The Former First Lady Reveals Outfit Stories: Must-Listen Audio Shows This Week
Top Selection
IMO: Fashion Focus
This new spin-off from Michelle Obama's audio series accompanies the release of a coffee-table book chronicling her fashion evolution. It's a highly polished affair (typical of the Obama brand), featuring guests including former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and Hollywood legend Jane Fonda. In the style of Michelle personally, the series provides meaning together with its polish, revealing fascinating perspectives about the expectations she faced as the pioneering Black female to reside in the White House.
Waiting Game
Test results. Public transport. Your marriage ceremony. Everyone knows the conflicting feelings associated with anticipation. However, consider awaiting an incarcerated partner? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the period spanning clinical death and revival? In this thoughtful series, narrator Katy Davis collects remarkable accounts of navigating such uncertainty.
The Interventionist
This production from a major media investigative unit upholds their tradition of hard-hitting investigations into contentious subjects. Host Dyan Neary meets caregivers whose minors were placed in foster care after reports of harm were linked to the same doctor, and probes whether a preventive measure was appropriate.
The Truth Unveiled
Government document petitions might sound dry, but reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic make them an engaging show. The revelations they've discovered through these methods in the US include getting Donald Trump's chief of staff to state in legal proceedings that the president doesn't mean what he tweets.
The Europeans: Who Does It Best?
A new miniseries positions member states against each other on accommodation, early education and substance regulations to identify the best. The family support installment explores various issues from Iceland's women's strike to the reality that much-vaunted Sweden severely restricts preschool services if a new sibling arrives. The top-ranked support service? Surprisingly, it's not Nordic.
