The Tech Guy
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Hosts: Leo Laporte Topic: "Anything with a chip in it" Debut: January 3, 2004 Recorded: Saturday and Sunday Released: Saturday and Sunday Duration: 3 hours |
The Tech Guy is Leo Laporte's nationally syndicated radio show. It is aired every Saturday and Sunday from 2-5PM Eastern and focuses on caller questions about computers and technology. The show was originally called the "The KFI Tech Guy" when Leo began doing it in 2004 on the Los Angeles station. The show was picked up for syndication in 2007. It can now be heard on the radio in more than 60 cities, as well as on XM radio. There have been more than 600 episodes so far, almost all of which are archived online.
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[edit] Podcast
The podcast for The Tech Guy show usually appears within a week of the original airing. It contains the entire show (including caller audio) minus ads, news, traffic, and local breaks. You can download it from http://twit.tv/ttg or subscribe at http://leo.am/podcasts/ttg. The preferred way to subscribe is on iTunes or Zune Marketplace.
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[edit] Show format
The show is video only if you watch live otherwise it is provided as a downloadable podcast and is made into two long format podcasts. One podcast for each day.
[edit] Live Video
The video stream of The Tech Guy show can be seen at http://live.twit.tv. By request of Premiere Radio Networks, which syndicates the show, only Leo's audio can be heard. Caller audio is muted. Listeners can listen to the feed on the KFI website or many other radio stations, over the air or Internet streams, but those feeds will be delayed at least 40 seconds for profanity censoring.
During the breaks for the news, ads, traffic, etc. Leo interacts with the Stickam and IRC.TWIT.TV chat rooms. He lovingly calls them the "kids in the back of the class" but he also admits that he uses the combined knowledge of those in the chat to solve almost every problem.
The large text that's shown on Leo's Mac that gives him "Wrap" and "Break" reminders is an AppleScript. You can compile the script from the source code on Leoville, it is saved as a "stay open" script and requires Quicksilver.
[edit] Recent Shows
- The Tech Guy 648 – Keeping kids safe online, Pi day, SXSW, Scott Wilkinson on home theater, and your calls.
- The Tech Guy 647 – SXSW, streaming your band live, community Wi-Fi, Chomp apps reviews, shipping monitors, and your calls.
- The Tech Guy 646 – The future of television on the Internet, eliminating buzz in your computer's sound, Microsoft's "Courier" tablet is still a long way away, iPad orders begin March 12, and your calls.
- The Tech Guy 645 – The newest netbooks, modifying the x-box, cleaning dust from your digital camera, multibooting with Windows 7, and your calls.
- The Tech Guy 644 – Hosting a family website, using iTunes on Windows, geotagging photos, syncing data on smart phones, and your calls.
[edit] Show Notes
Show Notes for The Tech Guy are taken by James DeRuvo and can be found at TechGuyLabs.com. A station list can also be found at the website.
[edit] Frequent Guests
Frequent guests include Chris Marquardt of Tips from the Top Floor podcast and blog, who often gives Leo and the community assignments they can post to the Tech Guy Flickr group and Scott Wilkinson, editor of the UltimateAVMag, who chats with Leo about home theaters.
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