The Former First Lady Shares Fashion Secrets: Must-Listen Podcasts of the Week
This Week's Highlight
IMO: Fashion Focus
This latest series from Michelle Obama's IMO podcast coincides with the publication of a hardcover volume documenting her wardrobe transformation. It's a highly polished affair (as expected from the Obamas), featuring guests such as former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. Similar to the woman herself, the show offers depth together with its glamour, uncovering fascinating perspectives about the challenges she dealt with as the pioneering Black female to live in the White House.
On Hold
Medical reports. The bus. Your big day. Everyone knows the complex sentiments associated with anticipation. Now imagine expecting a jailed romantic interest? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the period spanning clinical death and revival? In this thoughtful series, narrator Katy Davis listens to remarkable accounts of managing unpredictable situations.
The Interventionist
This series from a major media investigative unit upholds their tradition of in-depth reporting into contentious subjects. Presenter Dyan Neary interviews caregivers whose minors were placed in foster care after claims of mistreatment were attributed to the same doctor, and questions whether an overly cautious strategy was justified.
Disclosure
Government document petitions might sound dry, but journalist Jason Leopold and legal expert Matt Topic transform them into a lively listen. The stories they've unearthed through these methods in the US feature persuading the former president's aide to state in legal proceedings that the president doesn't mean what he tweets.
European Comparison: Top Performers
A new miniseries places European countries against each other on accommodation, parental support and drug policy to determine the top performer. The childcare episode examines multiple topics such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the reality that much-vaunted Sweden severely restricts childcare for toddlers if a new sibling arrives. The best childcare system? Surprisingly, it's not Nordic.