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{{short description|American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur}}
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| occupation = {{hlist | TV and radio presenter | podcaster}}
| known_for = Founding [[TWiT.tv]]
| credits = {{ubl | ''[[The Screen Savers]]'' (1998–2004) | ''Call for Help'' (1998–2001; 2003–2007) | ''[[The Tech Guy]]'' (since 2004-2022) | ''[[This Week in Tech]]'' (since 2005)}}
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| television = Internet! (PBS), The Site (MSNBC), Call for Help (ZDTV/TechTV), The Screen Savers (ZDTV/TechTV)
| spouse = {{ubl | Jennifer Laporte (divorced) | Lisa Laporte ({{abbr|m.|married}}&nbsp;{{circa|2015}})}}
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'''Leo Laporte''' ({{IPAc-en|l|ə|ˈ|p|ɔr|t}}; born November 29, 1956)<ref name="TechGuy_1849">{{cite podcast | first1 = Leo | last1 = Laporte | author-mask1 = 1 | title = The Tech Guy #1849 | website = [[TWiT.tv]] | time =17:37 |date = 2021-12-04 | url = https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy/episodes/1849 |access-date=2021-12-31}}</ref> is the former host of ''[[The Tech Guy]]'' weekly radio show<ref name="Leo_Premiere" /> and afounder host onof [[TWiT.tv]], an Internet [[podcast]] network focusing on technology. He is also a former [[TechTV]] technology host (1998–2008) and a technology author. On November 19, 2022, actor, writer, musician, and comedian [[Steve Martin]] called into Laporte's radio show to announce Leo's retirement from 'Announced'The hisTech retirementGuy'' radio show.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Laporte |first=Lisa |title=The Secret Is Out! |url=https://twit.tv/posts/inside-twit/secret-out |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=TWiT.tv}}</ref> Laporte's fromlast new radio show was December 18, 2022 with reruns for the Techremainder Guyof radiothe year. Rich DeMuro later appeared on the show to announce that he will be taking over in January with a weekly show, recorded on NovemberSaturdays, 19thcalled "Rich On Tech."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rich on Tech {{!}} Premiere Networks |url=https://www.premierenetworks.com/shows/rich-tech |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=www.premierenetworks.com}}</ref>
 
== Background ==
Laporte was born in New York City,<ref name="Leo_G4" /> the son of geologist Leo F. Laporte. He studied Chinese history at [[Yale University]] before dropping out in his junior year to pursue a career in radio broadcasting,<ref>{{cite podcast | url = https://www.ericschwartzman.com/on-the-record-online-with-leo-laporte-of-this-week-in-tech/ | title = How to Pitch Leo Laporte of TWiT | website = On the Record Online Podcast | publisher= | first1 = Eric | last1 = Schwartzman | date = 2005-09-01 | time= | access-date = 2021-12-31 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> where his early on-air names were Dave Allen and Dan Hayes.<ref>TwitLive Broadcast, after hours, {{date|9 December 2008-12-09}}</ref> He began his association with computers with his first home computer, an [[Atari 8-bit familycomputers|Atari 400]].<ref name="Leo_G4" /> By 1984 he owned a [[Mac (computer)|Macintosh]] and wrote a software review for [[Byte_Byte (magazine)|Byte magazine]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last = Laporte |first = Leo |date = 1984-12-01 |title = Habadex on Apple's Macintosh |url = https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1984-12/page/n497/mode/2up?view=theater |url-status = live |magazine = [[Byte_Byte (magazine)|Byte]] |language = en-us |volume= 9 |issue= 13 |pages= A102–A105 |eissn= |issn= 0360-5280 |oclc= |access-date = 2022-10-29 | via = [[Internet Archive]] | df = dmy-all}}</ref>
 
