We went to Northern California last week on vacation and there were only three places I really had to visit. They were the Lagunitas Brewery, the Russian River Brewpub and the studio (aka the TWiT Cottage) where Leo Laporte records all of the podcasts & live video on his twit.tv network. I'll talk more about the brewery and brewpub on a later post.
The location of the studio isn't listed on his website, but from listening to six hours of his podcasts per week, I knew (or at least hoped) he didn't mind having the occasional visitor. I found the place via a Google search and we got there around 2PM.
After hanging out in the 'green room' by the entrance for around five minutes Leo popped out of his studio to get a drink and we said hi. Leo was very nice, he invited us back into his studio and we watched him record one of his shows for a while. His studio is a 15' x 15' room and it has around a dozen monitors in it.
Here's a video I took of the studio:
At The TWiT Cottage from Matt Volk on Vimeo.
We hung out for 15 minutes and then we had to go. On the way out we met Dane, Leo's assistant, who we spoke with for a little while. He gave us a couple of Brain Toniqs, which, to my amazement, is a rather good energy drink.
Leo has turned out to be a foul mouthed blow-hard flip-flopper. Swears like a sailor live but insists his moderators ban people for comments that only adults would know what they mean.
Vote with your wallet and boycott Leo and the TWIT Cottage. It's a scam outfit to get you to spend you hard earned money. He makes you donate so he can sit on his ass all day. What him talk to his visitors. He is a condescending sack of shit!
All his makes are bullshit statements all day. He is full of BS holding up in his little world in Petaluma, CA. Fleecing the Tech community of their hard earned money!
Posted by: Nosy | May 16, 2010 at 10:49 PM
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Posted by: Professional Photographer in Tulsa | May 26, 2010 at 04:19 AM
Boy are YOU a nice guy. Leo doesn't MAKE anybody donate anything. Unlike MANY radio personalities, he doesn't charge to watch him do what he does. MANY broadcasters do exactly that. Most folks LOVE their visits to the TWIT cottage. Have you ever heard the phrase, "if you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything?" You ought to heed that. OK, so flame ME now, since you've never met me.
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