Planet Check rocks

After watching the presidential debates last night, with Anderson Cooper's product placement-esque repeated mentions of YouTube, I can see that online video has found itself. But why hasn't internet radio caught on more than it already has? Downloadable audio is cheap to produce, consumes little bandwidth, and best of all, can be consumed while jogging.

It is too bad, then, that programs like Air America's EcoTalk are closing down rather than thriving. But then I stumbled upon Planet Check, which is a slickly produced (in a good way) online radio program that is doing something smart, which is syndicating their green lifestyle content, aimed at rock 'n roll listeners, to local AM and FM radio stations, and also making it available for listening on their website. Right now, they have loads of stuff on bio-diesel, oceans and forests, and the punk rockers who love them. I'd love to see (or rather hear) their version of MTV cribs--rockers talking about their green digs....