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This Week's Highlight

IMO: Fashion Focus

This latest series of Michelle Obama's IMO podcast coincides with the release of a coffee-table book exploring her fashion evolution. The production is sleek (in true Obama fashion), with appearances by including style expert Elaine Welteroth and Hollywood legend Jane Fonda. Similar to Michelle personally, the show delivers substance in addition to its style, uncovering significant insights about the pressures she dealt with as the pioneering Black female to live in the White House.

The Pause

Test results. Your ride. Your big day. We're familiar with the conflicting feelings that come with anticipation. But what about waiting for a lover in prison? A child delivered by a gestational carrier? Or the time between death and resuscitation? In this thoughtful series, narrator Katy Davis listens to extraordinary stories of navigating such uncertainty.

The Interventionist

This production from a major media investigative unit maintains their tradition of in-depth reporting into debated issues. Presenter Dyan Neary meets families whose minors were removed from their care after allegations of abuse were attributed to one physician, and questions whether a "better safe than sorry" approach was appropriate.

Revelations

Government document petitions aren't the sexiest topic, but journalist Jason Leopold and legal expert Matt Topic make them a compelling series. The information they've obtained through these methods in the US feature getting Donald Trump's chief of staff 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 head to head on real estate, parental support and narcotics laws to determine the top performer. The family support installment analyzes different concerns such as Iceland's gender equality walkout to the reality that highly-praised Sweden problematically reduces preschool services if the family expands. The top-ranked support service? Surprisingly, it's not Nordic.