So what if politics and technology intersect. Leo has a great perspective so do his frequent guests. Keep going Leo!

I started off listening to EVERY show in the beginning. I don’t think there was a week I missed. I even visited the TWIT Studios to see a live show (before Covid) I was a huge fan. But in the last few years, Leo goes off topic, talking politics, religion (or lack there of - either way), and the TMZ social subjects. One show was mostly geared torward Taylor Swift news. I guess it depends on the guest(s) but there are times, I’m just so done with it, I cut it short and hope that the next one is more what I find interesting. I can hear a quality difference between This Week and Mac Break. Mac break seems to stick with what the show is suppose to be. I do find Leo is out of touch with what goes on with “normal peoples” lives in relation to various tech and social adaptation. I’m not trying to be mean spirited with this one, but my new cut off for the show is when I hear him plug his sons instagram and how he has a bazillion followers for his cooking skills. I get you want to plug for his benefit, but every show? - Sorry but Im slowing becoming less interested - and maybe I’m not your target listener anymore. :(

After falling behind on listening to many podcasts, I planned to listen to the latest episode of TWiT at lunch today…only to find that it’s now behind a paywall. While I understand the need to pay the bills to keep it going, I don’t listen regularly enough to justify the expense. Two stars because I presume the content is still good, but as long as it’s pay-to-listen, I won’t be able to confirm.

Like many others have said, the guests and especially host interrupting guests is like nails to a chalk board for many of us. Even speaking the millisecond someone else stop adds an air of tension that makes listening more exhausting than enjoyable. Listeners love and appreciate the enthusiasm but if folks could just meter that out a bit we would appreciate it.

I really enjoyed this show prior to say 2017...after that...like most media...it became another “let’s denounce Trump every 15 minutes” show. I get it though, the show is in a very liberal area of California and I guess they feel the need to repeatedly remind the listeners how dumb Trump is. Tried listening again yesterday 11/9/2020...same ole same ole. I get it, you hated Trump. I had to turn it off after about 30 min. One can only take so much of smug/ condescending guests. The folks Leo has on as guests seem to be continually trying to one up each other on how virtuous they are. Please, Please, Please can you return to talking about tech?

Awesome show . Leo is great . He brings you up to date with weekly tech developments with a refreshing sense of humor ! Has great guests as well .

The recent reviews are all spot on. It’s a tech news show with guests that just want to soapbox about their latest political hobby-horse. Maybe that is your jam, but it doesn’t make for a very interesting discussion week-in and week-out when most tech stories are met with the same answer by the hosts: this new tech thing (or person) is scary, but here is how I think the almighty regulators can fix it. Leo’s heart is in the right place, but he surrounds himself with people who have a clear agenda versus those who just want to have a fun discussion about the latest tech stories. Leo recently remarked that TWIT is dying, and that’s no surprise. The average review is now under four, and still falling. If they actually care about the show’s success, maybe they’ll see that this same complaint is being expressed in these reviews over and over and over again.

Update 12/2023: TWIT podcasts are circling the drain. Leo Laporte has rid his channel of talented employees and banned guests who don’t kowtow to his egotistical narcissism. He has become a sad character who entertains listeners via unintended humor and episodic hypocrisy. The boys (and occasional girl) talk trash and tech. The show is entertaining (Laporte is a fantasticly talented host/moderator) even if the supporting cast are mostly ubergeeks. John Dvorack adds needed sanity and cynicism to balance the wild-eyed geeks. Some of the comedy is unintended, especially when the tenuous VoIP lash-ups warp and garble the participant's voices into cartoon-like accents. Ah yes, the wonderful stuff those dotcom boyz promised is finally here, and it sure is funny!

Been listening since the Twit cabin. At this point a lot of the conversations are political and their is not much diversity of thought among the guests and the hosts.

The conversations keep getting very close to anti Israel and antisemitism. They make it clear what they think but are not allowed to say. I have been listening since 2005. It’s time for me to unsubscribe.

I gave it an honest try - weeks of on again off again listening. Leo’s constant chuckle combined with he and the guests slipping left wing political views into technology baffles me. Why would you ruin a great show for your politics?

