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OK message received. A little less wine and a little more tech in future TWiTs. I blame @theRealDvorak. No matter what it's always his fault

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That's a good idea. It's not really fun to listen to people drink. - PC Easy from twhirl

Yea, just make it a new show! A wine/drunk show. I enjoyed watching. - Ross Armer

New show: TWiB - This Week in Booze - Edward Coffey

If you DO want to keep the wine flowing then you must get @garyvee on. Then you could talk tech and about the wine you are drinking. - berchman

I wasn't that bad. Some of the conversation points you brought up with Lisa Bettany were interesting. - Verbal

We CAN'T have Gary V on. The wine tasting segment is sponsored by his competitor - the other New Jersey Gary, http://garyswine.com/twitlive. (They don't buy TWiT - they buy the live segment just before but the impact extends into TWiT, I'm afraid.) - Leo Laporte

While I do enjoy the Live show when I get the chance, the podcast version is where I get my TWiT mostly. - Adi

I wouldn't have been annoyed if you guys hadn't talked over each other so much. - Jeff Benner

I listened to the live feed via my iPhone. It was sureal, but yes, John C Dvorak.org/blog was to blame, he should have gone with the flow. Could not see that funky wine pourer though, better download the ODTV version - Darryl Adams

it really wasn't as bad as all that. seriously. - Thomas James

Start a new show: TWiG This Week in Grape. Or TWiJ This Week in Juice... - Michael Kaiser

It was fine Leo. Variety is good. Maybe ballance with Dave Winer too. Really! - Tom Hofstatter

maybe save the wine for "special" episodes? - TWiT has always been fun... some episodes are extra fun! - John Slanina

TWIG This week in Grog (is grog an Australian term only?) - Andy

No, I thought the show was great, Leo. Don't change a thing. - Gregory Harbin

I didn't have an issue with it. Variety never hurts... - Corey Marthaller from Nambu

Ah... That would explain why I don't hear Gary's Wine ads on TWiT. Perhaps the wine show's could be TWiI-This Week In Inebriation. All told I look forward to TWiT every week Leo. Many Thanks. - berchman

Thank you Leo. This week was too much. I do not like the direction the show is going. Glad to hear you will try to get back on track. And I don't mind the twitter stories. It is news after all. - glenn frasier

Maybe you could talk to Jason Calacanis and ask him to cut out the impressions. - PC Easy from twhirl

The only thing I'd blame @theRealDvorak for is a relentless pursuit of an interesting conversation. Leo + John alone makes for a great cast. Keep the wine and @theRealDvorak, pepper in some real tech and it will be just like old times. - Jeff Vilimek

Great show! Dvorak has a habit of closing some things down when it could flow a little more but would we have it any other way? You need to get the video out so people can see it in context. Perhaps your subconscious has already moved away from only audio - Glenn Williams

I think the wine tasting at the front end makes it hard to start TWiT with any momentum. Maybe you can do the tasting after TWiT? I liked listening to the wine critique, it was something different - but it doesn't really mix with tech news. - Melissa Good

I thought the show was fine- a little "lubrication" never hurts to keep the discussion flowing! - Barry Wiseman

It just seemed like an early episode of Diggnation, which is great in its own right, it's just not TWiT. I think, with your open schedule, there's no problem in having yet another tech show, but one intentionally light-hearted and off-topic. Maybe with a gadget focus, rather than business news. - ZacG

I thought it was fresh and edgy. Content was a little slow. Many weeks ago, I recall you throwing around ideas for viewers donations (like Steve Gibson's yabba dabba do). On the next TWiT I would get the tech stories done early and crack open the wine after you receive $1000 in donations from the viewers. Have a tally board showing the running donation totals :-) A bit of fun. - Nathan Davies

I'm glad you took notice. The show was okay and still interesting, but I think the quality of the discussion diminishes in proportion to the wine. Maybe you could do a separate wine tasting show in addition to TWiT (as if you don't do enough shows already!) - Phil Maxwell

I think the only problem was Dvorak and Shira. And the fact that one was trying to get the other drunk. - Chip Duford

I thought you did a great job with the edit. Listening to it live, and then listening again to the proper podcast, made me realize even more that you know what the hell you are doing. Trust yourself. - Dave VanderWall

