Michelle Obama Unveils Fashion Secrets: Best Podcasts This Week

This Week's Highlight

IMO: Fashion Focus

This new spin-off from the former first lady's audio series aligns with the publication of a visual tome documenting her wardrobe transformation. It's a highly polished affair (in true Obama fashion), with appearances by including ex-Teen Vogue chief Elaine Welteroth and iconic performer Jane Fonda. In the style of the woman herself, the series delivers substance in addition to its glamour, revealing important details about the expectations she encountered as the pioneering Black female to reside in the White House.

On Hold

Test results. The bus. Your wedding day. We're familiar with the mixed emotions associated with waiting. Now imagine expecting a jailed romantic interest? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the time between clinical death and revival? This contemplative show, narrator Katy Davis hears extraordinary stories of navigating such uncertainty.

The Preventionist

Host Dyan Neary
Reporter Dyan Neary, presenter of The Preventionist series.

This production from a major media investigative unit continues their reputation of thorough examinations into contentious subjects. Presenter Dyan Neary interviews caregivers whose children were placed in foster care after claims of mistreatment were linked to the same doctor, and examines whether an overly cautious strategy was appropriate.

Revelations

Freedom of information requests aren't the sexiest topic, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic turn them into a lively listen. The information they've obtained by using them in the US include getting Donald Trump's chief of staff to state in legal proceedings that the president doesn't mean what he tweets.

EU Nations: Best Practices

A new miniseries positions member states in competition on accommodation, parental support and drug policy to identify the top performer. The childcare episode explores multiple topics such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the situation where highly-praised Sweden problematically reduces preschool services if their parents have another baby. The best childcare system? Surprisingly, it's not Nordic.

Brittany Barnes
Brittany Barnes

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