The Former First Lady Shares Outfit Stories: Best Podcasts of the Week
Pick of the Week
IMO: Style Stories
This latest series of the former first lady's IMO podcast coincides with the launch of a coffee-table book exploring her fashion evolution. It's a highly polished affair (in true Obama fashion), featuring guests including former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. Much like the host, the podcast offers depth alongside its glamour, uncovering fascinating perspectives about the expectations she encountered as the inaugural African American first lady to reside in the White House.
Waiting Game
Test results. The bus. Your big day. We're familiar with the mixed emotions associated with anticipation. However, consider expecting a jailed romantic interest? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the time between clinical death and revival? This reflective podcast, narrator Katy Davis listens to incredible narratives of navigating such uncertainty.
The Prevention Expert
This series by a major media investigative unit maintains their tradition of in-depth reporting into contentious subjects. Presenter Dyan Neary speaks with families whose kids were removed from their care after reports of harm were attributed to a single medical professional, and examines whether an overly cautious strategy was the right one.
Disclosure
Freedom of information requests aren't the sexiest topic, but journalist Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic transform them into an engaging show. The revelations they've discovered by using them in the US include persuading the former president's aide to state in legal proceedings that the commander-in-chief's tweets aren't literal.
EU Nations: Best Practices
This limited series puts EU nations against each other on real estate, parental support and narcotics laws to determine the best. The family support installment explores various issues such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the situation where much-vaunted Sweden problematically reduces preschool services if the family expands. The finest provider of childcare? Surprisingly, it's not Nordic.