I think it was less the wine and more the guests this time. I don't mind seeing you guys get a bit wacky, but if I'm going to be honest, Shira was just annoying. She talked over people, talked too fast, kept focusing on stuff that didn't matter or wasn't interesting, and just came across as self-important. Dvorak and Lisa were okay, but you just needed another tech-centric guest for the most part to keep things centered. Needs more Becky Worley, Molly Wood, Amber MacArthur, Veronica Belmont, etc. - Staticharge

I agree with most. The guests were fine. The topics were fine. It's just that the wine takes the signal-to-noise ratio to a whole different level. And I felt that with some of the other recent episodes, not just this one. - Steve Hampton

Do not know about CA about legal liability about serving alcohol and then letting people drive home intoxicated. - Greg

You know, it wouldn't hurt to actually have a This Week in Social * show. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

kinda fun. a little wine loosens everyone up. of course Dvorak was responsible..he is, after all, the real enophile...will continue to listen and watch even more now!!--KW in Nevada City... - kent williams

I think tha't what net at nite is for? - americanm

That's true ... I think Shira definitely needed a ride to the airport. - Chip Duford

While the show ideas are being thrown around, might as well suggest "This Week In Twitter"?! - Jeff Vilimek

Jeff: They already have that. ;) - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

I've been thinking the same thing. Or like a 'This Week in Social Media' that way, the twitterstuff gets out of the system in a different forum... - David Buttrick

And while we're critiquing the show...why apologize for talking about Twitter if it happens to be one of the biggest tech stories of the week? I think you do great job balancing the discussion, it just so happens that twitter has been at the top of the tech news quite a bit in the past year. - Phil Maxwell

i dunno. i'd love a drunk show. axe TWiF and use the same cast for This week in Drunk. Sarah and Martin can watch old Hitchcock movies (or whatever) and drink drink drink. think MST3K plus wine. - Mark Hartwell

@mhartwell maybe TWiFUBAR? j/k - Phil Maxwell

I caught a replay and although not a "normal" TWiT show it was very enjoyable and as a discussion provided some very good insights into how people approach/deal with social media. You need to get some (silent) A/C thou. :) - Techdribble

Now YOU'RE pandering? - Brian Tristam Williams

I can totally get into drinking good wine and talking tech, so it was a hit with me. - jcunwired

I like the wine and love the guest. Don't change based on a vocal minority. - Shannon Carver

Damn You Steven Perez, er I mean Dvorak! - Eric @ CS Techcast

And I have thoroughly enjoyed the last couple episodes. Me likes. Listened to them all front to back. What's that Audible link again ;) Keep on doing it. - Eric @ CS Techcast

I enjoyed the episode as well. If people want just news there's plenty of other 'casts out there, but I enjoy a little bit of personality and opinion in the show. And wine. - Nathan Loehlein

It was a change of pace TWIT. No worries. - Christian Anderson

I seriously don't think it was the wine, it was the combination of guests. Shira talks a mile a minute, plus you gave her alcohol. Dvorak kept refilling her glass, for the lulz I would say. When you had the wine tasting that included Brian Brushwood it was one of the best TWiTs in recent memory, and you ate fire. So either don't have Shira on, or don't let her drink. - Matthew

If you like This Week in Wine, you should check out CS Rumcast. No, seriously. - Eric @ CS Techcast

Maybe create a new show, This Week in New Media or something of the sort. You offer a lot when it comes to commentary/advice on new media and its business implications, but I can see how some might not want that info constantly mixed in with their tech news. Also, it'd give you a legitimate outlet for twitter news. Dvorak wouldn't be able to complain any more :-) - Doug Jones

Maybe if we do the wine tasting before TWiF instead of TWiT - Jamez

Thanks Leo. If I want people getting drunk and cursing I will watch diggnation. - Jim Williams

Let's get back to basics on TWiT, and cancel the wine tastings! - J. Gilbert - Joe Gilbert

yep, feel like the rest of you. actually un-subscribed from twit a few weeks ago, right after the last drinking episode. this was a big decision since having followed twit from the very start. should i reconsider, or is twit becoming the least interersting show of the wonderful leoville channel? - Peter Nõu

I listened live - they were all over the place - just listened to the edit - brilliant editing - they sounded almost coherent. Let's hope this is the very last wine tasting TWiT. - Michael Ohajuru

