The Former First Lady Shares Style Insights: Best Podcasts This Week

Pick of the Week

IMO: The Look

This fresh installment of Michelle Obama's audio series coincides with the launch of a hardcover volume documenting her style journey. It's a highly polished affair (as expected from the Obamas), with appearances by such as former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and Hollywood legend Jane Fonda. Much like Michelle personally, the podcast provides meaning together with its glamour, disclosing significant insights about the challenges she dealt with as the pioneering Black female to live in the White House.

Waiting Game

Medical reports. Your ride. Your wedding day. We're familiar with the mixed emotions associated with waiting. But what about awaiting an incarcerated partner? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the interval from clinical death and revival? In this thoughtful series, narrator Katy Davis listens to extraordinary stories of navigating such uncertainty.

The Interventionist

This podcast from an established audio team continues their tradition of hard-hitting investigations into debated issues. Presenter Dyan Neary interviews caregivers whose children were taken away after claims of mistreatment were linked to the same doctor, and examines whether an overly cautious strategy was appropriate.

Disclosure

Government document petitions might sound dry, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and legal expert Matt Topic transform them into an engaging show. The stories they've unearthed by using them in the US comprise getting Donald Trump's chief of staff to state in legal proceedings that the leader's social media posts aren't factual.

EU Nations: Best Practices

This special production puts EU nations in competition on housing, childcare and substance regulations to determine the leading example. The family support installment analyzes various issues such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the fact that much-vaunted Sweden problematically reduces childcare for toddlers if the family expands. The top-ranked support service? It's not Scandinavian.