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This Week's Highlight

IMO: Fashion Focus

This fresh installment from the former first lady's IMO podcast accompanies the launch of a coffee-table book documenting her fashion evolution. Everything is meticulously crafted (typical of the Obama brand), featuring guests including ex-Teen Vogue chief Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. Similar to the host, the podcast offers depth alongside its glamour, revealing fascinating perspectives about the challenges she encountered as the pioneering Black female to live in the White House.

Waiting Game

Exam outcomes. Your ride. Your big day. We all experience the conflicting feelings linked to anticipation. However, consider waiting for a lover in prison? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the interval from death and resuscitation? This reflective podcast, host Katy Davis collects remarkable accounts of managing unpredictable situations.

The Preventionist

This production by an established audio team upholds their tradition of in-depth reporting into controversial topics. Journalist Dyan Neary interviews parents whose minors were taken away after reports of harm were attributed to one physician, and probes whether an overly cautious strategy was justified.

The Truth Unveiled

Public records inquiries may seem boring, but reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic transform them into a lively listen. The revelations they've discovered through these methods in the US include getting Donald Trump's chief of staff to admit to a court that the leader's social media posts aren't factual.

The Europeans: Who Does It Best?

This special production puts EU nations in competition on real estate, parental support and drug policy to determine the top performer. The childcare episode explores various issues such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the situation where much-vaunted Sweden nightmarishly limits preschool services if their parents have another baby. The finest provider of childcare? It's not Scandinavian.