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This Week's Highlight

IMO: Fashion Focus

This new spin-off from Michelle Obama's IMO podcast aligns with the launch of a hardcover volume exploring her style journey. The production is sleek (typical of the Obama brand), featuring guests including former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. Similar to Michelle personally, the show delivers substance alongside its glamour, uncovering significant insights about the expectations she faced as the pioneering Black female to occupy the White House.

Waiting Game

Exam outcomes. The bus. Your big day. We're familiar with the conflicting feelings associated with expectation. However, consider expecting a jailed romantic interest? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the interval from death and resuscitation? This reflective podcast, host Katy Davis collects extraordinary stories of dealing with the unknown.

The Preventionist

This production from an established audio team maintains their tradition of thorough examinations into contentious subjects. Host Dyan Neary meets parents whose children were placed in foster care after allegations of abuse were linked to a single medical professional, and examines whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was appropriate.

Revelations

Public records inquiries may seem boring, but journalist Jason Leopold and constitutional lawyer Matt Topic turn them into a lively listen. The stories they've unearthed through these methods in the US feature obtaining confirmation from Trump's assistant to testify under oath that the president doesn't mean what he tweets.

European Comparison: Top Performers

A new miniseries positions member states head to head on accommodation, parental support and drug policy to identify the leading example. The childcare episode analyzes multiple topics such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the fact that much-vaunted Sweden severely restricts childcare for toddlers if the family expands. The finest provider of childcare? It isn't from Scandinavia.