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Pick of the Week

IMO: Fashion Focus

This fresh installment of Michelle Obama's IMO podcast coincides with the release of a hardcover volume chronicling her fashion evolution. The production is sleek (in true Obama fashion), featuring guests including ex-Teen Vogue chief Elaine Welteroth and actress Jane Fonda. Much like the woman herself, the series provides meaning alongside its style, uncovering significant insights about the pressures she encountered as the first Black woman to reside in the White House.

The Pause

Exam outcomes. Your ride. Your big day. We all experience the complex sentiments that come with waiting. However, consider expecting a jailed romantic interest? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the interval from clinical death and revival? This reflective podcast, narrator Katy Davis collects incredible narratives of managing unpredictable situations.

The Preventionist

This series by a major media investigative unit maintains their legacy of thorough examinations into debated issues. Journalist Dyan Neary speaks with caregivers whose kids were removed from their care after allegations of abuse were made by a single medical professional, and questions whether a preventive measure was justified.

Revelations

Freedom of information requests aren't the sexiest topic, but journalist Jason Leopold and constitutional lawyer Matt Topic transform them into a compelling series. The information they've obtained through these methods in the US feature obtaining confirmation from Trump's assistant to state in legal proceedings that the leader's social media posts aren't factual.

European Comparison: Top Performers

This limited series puts EU nations in competition on accommodation, childcare and drug policy to determine the best. The parenting segment analyzes multiple topics such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the reality that highly-praised Sweden nightmarishly limits preschool services if a new sibling arrives. The finest provider of childcare? It's not Scandinavian.