Mario Armstrong is an American radio and television talk show host, entrepreneur, podcaster and public speaker.

[2][3][4] Armstrong appears regularly on the Today show,[5][6] CNN,[7][8] HLN,[9] the American Urban Radio Networks and NPR's Morning Edition.

Armstrong also co-founded the Urban Video Game Academy,[15] an educational non-profit program that uses video games to increase students' interest and academic achievement in science, technology and math.

Early in his career, he was Baltimore's first chief technology advocate, under then-Mayor Martin O'Malley.

[16] He also made regular appearances in Baltimore media and had a recurring segment on WYPR.