By Cal Newport
Cal Newport is a computer science professor and a New York Times bestselling author who writes about the impact of technology on society, and the struggle to work and live deeply in a world increasingly mired in digital distractions. On this podcast, he answers questions from his readers and offers advice about cultivating focus, productivity, and meaning amidst the noise that pervades our lives.
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2024-11-25 Ep. 328: Analog Mode
2024-11-18 Ep. 327: Would Kant Use TikTok?
2024-11-11 Ep. 326: Time to Unplug
2024-11-04 Ep. 325: Simple Focus Protocols
2024-10-28 Ep. 324: Taming Non-Work Tasks
2024-10-21 Ep. 323: Strategic Procrastination
2024-10-17 IN-DEPTH:The Productivity Trap (w/ Oliver Burkeman)
2024-10-14 Ep. 322: The Discipline Ladder
2024-10-07 Ep. 321: Escaping Your Phone
2024-09-30 Ep. 320: Jobs and the Deep Life
2024-09-26 IN-DEPTH: Systematic Depth (w/ Ryan Holiday)
2024-09-23 Ep. 319: Reclaim Your Time
2024-09-16 Ep. 318: Take a Break
2024-09-09 Ep. 317: The 10-Year Rule
2024-09-02 Ep. 316: Weekly Templates
2024-08-26 Ep. 315: The Surprising Myth of Doing Less
2024-08-19 Ep. 314: Elements of the Deep Life
2024-08-12 Ep. 313: Structured Journaling
2024-08-05 Ep. 312: Productivity Basics
2024-07-29 Ep. 311: Finding Focus in Distracting Times
2024-07-22 Ep. 310: Rethinking Discipline
2024-07-15 Ep. 309: Deep Habits
2024-07-08 Ep. 308: The Power of the Quiet Mind
2024-07-01 Ep. 307: Ultra-Processed Content
2024-06-24 Ep. 306: Defusing AI Panic
2024-06-17 Ep. 305: Is Time Blocking Oppressive?
2024-06-10 Ep. 304: Seinfeld on The Deep Life
2024-06-03 Ep. 303: The Problem with Grand Goals
2024-05-27 Ep. 302: Re-Enchanting Work
2024-05-20 Ep. 301: Reclaiming Time and Focus (w/ Jordan Harbinger)
2024-05-13 Ep. 300: Hidden Technology Traps
2024-05-06 Ep. 299: Our Love/Hate Relationship with Personal Productivity
2024-04-29 Ep. 298: Rethinking Attention
2024-04-22 Ep. 297: The Deep Life Hardware
2024-04-15 Ep. 296: Jane Austen’s To-Do List (LIVE)
2024-04-08 Ep. 295: Artists Revolt Against Social Media
2024-04-01 Ep. 294: A Tactical Assault on Busyness
2024-03-25 Ep. 293: Can A.I. Empty My Inbox?
2024-03-18 Ep. 292: Single-Purpose Notebooks
2024-03-11 Ep. 291: Do Better, Do Less
2024-03-04 Ep. 290: Financing the Deep Life (w/ Noah Kagan)
2024-02-26 Ep. 289: The Email Catastrophe
2024-02-19 Ep. 288: Confronting Your Phone
2024-02-12 Ep. 287: Minimalist Notes
2024-02-05 Ep. 286: Rethinking Self Help
2024-01-29 Ep. 285: The Productivity Paradox
2024-01-22 Ep. 284: Feel-Good Productivity (w/ Ali Abdaal)
2024-01-15 Ep. 283: How To Organize Your Life
2024-01-08 Ep. 282: Slow Distractions
2024-01-01 Ep. 281: Learning Hard Things
2023-12-25 Ep. 280: Proven Rules for Deep Living (w/ Arthur Brooks)
2023-12-18 Ep. 279: Confronting Overload
2023-12-11 Ep. 278: How to Think
2023-12-04 Ep. 277: From Chaos to Calm (in 1 day)
2023-11-27 Ep. 276: Lazy or Disorganized?
2023-11-20 Ep. 275: Accomplishing Hard Goals
2023-11-13 Ep. 274: The Deep Life Stack v2.0
2023-11-06 Ep. 273: A Deep Response to Distraction
2023-10-30 Ep. 272: The Essential Tools (w/ David Epstein)
2023-10-23 Ep. 271: The Long Game
2023-10-16 Ep. 270: Depth vs. Distraction
2023-10-09 Ep. 269: Don’t Get Started
2023-10-02 Ep. 268: Stoicism and the Deep Life
2023-09-25 Ep. 267: Why Are You Tired?
