Even though Leo Laporte is still apparently “on vacation,” he still finds time to bitch about Apple leaving him out of their celebration of 10 Years of Podcasts. It’s nice to see Apple finally realizing that a fat prick who turned his back on them years ago by referring to his podcasts as “netcasts” doesn’t deserve to be a part of that history.
. @reneritchie Hard to get excited about Apple’s #10YearsOfPodcasts when they don’t mention any of ours.
— Leo Laporte (@leolaporte) July 16, 2015
Update: Apparently Leo whined like a little bitch and it appears that the little baby got his way… But this doesn’t change the fact that Leo was indeed left out of the original list. Certainly a long way for a former “legend in the biz” to have fallen. Last time I checked, people who have had sustained success and are valued by their peers don’t have to beg for inclusion.
Steve from iTunes just called to apologize and said they’ll add TWiT to the #10YearsOfPodcasts. Yay! I feel like a mini Taylor Swift.
— Leo Laporte (@leolaporte) July 16, 2015
Petulant Child of Petaluma
Jimmy Jam» Quote comment
How long is the fucking vacation going to be? I can see if Leo hadn’t had a vacation in years but he already had more this year then alot of people do.
specie8470» Quote comment
L&L jetted in late Tuesday early Wednesday and Leo then removed his IV Cialis pump(he was on his 3rd hunnymoon after all). The normal deflation period is 72 hours…
John» Quote comment
On business class, don’t forget it was on business class. Leo just bear economy on long-haul.
Jimmy Jam» Quote comment
Leo can’t squeeze into the economy seat, long haul or otherwise. I can just see Lisa jumping up and down on Leo’s lap trying to push the lard bucket into his seat, all in the name of saving a buck.
John» Quote comment
He’s back and will be back on Saturday.
MollyFa» Quote comment
Petty behavior, he should be happy they are giving podcasts some attention. I am shocked he is more concerned with his own ego.
GhostDog» Quote comment
Whaaaaaaaa. Mommie.!!!
Bobo» Quote comment
Rene trying to be the community spokes person for podcasts. And now a thought piece on iMore on 10 years of podpuking. Geeze Louise.
Bobo» Quote comment
He’s awful. He’s like a perma apologist.
Josh» Quote comment
Didn’t apple give him the heave ho for unauthorized video recording of an event?
Cleetus Van Damn» Quote comment
Leo pissed off Steve Jobs at the iPad roll out and he and or any TWiT employee has never been invited back to a Apple event. http://youtu.be/igwL9HmyeUs
John» Quote comment
I’d kick out anyone waving around a goddamned laptop using the webcam to record me on stage. What a fucking imbecile.
Belmont’s Fake Geek Glasses» Quote comment
The distractive power of a large image of Jobs glaring back from the audience must have been huge. This is one of a handful of occasions when I felt sorry for him (obviously, that cancer thing is one of them).
Night of the living Twits» Quote comment
Not only was that an embarrassing lack of decorum, but he’s also spent damn near a decade trying to rebrand or otherwise erase the word “podcast” in a ridiculous one-man crusade (that no one asked for).
Belmont’s Fake Geek Glasses» Quote comment
He wants to be the Netfather. Podfather was already, justifiably, taken..
Scott» Quote comment
This is really the root of why Laporte resents Adam Curry so much.
Belmont’s Fake Geek Glasses» Quote comment
I’m shocked Leo didn’t re-tweet his dick pick #suckonthisapple
John» Quote comment
Now, now, remember that was all a big scam to discredit him! As if he needed help there…
Scott» Quote comment
Disclaimer I’m still a TWIT and I like Leo. The Apple blacklisting of TWIT gets blamed on the turning of the MacBook to stream at the iPad intro. However it would seem to me that Steve Jobs would have been more hurt by the somewhat salacious, tho off handed, implication that he was using pornography while around his young family while at a house party while Jobs was at NeXT. I saw that live and remember it well ’cause I found it so interesting-nothin like that ever been published in any of the Jobs/Apple history books.
My Name Is Daniel» Quote comment
Forgive the typos. I’m pretty sure the conversation was between Jeff and Leo and pretty sure it was after the iPad was introduced. True or not if Jobs was hurt by the The mentioning of his personal family as fodder on a technology talk show discussing Apple’s policies was probably not taken well with PR.
My Name Is Daniel» Quote comment
Why does this sound familiar….
….only more recent….
Digital Dynamic» Quote comment
oh found something on it didnt know it made gawker… gawker.com/5600190/steve-jobs-secret-porn-experience
Idk why he needed to mention Steve’s young wife and family. I would guess the constant mentioning of the iPad stream kerfuffle is a PR strategy to draw attention from this porn comment right after the iPad intro. The last time Apple went out of their way to included TWIT
My Name Is Dan» Quote comment
What a scumbag.
Holden» Quote comment
Were these implications made by anyone at TWiT or by Leo?
