Leo Laporte

Time to give a shout-out to Leo Laporte.

I've been a regular listener of a number of Leo's technology podcasts- including This Week in Tech, MacBreak Weekly, Windows Weekly, FLOSS Weekly, and scattered others- for years.

When I'm out and about in the world, I've usually got my headphones on, and when I've got my headphones on, more often than not I've got one of Leo's shows going.

Leo's a smart guy when it comes to computers. He knows his stuff and knows how to get experts to talk about tech in a way that's approachable to non-experts.

He's also a natural showman. He's got real talent as a performer and radio personality and is a natural, warm host.

Sometimes his shows get a bit silly and inside-baseball with regard to the network of tech folks who orbit around the Leosphere- but that's okay.

Leo runs things from a teched out bunker in Petaluma, California, where he hosts a parade of experts and pundits who join him for topic-focused podcasts that are recorded regularly and simulcast live in video.

At any given moment, you can hop over to live.twit.tv and see Leo doing his thing (live or reruns). Go ahead and do it now- you'll probably dccide to stay a while.