The Former First Lady Unveils Style Insights: Must-Listen Podcasts of the Week
Top Selection
IMO: The Look
This latest series of the former first lady's IMO podcast aligns with the release of a coffee-table book documenting her fashion evolution. The production is sleek (in true Obama fashion), with appearances by including style expert Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. Similar to the host, the podcast offers depth alongside its glamour, disclosing fascinating perspectives about the expectations she encountered as the pioneering Black female to live in the White House.
Waiting Game
Exam outcomes. Your ride. Your big day. We all experience the complex sentiments that come with waiting. But what about awaiting an incarcerated partner? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the time between death and resuscitation? This contemplative show, presenter Katy Davis listens to remarkable accounts of managing unpredictable situations.
The Interventionist
This production from a renowned production house upholds their reputation of in-depth reporting into debated issues. Presenter Dyan Neary speaks with families whose kids were placed in foster care after reports of harm were made by the same doctor, and probes whether a preventive measure was appropriate.
Revelations
Public records inquiries may seem boring, but reporter Jason Leopold and legal expert Matt Topic turn them into a lively listen. The revelations they've discovered via these requests in the US comprise getting Donald Trump's chief of staff to testify under oath that the commander-in-chief's tweets aren't literal.
EU Nations: Best Practices
A new miniseries places European countries head to head on real estate, parental support and narcotics laws to determine the best. The family support installment explores multiple topics from Iceland's women's strike to the situation where highly-praised Sweden problematically reduces childcare for toddlers if their parents have another baby. The finest provider of childcare? It isn't from Scandinavia.
