Michelle Obama Shares Fashion Secrets: Best Podcasts This Week
This Week's Highlight
IMO: Fashion Focus
This new spin-off of Michelle Obama's IMO podcast aligns with the launch of a visual tome exploring her style journey. Everything is meticulously crafted (typical of the Obama brand), with appearances by such as former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and iconic performer Jane Fonda. In the style of the woman herself, the show provides meaning in addition to its glamour, revealing important details about the pressures she dealt with as the first Black woman to reside in the White House.
On Hold
Exam outcomes. Public transport. Your marriage ceremony. We all experience the conflicting feelings associated with expectation. Now imagine expecting a jailed romantic interest? A baby born via surrogate? Or the time between death and resuscitation? This reflective podcast, presenter Katy Davis hears extraordinary stories of navigating such uncertainty.
The Interventionist
This production by a major media investigative unit upholds their reputation of thorough examinations into controversial topics. Host Dyan Neary meets caregivers whose kids were placed in foster care after reports of harm were made by a single medical professional, and examines whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was the right one.
The Truth Unveiled
Freedom of information requests may seem boring, but journalist Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic turn them into a compelling series. The revelations they've discovered by using them in the US feature getting Donald Trump's chief of staff to admit to a court that the leader's social media posts aren't factual.
The Europeans: Who Does It Best?
A new miniseries positions member states against each other on housing, parental support and drug policy to establish the top performer. The family support installment examines various issues including Iceland's feminist protest to the fact that much-vaunted Sweden problematically reduces daycare for young children if a new sibling arrives. The top-ranked support service? It isn't from Scandinavia.
