Michelle Obama Shares Style Insights: Best Audio Shows of the Week

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IMO: Style Stories

This new spin-off from the former first lady's IMO podcast accompanies the publication of a hardcover volume exploring her wardrobe transformation. It's a highly polished affair (typical of the Obama brand), with appearances by including style expert Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. In the style of Michelle personally, the podcast provides meaning in addition to its polish, uncovering significant insights about the pressures she encountered as the pioneering Black female to reside in the White House.

Waiting Game

Medical reports. Your ride. Your marriage ceremony. We're familiar with the mixed emotions linked to expectation. But what about awaiting an incarcerated partner? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the time between death and resuscitation? In this thoughtful series, narrator Katy Davis hears incredible narratives of dealing with the unknown.

The Prevention Expert

This podcast by a renowned production house maintains their reputation of thorough examinations into contentious subjects. Journalist Dyan Neary speaks with caregivers whose minors were placed in foster care after claims of mistreatment were attributed to one physician, and examines whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was justified.

Disclosure

Freedom of information requests aren't the sexiest topic, but journalist Jason Leopold and legal expert Matt Topic transform them into a lively listen. The information they've obtained via these requests in the US feature persuading the former president's aide to admit to a court that the commander-in-chief's tweets aren't literal.

EU Nations: Best Practices

This special production places European countries against each other on real estate, parental support and drug policy to identify the leading example. The family support installment examines multiple topics from Iceland's women's strike to the fact that much-vaunted Sweden problematically reduces preschool services if a new sibling arrives. The finest provider of childcare? It isn't from Scandinavia.