The Former First Lady Unveils Style Insights: Top Podcasts of the Week

Top Selection

IMO: The Look

This fresh installment from Michelle Obama's audio series aligns with the launch of a hardcover volume exploring her style journey. It's a highly polished affair (as expected from the Obamas), featuring guests including ex-Teen Vogue chief Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. In the style of the host, the show provides meaning in addition to its style, uncovering fascinating perspectives about the expectations she encountered as the first Black woman to live in the White House.

The Pause

Medical reports. The bus. Your big day. We all experience the complex sentiments associated with expectation. But what about awaiting an incarcerated partner? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the interval from clinical death and revival? This contemplative show, narrator Katy Davis listens to extraordinary stories of managing unpredictable situations.

The Interventionist

This production by a major media investigative unit upholds their legacy of hard-hitting investigations into debated issues. Host Dyan Neary interviews families whose kids were placed in foster care after allegations of abuse were linked to one physician, and questions whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was justified.

The Truth Unveiled

Public records inquiries might sound dry, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic transform them into a compelling series. The stories they've unearthed by using them in the US feature persuading the former president's aide to state in legal proceedings that the president doesn't mean what he tweets.

European Comparison: Top Performers

This limited series puts EU nations head to head on real estate, childcare and narcotics laws to establish the leading example. The parenting segment explores various issues including Iceland's feminist protest to the reality that much-vaunted Sweden problematically reduces childcare for toddlers if the family expands. The finest provider of childcare? It's not Scandinavian.