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IMO: The Look

This latest series from the former first lady's IMO podcast aligns with the release of a visual tome exploring her fashion evolution. The production is sleek (typical of the Obama brand), featuring guests such as style expert Elaine Welteroth and iconic performer Jane Fonda. In the style of the host, the podcast provides meaning together with its glamour, revealing important details about the expectations she faced as the pioneering Black female to reside in the White House.

The Pause

Medical reports. Your ride. Your marriage ceremony. Everyone knows the complex sentiments linked to anticipation. But what about awaiting an incarcerated partner? The arrival of a surrogate baby? Or the period spanning passing away and being revived? In this thoughtful series, narrator Katy Davis listens to extraordinary stories of dealing with the unknown.

The Interventionist

This podcast from a major media investigative unit maintains their legacy of hard-hitting investigations into debated issues. Presenter Dyan Neary meets parents whose minors were taken away after allegations of abuse were attributed to a single medical professional, and examines whether an overly cautious strategy was justified.

Revelations

Freedom of information requests may seem boring, but reporter Jason Leopold and First Amendment attorney Matt Topic turn them into a lively listen. The stories they've unearthed through these methods in the US comprise persuading the former president's aide to state in legal proceedings that the leader's social media posts aren't factual.

European Comparison: Top Performers

This limited series places European countries against each other on accommodation, early education and narcotics laws to establish the best. The childcare episode explores various issues including Iceland's feminist protest to the reality that much-vaunted Sweden problematically reduces preschool services if their parents have another baby. The best childcare system? It isn't from Scandinavia.