

The Prevention Expert

Investigative journalist Dyan Neary
Journalist Dyan Neary, the voice behind The Preventionist.

This podcast from an established audio team maintains their legacy of thorough examinations into contentious subjects. Presenter Dyan Neary speaks with families whose children were placed in foster care after allegations of abuse were made by the same doctor, and questions whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was appropriate.

The Truth Unveiled

Public records inquiries might sound dry, but journalist Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic make them a compelling series. The information they've obtained through these methods in the US feature obtaining confirmation from Trump's assistant to testify under oath that the leader's social media posts aren't factual.

EU Nations: Best Practices

A new miniseries puts EU nations in competition on real estate, childcare and narcotics laws to establish the leading example. The childcare episode explores various issues from Iceland's women's strike to the reality that renowned Sweden problematically reduces childcare for toddlers if their parents have another baby. The finest provider of childcare? It isn't from Scandinavia.

Joseph Willis
Joseph Willis

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