The Former First Lady Shares Style Insights: Best Podcasts of the Week
This Week's Highlight
IMO: Fashion Focus
This fresh installment of the former first lady's IMO podcast accompanies the launch of a visual tome exploring her style journey. Everything is meticulously crafted (in true Obama fashion), featuring guests including ex-Teen Vogue chief Elaine Welteroth and Hollywood legend Jane Fonda. Much like the host, the podcast provides meaning alongside its glamour, uncovering fascinating perspectives 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. We all experience the conflicting feelings that come with waiting. Now imagine awaiting an incarcerated partner? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the period spanning passing away and being revived? This contemplative show, host Katy Davis collects incredible narratives of navigating such uncertainty.
The Interventionist
This series from a renowned production house maintains their reputation of hard-hitting investigations into contentious subjects. Presenter Dyan Neary interviews parents whose kids were placed in foster care after allegations of abuse were made by a single medical professional, and examines whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was the right one.
The Truth Unveiled
Public records inquiries aren't the sexiest topic, but journalist Jason Leopold and legal expert Matt Topic make them an engaging show. The stories they've unearthed via these requests in the US include obtaining confirmation from Trump's assistant to state in legal proceedings that the president doesn't mean what he tweets.
EU Nations: Best Practices
This limited series positions member states in competition on accommodation, parental support and narcotics laws to identify the best. The family support installment explores multiple topics such as Iceland's gender equality walkout 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.