== 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 (AM)|KGO Radio]] and [[KSFO (AM)|KSFO]] in [[San Francisco]].<ref name="Wired">{{cite magazine | last1 = Friess | first1 = Steve | date = 2006-10-03 | year = 2006 | title = Podcasting's Reluctant Evangelist | url = https://www.wired.com/2006/10/podcastings-reluctant-evangelist/ | url-status = live | magazine = [[Wired (magazine)|WIRED]] | language = en-us |volume= |issue= |page= |pages= | eissn = 1078-3148 | issn = 1059-1028 | oclc = 24479723 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201109040510/https://www.wired.com/2006/10/podcastings-reluctant-evangelist/ |archive-date = 2020-11-09 | access-date = 2021-12-31}}</ref>
 
In 1997, Laporte was awarded a Northern California [[Emmy Awards|Emmy]] for his role as [[Dev Null]], a [[Motion-capture acting|motion capture]] character on the [[MSNBC]] show ''[[The Site]]''.
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In 1998, Laporte created and co-hosted ''[[The Screen Savers]]'',<ref name=zd/> and the original version of ''Call for Help'' on the cable and satellite network [[ZDTV]] (later ''[[TechTV]]'').<ref name=nyt />
 
Laporte was the host ofhosted the daily television show ''The Lab with Leo Laporte'', recorded in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada. The program hadwas formerly been known as ''Call for Help'' when it was recorded in the US and [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada. The series aired on [[G4 (Canada)|G4 Canada]], on the [[HOW TO Channel]] in Australia, on several of Canada's [[City (TV network)|Citytv]] affiliates, and on [[Google Video]]. On March 5, 2008, Laporte confirmed on ''net@nite'' that ''The Lab with Leo Laporte''<ref>{{cite web | url = https://archive.org/details/The.Lab.with.Leo | title = The Lab with Leo Laporte | website = [[Internet Archive]] | date = n.d. | access-date = 2022-01-01}}</ref> had been canceled by [[Rogers Communications]]. The [[HOW TO Channel]] did not air the remaining episodes after it was announced the show had been canceled.<ref name="vapor1" /><ref name="vapor2" />
 
He hostshosted, until December 2022, a weekend technology-oriented [[talk radio]] program show titled ''Leo Laporte: [[The Tech Guy]]''. The show, started on [[KFI AM 640]] (Los Angeles), iswas syndicated through [[Premiere Radio Networks]]. Laporte appearsappeared on Friday mornings on KFI with [[Bill Handel]], and previously on such shows as ''[[Showbiz Tonight]]'',<ref name="ShowBizTonight" /> ''[[Live with Kelly]]'',<ref name="Regis&Kelly" /> and ''[[World News Now]]''. He holds an [[amateur radio]] license, W6TWT.
 
He holds an [[amateur radio]] license, W6TWT.
== Books ==
 
==Bibliography==
Laporte has written technology-oriented books including:
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*{{cite book | last1 = Smith | first1 = Gina | author-link1 = Gina Smith (author) | last2 = Laporte | first2=Leo | author-link2 = Leo Laporte | author-mask2 = 1 | title = 101 Computer Answers You Need To Know | publisher = [[Ziff Davis|Ziff-Davis Press]] | isbn= 978-1562763398 | url = https://archive.org/details/101computeranswe00smit | url-access = registration | lccn = 95159818 | ol = OL873902M | oclc = 32516630 | via = [[Internet Archive]] | date=1995-03-01 | access-date = 2021-12-31 | df = dmy-all }}
| url *{{cite book | url = https://archive.org/details/leolaportespchel00leolleolaportesguide0000bran | url-access = registration | title = Leo Laporte's PCGuide Help Deskto TiVo | last1 = Laporte | first1 = Leo | author-link1 = Leo Laporte | last2 = SoperBranwyn | first2 = MarkGareth Edward | author-link2 = Gareth Branwyn | author-mask1 = 1 | date = 20052004-0910-01 | access-date = 2022-01-01 | location = Indianapolis, IN | publisher = [[Pearson Education|Que Publishing]] | isbn = 978-07897339480789731951 | lccn = 20059249912004107054 | oclc = 6238252857086528 | ol = OL8157795MOL3314839M | via = [[Internet Archive]] | df = dmy-all }}▼
| author-mask2 = 1 | title = 101 Computer Answers You Need To Know | publisher = [[Ziff Davis|Ziff-Davis Press]] | isbn= 978-1562763398 | url = https://archive.org/details/101computeranswe00smit | url-access = registration | lccn = 95159818 | ol = OL873902M | oclc = 32516630 | via = [[Internet Archive]] | date=1995-03-01 | access-date = 2021-12-31}}
| url *{{cite book | url = https://archive.org/details/leolaportes2005mac00lapo | url-access = registration | title= Leo Laporte's 2005 Mac Gadget Guide | last1 = Laporte | first1 = Leo | author-link1 = Leo Laporte | last2 = Stauffer | first2 = Todd | author-mask1 = 1 | date =2004-11-08 | access-date = 2021-12-31 | location = Indianapolis, IN | publisher = [[Pearson Education|Que Publishing]] | isbn = 978-0789731746 | lccn = 2004107074 | oclc = 56658424 | ol = OL3314849M | via = [[Internet Archive]] | df = dmy-all }}▼
 