SoupGuzzler» Quote comment
Leo see above
My Name Is Dan» Quote comment
COMPLAINS ABOUT HOW HE’S NOT RECOGNIZED FOR HIS HARD WORK…
…AND IS CURRENTLY ON VACATION
Belmont’s Fake Geek Glasses» Quote comment
+1 Belmont’s Fake Geek Glasses. Excellent point!
HelloWorld» Quote comment
Apple puts TWiT on the list after Leo pulls a Taylor Swift. Good work Leo!!
Leo Laporte @leolaporte 5h5 hours ago
Petaluma, CA
Steve from iTunes just called to apologize and said they’ll add TWiT to the #10YearsOfPodcasts. Yay! I feel like a mini Taylor Swift.
StevieD» Quote comment
nah he pulled a kayne west….
evil stewie» Quote comment
hes such a drama queen. granted love or hate twit they were one of the bigger PODcasts in the beginning always in a high rank in the early days but thats cause it was new. its just like leo being high up on twitter followers when they just started out and were not mainstream yet. but to constantly bash apple on his shows doesn’t do any favors. he was a moron to expect not to get in trouble with apple for hijacking there feed more or less at that point. all because he wanted to cover it live instead of waiting for apple to post it what a day later so what. it was the Steve jobs era it was something they always did up to that point. apple had a ton of press for that event does Leo really think they need his coverage to promote the then new iPad device. um no. i agree with previous comments oh they don’t recognize are hard work meanwhile im on my 3 or 4th vacation this year while some dont take them for many years. hes whinging about recognition yet i remember apple in the early days at least always had twit as a top podcast, classic podcasts label ect. stfu leo you fucked up own it and shut up already
cry baby» Quote comment
Well I guess whining on twitter got him a new baby bottle to suck on and he’s back on board. Funny how self-interest changes minds.
The Patrick Klepto» Quote comment
Didn’t they mention Adam Curry and DSC? Adam doesn’t even give a fuck and it’s all Leo can think about. Leo is out of control and a fucking douche. I hope his bitterness begins to soak deep into his soul, if he still fucking has one.
Ken Sintek» Quote comment
yeah just checked itunes they put twit and macbreak weekly in there as essentials . granted at one time those two were popular in the early days but now i dont know. oh wait they didnt feature them in the hot podcasts section lol. also they put the nerdist in there huh? i get why they put it in the list but the essentials list i dont think so. that episode with leo was a trainwreck then again it is with leo in it. so stupid to even whine about it. they did that mult times with podcasts and he used to ignore it he knew it wasnt a big deal it was what they were featuring atm. what a dbag. do u see tom bitching i doubt it. yet in many ways he had just as big of a following and impact on tech podcasts in last 10 years. do u see revision 3 or cnet or kevin rose bitching nope. they all had at one point a popular show or shows. grow up leo u old fuck
cry baby» Quote comment
Seems like he just got the boobie prize, and only after begging for it. How embarrassing.
And didn’t Taylor Swift complain on behalf of others? Leo just whined on behalf of himself.
Sour-by-nature» Quote comment
Why would soup care about this at all? No one thinks TWIT is even a good podcasting network worthy of a mention these days because if it was, he would not need to beg apple at all.
soupslurper» Quote comment
Apparently Apple did when it rectified its mistake and put the two TWiT podcasts on the list. Everyone makes mistakes, even Apple.
stevied» Quote comment
“Mistake”. lol.
Sour-by-nature» Quote comment
If you have to beg for attention then maybe you’re not doing anything worth noticing?
I surmise that Apple’s initial “omission” was more in that vein.
Digital Dynamic» Quote comment
Digital,
So true. Leo is lost in the tech world. He surrounds himself with people and a chat room to make himself seem competent.
Leos dick» Quote comment
The host of the Nerdist seemed generally more aware of how things like modern YT were working than Leo did.
Belmont’s Fake Geek Glasses» Quote comment
“He surrounds himself with people and a chat room to make himself seem competent.”
Not competent but relevant! Apple’s omission was just that, telling him he’s no longer relevant. His ego wouldn’t allow that to happen so he was a baby about it till they recognized him.
Esch» Quote comment
Well it’s 10 years of podcasts and not 10 years of NETcasts after all.
Joe Shoe» Quote comment
Leo you fat winny pig, you bitch about Apple every “Netcast” show your own and host( notice no Apple or Microsoft bashing on every fucking show during Leo’s absence ?) he is so Tech stupid and brain dead nowadays that was all he has of any value to add to a show he host’s is to bash or spread false info.
As Phil Schiller said on Grubers show a few months ago, all Apple ex’s follow social media & podcasts to see what tech Pundints & Journalists are saying, so I’m pretty sure your exclusion of the “Podcast” list was no accident .
