The Former First Lady Shares Outfit Stories: Top Podcasts This Week

Top Selection

IMO: The Look

This latest series from the former first lady's IMO podcast accompanies the release of a coffee-table book exploring her fashion evolution. It's a highly polished affair (in true Obama fashion), featuring guests such as ex-Teen Vogue chief Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. In the style of the host, the show provides meaning together with its style, uncovering significant insights about the expectations she dealt with as the pioneering Black female to live in the White House.

Waiting Game

Medical reports. Your ride. Your marriage ceremony. We're familiar with the complex sentiments linked to waiting. But what about awaiting an incarcerated partner? A baby born via surrogate? Or the period spanning clinical death and revival? In this thoughtful series, presenter Katy Davis hears remarkable accounts of managing unpredictable situations.

The Interventionist

This podcast from an established audio team continues their legacy of in-depth reporting into debated issues. Host Dyan Neary interviews parents whose children were taken away after reports of harm were made by the same doctor, and questions whether an overly cautious strategy was appropriate.

The Truth Unveiled

Freedom of information requests aren't the sexiest topic, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and constitutional lawyer Matt Topic turn them into an engaging show. The stories they've unearthed by using them in the US comprise persuading the former president's aide to testify under oath that the leader's social media posts aren't factual.

The Europeans: Who Does It Best?

This special production places European countries in competition on housing, childcare and substance regulations to identify the leading example. The childcare episode analyzes various issues from Iceland's women's strike to the reality that renowned Sweden problematically reduces daycare for young children if a new sibling arrives. The top-ranked support service? Surprisingly, it's not Nordic.