2023-09-18 Ep. 266: Take Control of Your Technology Habits
2023-09-11 Ep. 265: Big Ideas for Deeper Living
2023-09-04 Ep. 264: IN-DEPTH: How to Master Change (with Brad Stulberg)
2023-08-28 Ep. 263: Overhaul Your Life
2023-08-21 Ep. 262: Creativity Hacking
2023-08-14 Ep. 261: Control Your Time
2023-08-07 Ep. 260: Make Haste Slowly
2023-07-31 Ep. 259: The Four-Hour Work Day
2023-07-24 Ep. 258: Godel’s Deep Life Stack
2023-07-17 Ep. 257: Refusing Overwork
2023-07-10 Ep. 256: Start with Discipline
2023-07-03 Ep. 255: The Failure of Cybernetic Productivity
2023-06-26 Ep. 254: The Laws of Less
2023-06-19 Ep. 253: Making Time for What Matters (w/ Laura Vanderkam)
2023-06-12 Ep. 252: The Deep Life Stack
2023-06-05 Ep. 251: The Efficiency Trap
2023-05-29 Ep. 250: In Defense of Thinking
2023-05-22 Ep. 249: The Good Enough Job (w/ Simone Stolzoff)
2023-05-15 Ep. 248: Decoding Overload
2023-05-08 Ep. 247: The Productive Life (w/ Sarah Hart-Unger)
2023-05-01 Ep. 246: Kids and Phones
2023-04-24 Ep. 245: “Crazy” Productivity
2023-04-17 Ep. 244: Thoughts on ChatGPT
2023-04-10 Ep. 243: In The Weeds!
2023-04-03 Ep. 242: The Simple Life
2023-03-27 Ep. 241: The Virality Trap
2023-03-20 Ep. 240: Disciplined Laziness
2023-03-13 Ep. 239: On Time and Stress
2023-03-06 Ep. 238: The Joys of the Reading Life
2023-02-27 Ep. 237: Reimagining the Internet
2023-02-20 Ep. 236: Hacking Remote Work
2023-02-13 Ep. 235: Is Productivity Overrated?
2023-02-06 Ep. 234: Ambition without Burnout
2023-01-30 Ep. 233: Escaping Your Tyrannical Inbox
2023-01-23 Ep. 232: The Lumberjack Paradox
2023-01-16 Ep. 231: Fight Burnout with Work Cycles
2023-01-09 Ep. 230: How Well Are You Living?
2023-01-02 Ep. 229: Developing Discipline
2022-12-26 Ep. 228: A World Without Busyness
2022-12-19 Ep. 227: Visions of the Deep Life?
2022-12-12 Ep. 226: The Productivity Dragon
2022-12-05 Ep. 225: Should I Become A Thriller Writer? (w/ J.T. Ellison)
2022-11-28 Ep. 224: A World Without Twitter?
2022-11-21 Ep. 223: Could This Meeting Have Been An Email?
2022-11-14 Ep. 222: Did Cavemen Use To-Do Lists?
2022-11-07 Ep. 221: Can Parents Do Deep Work?
2022-11-01 Ep. 220: The Two Types of Ambition
2022-10-26 Listen to This: The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
2022-10-24 Ep. 219: The Deep Reset
2022-10-17 Ep. 218: Work vs. Meaning
2022-10-10 Ep. 217: Slow Productivity Advice
2022-10-03 Ep. 216: Deep Walking To Work Less
2022-09-26 Ep. 215: RYAN HOLIDAY: Discipline Is Destiny
2022-09-19 Ep. 214: Quiet Quitting
2022-09-12 Ep. 213: The Art Of Saying No
2022-09-05 Ep. 212: The Productivity Dragon Returns
2022-08-29 Ep. 211: How Cal Organizes His Life
2022-08-22 Ep. 210: Visions of a Deep Life
2022-08-15 Ep. 209: Email and Living with Purpose
2022-08-08 Ep. 208: To-Do Lists Are Inhumane
2022-08-02 Ep. 207: A Digital Minimalism Intervention (w/ JAMIE KILSTEIN)
2022-07-25 Ep 206 – Striving to do less
2022-07-18 Ep. 205: Why I’m a Bad Correspondent
2022-07-11 Ep. 204: Deep Life Principles
2022-07-04 Ep. 203: Taming Meetings
2022-06-27 Ep. 202: TikTok Dismisses Facebook
2022-06-20 Ep. 201: Making a Living Online
2022-06-13 Ep. 200: Decoding the Deep Life
2022-06-10 Ep. 199: Quieting an Ambitious Brain
2022-05-30 Ep. 198: The Second Principle of Slow Productivity
2022-05-23 Ep. 197: I’m Writing a New Book
2022-05-15 Ep. 196: Shutting Down Anxiety
2022-05-09 Ep. 195: Deep Walks
2022-05-02 Ep. 194: The Surprising Math of Doing Less
2022-04-25 Ep. 193: How do I read more?