Since my previous rating (below): Leo has gotten worse cutting off guests. This is a podcast about tech, not politics. Will not continue listening Leo: you are NOT the center of the universe. You have excellent guests but don’t let them finish their replies to your questions. They bring their views of the topic and I look forward to hearing them speak their mind. If not, host a show where it’s only you and you do all the talking.

Leo, when you can’t sleep at night, read a REAL book! All you need is a great, attention absorbing real-paper book, honest flash light with real batteries (or a battery-operated head lamp) and eyeglasses. I have been a longtime listener of your podcasts and am a few years older than you. When unable to sleep in the middle of the night, I read digital books or listen to podcasts with an AirPod, using the built-in podcast timer. If I had to digitally detox, I would defer to a good real detective story or biographical book …. You will manage the detox retreat just fine cuz you grew up (as a young kid anyway) without “instant” reality like what is available today. However, thank goodness for microwave ovens!!

I came for tech news and all I got was the various host’s opinion of how terrible they think Elon Musk is. That’s fine but not very interesting.

Good information and interesting guests, but the main host constantly interrupts everyone else.

After many many many years of listening to almost every show every week, I have finally decided to unfollow all the TWiT network podcast as well as stop paying for subscriptions to the network. This is very hard for me to do as it was part of my life for so long. But the conversations have degraded over the past seven years. As of now every podcast is a Elon Musk dumpster fire. Regardless if you like the guy or not, not every show needs to have 30 minutes to an hour bashing Elon. We get it you don’t like him and we also get it, you don’t like anybody politically in the middle or to the right. I really enjoyed the days of the TWiT shack, and the brick house, where tech and new progressive technologies was the flavor of the day with a hint of politics. And the constant complaining of not having enough advertisers, without looking in the mirror is cringe worthy at this point. Some of my favorite podcasters such as Jason Snell, and Alex Lindsey have other shows that I can now enjoy. I get a morning brief with Paul Thurrott now, and I am hoping he can have a better long form podcast somewhere else where tech is the most important part of the conversation. I even listen to Jason Calacanis now and prefer that podcast over Leo and the TWiT network, which surprises me because I did not like Jason initially. lol. Leo Laporte was one of my favorite people to listen to for over a decade, and I will check back in a year to see if the network has pivoted to a tech centric podcast. I wish everyone on the network the best and I appreciate all of the years and shows that I enjoyed with you all, week after week.

Looking for a new podcast that covers technology and found this. Almost immediately noticed they had left wing bias in their reporting. Sad, that this is media today. Glad that a lot of people are waking up to this.

The title of this podcast should now be “This Week in Tech Policy”. Leo has slowly steered TWIT away from its roots as a technology review to what is now a technology policy debate show. TWIT has shed segments with technical experts and transitioned to a format that features a rotating cast of policy experts. No doubt, that is interesting to marketing managers at tech companies, but not to me. I’ve always been a big Leo LaPorte fan. Like many, I have watched and listened to him for decades. He is now chasing a different demographic and I wish him the best. I am switching to “Rich on Tech” to satisfy the geek in me.

This week in Elon Musk and left wing agendas. Hopefully advertisers understand that Leo and his lefties alienate all middle of the road or conservatives. Lefty Leo Please get over it and watch one of your earlier podcasts and go back to your roots. You’ve become boring and need to shake it up. The show was great when Dvorak was on. The only guests are left wing and anti free speech. Why not call the show the This Week Against Elon, or This Week with Left Wing Pundits.

Even as someone in the middle, where most people reside, I'm utterly sick of the injection of radicalized alt-left politics and snide political jabs. It's gotten as bad as listening to the alt-right loons, except the weird smugness about being wrong about everything all the time, parroting talking points / hit pieces like you're an unthinking Borg, and surrounding yourself with some seriously clueless commie youth activists / tech journalists is just insufferable to listen to. Until you find some balance again, I'm out.

Focus on the technology and stay out of the politics and bias.

Seriously, the only real turn off for me with this show is because the main host never lets people finish what they’re saying. Even when the host asks a direct question to the guest, he can’t remain quiet to hear the response/answer. Nonstop interruptions during every single show. I really want to pay the subscription for ad-free but I can’t bring myself to it because of this single, but huge, annoyance.

