The Former First Lady Reveals Style Insights: Top Podcasts This Week

Top Selection

IMO: Fashion Focus

This latest series from the former first lady's audio series coincides with the release of a coffee-table book chronicling her wardrobe transformation. The production is sleek (as expected from the Obamas), featuring guests such as style expert Elaine Welteroth and iconic performer Jane Fonda. Similar to the host, the series provides meaning alongside its glamour, uncovering significant insights about the pressures she dealt with as the inaugural African American first lady to occupy the White House.

The Pause

Test results. Your ride. Your big day. Everyone knows the complex sentiments that come with expectation. Now imagine waiting for a lover in prison? A baby born via surrogate? Or the period spanning clinical death and revival? This contemplative show, presenter Katy Davis collects incredible narratives of dealing with the unknown.

The Interventionist

This series by an established audio team continues their tradition of thorough examinations into controversial topics. Presenter Dyan Neary interviews families whose kids were taken away after claims of mistreatment were made by a single medical professional, and probes whether a preventive measure was justified.

Disclosure

Public records inquiries aren't the sexiest topic, but journalist Jason Leopold and constitutional lawyer Matt Topic turn them into an engaging show. The stories they've unearthed via these requests in the US comprise persuading the former president's aide to state in legal proceedings that the leader's social media posts aren't factual.

EU Nations: Best Practices

A new miniseries positions member states in competition on accommodation, parental support and narcotics laws to determine the best. The parenting segment examines multiple topics from Iceland's women's strike to the reality that much-vaunted Sweden severely restricts childcare for toddlers if a new sibling arrives. The best childcare system? It's not Scandinavian.