The Former First Lady Reveals Style Insights: Top Audio Shows of the Week
Top Selection
IMO: Fashion Focus
This latest series of the former first lady's audio series accompanies the launch of a coffee-table book documenting her wardrobe transformation. The production is sleek (in true Obama fashion), featuring guests such as former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. In the style of the host, the podcast delivers substance together with its polish, uncovering fascinating perspectives about the pressures she dealt with as the pioneering Black female to reside in the White House.
On Hold
Test results. Public transport. Your marriage ceremony. We all experience the mixed emotions linked to waiting. But what about waiting for a lover in prison? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the period spanning clinical death and revival? This contemplative show, host Katy Davis hears remarkable accounts of managing unpredictable situations.
The Prevention Expert
This podcast from a major media investigative unit upholds their legacy of thorough examinations into controversial topics. Presenter Dyan Neary speaks with families whose minors were placed in foster care after claims of mistreatment were made by a single medical professional, and probes whether an overly cautious strategy was appropriate.
Revelations
Freedom of information requests might sound dry, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic turn them into a compelling series. The stories they've unearthed via these requests in the US comprise obtaining confirmation from Trump's assistant to state in legal proceedings that the president doesn't mean what he tweets.
EU Nations: Best Practices
A new miniseries puts EU nations in competition on housing, parental support and substance regulations to determine the best. The parenting segment examines different concerns from Iceland's women's strike to the situation where much-vaunted Sweden nightmarishly limits preschool services if the family expands. The top-ranked support service? It isn't from Scandinavia.
