Michelle Obama Unveils Fashion Secrets: Top Audio Shows of the Week
Top Selection
IMO: Style Stories
This new spin-off of Michelle Obama's audio series coincides with the launch of a coffee-table book exploring her wardrobe transformation. It's a highly polished affair (typical of the Obama brand), featuring guests such as ex-Teen Vogue chief Elaine Welteroth and Hollywood legend Jane Fonda. Much like the woman herself, the series delivers substance together with its polish, uncovering fascinating perspectives about the challenges she faced as the inaugural African American first lady to reside in the White House.
The Pause
Exam outcomes. The bus. Your marriage ceremony. We all experience the conflicting feelings linked to expectation. However, consider waiting for a lover in prison? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the time between passing away and being revived? This contemplative show, narrator Katy Davis collects incredible narratives of dealing with the unknown.
The Prevention Expert
This series by a major media investigative unit continues their tradition of hard-hitting investigations into debated issues. Journalist Dyan Neary speaks with families whose minors were placed in foster care after reports of harm were attributed to a single medical professional, and questions whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was the right one.
Disclosure
Freedom of information requests aren't the sexiest topic, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic make them a lively listen. The stories they've unearthed via these requests in the US feature persuading the former president's aide to admit to a court that the president doesn't mean what he tweets.
EU Nations: Best Practices
A new miniseries places European countries in competition on real estate, childcare and drug policy to establish the leading example. The parenting segment examines different concerns from Iceland's women's strike to the reality that much-vaunted Sweden problematically reduces preschool services if their parents have another baby. The finest provider of childcare? It's not Scandinavian.
