The Former First Lady Unveils Fashion Secrets: Top Audio Shows This Week
This Week's Highlight
IMO: Style Stories
This fresh installment of the former first lady's audio series accompanies the publication of a coffee-table book exploring her fashion evolution. It's a highly polished affair (as expected from the Obamas), with appearances by including former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. Similar to the host, the series delivers substance in addition to its polish, uncovering significant insights about the expectations she encountered as the first Black woman to occupy the White House.
The Pause
Medical reports. Public transport. Your wedding day. We all experience the mixed emotions linked to expectation. But what about expecting a jailed romantic interest? A baby born via surrogate? Or the time between death and resuscitation? In this thoughtful series, narrator Katy Davis hears incredible narratives of navigating such uncertainty.
The Preventionist
This production from an established audio team continues their legacy of in-depth reporting into debated issues. Journalist Dyan Neary speaks with families whose minors were taken away after reports of harm were linked to one physician, and examines whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was appropriate.
The Truth Unveiled
Freedom of information requests aren't the sexiest topic, but reporter Jason Leopold and constitutional lawyer Matt Topic transform them into an engaging show. The information they've obtained via these requests in the US feature persuading the former president's aide to state in legal proceedings that the commander-in-chief's tweets aren't literal.
The Europeans: Who Does It Best?
This limited series positions member states against each other on real estate, childcare and narcotics laws to determine the leading example. The childcare episode analyzes multiple topics including Iceland's feminist protest to the reality that highly-praised Sweden nightmarishly limits childcare for toddlers if their parents have another baby. The top-ranked support service? It isn't from Scandinavia.