2022-04-21 Ep. 192 : Habit Tune-Up Returns!
2022-04-18 Ep. 191: Can We Fix the Internet?
2022-04-14 Ep. 190: CALLS: Managing Idea Notebooks
2022-04-11 Ep. 189: Why Did The Times Drop Twitter?
2022-04-07 Ep. 188: The Books I Read in March 2022
2022-04-04 Ep. 187: Helping 100K Employees Work Deeper
2022-03-31 Ep. 186: The Power of “Day Batching”
2022-03-28 Ep. 185: How Do I Escape Filter Bubbles?
2022-03-24 Ep. 184: REPLAY: The Productivity Baby Steps
2022-03-21 Ep. 183: Crazy or Deep?
2022-03-17 Ep. 182: Cal’s Business Model
2022-03-14 Ep. 181: Should I Quit My Lawyer Job?
2022-03-10 Ep. 180: CALLS: Four Day Weeks Aren’t Enough
2022-03-07 Ep. 179: Do Techniques Beat Talent?
2022-03-03 Ep. 178: CALLS: On Doing Hard Things
2022-02-28 Ep. 177: Is Ambition Worth It?
2022-02-24 Ep. 176: CALLS: Taming Information Overload
2022-02-21 Ep. 175: What is the Deep Life?
2022-02-17 Ep. 174: CALLS: Thinking for Yourself
2022-02-14 Ep. 173: What is Deep Work?
2022-02-10 Ep. 172: CALLS: The Books I Read in January 2022
2022-02-07 Ep. 171: Is Slow Productivity the Solution to Burnout?
2022-02-03 Ep. 170: CALLS: Don’t Follow Your Passion
2022-01-31 Ep. 169: How Do I Manage My Time?
2022-01-27 Ep. 168: Should I Quit My Law Partner Job?
2022-01-24 Ep. 167: What Do We Look Like? (Videos Are Now Live!)
2022-01-20 Ep. 166: LISTENER CALLS: The Deep Life vs. The Good Life
2022-01-17 Ep. 165: Why Are We Burnt Out?
2022-01-13 Ep. 164: LISTENER CALLS: Training for Hard Intellectual Work
2022-01-10 Ep. 163: The Books I Read in December 2021
2022-01-06 Ep. 162: LISTENER CALLS: Ambition and the Deep Life
2022-01-03 Ep. 161: Should I Follow My Skill or My Passion?
2021-12-30 Ep. 160: REPLAY: What is Discipline (and How Do I Get It?)
2021-12-27 Ep. 159: REPLAY: How Much Should I Read?
2021-12-23 Ep. 158: LISTENER CALLS: The Story of My First Book Deal
2021-12-20 Ep. 157: JENNY BLAKE: Help Me Do Less!
2021-12-16 Ep. 156: LISTENER CALLS: My Process for Writing New Yorker Articles
2021-12-13 Ep. 155: Is Your Productivity System Leaking?
2021-12-09 Ep. 154: LISTENER CALLS: Coping With a Hyperactive Job
2021-12-06 Ep. 153: Why Was Ian Malcom Sent to Jurassic Park?
2021-12-02 Ep. 152: LISTENER CALLS: The Magic of Autopilot Scheduling
2021-11-29 Ep. 151: Should you move to the country?
2021-11-25 Ep. 150: LISTENER CALLS: Finding More Family Time
2021-11-22 Ep. 149: How Do I Tame Email?
2021-11-18 Ep. 148: LISTENER CALLS: Decoding the Productive Pause
2021-11-15 Ep.147: Why Did I Never Join Social Media?
2021-11-11 Ep. 146: LISTENER CALLS: A Revolution is Coming in Knowledge Work
2021-11-08 Ep. 145: Is the Deep Life Compatible with Serving Humanity?
2021-11-04 Ep. 144: LISTENER CALLS: Is Overload Necessary?
2021-11-01 Ep. 143: What Would You Say You Do Here?
2021-10-28 Ep. 142: LISTENER CALLS: Making Hard Work Routine
2021-10-25 Ep. 141: Is the Era of Social Media Ending?
2021-10-21 Ep. 140: LISTENER CALLS: Frustration and the Deep Life
2021-10-18 Ep. 139: Am I Good at Time Management or Just Lazy?
