The internet was not widely available or commonly used for research during his early career.

“so there was no internet by that back then you know didn't research Google like yeah yeah yeah and and and the first thing I read was TV Guide they'd like announced it in TV Guide and it was like like a hard meeting a hard copy exactly”

Leo Laporte believes that the use of Skype was the pivotal technological breakthrough that allowed for the creation of a podcast featuring guests from different locations.

“But but because somebody called the radio show shortly after that on Skype, I realized, oh, I could do a show with people in different local. And so those those early uh uh twits were mostly done on Skype”