Michelle Obama Unveils Style Insights: Best Audio Shows of the Week
Top Selection
IMO: The Look
This fresh installment from Michelle Obama's audio series aligns with the publication of a coffee-table book documenting her wardrobe transformation. It's a highly polished affair (typical of the Obama brand), featuring guests including style expert Elaine Welteroth and Hollywood legend Jane Fonda. In the style of the host, the series provides meaning in addition to its polish, disclosing significant insights about the pressures she dealt with as the pioneering Black female to occupy the White House.
On Hold
Medical reports. Your ride. Your big day. We're familiar with the mixed emotions that come with expectation. Now imagine expecting a jailed romantic interest? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the time between death and resuscitation? This contemplative show, presenter Katy Davis collects extraordinary stories of navigating such uncertainty.
The Interventionist
This production by a major media investigative unit continues their reputation of in-depth reporting into contentious subjects. Host Dyan Neary meets caregivers whose kids were taken away after claims of mistreatment were linked to a single medical professional, and questions whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was the right one.
Disclosure
Government document petitions might sound dry, but journalist Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic transform them into an engaging show. The revelations they've discovered through these methods in the US feature obtaining confirmation from Trump's assistant to testify under oath that the president doesn't mean what he tweets.
European Comparison: Top Performers
This limited series places European countries against each other on accommodation, parental support and drug policy to determine the leading example. The childcare episode explores different concerns including Iceland's feminist protest to the situation where renowned Sweden problematically reduces preschool services if their parents have another baby. The top-ranked support service? It's not Scandinavian.
