Michelle Obama Unveils Outfit Stories: Best Podcasts This Week
Top Selection
IMO: Style Stories
This latest series of the former first lady's IMO podcast accompanies the release of a visual tome chronicling her fashion evolution. The production is sleek (in true Obama fashion), with appearances by such as ex-Teen Vogue chief Elaine Welteroth and Hollywood legend Jane Fonda. Much like the woman herself, the series delivers substance alongside its style, disclosing fascinating perspectives about the challenges she dealt with as the first Black woman to live in the White House.
Waiting Game
Test results. Your ride. Your wedding day. We all experience the conflicting feelings that come with expectation. Now imagine awaiting an incarcerated partner? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the period spanning clinical death and revival? This contemplative show, narrator Katy Davis collects remarkable accounts of managing unpredictable situations.
The Prevention Expert
This series from an established audio team upholds their legacy of in-depth reporting into contentious subjects. Host Dyan Neary meets families whose kids were removed from their care after allegations of abuse were linked to one physician, and examines whether a preventive measure was appropriate.
Disclosure
Freedom of information requests aren't the sexiest topic, but reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic transform them into a lively listen. The revelations they've discovered through these methods in the US comprise persuading the former president's aide to testify under oath that the leader's social media posts aren't factual.
The Europeans: Who Does It Best?
This limited series puts EU nations head to head on housing, parental support and drug policy to determine the best. The family support installment analyzes multiple topics including Iceland's feminist protest to the reality that much-vaunted Sweden problematically reduces daycare for young children if their parents have another baby. The finest provider of childcare? Surprisingly, it's not Nordic.
