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The Washington Post HD Video Podcast

Summary: Watch award-winning documentary videos created by The Washington Post's multimedia team in HD. This is a high-definition (HD) podcast from The Washington Post, designed to be viewed on HD television and computer screens. The video is encoded at the highest specification that Apple TV supports.

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Podcasts:

 Moving through Metro | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:03:00

See a day spent traversing every Metro line, ranging from rush hour to the quiet of night.

 As the city sleeps | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:03:00

Under cover of darkness and blanketed by snow, a view of life on the streets following Washington's second blizzard. Music by Kevin MacLeod.

 Snowmageddon snowball fight | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:03:00

Hundreds converge on Dupont Circle for a massive snowball fight.

 Scenes from the blizzard | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:02:00

D.C. area awakens to a blanket of snow. Scenes from Rock Creek Park, Mount Pleasant and Columbia Heights in northwest D.C. Music by Kevin MacLeod.

 Stocking up for the 'storm of the decade' | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:01:00

Locals at the Safeway in Alexandria, Va., stocked up on staples ahead of the expected snowpocalypse. Interviews in order: Sarah Lyle, Robert Porter and Elizabeth Shea.

 Attitudes about Obama: Then and Now | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:03:48

As President Obama enters the second year of his term, people on the streets of D.C. talk about how their feelings have changed since his historic inauguration.

 Candlelight vigil at the Haitian embassy | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:03:00

People from the Metro region held a vigil for loved ones in Haiti, devastated by a powerful earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. The crowd gathered outside Haiti's embassy in Northwest Washington to offer prayers and appeal for international support.

 Head Scarf Chronicles | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:05:00

Smar Abuagla is 13 years old and a typical American teenager. She also happens to wear a head scarf at school. In her own words, she describes how she arrived at this decision and how her classmates and friends have come to regard her.

 Snipers who struck Washington | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:05:00

John Allen Muhammad, a former soldier from Louisiana, and his teenaged sidekick, Lee Boyd Malvo, were responsible for killing ten people and wounding three in the Washington area during a cold-blooded sniper spree the fall of 2002. Muhammad was executed Tuesday, Nov. 10. Malvo is serving life in prison.

 Republicans celebrate a sweep | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:05:00

Republican voters from Fairfax County gather at the Fairview Park Marriott in Falls Church, Va., to watch statewide election results.

 Protecting Omar | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:05:00

As violence kills a dozen people a day in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, the warring drug cartels need new recruits. They often turn to teens for drug smuggling, gun running or murder. The neighborhood of Diaz Ordaz is prime territory and 16-year-old Omar Camacho is just what they're looking for. Camacho is a natural leader without many other opportunities.

 'Thriller' in Freedom Plaza | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:05:00

A diverse local crowd dances Michael Jackson's "Thriller" as part of an attempt to best the Guinness world record for the most people dancing to one song simultaneously. Ten countries participated in the Thrill the World event.

 A House for Healing | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:05:00

At Joseph's House, a hospice for people HIV/AIDS and other terminal illnesses in Northwest D.C., one woman with AIDS connects with staff and other residents, rediscovering her inner strength.

 Wasting Away: Failing HIV/AIDS Patients Amidst an Epidemic | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:05:00

Community-based HIV/AIDS groups that were funded by the city in recent years have been cited for runaway expenses, a lack of clients, lapses in care and spending records that were incomplete or missing altogether. As a result, some District residents with HIV/AIDS struggle to get the care they need.

 Journey into the 'Emerald Triangle' | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: 00:05:00

Three counties in northern California make up the bulk of marijuana growing in the U.S. In the years since voters in California passed proposition 215 in 1996, pot production has exploded. Traditionally, Mexican cartels were the dominate supplier of marijuana to American consumers. Now the Mexicans are fighting to hold on to their share of the market.

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