The Former First Lady Unveils Fashion Secrets: Must-Listen Podcasts This Week
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IMO: Fashion Focus
This fresh installment from the former first lady's audio series aligns with the publication of a coffee-table book documenting her style journey. It's a highly polished affair (typical of the Obama brand), featuring guests such as ex-Teen Vogue chief Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. In the style of the woman herself, the podcast offers depth in addition to its style, revealing fascinating perspectives about the expectations she encountered as the first Black woman to live in the White House.
On Hold
Medical reports. Your ride. Your marriage ceremony. Everyone knows the mixed emotions that come with anticipation. However, consider waiting for a lover in prison? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the time between clinical death and revival? In this thoughtful series, presenter Katy Davis hears remarkable accounts of dealing with the unknown.
The Interventionist
This production by a major media investigative unit continues their tradition of thorough examinations into contentious subjects. Journalist Dyan Neary interviews families whose children were taken away after allegations of abuse were made by a single medical professional, and examines whether an overly cautious strategy was justified.
The Truth Unveiled
Government document petitions may seem boring, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic transform them into a compelling series. The revelations they've discovered by using them in the US comprise getting Donald Trump's chief of staff to testify under oath that the commander-in-chief's tweets aren't literal.
The Europeans: Who Does It Best?
A new miniseries puts EU nations against each other on real estate, early education and narcotics laws to determine the best. The childcare episode analyzes multiple topics such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the situation where highly-praised Sweden problematically reduces childcare for toddlers if their parents have another baby. The finest provider of childcare? It's not Scandinavian.
