The Former First Lady Shares Style Insights: Best Podcasts This Week
Top Selection
IMO: Fashion Focus
This fresh installment from the former first lady's IMO podcast accompanies the launch of a visual tome documenting her wardrobe transformation. The production is sleek (typical of the Obama brand), featuring guests including former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and Hollywood legend Jane Fonda. In the style of Michelle personally, the podcast delivers substance together with its style, revealing fascinating perspectives about the challenges she faced as the pioneering Black female to reside in the White House.
Waiting Game
Medical reports. The bus. Your big day. Everyone knows the complex sentiments that come with anticipation. But what about waiting for a lover in prison? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the interval from death and resuscitation? In this thoughtful series, presenter Katy Davis hears extraordinary stories of managing unpredictable situations.
The Interventionist
This podcast by a renowned production house continues their legacy of hard-hitting investigations into controversial topics. Presenter Dyan Neary meets families whose children were removed from their care after allegations of abuse were linked to a single medical professional, and questions whether an overly cautious strategy was appropriate.
Disclosure
Freedom of information requests may seem boring, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and constitutional lawyer Matt Topic make them a compelling series. The stories they've unearthed via these requests in the US include getting Donald Trump's chief of staff to testify under oath that the commander-in-chief's tweets aren't literal.
European Comparison: Top Performers
This special production puts EU nations head to head on accommodation, early education and substance regulations to identify the top performer. The parenting segment explores multiple topics such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the situation where highly-praised Sweden nightmarishly limits childcare for toddlers if a new sibling arrives. The best childcare system? Surprisingly, it's not Nordic.
