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IMO: Fashion Focus

This fresh installment of the former first lady's audio series coincides with the launch of a visual tome exploring her wardrobe transformation. The production is sleek (as expected from the Obamas), featuring guests such as former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and iconic performer Jane Fonda. Much like the host, the podcast offers depth alongside its style, disclosing significant insights about the challenges she dealt with as the first Black woman to occupy the White House.

The Pause

Test results. Public transport. Your marriage ceremony. We're familiar with the complex sentiments linked to expectation. Now imagine expecting a jailed romantic interest? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the period spanning death and resuscitation? In this thoughtful series, presenter Katy Davis collects remarkable accounts of dealing with the unknown.

The Preventionist

This podcast from a renowned production house maintains their reputation of in-depth reporting into debated issues. Presenter Dyan Neary meets families whose minors were taken away after reports of harm were made by the same doctor, and probes whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was appropriate.

Disclosure

Public records inquiries might sound dry, but reporter 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 getting Donald Trump's chief of staff to testify under oath that the commander-in-chief's tweets aren't literal.

The Europeans: Who Does It Best?

A new miniseries puts EU nations against each other on accommodation, early education and narcotics laws to establish the top performer. The childcare episode analyzes different concerns including Iceland's feminist protest to the fact that much-vaunted Sweden severely restricts daycare for young children if a new sibling arrives. The best childcare system? It isn't from Scandinavia.