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This Week's Highlight

IMO: The Look

This latest series of Michelle Obama's audio series accompanies the publication of a coffee-table book documenting her fashion evolution. The production is sleek (in true Obama fashion), featuring guests such as former Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and Hollywood legend Jane Fonda. Similar to the host, the series delivers substance alongside its glamour, disclosing significant insights about the pressures she encountered as the inaugural African American first lady to occupy the White House.

The Pause

Test results. Your ride. Your marriage ceremony. We're familiar with the conflicting feelings associated with expectation. Now imagine expecting a jailed romantic interest? A baby born via surrogate? Or the time between clinical death and revival? This contemplative show, host Katy Davis collects remarkable accounts of dealing with the unknown.

The Prevention Expert

This production by an established audio team continues their reputation of in-depth reporting into contentious subjects. Presenter Dyan Neary speaks with families whose minors were taken away after claims of mistreatment were made by one physician, and probes whether an overly cautious strategy was appropriate.

Disclosure

Freedom of information requests aren't the sexiest topic, but investigative reporter Jason Leopold and constitutional lawyer Matt Topic transform them into a compelling series. The revelations they've discovered by using them in the US comprise getting Donald Trump's chief of staff to testify under oath that the president doesn't mean what he tweets.

European Comparison: Top Performers

A new miniseries puts EU nations head to head on accommodation, parental support and substance regulations to determine the best. The family support installment explores different concerns from Iceland's women's strike to the reality that much-vaunted Sweden problematically reduces childcare for toddlers if a new sibling arrives. The top-ranked support service? It isn't from Scandinavia.