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This Week's Highlight

IMO: Fashion Focus

This fresh installment of the former first lady's IMO podcast coincides with the release of a hardcover volume chronicling her style journey. It's a highly polished affair (in true Obama fashion), with appearances by such as style expert Elaine Welteroth and Hollywood legend Jane Fonda. Much like the host, the show provides meaning alongside its polish, disclosing important details about the pressures she faced as the pioneering Black female to live in the White House.

The Pause

Medical reports. The bus. Your wedding day. We're familiar with the conflicting feelings that come with waiting. Now imagine waiting for a lover in prison? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the time between clinical death and revival? This reflective podcast, presenter Katy Davis listens to remarkable accounts of dealing with the unknown.

The Interventionist

This podcast from a renowned production house upholds their legacy of in-depth reporting into contentious subjects. Host Dyan Neary speaks with families whose kids were taken away after claims of mistreatment were attributed to one physician, and questions whether an overly cautious strategy was the right one.

Revelations

Freedom of information requests may seem boring, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and constitutional lawyer Matt Topic turn them into an engaging show. The stories they've unearthed through these methods in the US include persuading the former president's aide to testify under oath that the president doesn't mean what he tweets.

The Europeans: Who Does It Best?

This limited series puts EU nations head to head on real estate, parental support and narcotics laws to identify the leading example. The parenting segment explores multiple topics such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the fact that much-vaunted Sweden nightmarishly limits preschool services if their parents have another baby. The finest provider of childcare? It isn't from Scandinavia.