Yeah! Lately TWIT has been getting less interesting with each new episode. It's sounding like a bunch of high tech good ole boys just getting together to shoot the shit and enjoy each other's company rather than trying to be an entertaining and informative show for the listeners. Too much small talk and fluff, not enough meat. - Tokyo Dan

Don't know what the big deal was, I enjoyed this week's TWIT. I'd rather have a good lively discussion than listen to Calacanis yabber on about twitter for 20 mins. - Paul Grav

I have liked the Twits after the wine tasting. I think the girls mellowed John. Leo don't change a thing. - Ardith

It was interesting. Kinda like listening to Kup's Show in Chicago in the 70's. The tech part disappeared, but the interaction was great. Maybe a new netcast "This Week in Talk"... - Timothy Magnuson

I have listened to most of the Twit group for a long time. Show 191 This week in Tech was the most HORRIBLE unlistenable thing I have ever heard! It started horrible so not sure it was the wine. What ever else you did please stop it! Normally I love these shows and would not miss a single show. - Dirkbonesteel

90 minute long TWIT, 10 minutes of tech discussion. I don't mind the banter but these "in studio" episodes are just a party for Leo. Getting very close to replacing TWIT with audiobooks. Leo PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE no more "in studio" netcasts. Use Skype and try to keep it on topic for at least half the show. PLEASE - Al Degutis

Ummmmmm.... after 191 free shows over a number of years (not including the entire TWiT network) that keeps 95% of you wanna-bes ahead of the curve when it comes to new technology, services and social media and some of you here are ready to throw it under the bus for one less than great show? Take a look at yourselves guys... - Johnny Worthington

Personally, I liked the episode. I listen to TWIT to hear the banter and insight. Sometimes there is less insight then other times, but it is still entertaining. Leo, don't change because of what could be a vocal minority. - Larry

Exactly, you can't please everyone. - Chip Duford

A little chit-chat is good, but yeah, past a certain point it becomes less like listening to a podcast and more like eavesdropping. - Butch Curry

Good to hear. I was worried I was being a buzzkill but I couldn't get through the last episode. - Thom

As a recovering alcoholic, it's hard to listen/watch others drink it. I quit watching it about 2 weeks ago. I don't mind if you drink if you do it responsibly. What I've seen and heard in the last 2 weeks wasn't responsible. I know the signs. It wasn't pretty. - Anita Pesola

You can blame him, but you CANT SPAM him!!! ;) - Julien Bérubé

I love TWiT...this week not so much...but still love it! Only way to top it now is bring back Woz and Mitnick for next week. - andsmi

I listened to the edited version, like normal, and I enjoyed most of it quite a lot. One of the things I adore about TWiT is the variability; some episodes are super serious and tech heavy, and others are chatty, silly and party-like. For me, the secret is Leo as ringleader, serious or silly. - Bob M. Montgomery

there's a difference between wine tasting and wine drinking. You might want to focus more on the tasting and not opening so many bottles. - jccalhoun

Maybe you could ask Gary's Wine if you could move the wine tasting to after TWiT? - Crystal Tillman

Yeah, this isn't Diggnation. Lets have Dry TWiT. - Andrew Leahey

It's your show, Leo. Have fun and lots of it. Otherwise you burn out, get tired of it, or retire from doing TWiT and we ALL lose out. There's a happy balance on both sides of this equation, no worries! - Mike Lewis

I like the wine. Keep the wine. - schwegler

very glad you can't have GaryV on - can't stand him. - Brian Conn

I still enjoyed it. Just keep the bottle away from John and you'll be fine :-) - Keith Barrett

I got the feeling it wasn't a very heavy week in tech news anyway:-) - Francine Hardaway

All the news that week was twitter (Oprah, Kutcher, King, unfollow blocking, etc), so you couldn't win anyway - Keith Barrett

there was tech news but leo covered most of it on mbw, sn, ww (like pc sales, kindle drm, youtube premium content), and if he has that on twit, people will complain about overlap... - Jayesh

