Michelle Obama Unveils Fashion Secrets: Best Audio Shows of the Week
Pick of the Week
IMO: The Look
This new spin-off from the former first lady's audio series aligns with the launch of a visual tome documenting her wardrobe transformation. The production is sleek (typical of the Obama brand), featuring guests including ex-Teen Vogue chief Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. Similar to the host, the podcast delivers substance together with its style, uncovering fascinating perspectives about the pressures she dealt with as the inaugural African American first lady to occupy the White House.
On Hold
Exam outcomes. Public transport. Your wedding day. We all experience the mixed emotions that come with waiting. But what about awaiting an incarcerated partner? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the period spanning clinical death and revival? This reflective podcast, host Katy Davis collects extraordinary stories of navigating such uncertainty.
The Preventionist
This series from a major media investigative unit upholds their tradition of hard-hitting investigations into controversial topics. Journalist Dyan Neary interviews caregivers whose kids were removed from their care after reports of harm were linked to one physician, and examines whether an overly cautious strategy was appropriate.
The Truth Unveiled
Freedom of information requests aren't the sexiest topic, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and legal expert Matt Topic turn them into a compelling series. The information they've obtained via these requests in the US comprise getting Donald Trump's chief of staff to state in legal proceedings that the commander-in-chief's tweets aren't literal.
European Comparison: Top Performers
A new miniseries positions member states against each other on accommodation, parental support and narcotics laws to determine the top performer. The childcare episode examines various issues from Iceland's women's strike to the fact that much-vaunted Sweden nightmarishly limits preschool services if their parents have another baby. The best childcare system? It isn't from Scandinavia.
