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"Election Day," shot over the course of November 2, 2004, documents the street-level experience of voters in today's America. Filmmaker Katy Chevigny talks about the process of making the film. (17 minutes)

In "Traces of the Trade", filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. History. Katrina talks about her journey and her film. (19 minutes)

Filmmaker Freida Lee Mock talks about how she became interested in the subject of her film, "Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner," how she pursued him and why she thinks he is an inspirational figure. (12 minutes)

Filmmaker Michael Apted talks about the drama of ordinary life in his film "49 Up," the seventh installment of the Up Series, one of documentary cinema's most remarkable enterprises, and according to Apted, "the most important work" that he's ever done. (34 minutes)

Eve Ensler, author of "The Vagina Monologues" talks to journalist Michele Kort of Ms. Magazine about the horrors of sexual violence and its aftermath in the Congo. Podcast released in conjunction with the POV broadcast of the film "Lumo." (16 minutes)

Listen to a special panel of historians and activists discuss the 1967 Newark riots and their aftermath. Recorded at the New Jersey Historical Society's special screening of "Revolution '67." (21 minutes)

George Packer, author of "The Assassins' Gate," joins filmmaker Laura Poitras and Maria Hinojosa from PBS's NOW for a special conversation about the war in Iraq and "My Country, My Country," a film about the January 2005 elections in Iraq.

In conjunction with the POV broadcast of "Waging a Living" on August 29th, journalist David Brancaccio hosts a special podcast conversation with Barbara Ehrenreich on the state of American workers and wages today.

In conjunction with the POV broadcast of "Waging a Living" on August 29th, this podcast features Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman talking to experts about the nation-wide struggle for a living wage, and the future of the living wage movement.

In conjunction with the POV broadcast of "Waging a Living" on August 29th, this podcast features historian Howard Zinn talking with Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman about the history of workers' movements in the United States.

In conjunction with the POV broadcast of "Waging a Living" on August 29th, this podcast features Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman talking with experts about poverty in New York City and the struggle toward a living wage.

In conjunction with the broadcast of "Waging a Living", Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman talks with experts about the passage of the Big Box Ordinance in Chicago, which requirs large retailers to pay their workers $10 an hour with $3 in benefits by 2010.