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This Week's Highlight

IMO: Fashion Focus

This latest series from Michelle Obama's IMO podcast aligns with the release of a hardcover volume exploring her fashion evolution. It's a highly polished affair (typical of the Obama brand), featuring guests including former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. In the style of the host, the series delivers substance together with its style, disclosing fascinating perspectives about the expectations she encountered as the pioneering Black female to live in the White House.

The Pause

Test results. The bus. Your big day. We're familiar with the complex sentiments associated with waiting. Now imagine awaiting an incarcerated partner? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the interval from passing away and being revived? This contemplative show, presenter Katy Davis listens to extraordinary stories of dealing with the unknown.

The Interventionist

This podcast by an established audio team upholds their legacy of in-depth reporting into debated issues. Journalist Dyan Neary interviews parents whose children were placed in foster care after claims of mistreatment were linked to one physician, and probes whether an overly cautious strategy was the right one.

Revelations

Freedom of information requests might sound dry, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and legal expert Matt Topic make them 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 leader's social media posts aren't factual.

The Europeans: Who Does It Best?

This limited series positions member states against each other on housing, childcare and narcotics laws to identify the leading example. The family support installment examines various issues from Iceland's women's strike to the situation where renowned Sweden problematically reduces preschool services if a new sibling arrives. The best childcare system? It's not Scandinavian.