The Former First Lady Shares Style Insights: Top Audio Shows of the Week

Top Selection

IMO: Style Stories

This fresh installment of Michelle Obama's audio series coincides with the publication of a hardcover volume exploring her fashion evolution. Everything is meticulously crafted (in true Obama fashion), with appearances by such as style expert Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. In the style of the host, the series provides meaning together with its polish, disclosing significant insights about the expectations she faced as the first Black woman to live in the White House.

Waiting Game

Exam outcomes. Your ride. Your marriage ceremony. We're familiar with the conflicting feelings that come with expectation. However, consider waiting for a lover in prison? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the period spanning death and resuscitation? This reflective podcast, presenter Katy Davis hears extraordinary stories of managing unpredictable situations.

The Preventionist

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Journalist Dyan Neary, the voice behind The Preventionist.

This series from a renowned production house continues their reputation of thorough examinations into debated issues. Host Dyan Neary speaks with caregivers whose kids were taken away after claims of mistreatment were made by one physician, and examines whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was appropriate.

Disclosure

Public records inquiries may seem boring, but journalist Jason Leopold and legal expert Matt Topic transform them into a compelling series. The information they've obtained via these requests in the US include getting Donald Trump's chief of staff to state in legal proceedings that the leader's social media posts aren't factual.

The Europeans: Who Does It Best?

This limited series puts EU nations in competition on accommodation, childcare and narcotics laws to identify the best. The parenting segment examines various issues such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the reality that much-vaunted Sweden severely restricts preschool services if a new sibling arrives. The best childcare system? It's not Scandinavian.

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