In case you haven’t heard of, or seen it yet, I’m addicted to Current TV. Hopefully, though, you’ve heard about this new cable channel that is composed largely of viewer created content (VC2). You submit videos online, people vote on them and then they become part of the channel.

Not only is this a badass new idea, but each of the videos (or pods as they call them) is only a few minutes long and has a progress bar in the corner. This is totally watching the web on TV - the voting makes it interactive, the VC2 makes it random and the delivery makes it watchable without a huge time investment. Lastly, one of the founders, and Chairman of the Board, is Al Gore - inventor of the internets!

Check out some of the pods that are currently running, or take a peek at the full schedule. Coming up shortly are pods on south central farmers, vegan parenting, meth in Montana and landmines in Cambodia.

Be sure to look up what channel Current is on near you, and then start watching it. I’d say that if the TV is on here at the house, 90% of the time it is on Current.

Did I mention they pay for the VC2? $500 for the first and second pieces they air, $750 for the third and $1,000 for the fourth and each thereafter.

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