Leo Laporte — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Founder and owner of TWiT.tv (This Week in Tech) podcast network, launched in 2005
Chief TWiT at TWiT.tv
Awarded an Emmy in 1997 for co-hosting The Site
Hosted the nationally syndicated radio program The Tech Guy from 2004 to 2022, airing on over 200 stations
Co-hosted The Screen Savers and Call for Help on ZDTV (later TechTV)
Began his technology career in the 1980s as a software author and journalist
Studied Chinese history at Yale University from 1973 to 1976

Biography

Leo Laporte is an American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur, best known as the founder and owner of the TWiT.tv (This Week in Tech) podcast network, which he launched in 2005. His technology career began in the 1980s as a software author and journalist. He operated one of the first Macintosh-only bulletin board systems, MacQueue, from 1985 to 1988, and wrote a software review for Byte magazine in 1984.

Laporte's broadcasting career spans both radio and television.