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Leo Laporte
Born	Leo Gordon Laporte (1956-11-29) November 29, 1956 (age 68) New York City, New York, United States
Alma mater	Yale University
Spouse	Jennifer Laporte (divorced)
Children	2
Career
Show	Approx. 20 shows on the TWiT netcast network, also The Tech Guy through Premiere Networks
Station(s)	TWiT TV LLC; Premiere Networks
Time slot	Saturdays and Sundays live at 11:00 am PT (19:00 UTC/18:00 UTC during US DST), 3 hours
Website	www.leoville.com leoville.squarespace.com www.techguylabs.com twit.tv

Leo Gordon Laporte (/ləˈpɔːrt/; born November 29, 1956) is an American technology broadcaster, author, entrepreneur, and head of TWiT.tv.

Background

Laporte, the son of a geologist, studied Chinese history at Yale University before dropping out in his junior year to pursue his career in radio broadcasting, where his early on-air names were Dave Allen and Dan Hayes. He began his association with computers with his first home PC, an Atari 400.

Television and radio

Laporte has worked on technology-related broadcasting projects, including Dvorak on Computers in January 1991 (co-hosted with technology writer John C. Dvorak), and Laporte on Computers on KGO Radio and KSFO in San Francisco.

In 1997, Laporte was awarded a Northern California Emmy for his role as Dev Null, a motion capture character on the MSNBC show The Site.

In 1998, Laporte created and co-hosted The Screen Savers, and the original version of Call for Help on the cable and satellite network ZDTV (later TechTV).

Laporte was the host of the daily television show The Lab with Leo Laporte, recorded in Vancouver, Canada. The program had formerly been known as Call for Help when it was recorded in the U.S. and Toronto. The series aired on G4 Canada, on the HOW TO Channel in Australia, on several of Canada's Citytv affiliates, and on Google Video. On March 5, 2008, Laporte confirmed on net@nite that The Lab with Leo Laporte had been canceled by Rogers Communications. The HOW TO Channel refused to air the remaining episodes after it was announced the show had been canceled.

He hosts a weekend technology-oriented talk radio program show titled Leo Laporte: The Tech Guy. The show, started on KFI AM 640 (Los Angeles), is now syndicated through Premiere Radio Networks. Laporte also appears on Friday mornings on KFI with Bill Handel, and previously on such shows as Showbiz Tonight, Live with Kelly, and World News Now.

Books

Laporte has written technology-oriented books including:

• 101 Computer Answers You Need to Know ISBN 1562763393,
• Leo Laporte's 2005 Gadget Guide ISBN 0789731746
• Leo Laporte's Guide to TiVo ISBN 0789731959,
• Leo Laporte's Guide to Mac OS X Tiger ISBN 0789733935
• Leo Laporte's PC Help Desk.

He has published a yearly series of technology almanacs:

• Leo Laporte's Technology Almanac
• Poor Leo's Computer Almanac ISBN 0768654920.
• Leo Laporte's 2006 Technology Almanac ISBN 0789733978.

Laporte announced in October 2006 that he would not renew his contract with Que Publishing, and had retired from publishing books.

In 2008, Laporte did a voice narration of the public domain fable The True History of Little Golden-hood by Andrew Lang from Audible (Amazon), a sponsor.

Podcasting

Laporte owns and operates a podcast network, TWiT.tv with his wife Lisa Laporte. Its shows are available on iTunes and other podcast subscription services. Before the expansion to new facilities in 2011, Laporte said TWiT earned $1.5 million annually on a production cost of $350,000. In a 2012 Reddit posting, he commented that revenue was approaching $4 million. Laporte has a net worth of $5 million.

The TWiT studios are located in Petaluma, California, where Laporte lives. On August 21, 2016, they moved into their current facilities at 1351-B Redwood Way. The TWiT studios have always been in Petaluma, but in three different locations. TWiT identified the first as the "TWiT Cottage," the second as the "TWiT Brick House," and the current location as the "TWiT Eastside Studios."

Controversies

On several occasions, while hosting podcasts or live-streaming on his TWIT.tv podcast network, Laporte has caused controversies by displaying sexual content.

• Explicit messages between Laporte and his business-partner Lisa Kentzell have accidentally been shared with the camera.
• On May 24th, 2015, during an episode of The Tech Guy, Laporte was showing a photo-library that contained a picture of his penis.
• On February 8th, 2016, while hosting This Week in Tech, Laporte accidentally showed a picture of his wife's vagina to the camera.

References

1. Leo Laporte Information. TV.com
2. Schwartzman, Eric (September 1, 2005). "On the Record...Online with Leo Laporte of This Week in Tech". On the Record Online.
3. TwitLive Broadcast, after hours, 2008-12-09
4. Focus On: Leo G4 Archived September 26, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
5. "Podcasting's Reluctant Evangelist". WIRED.
6. "Attack of the Show!: Finale Features Return of The Screen Savers". tvseriesfinale.com.
7. "Call for Help". TV.com. CBS Interactive.
8. The Lab with Leo Laporte Internet Archive
9. Lab with Leo off TV in Australia – Let us See the Remaining Episodes Archived August 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
10. Response from How-To Channel Australia Regarding The Lab with Leo Archived August 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
11. "CNN.com - Transcripts". cnn.com.
12. Leoville: Live with Regis and Kelly Archived March 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
13. Laporte, Leo; Stauffer, Todd (2005). "Leo Laporte's 2005 Mac gadget guide". Indianapolis, IN: Que. ISBN 0789731746. LCCN 2004107074. Free eBook from the Internet Archive
14. Books by Lang, Andrew - Project Gutenberg
15. Little Red Riding Hood and other tales of Aarne-Thompson-Uther type 333 translated and/or edited by D. L. Ashliman
16. The Red Fairy Book, by Andrew Lang : THE TRUE HISTORY OF LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD
17. Andrew Lang, 1844-1912
18. TWiT.TV - this WEEK in TECH
19. Danae Ringelmann interviewed on the TV show Triangulation on the TWiT.tv network
20. Pete Cashmore. "Leo Laporte Makes $1.5 Million Per Year from Podcasting". Mashable. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
21. Leo Laporte. "TWiT revenue at $4 million". Reddit. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
22. Laporte, Leo. "Leo Laporte Net Worth". Celebrity Net Worth. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
23. ^ "TWiT Eastside Studio FAQ". The Official TWiT Wiki.
24. "TWiT Cottage". The Official TWiT Wiki.
25. "TWiT Brick House". The Official TWiT Wiki.
26. Tate, Ryan. "How the Voice of Tech Leaked His Own Sex Chat". Gawker. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
27. Cook, John. "Tech Guru Leo Laporte Can't Stop Revealing His Sexxxy Texts on His Internet TV Show". Gawker. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
28. "The Tech Guy Leo Laporte Accidentally Shows A Penis Photo During His Live Tech Program! See The Awkward Moment HERE!". Retrieved November 2, 2017.
29. Prince, S.J. (March 1, 2016). "WATCH: Old 'Tech Guy' Accidentally Broadcasts Wife's Vagina Pic on SmartWatch [NSFW]". Heavy.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017. {{cite news}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 78 (help)

External links

• Official website
• Leo Laporte at IMDb
• Leo Laporte in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Works by or about Leo Laporte in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

• 1956 births
• Living people
• American bloggers
• American podcasters
• American talk radio hosts
• American television personalities
• Canadian television hosts
• TechTV people
• People from Sonoma County, California
• People from Manhattan
• American Internet celebrities
• Emmy Award winners
• Amateur radio people
• TWiT