Ever since 2016 the show has gotten worse with constant one sided political opinions and guests who want to restrict speech. That and the constant hand wringing pessimism from “futurists” and tech reporters has really left me not enjoying the show anymore. I’m hopeful they can return to their roots like it was, Leo was once a defender of internet freedom and podcasting was the forefront. Now the guests want to ban what they consider “misinformation” based on their opinions. People have brains and can think for themselves based on available data. The show used to be really fun and I looked forward to it every week but that was 5-10 years ago.

okay hot take : with all this talk of voices and value and who deserves what, i'd like to point out that leo etcal. have had absolutely velvet voices and quality content since, well, they thr pioneers of it! i could say i'd be happy to hear leo steve or micah read a phone book for hours, but i don't have to because they read and discuss more interesting things.i've avoidrr that other twit for years but i know enough to say that even if that's a place for a multitude of voices, i value the original twit with the actual voices and personas they bring so much more - i've learned a lot from leo and crew and i hope long after the poo emoji ceases to but an acceptable commentary this network will contiju cto push content beautifully that is diverse and digestible and not poop emoji.

TWIT used to be a must listen (like 10 years ago), but now Leo (and the hosts) spend so much time competing on virtue signaling and grand standing self righteous politics. And when will they ever stop complaining about Twitter (every episode since Twitter started!). I’ve always loved listening to Leo as host, but it’s really gotten pretty hard not to skip most of the show with all the political grandstanding and self righteousness of the guest. It s too bad to see most of this Netcast network go down hill.

Let the guest finish her thought! He is a very bad host. Doesn’t let anyone else finish before he has interrupted them. I had to stop listening. not only can I get any information from the guest, but let’s face it, Leo is just plain rude.

I used to enjoy Leo on KFI. This show has gone on a serious decline. Rich on Tech that replaced Leo on KFI is an energetic breath of fresh air. I have also gone Komando; listening to Kim Komando’s show more often. Leo has lost his audience. The callers are uninteresting and boring. Leo fills the time talking about his vacation planning and TV sets. He seems to have difficulty dealing with the mechanics of receiving and handling calls. Leo is a smart articulate guy. His assistant, Micah Sargent does not have the depth of knowledge and experience that Leo has. He is shy about his contributions and overrun by Leo. This podcast needs to amp up its energy and contributors to retain my interest going forward. Othwise it will end up like Mad magazine.

i tried it and for 30 minutes these low iq clowns talk only about bashing Elon Musk and Joe Rogan. i sense their feelings of inferiority is their drive

I used to enjoy this show, but ever since COVID Leo/cast (with a few exceptions) have been very political and one sided. Also the show has been nothing but hate on Elon. I just wish they could go back to keeping it about tech, leave the politics out of it. Update: Just tried again, nothing has changed. In fact it’s now worse with blatant leftist drivel.

Over the last few years, Leo, the host, asks the guests a question, then within a few seconds of starting their answer, interrupts them with his own thoughts. It happens on every show he hosts. He seems like a great guy, he just can’t let the guests talk. This is making it really tough to listen to TWiT network shows, which is unfortunate.

Had to stop listening because every show week after week is half spent talking only about AI. It’s rinse and repeat.

It’s amazing how unbothered these leftists are about losing their blue check. 😂😂😂

Over the last 17 years, I’ve unsubscribed from just about all of the network’s podcasts due to the blatant political bias of most guests and hosts. ‘Security Now’ will be the only offering from here on out. I mean, I feel so inferior… I’m not a card-carrying progressive. Then again, if Democrats were ‘all that’, they would have a lock on every election. How’s that been working out? Did I cloud the issue with a fact? My bad…

Should be called TWILL (this week in Leo Laporte). He frequently talks over guests to say something that that just popped into his head or to show off a voice impersonation. I finally had to stop listening because it’s too much Leo and not enough of his guests.

You know it’s a good podcast when you find yourself arguing the other side to your speakers on your morning commute and the next second smiling and nodding. Nice cast for those who need to stay up on what’s going on in tech news while breaking with the feeds.

