Michelle Obama Reveals Style Insights: Top Podcasts This Week
Top Selection
IMO: Style Stories
This fresh installment from the former first lady's IMO podcast accompanies the publication of a hardcover volume chronicling her style journey. The production is sleek (typical of the Obama brand), featuring guests including former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and Hollywood legend Jane Fonda. Similar to the woman herself, the series offers depth alongside its glamour, uncovering significant insights about the pressures she encountered as the first Black woman to occupy the White House.
On Hold
Exam outcomes. Public transport. Your big day. We all experience the mixed emotions linked to expectation. But what about expecting a jailed romantic interest? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the time between passing away and being revived? This reflective podcast, host Katy Davis listens to incredible narratives of navigating such uncertainty.
The Prevention Expert
This podcast by an established audio team upholds their reputation of in-depth reporting into contentious subjects. Journalist Dyan Neary meets parents whose children were taken away after claims of mistreatment were linked to one physician, and probes whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was appropriate.
Disclosure
Freedom of information requests might sound dry, but journalist Jason Leopold and legal expert Matt Topic transform them into an engaging show. The revelations they've discovered through these methods in the US feature getting Donald Trump's chief of staff to state in legal proceedings that the president doesn't mean what he tweets.
The Europeans: Who Does It Best?
This limited series places European countries against each other on housing, early education and narcotics laws to determine the top performer. The parenting segment analyzes various issues including Iceland's feminist protest to the fact that renowned Sweden nightmarishly limits childcare for toddlers if their parents have another baby. The finest provider of childcare? It isn't from Scandinavia.
