Baszucki was born on January 20, 1963, in Canada.[2] He attended Eden Prairie High School in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, where he was the captain of his high school TV quiz team.[2] He later went on to host his own talk radio show for KSCO Radio Santa Cruz from February to July 2003.[3][4] Baszucki studied engineering and computer science at Stanford University.[4] He graduated in 1985 as a General Motors Scholar in electrical engineering.[5]