Noooo, don't listen to the complaints Leo. If I want hardcore tech news, I'll go read Slashdot or Wired or CNET... but I listen to TWiT for the entertainment. The best episodes happen when you get the right chemistry in the room (and via Skype) that hilarity as well as thought provoking discussion come naturally... thus I quite enjoyed 191. It was like Diggnation, but with wine and a hammered Dvorak (that's GOLD Jerry, GOLD!). Stick with the stories you want to discuss and go with the flow! - Kristian

Leo, you don't need to change the show. I think of TWiT as a dinner party with fellow members of the tech community. Some of the conversation will be about tech and some will be random conversation. It's all good. - archaictree

I liked it, too much tech is boring - Adrian

No don't worry about it, it always keeps it interesting. - Kelby

If you want to have a random collection of folks sitting around tasting wine and talking about and/or avoiding talking about semi-technical news/social media topics, go for it. Seems like the issue might just be some folks in the audience are tuning in expecting something else more technical/directed. - Ken Sheppardson

well when you assume, you know.... - Chris Heath

i've always thought (and leo said this on sunday) that twit was just friends getting together to relax and talk about the news of the week... and when there's not much news they can talk about twitter, or just ramble on about nothing... when people want to unsubscribe, well, that's their prerogative - Chris Heath

Painful just painful and Shira was killing me.. bring back Shwood - K3ViN

I listen to TWIT for the conversation and the "vibe." I hang with my friends for the same reasons, not for news content. Don't let Dvorak change the personality of the show. If all he wants is news let him listen to Cranky Geeks. - Hamilton Wallace

+1 @Hamilton Wallace - Dominique Lemieux

I thought it was great, nice to see some variety, looked like everyone had a great time - Gary Prechtel

Still a hell of a lot better than an hour and a half of recession talk. I dunno about other people but I like hearing people have fun. - Chris Lawrence

Still love the show, but agreed: a little less wine would be good. Also, what about getting Bwana back on the show? - Budak

The thing I like best about TWiT is every week it jumps the shark. I am always sad when the show is the same 2 weeks in a row. - Michael Hansel

Ignoring Twitter news when it's the story of the week is a big mistake despite Dvorak's protestations. - Gregg Scott

The only problem with the show as I saw it was wine that fine should have been accompanied by lamb chops marinated in rosemary, garlic and olive oil. But then, I was a sommelier once. - jcunwired

Leo, Do what you need to do. However, the most recent "wine fortified" episodes of your podcasts have been MOST entertaining... - Stan Augustyniewicz

this show and the last lost their focus real quick when the wine was being poured. People listen for Leo & his guests on tech news vs 99% twitter news. Ok.. Leo & Ev don't get along, point made. Lisa was 7/10 as a guest but can't contribute on tech news since mainly a photo blogger. Shira was a waste. High and mighty and she acted holier than thou with Dvorak and the others. She's a pretty face and a chic = ratings. Bring back the tech news and less eye candy + booze. - david amodt

Big fan of wine. Especially with @theRealDvorak. Hopefully a bit of the juice can make him say something incriminating. (ie: moreso than usual.) - Raj Singh

I've been a subscriber since #2 and I found this really fun. It's fun to listen to everyone loosen up a little. - Travis

Leo and John...I love ya, but it sounded like 2 old guys trying to get a couple hot girls drunk. It was like Baby Boomer Diggnation. Lisa cracked me up though. She was in fact crankier than JCD. Shira(sp?) annoyed me talking over everyone, going on and on about nothing and name dropping. - Jeff Lee

Even after all those booze and those ladies, Dvorak still couldn't say he likes Twitter. I've been a subscriber since the early days too and this was one of my favourites, but in the same breathe, my least favourite. I thought it was funny as hell, and I get some humour @Jeff Lee who thought you two sounded like you were trying to get a couple hot girls drunk. I THOUGHT THAT TOO!!! But, I know better. I also have to agree with Jeff when Shira kept talking over everyone - Kyle Burton

Continued... I also think Shira was trying to lead the conversation and in some parts direct where things were going. At at least one point, I took notice that she was directing and overpowering Dvorak and cooling him down. For me, that was a big turnoff and I actually switched to a Brittany Spears song (my iPod got ram sacked by my ex). But once i cooled down, I picked up where I left off. Sorry for the rant, but thats the only thing I didn't like, the rest was awesome as always. Nice work Leo. - Kyle Burton

I will take drinking Dvorak any day over Calacanus. - BigMatt