Ive been watching Leo and the TWiT crew since I discovered The Screen Savers on Tech TV as a nerdy reclusive outcast of a teen. Fast forward to what must be close to 20 years and a lifetime of experiences later and listening to this podcast is still a weekly ritual. At this point its not about the tech (although I’d by lying if I told you I didnt have a house decked out in Hue lights). I listen to TWiT because it’s like sitting in a room with a bunch of old friends. Thank you Leo and Crew for giving an angsty friendless kid permission to be weird and different so many years ago. Thank you for still giving me some laughs and keeping me current with everything that im too busy (and old at this point ) to find out for myself. Y’all are rad. -Tall Dan

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Elon bash fest each week! One sided discussion with the most left guests, who are the least willing to have any type of intellectual discussion. Leo’s network is dying because there is no debate anymore or different opinions. I’m officially out!

I was trying to hold on for the new year but finally had to unsubscribe from all his podcast Leo is one of the great voices in Radio and Podcast and he is probably the best at doing live reads, but I can’t take all the Elon bashing, all his guest has the same point of view so you never get a discussion, at this point it’s more of a political podcast than a tech show, Leo’s wife Lisa who runs the company with him blocks people who disagrees on Twitter, I was trying to make a suggestion and she still blocks me so sad what happened to the TWIT network but I’m out

I’ve listened to this for 17 years and supported it financially for the past several years. I’ve enjoyed the guests and varying opinions. Lately it’s become unlistenable though. We get it, you hate Elon Musk. I don’t care for him either but enough is enough. It’s not news or worthy of talking about non-stop every week. It’s become a constant talking point so Leo can boast about how he doesn’t use Twitter or Facebook anymore. He sounds like a broken record. Then there’s the frequent guest Brianna Wu. Who seems to have an enormous ego and just loves tooting her own horn about her accomplishments and how many Porsches she owns etc etc. She also sounds like a broken record. She also makes her living from a political action committee so her opinions always lead towards what she hates politically. It makes for a terrible “technology” podcast. There is so much happening in actual tech right now and somehow they’re just oblivious to it. This show has become a collection of egos and self-important talking heads that really don’t seem to be in touch with the real world of tech at all. Now Leo is chastising his own listeners for still using twitter, saying we are contributing to the support of Elon. Give me a break, all tech CEO’s are usually awful people. Also, Leo drives a Tesla, talk about hypocrisy. I can’t listen to this drivel anymore. I’ve unsubscribed and pulled my paid membership to TWiT.

First, Leo is an excellent broadcaster and voice personality. I’ve watched and listened to him since Tech-TV. Second, the sound and video are always very good quality. Third, the content for the most part is very good. So why the 3 stars? Politics. Leo for many years avoided politics or when the tech topic involved politics would play devils advocate or show empathy for opposing viewpoints. Unfortunately like many other people in the USA, he is pulled away from the center and more to the the extremes. John Dvorak, when on years ago, seemed to balance this out with his rude common sense approach.

The guests and Leo himself don’t even pretend to be a mouth piece of those in power by nonstop drumbeat: Elon is evil, gender transition is wonderful, whites are reason for all wrongs. If he is a good businessman, Leo should know the current media is way too crowded already with those. But I guess it takes guts and wisdom and the show has none but bunch of white self hating guests vying for making a dime on the backs of the rest of the silent majority. No wonder the show isn’t going anywhere. So they go on to bash Joe Rogan and promote Mastodon…sad. Bye bye.

Great tech podcast

Used to be a real fan and things used to be very informational. Now it’s just an opportunity for another media channel to bash the right.

Elon Musk buying Twitter has really showed this show’s true colors

First podcast I subscribed to in 2005. I’m done. Hardly any talk about tech, but infected with woke political tribal talk. Unsubscribing now.

Leo and friends just spouts DNC talking points each episode, this has gone down hill the past 5 years

Listened and subscribed for years. That ends now as this podcast has become less about tech and more about politics.

This show is very political for what is supposed to be a tech show.

All they do now if talk about Elon and Trump. Used to come here to escape all of this talk, but no longer.