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This Week's Highlight

IMO: The Look

This new spin-off from Michelle Obama's audio series coincides with the launch of a visual tome exploring her wardrobe transformation. The production is sleek (typical of the Obama brand), featuring guests including style expert Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. In the style of the woman herself, the podcast provides meaning in addition to its style, revealing significant insights about the challenges she encountered as the pioneering Black female to live in the White House.

Waiting Game

Test results. Public transport. Your marriage ceremony. Everyone knows the mixed emotions linked to expectation. Now imagine expecting a jailed romantic interest? A baby born via surrogate? Or the period spanning clinical death and revival? This contemplative show, presenter Katy Davis hears remarkable accounts of managing unpredictable situations.

The Interventionist

This podcast by an established audio team maintains their reputation of hard-hitting investigations into contentious subjects. Host Dyan Neary interviews parents whose minors were removed from their care after claims of mistreatment were attributed to a single medical professional, and probes whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was appropriate.

Revelations

Freedom of information requests might sound dry, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and legal expert Matt Topic make them a lively listen. The stories they've unearthed via these requests in the US comprise getting Donald Trump's chief of staff to admit to a court that the leader's social media posts aren't factual.

European Comparison: Top Performers

This special production positions member states against each other on real estate, early education and narcotics laws to identify the best. The parenting segment explores various issues such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the reality that renowned Sweden severely restricts preschool services if a new sibling arrives. The finest provider of childcare? It's not Scandinavian.