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Out of the little quaint cottage in Petaluma, California one man has changed the idea of of the one man band in broadcasting. Leo Laporte has created a little Podcasting Empire that now pulls in a millions dollar a year profit from doing a selection of audio / video podcasts that have hosts talking about a range of thing. Originally starting with technology the TWiT network has shows that focus on everything from the daily new of Google with “This Week in Google”, Apple computers with “Macbreak Weekly”, Free / Libre Open Source Software with FLOSS Weekly, Science Chat with Dr Kristen Sanford, NSFW with Brian Brushwood, and many others. Broadcasting daily several shows Leo has shown the world that you can do a full internet television network of high end HD Broadcasting for less than it would cost even public broadcasting.

Leo Laporte - The TWiT Command Center

It was my pleasure to get to visit the TWiT Cottage and have for you this short interview with the Chief TWiT himself, Leo Laporte.

We Discuss:

• Leo & School
• The Road to Radio
• App Development 1970′s Style
• The Democratization of Mass Media

The official theme music of The Plan8 Podcast is “Regardless” by Albino Ghost Monkey

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