Laporte was a guest on episodes 158 and 646. Buzz Out Loud hosts Molly Wood, Tom Merritt, and Veronica Belmont have been guests on Laporte's flagship "netcast" this WEEK in TECH (TWiT). Inspired by Japanese novels composed on phones, Laporte and the Buzz Out Loud hosts are currently composing a round-robin science fiction novel on Twitter entitled 140novel in honor of Twitter's limit of 140 characters per tweet.