2021-10-14 Ep. 138: LISTENER CALLS: How I Read So Much
2021-10-11 Ep. 137: Why Am I Uncomfortable With Facebook Backlash?
2021-10-07 Ep. 136: LISTENER CALLS: Reversing Burnout
2021-10-04 Ep. 135: Is Screen Time Bad?
2021-09-30 Ep. 134: LISTENER CALLS: Returning to Deep Work After the Pandemic
2021-09-27 Ep. 133: How Do I Defeat Distraction?
2021-09-23 Ep. 132: LISTENER CALLS: Managing Non-Work Tasks
2021-09-20 Ep. 131: The Elements of the Deep Life
2021-09-16 Ep. 130: LISTENER CALLS: Leadership vs. Availability
2021-09-13 Ep. 129: How Do I Get My Kid Off His Smartphone?
2021-09-09 Ep. 128: LISTENER CALLS: The Art of "No"
2021-09-06 Ep. 127: Does Productivity Diminish Leisure? (with Brad Stulberg)
2021-09-02 Ep. 126: LISTENER CALLS: A Tour of My Home Offices
2021-08-30 Ep. 125: What is Discipline (and How Do I Get It?)
2021-08-26 Ep. 124: LISTENER CALLS: Preserving Depth in the Vast Shallows
2021-08-23 Ep. 123: What Is My Daily Routine?
2021-08-19 Ep. 122: LISTENER CALLS: Figuring Out Your Values
2021-08-16 Ep. 121: Is Writing Everyday Overrated? (with Srini Rao)
2021-08-12 Ep. 120: LISTENER CALLS: Students' Diminishing Focus
2021-08-09 Ep. 119: Does Accomplishment Require Overload?
2021-08-05 Ep. 118: LISTENER CALLS: A Primer On My Planning Philosophy
2021-08-02 Ep. 117: Should I Quit My Job to Become a Writer?
2021-07-26 Ep. 116: RE-READING: Shop Class as Soulcraft (with Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness)
2021-07-19 Ep. 115: JORDAN HARBINGER: What is the Future of Podcasting?
2021-07-15 Ep. 114: LISTENER CALLS: Growing a Podcast Without Social Media
2021-07-12 Ep. 113: How Do I Become a Deep Life Radical?
2021-07-08 Ep. 112: LISTENER CALLS: The Productivity Baby Steps
2021-07-05 Ep. 111: How Do I Tame Distracting Thoughts?
2021-07-01 Ep. 110: LISTENER CALLS: Making the Deep Life Happen
2021-06-28 Ep. 109: How Much Should I Read?
2021-06-24 Ep. 108: LISTENER CALLS: Becoming Productive
2021-06-21 Ep. 107: How Do I Stay Motivated on Long-Term Projects?
2021-06-17 Ep. 106: LISTENER CALLS: Art Without Social Media
2021-06-14 Ep. 105: Should I Read the News?
2021-06-10 Ep. 104: LISTENER CALLS: Saying "No" Without Saying "No"
2021-06-07 Ep. 103: What is the Relationship Between Order and Well-Being?
2021-06-03 Ep. 102: BRAD STULBERG: How Do We Work Less?
2021-05-31 Ep. 101: Does Productivity Impede the Deep Life?
2021-05-27 Ep. 100: LISTENER CALLS: Scheduling Household Admin
2021-05-24 Ep. 99: Should I Move to Sweden or Make Money?
2021-05-20 Ep. 98: LISTENER CALLS: Choosing the Right Job
2021-05-17 Ep. 97: Should I Outsource My Inbox?
2021-05-13 Ep. 96: LISTENER CALLS: Emotional Distractions
2021-05-10 Ep. 95: How Do I Maintain the Will to Do Deep Work?
2021-05-06 Ep. 94: LISTENER CALLS: Battling Bothersome Bosses
2021-05-03 Ep. 93: Am I Overcommitted or Bad at Time Management?
2021-04-29 Ep. 92: LISTENER CALLS: The Perils of Coercive Productivity
2021-04-26 Ep. 91: GREG MCKEOWN on Making Essential Work Effortless
2021-04-22 Ep. 90: LISTENER CALLS: My Current Scheduling Setup
2021-04-19 Ep. 89: Do I Need a Dumb Phone?
2021-04-15 Ep. 88: LISTENER CALLS: My Notebooks and Instagram-Addicted Artists
2021-04-12 Ep. 87: Should I Switch Careers to Pursue my Dream?
