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Leo Laporte

Leo Laporte

Born: 1956-11-29 • New York, New York, U.S.A.

Leo Laporte has worked as an author, speaker, and broadcaster in New Haven, Monterey, San Jose, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, most recently focusing on technology coverage for radio, television, and the Internet.

Currently Leo hosts The Tech Guy Show a national radio technology talk show every Saturday and Sunday from 2-5p Eastern on over 200 stations on the Premiere Networks including KFI, Los Angeles and KGO, San Francisco.

Founded in April, 2005, his TWiT Netcast Network produces some of the most popular podcasts in the world heard by more than 6 million listeners and viewers each month including shows like this WEEK in TECH, Security Now!, Windows Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, This Week in Google, and the Webby Award winning, Triangulation.

In May, 2008, Leo launched a live streaming video version of TWiT called TWiT Live with 25 hours of original programming each week. 2.6 million people watched TWiT Live in its first month and the numbers continue to grow. TWiT broadcasts daily from a dedicated live-streaming video studio in Petaluma, California. Leo lives with his wife and TWiT CEO, Lisa Laporte, in Petaluma.

Filmography
Age of Audio poster
Age of Audio
2024 • Self
Attack of the Doc! poster
Attack of the Doc!
2023 • Self
Jonathan Coulton - Best. Concert. Ever. poster
Jonathan Coulton - Best. Concert. Ever.
2009 • Self
Hackers Wanted poster
Hackers Wanted
2009 • Self
Solve Your Computer Problems poster
Solve Your Computer Problems
2002 • Self
How to Build Your Own PC poster
How to Build Your Own PC
2002 • Self