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This Week's Highlight

IMO: Style Stories

This new spin-off from the former first lady's IMO podcast aligns with the launch of a hardcover volume chronicling her style journey. The production is sleek (in true Obama fashion), with appearances by including ex-Teen Vogue chief Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. Similar to Michelle personally, the show provides meaning alongside its glamour, disclosing important details about the pressures she dealt with as the inaugural African American first lady to live in the White House.

The Pause

Test results. Your ride. Your wedding day. We all experience the conflicting feelings associated with waiting. Now imagine waiting for a lover in prison? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the interval from clinical death and revival? This reflective podcast, narrator Katy Davis listens to extraordinary stories of managing unpredictable situations.

The Prevention Expert

This production from an established audio team continues their reputation of in-depth reporting into debated issues. Host Dyan Neary speaks with families whose minors were taken away after reports of harm were linked to the same doctor, and examines whether a preventive measure was justified.

Disclosure

Freedom of information requests aren't the sexiest topic, but reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic transform them into a compelling series. The stories they've unearthed through these methods in the US comprise obtaining confirmation from Trump's assistant to admit to a court that the president doesn't mean what he tweets.

EU Nations: Best Practices

A new miniseries places European countries in competition on housing, early education and drug policy to determine the leading example. The family support installment explores multiple topics including Iceland's feminist protest to the situation where much-vaunted Sweden nightmarishly limits childcare for toddlers if the family expands. The top-ranked support service? Surprisingly, it's not Nordic.