Michelle Obama Unveils Style Insights: Must-Listen Audio Shows of the Week
This Week's Highlight
IMO: Style Stories
This latest series of Michelle Obama's audio series accompanies the launch of a hardcover volume exploring her style journey. It's a highly polished affair (in true Obama fashion), with appearances by such as style expert Elaine Welteroth and iconic performer Jane Fonda. Similar to the woman herself, the show provides meaning in addition to its style, revealing important details about the expectations she faced as the inaugural African American first lady to live in the White House.
On Hold
Exam outcomes. The bus. Your big day. Everyone knows the mixed emotions associated with expectation. But what about waiting for a lover in prison? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the time between clinical death and revival? This contemplative show, host Katy Davis listens to remarkable accounts of navigating such uncertainty.
The Prevention Expert
This production by a major media investigative unit continues their legacy of thorough examinations into controversial topics. Host Dyan Neary meets families whose children were removed from their care after reports of harm were made by one physician, and probes whether a preventive measure was the right one.
Disclosure
Government document petitions aren't the sexiest topic, but journalist Jason Leopold and legal expert Matt Topic transform them into a compelling series. The stories they've unearthed by using them in the US include persuading the former president's aide to state in legal proceedings that the leader's social media posts aren't factual.
The Europeans: Who Does It Best?
A new miniseries positions member states head to head on housing, early education and drug policy to establish the best. The parenting segment explores different concerns such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the fact that renowned Sweden problematically reduces preschool services if a new sibling arrives. The finest provider of childcare? It's not Scandinavian.