| url *{{cite book | url = https://archive.org/details/leolaportesguide0000lapo | url-access = registration | title= Leo Laporte's Guide to Mac{{nbsp}}OS{{nbsp}}X Tiger | last1 = Laporte | first1 = Leo | author-link1 = Leo Laporte | last2 = Stauffer | first2 = Todd | author-mask1 = 1 | date = 2005-08-01 | access-date = 2022-01-01 | location = Indianapolis, IN | publisher = [[Pearson Education|Que Publishing]] | isbn = 978-0789733931 | lccn = 2005922649 | oclc = 60320459 | ol = OL8157794M | via = [[Internet Archive]] | df = dmy-all }}▼
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| url *{{cite book | url = https://archive.org/details/leolaportesguide0000branleolaportespchel00leol | url-access = registration | title = Leo Laporte's GuidePC toHelp Desk TiVo | last1 = Laporte | first1 = Leo | author-link1 = Leo Laporte | last2 = BranwynSoper | first2 = GarethMark Edward | author-mask1 = 1 | date = 2005-09-01 | access-date = 2022-01-01 | location = Indianapolis, IN | publisher = [[Pearson Education|Que Publishing]] | isbn = 978-0789733948 | lccn = 2005924991 | oclc = 62382528 | ol = OL8157795M | via = [[Internet Archive]] }}
*{{cite book | last1 = Bacon | first1 = Jono | author-link1 = Jono Bacon | others = Foreword by Leo Laporte | date = 2009-08-27 | chapter = Foreword from the First Edition | chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/ArtOfCommunitySecondEdition/page/n15/mode/2up | chapter-url-access = registration | title = The Art of Community: Building the New Age of Participation (Theory in Practice) | url = https://archive.org/details/ArtOfCommunitySecondEdition | url-access = registration | language = en | edition = Second | publisher = [[O'Reilly Media]] | pages = ix-x | isbn = 978-0596156718 | lccn = 2010277242 | oclc = 804515247 | ol = OL24194264M | via = [[Internet Archive]] | df = dmy-all }}
| author-link2 = Gareth Branwyn | author-mask1 = 1 | date =2004-10-01 | access-date = 2022-01-01 | location = Indianapolis, IN | publisher = [[Pearson Education|Que Publishing]] | isbn = 978-0789731951 | lccn = 2004107054 | oclc = 57086528 | ol = OL3314839M | via = [[Internet Archive]] }}
 
*{{cite book
▲| url = https://archive.org/details/leolaportes2005mac00lapo | url-access = registration | title= Leo Laporte's 2005 Mac Gadget Guide | last1 = Laporte | first1 = Leo | author-link1 = Leo Laporte | last2 = Stauffer | first2 = Todd | author-mask1 = 1 | date =2004-11-08 | access-date = 2021-12-31 | location = Indianapolis, IN | publisher = [[Pearson Education|Que Publishing]] | isbn = 978-0789731746 | lccn = 2004107074 | oclc = 56658424 | ol = OL3314849M | via = [[Internet Archive]] }}
 
