Michelle Obama Reveals Outfit Stories: Must-Listen Podcasts This Week
Pick of the Week
IMO: The Look
This latest series from the former first lady's IMO podcast aligns with the publication of a hardcover volume exploring her style journey. It's a highly polished affair (as expected from the Obamas), featuring guests including former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and iconic performer Jane Fonda. Similar to the woman herself, the show provides meaning alongside its style, uncovering important details about the challenges she encountered as the pioneering Black female to live in the White House.
On Hold
Medical reports. The bus. Your marriage ceremony. We all experience the mixed emotions associated with waiting. Now imagine awaiting an incarcerated partner? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the interval from clinical death and revival? This contemplative show, presenter Katy Davis collects extraordinary stories of navigating such uncertainty.
The Preventionist
This production by a renowned production house upholds their legacy of in-depth reporting into controversial topics. Presenter Dyan Neary meets parents 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 the right one.
Revelations
Freedom of information requests may seem boring, but journalist Jason Leopold and constitutional lawyer Matt Topic turn them into a compelling series. The stories they've unearthed via these requests in the US feature obtaining confirmation from Trump's assistant to testify under oath that the commander-in-chief's tweets aren't literal.
European Comparison: Top Performers
This limited series positions member states head to head on housing, early education and substance regulations to determine the top performer. The family support installment explores multiple topics such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the reality that much-vaunted Sweden nightmarishly limits childcare for toddlers if a new sibling arrives. The finest provider of childcare? It isn't from Scandinavia.