It’s nice to see the real Leo in hear reading all of TD’s posts & comments
so again I say FUCK YOU Leo!! you washed up piece of winny shit,
your just an old Radio DJ that happened to have better memory than the average person 20 years ago, but Karma is stepping in and fucking up your perfect memory daily.
Won’t be long
you’ll be wandering the halls in a Psycho ward mumbling to yourself .
OhNoYetAnotherTroll» Quote comment
Really what sway does leo have nowadays that a mega company like apple even needs to answer his calls
rocker182» Quote comment
Is he still leeching Cachefly bandwidth? Once those accountants wake up, TWIT will be in real trouble.
Belmont’s Fake Geek Glasses» Quote comment
He joked once that TWiT couldn’t afford to stay in business without the leeching…I’m guessing he wasn’t really joking.
Pibb» Quote comment
We at Apple listened to the TWiT offerings, as we do listen to many tech podcasts. All we can say is that we really don’t have much respect for the man or his content. It seems to be just a lot of reading of other peoples content, and a lot of silliness. This is not something we at Apple take very seriously.
Apple Insider» Quote comment
The man seems to have delusions of grandure about inventing podcasts. Adam Curry, Dave Winer, the Gilmore Gang, where doing what he is doing a long time ago. In fact Leo is not even mentioned in the History Of podcasting wikipedia entry. Why is he entitled to be listed more than any other podcast?
Rene’s Apple Jizz Filled Lips» Quote comment
This attitude of Leo’s bothered me for a long time. It seemed unspoken that guests would recognize TWIT as the paragon if podcasts. Now it’s a pathetic concession of kindness to recognize Leo as a long running podcast, although he really never innovated the medium, and was left behind a very long time ago. This is why he was forgotten. I would guess that if it were not for a nostalgic fan at Apple, he wouldn’t have been included at all. The tweet seems to prove this.
Belmont’s Fake Geek Glasses» Quote comment
That’s why they call it twit.
Ex-Fan» Quote comment
I wouldn’t call it pulling a Taylor Swift, as much as I think he pulled a “Kanye West”
TboneGreen» Quote comment
If only his lips were a succulent is Taylor’s…
Jimmy Jam» Quote comment
yup, lol maybe leo can close out the pan scam games along with kayne west in toronto too….
evil stewie» Quote comment
Dammit, man! We already kicked Leo outta Canada, don’t make us do it again.
Because we will.
JohnB» Quote comment
+1 Tbone.
Holden» Quote comment
I like to think of it as a parent (Apple) giving in to their tantruming child (leo) by giving him the sweeties he wants from the store so that that 4 hour car journey will go just a little quieter.
G0ph3r» Quote comment
I’m not sure how accurate iTunesCharts.net is, but no TWiT shows show up in the top 100 chart of US based podcasts.
TWiT only shows up as number five on the Technology genre, which narrows the field quite a bit, and in my mind, doesn’t deserve the piddly mention that Leo moaned for.
SoupGuzzler» Quote comment
It hasn’t since Merritt left….
Digital Dynamic» Quote comment
Just further proof that Laporke is an unemployable buffoon banished to the hinterlands.
Still chuckling about The Patio moving in next door. After reviewing its menu, it’s clear Laporke’s employees can’t afford to dine there – bad news for the esprit de corps.
I really, really hope The Patio puts its signature cheese cave next to Laporke’s office!
NativeInExile» Quote comment
maybe apple is doing its users a favor…..twit is run by a big fat one!!
evil stewie» Quote comment
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I get tired of Leo thinking he’s God when it comes to podcasts. He whines about how he can’t get into the Apple events and now this. I’m shocked Apple listened to him.
I’m still a TWiT fan, but there are some things that Leo does that annoy me.
MollyFa» Quote comment
I love you Molly. JSYK.
justthisguy» Quote comment
Is Leo’s Sexy Ass son working as an Intern at the Shit House over the summer? Looked like him at the end of TTG taking pics with guests. I guess he has to pay Daddy back for the Casper mattress he bangs all those college chicks on.
Dan» Quote comment
I think that’s Lisa’s nephew… Mario, I think? Pretty sure he’s been interning there for a year or so.
JAS» Quote comment
It’s all but a certainty that Leo’s actual son is a complete deadbeat, and probably still spoiled.
Belmont’s Fake Geek Glasses» Quote comment
I just checked the iTunes podcast rankings: This American Life is #1, WTF is #7, and TWiT is….#142.
MacBreak Weekly doesn’t even make it into the top 200 podcasts.
So, with dismal numbers like those, why should Apple even bother listing Leo’s “netcasts” in 10 Years of Podcasts?
macsimcon» Quote comment
http://www.leolaportesucks.com/
Steve James» Quote comment
Here’s hoping Soup has an Ashley Madison account!!
Hugh Jassole» Quote comment
https://twitter.com/InsideTWiT/status/623204733050863616
#squeekywheelgetsthegrease
TboneGreen» Quote comment