*{{cite book
▲| url = https://archive.org/details/leolaportesguide0000lapo | url-access = registration | title= Leo Laporte's Guide to Mac{{nbsp}}OS{{nbsp}}X Tiger | last1 = Laporte | first1 = Leo | author-link1 = Leo Laporte | last2 = Stauffer | first2 = Todd | author-mask1 = 1 | date = 2005-08-01 | access-date = 2022-01-01 | location = Indianapolis, IN | publisher = [[Pearson Education|Que Publishing]] | isbn = 978-0789733931 | lccn = 2005922649 | oclc = 60320459 | ol = OL8157794M | via = [[Internet Archive]] }}
 
*{{cite book
▲| url = https://archive.org/details/leolaportespchel00leol | url-access = registration | title = Leo Laporte's PC Help Desk | last1 = Laporte | first1 = Leo | author-link1 = Leo Laporte | last2 = Soper | first2 = Mark Edward | author-mask1 = 1 | date = 2005-09-01 | access-date = 2022-01-01 | location = Indianapolis, IN | publisher = [[Pearson Education|Que Publishing]] | isbn = 978-0789733948 | lccn = 2005924991 | oclc = 62382528 | ol = OL8157795M | via = [[Internet Archive]] }}
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He has published a yearly series of technology almanacs:
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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 [[Andrew Lang]]'s fable ''[[Little Red Riding Hood#AfterLater the Grimmsversions|The True History of Little Golden-hood]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=httpshttp://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/l/lang/andrew/l26rf/chapter21.html |title=The Red Fairy Book, by Andrew Lang : THE TRUE HISTORY OF LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD |access-date=January 21, 2015 |archive-date=January 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121060412/https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/l/lang/andrew/l26rf/chapter21.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> from [[Audible.com|Audible (Amazon)]], a sponsor.<ref name="TWiT152_20080721">[{{cite web | author = <!-- not stated --> | date = 2008-07-21 | title = this WEEK in TECH 152 | url = http://twit.tv/taxonomy/term/1/0/feed TWiT.TV| –url-status this= WEEKdead in| TECHformat = XML | website = [[TWiT.tv]] {{webarchive| language = en-us | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150121055714/http://twit.tv/taxonomy/term/1/0/feed | archive-date =January 2015-01-21, 2015| access-date = 2023-02-20 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
 
== Podcasting ==
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<ref name="Regis&Kelly">{{cite web | url = http://leoville.com/Appearances/LiveWithRegisAndKelly | title = Leoville: Live with Regis and Kelly | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070312214849/http://leoville.com/Appearances/LiveWithRegisAndKellyab-with-leo/ | date = 2007-01-22 | archive-date = 2007-03-12 | url-status = dead | access-date = 2022-01-01}}</ref>
 
<ref name="vapor1">{{cite web | url = http://blog.clickonline.org.au/2008/03/27/lab-with-leo-off-tv-in-australia-let-us-see-the-remaining-episodes/ | last1 = Vapor | first1 = Matt | title = Lab with Leo off TV in Australia – Let us See the Remaining Episodes | website = Matt Vapor’sVapor's Blog {{!}} Advocating Technology for Everyone | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080804031636/http://blog.clickonline.org.au/2008/03/27/lab-with-leo-off-tv-in-australia-let-us-see-the-remaining-episodes/ | date = 2008-03-27 | archive-date = 2008-08-04 | url-status = dead | access-date = 2022-01-01}}</ref>
 
<ref name="vapor2">{{cite web | url = http://blog.clickonline.org.au/2008/03/27/response-from-how-to-channel-australia-regarding-the-lab-with-leo/ | last1 = Vapor | first1 = Matt | title = Response from How-To Channel Australia Regarding The Lab with Leo | website = Matt Vapor’sVapor's Blog {{!}} Advocating Technology for Everyone | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080804031755/http://blog.clickonline.org.au/2008/03/27/response-from-how-to-channel-australia-regarding-the-lab-with-leo/ | date = 2008-03-27 | archive-date = 2008-08-04 | url-status = dead | access-date = 2022-01-01}}</ref>
 
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