Luria Petrucci

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Luria Petrucci (aka Cali Lewis) (born January 25, 1981 [ [http://virb.com/cali Cali on Virb.com ] ] ) is an American podcaster and Internet personality best known for her video podcast GeekBrief.TV and her guest host role on Call for Help. She is also the International Director of the fictional Geek Intelligence Agency (the G.I.A). In 2007 she was featured in a TV commercial which aired during the Super Bowl for GoDaddy.com.

Podcasts

Geek Brief TV

Along with husband Neal Campbell, Petrucci produces and hosts Geek Brief TV. The video podcast usually releases four episodes a week, with occasional special episodes. The show is part of the Mevio network.

The Crappy Christian Show

Petrucci also produced The Crappy Christian Show. [ [http://www.podcast.net/show/36197 Podcast.net - The Podcast Directory ] ] 35 episodes were made, the final episode was posted on November 10, 2005, just 13 days before Geek Brief TV was launched. The show was an audio podcast available on iTunes, but it has since been removed.

DearCali

In April 2007, Petrucci launched a tech advice blog called Dear Cali. [http://www.dearcali.com/] On the site, she answers tech questions in the style and tone of a newspaper advice column. Geek Brief TV periodically broadcasts entire "Dear Cali" episodes as well.

Ustream

Petrucci has also appeared on Ustream. She records the show while sometimes broadcasting a live show on Ustream, so people can interact using the chat room. She also sometimes answers questions this way. On June 10, 2007, at 17:00 GMT she appeared on Ustream to provide live coverage of the Worldwide Developers Conference 2007 (WWDC). [http://www.ustream.tv/channel/geekbrieftv-live-coverage-of-wwdc]

iCali

On June 29, 2007 Petrucci waited in line for the long awaited iPhone from Apple. Once using it, she and her husband Neal decided to launch another podcast series dedicated to the cell phone, and iCali launched on July 14, 2007. [http://www.icali.tv iCali] After the release of the Amazon Kindle, Luria decided to change directions with the iCali feed, and use it as her blog for all tech-related news.

Guest appearances

She is occasionally a guest on the tech podcast "This Week in Tech" (TWiT). On November 14, 2007, she was a contestant on a game show at NewTeeVee Live [ [http://live.newteevee.com/gameshow Web Video Celebrity Game Show — NewTeeVee Live ] ] featuring other internet celebrities such as Veronica Belmont, Casey McKinnon, Kevin Rose, Justin Kan, Robert Scoble, Chris Pirillo, and others. [http://www.forbes.com/businesswire/feeds/businesswire/2007/10/31/businesswire20071031005523r1.html]

Personal life

Petrucci and Campbell married on January 25, 1999. [ [http://www.geekbrief.tv/gbtv-0301-geekbrieftv GeekBrief.TV | Video Podcast » Archive » GBTV #0301 | GeekBrief.TV ] ] She currently resides in Dallas, Texas with her husband and two dogs.She has said during episodes of GeekBrief.TV that she is a Libertarian [ [http://geekbrief.tv/gbtv-0014-geekbrieftv GeekBrief.TV | Video Podcast » Archive » GBTV #14 | GeekBrief.TV ] ] .

The Big Trip

Early in 2008 Petrucci and Campbell decided to pursue a lifelong goal of going in an RV across the entire continental United States and parts of Canada in an event called "The Big Trip". [http://www.bigtrip.tv/ The Big Trip] Initially it was expected that they will leave sometime in the early summer of 2008, but unresolved logistics are delaying the start of the trip. The production of Geek Brief TV will continue along the route.

References

External links

* [http://www.Geekbrief.tv Geek Brief TV]
* [http://www.icali.tv iCali]
* [http://www.dearcali.com/ Dear Cali]
* [http://www.bigtrip.tv/ The Big Trip]