The Washington Post HD Video Podcast

At CulinAerie, a new recreational cooking school in Washington, D.C., co-owner Susan Holt teaches a class in conjuction with Dogfish Head Brewery about how to make food that pairs well with beer.

Two years ago, Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched a major offensive against drug traffickers, sparking an all-out war. For the border town of Ciudad Juarez, the conflict has meant a complete breakdown of law and order and a spike in violence.

Jorge Luis runs the most popular news blog in Ciudad Juarez. His site is called La Polaka, which is a derogatory word for "politician" in Mexican slang. Last fall after receiving threats to his life, Luis and his family fled the city for the safety of El Paso, Texas.

Forensic investigators have the grim task of collecting the victims of the drug war from Ciudad Juarez's streets. And with the murder rate rising, they pick up about a dozen dead bodies a day.

Silvia Ruiz Lopez's son was killed last year. She says he was last seen in police custody. In many places, the killing would be investigated and maybe solved, but not in Ciudad Juarez.

Rivera del Bravo is one of the most dangerous areas of Ciudad Juarez. But that hasn't stopped the Garcia family remaining in the neighborhood that many of the neighbors have already fled.

Inside the Federal Court building in Lower Manhattan, Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty to bilking investors of billions of dollars and was sent immediately to jail. Outside the courthouse, some of those investors were not satisfied. They wanted to know where their money went and who else was involved.

The Caldwell family reflects how life has changed for their family from slavery to the election of America's first black president.

A documentary of the historic inauguration of Barack Obama by the documentary video staff of The Washington Post.

In April of 2008, washingtonpost.com video journalist Pierre Kattar donated his kidney to a complete stranger to save his father's life. He documented the unique experience of participating in an eight-person kidney exchange.

Many Chesapeake Bay towns have transformed into tourist destinations in an effort to stay afloat due to the declining income obtained from working the waters.

The Abbott family, who once made their living from the Chesapeake Bay, have been forced to sell their boats, close their shop and find a new way of life.

The decline of oysters in the Chesapeake Bay has resulted in fewer jobs for watermen and a shift in the local economy.

Ever wonder what Rod Blagojevich sounded like on the phone in the weeks leading up to his arrest? So did we.

The Washington Post's Dana Milbank sketches a shoe-throwing protest, this time in front of the White House.