Michelle Obama Reveals Style Insights: Must-Listen Podcasts This Week

This Week's Highlight

IMO: Fashion Focus

This fresh installment of Michelle Obama's audio series coincides with 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 style expert Elaine Welteroth and iconic performer Jane Fonda. Similar to Michelle personally, the series delivers substance together with its glamour, revealing important details about the pressures she faced as the pioneering Black female to occupy the White House.

On Hold

Exam outcomes. The bus. Your marriage ceremony. We all experience the conflicting feelings that come with anticipation. Now imagine waiting for a lover in prison? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the time between passing away and being revived? This contemplative show, host Katy Davis collects incredible narratives of dealing with the unknown.

The Interventionist

Host the series lead
Journalist Dyan Neary, the voice behind The Preventionist.

This series from a renowned production house maintains their tradition of thorough examinations into debated issues. Presenter Dyan Neary meets caregivers whose kids were removed from their care after reports of harm were attributed to one physician, and examines whether an overly cautious strategy was the right one.

Disclosure

Public records inquiries might sound dry, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic transform them into an engaging show. The information they've obtained via these requests in the US comprise obtaining confirmation from Trump's assistant to testify under oath that the leader's social media posts aren't factual.

The Europeans: Who Does It Best?

This limited series puts EU nations against each other on accommodation, parental support and substance regulations to identify the top performer. The family support installment explores various issues from Iceland's women's strike to the fact that highly-praised Sweden nightmarishly limits preschool services if a new sibling arrives. The finest provider of childcare? Surprisingly, it's not Nordic.

Ryan Kelley
Ryan Kelley

Environmental journalist with a decade of experience covering climate science and policy, based in Berlin.