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This Week's Highlight

IMO: Style Stories

This new spin-off of Michelle Obama's IMO podcast accompanies the release of a coffee-table book chronicling her wardrobe transformation. It's a highly polished affair (in true Obama fashion), featuring guests including style expert Elaine Welteroth and iconic performer Jane Fonda. In the style of the woman herself, the show provides meaning alongside its glamour, revealing important details about the pressures she dealt with as the first Black woman to occupy the White House.

The Pause

Test results. Your ride. Your marriage ceremony. Everyone knows the mixed emotions that come with expectation. Now imagine waiting for a lover in prison? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the interval from death and resuscitation? In this thoughtful series, narrator Katy Davis hears extraordinary stories of managing unpredictable situations.

The Preventionist

This production by an established audio team maintains their tradition of hard-hitting investigations into contentious subjects. Presenter Dyan Neary speaks with caregivers whose kids were removed from their care after claims of mistreatment were attributed to one physician, and examines whether an overly cautious strategy was justified.

Revelations

Government document petitions may seem boring, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and legal expert Matt Topic make them an engaging show. The stories they've unearthed through these methods in the US comprise getting Donald Trump's chief of staff to testify under oath that the leader's social media posts aren't factual.

European Comparison: Top Performers

A new miniseries puts EU nations head to head on real estate, parental support and substance regulations to determine the leading example. The family support installment examines various issues from Iceland's women's strike to the situation where much-vaunted Sweden problematically reduces childcare for toddlers if a new sibling arrives. The top-ranked support service? It isn't from Scandinavia.