2021-04-08 Ep. 86: LISTENER CALLS: Mastering the Art of Thinking While Walking
2021-04-05 Ep. 85: Are NFTs Frivolous or Fundamental?
2021-04-01 Ep. 84: LISTENER CALLS: Prioritizing Projects and Deep Decor
2021-03-29 Ep. 83: Is Email Work?
2021-03-25 Ep. 82: Habit Tune-Up: The Joys and Sorrows of Binge Working
2021-03-22 Ep. 81: How Do I Avoid Burnout?
2021-03-18 Ep. 80: Habit Tune-Up: Deep Work After Hard Days
2021-03-15 Ep. 79: Should This Meeting Have Been an Email?
2021-03-11 Ep. 78: Habit Tune-Up: Time Blocking vs. Bullet Journaling
2021-03-08 Ep. 77: Does Email Have a Mind of Its Own?
2021-03-04 Ep. 76: Habit Tune-Up: Email On Speed (Taming WhatsApp)
2021-03-01 Ep. 75: JOSHUA FIELDS MILBURN on Saying "No" to Almost Everything
2021-02-25 Ep. 74: Habit Tune-Up: Taming Trello
2021-02-22 Ep. 73: Can I Become Rich Living Deeply?
2021-02-18 Ep. 72: Habit Tune-Up: Excessive Planning Syndrome
2021-02-15 Ep. 71: How Do We Escape the Autonomy Trap?
2021-02-11 Ep. 70: Habit Tune-Up: Getting Things Done During a Terrible, Isolating Pandemic
2021-02-08 Ep. 69: How Do I Find Joy in Leisure?
2021-02-04 Ep. 68: Habit Tune-Up: The Power of Becoming Your Own Assistant
2021-02-01 Ep. 67: TIM HARFORD on Leaving Academia to Become a Bestselling Writer
2021-01-28 Ep. 66: Habit Tune-Up: Bullet Journaling vs. Trello
2021-01-25 Ep. 65: Is Productivity Bad?
2021-01-21 Ep. 64: Habit Tune-Up: A Look Inside My Book Research Systems
2021-01-18 Ep. 63: How Do I Minimize Meetings?
2021-01-14 Ep. 62: Habit Tune-Up: Managing Information in Your Inbox
2021-01-11 Ep. 61: How Should I Tackle Big Projects?
2021-01-07 Ep. 60: Habit Tune-Up: Getting Things Done on Distracting Days
2021-01-04 Ep. 59: Why Be Productive?
2020-12-28 Ep. 57: Troubleshooting Shutdowns, Taming Overflowing Inboxes, and Tuning Core Values
2020-12-21 Ep. 55: Shallow Teams, Vague Goals, and Pandemic Screen Time
2020-12-17 Ep. 54: Habit Tune-Up: Capture Tools, Getting Started, and Building Skills at Home
2020-12-14 Ep. 53: Covey's Quads, "Perfect" Productivity Systems, and Reducing Laziness
2020-12-10 Ep. 52: Habit Tune-Up: Pandemic-Induced Overload, Side Hustles, and Managing for Depth
2020-12-03 Ep. 50: Habit Tune-Up: Artificial Overload, Deep Retirement, and Motivational Crises
2020-11-30 Ep. 49: Organizing Massive Projects, Taming IM, and Exploring the Deep Life Canon
2020-11-26 Ep. 48: Habit Tune-Up: Deep Athletes, Idea Capture, and Distracting Rumination
2020-11-23 Ep. 47: BRAD STULBERG on Burn Out, Career Transformation, and Intentional Living
2020-11-16 Ep. 45: My Trello Setup, Student and Screens, My Call for a Deep Reset | DEEP QUESTIONS
2020-11-09 Ep. 43: Unproductive Days, Content Fatigue, and Cultivating Character | DEEP QUESTIONS
2020-11-05 Ep. 42: GREG MCKEOWN and I Discuss Unplugging, Doing Less, and Finding Focus
2020-11-02 Ep. 41: Selling Your First Book, Shallow Spouses, and My Dream Schedule | DEEP QUESTIONS
2020-10-29 Ep. 40: Habit Tune-Up: Optimal Notebook Usage, Quarterly Planning, and Combating Burn Out
2020-10-09 Ep. 34: Habit Tune-Up: Productivity Chimeras, OmniFocus, and Finding Time to Write
2020-09-28 Ep. 31: RYAN HOLIDAY on Ranch Life, Fostering Discipline, and the Loss of Reading Culture
2020-08-30 Ep. 23: Email Saunas, Preaching Depth, and Rooted Productivity | DEEP QUESTIONS
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