24 Hour Live Podcast Launched

He wrote the first book on podcasting, and retired from his day job earlier this year to focus on podcasting full time. And as of 6 a.m. this morning, he's kicked off a live, 24-hour podcast from his new home in Makakilo. Who is this madman? Todd Cochrane, host of twice-weekly tech podcast Geek News Central and founder and CEO of new media company RawVoice.

Todd will be broadcasting live video and audio and recording podcast segments until 6 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 22. He's got guests lined up around the clock (including Roxanne Darling, Andy McCaskey, and his mom) to keep the conversation alive... and to help keep him awake. I'll be joining him near the last stretch of this media marathon.

Listen and join in via TalkShoe, or watch and chat at Ustream.

Throughout the 24-hour live podcast, Todd be continuing to raise funds for the One Laptop Per Child initiative. His Geek News Central listeners have already paid for three OLPCs.