The Washington Post Video Podcast

The Washington Post's Dana Milbank gives a behind the scenes look at the life of an Eastern media elite.

Survivors, family members of victims and those involved with efforts to build the Pentagon Memorial tell their 9/11 story.

Watch as the final benches are delivered and installed as project manager Jean Barnak describes the process of breaking each mold and polishing each bench into nearly identical units.

Although Kathy Dillaber dedicates countless hours to fundraising for the Pentagon Memorial and vows to never let people forget, she wishes the 2-acre park had no reason to exist. A 9/11 survivor, Dillaber feels fortunate she was able to keep her own life - but she lost a part of herself that day - her younger sister, Patty Mickley.

Pentagon Memorial designers Julie Beckman and Keith Kaseman explain the elements of the park, which will be unveiled Sept. 11, 2008.

Pentagon Memorial designers Julie Beckman and Keith Kaseman describe their journey and their inspiration to enter the Memorial design competition.

The Pentagon Memorial, which honors the 184 people killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the Pentagon, is dedicated by President Bush.

Michael Flocco lost his only son at the Pentagon on 9/11. Flocco, a construction worker, moved to Washington to help rebuild the Pentagon. Today, Michael is still trying to put his life back together.

Despite Tropical Storm Hanna's downpour, locals and tourists tried to go about their day in Washington, D.C. The situation was worse in the Huntington area of Fairfax County, where 114 homes were evacuated because of flooding.

Officials announced that residents would not be allowed into New Orleans until Thursday. This didn't stop several people from trying to enter the city.

As Hurricane Gustav pounded the New Orleans area, patrons at Johnny White's on Bourbon Street did what they do every day: drink and talk about what's happening in the French Quarter. The bar hasn't closed in the past 18 years.

Coastal city sees first signs of the storm.

In a stark contrast to the response of Hurricane Katrina, officials in New Orleans have successfully evacuated nearly everyone in New Orleans before Hurricane Gustav strikes, although some residents of New Orleans have decided to stay put.

A new agreement called the Justice and Peace Law is beginning to disarm Colombia's notorious paramilitary groups. Members of the paramilitaries are volunteering information about their killings in exchange for a shorter jail sentence. The families of the 10,000 missing people in Colombia hope the arrangement will finally help them get information and recover their loved-ones remains.

His mother is white and from Kansas. His father is from Africa; and his wife's name is Michele. Will Jawando, a former staffer to Sen. Barack Obama, says that deciding whether he feels more black or white was a matter decided for him by his appearance and society.