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Cal Newport

A podcast about human flourishing in a technological world. Hosted by Cal Newport, an MIT-trained computer professor and bestselling author of numerous books on technology and its impacts, including DEEP WORK, DIGITAL MINIMALISM, A WORLD WITHOUT EMAIL, and SLOW PRODUCTIVITY. New episodes weekly.

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A Better Way to Think About Tech

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Do Hard Things (Featuring: Jerry Seinfeld)

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When Productivity Theory Meets Practice

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Why Did Big Tech Stop Building Useful Products?

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An Unlikely Team Tackles AI Brain Rot

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A Stark Warning From a Former AI Doomer

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Combating the Whirlwind with a Single Sheet of Paper

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An Insider's Guide to AI Doom

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Kids Should *Not* Use Chatbots! (You Should Be Wary, Too…)

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The Truth About Brain Rot

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The AI Resistance is Forming. (Should You Join?)

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How Worrisome is GPT-6’s “Stealth Thinking”? | Tech Decoded

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Did OpenAI Create “Secret AI Civilizations”? | Tech Decoded

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Rethinking the Deep Life Stack (Again!) | Monday Advice

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Has AI “Gone Rogue”? Let’s Look Closer… | Tech Decoded

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How to Build a Cognitive Training Plan | Monday Advice

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Classic Episode: How Do I Kick My Scrolling Habit? | Monday Advice

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How Do I Finish Meaningful Projects? | Monday Advice

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Does OpenAI’s Astra Mean AGI Has Arrived? | AI Reality Check

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Classic Episode: How Do I Learn Hard Things? | Monday Advice

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Did OpenAI’s Model “Go Rogue”? | AI Reality Check

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Why Do Digital Detoxes Fail? What Works Better? | Monday Advice

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Am I Optimizing Too Much? | Monday Advice

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Does Claude Have Private Thoughts? (Everyone Settle Down) | AI Reality Check

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Should I Use Notebooks More Often? (Cal’s Strategy) | Monday Advice

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Do Managers Actually Understand AI? (I’m Not So Sure.) | AI Reality Check

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Should I Turn Off the Internet? (Lessons From a Family That Did) | Monday Advice

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Can I Be a Digital Minimalist in 2026? | Monday Advice

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Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” | AI Reality Check

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Am I Lazy or Overstimulated? | Monday Advice

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Was the Mythos Ban Justified? (Good Idea. Bad Execution.) | AI Reality Check

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Do I Need a “Brain Gym”? | Monday Advice

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Are We About to Lose Control of AI? | AI Reality Check

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Should I Press Pause? | Monday Advice

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Did AI Just “Solve” Math? (Let’s Take a Closer Look) | AI Reality Check

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Has AI Conquered Coding? (It’s Not So Simple…) | AI Reality Check

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Am I Addicted to My Phone? (w/ Anna Lembke) | Monday Advice

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Is AI About to “Eat Everything”? | AI Reality Check

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Do I Need a Digital Intervention? | Monday Advice

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Is the AI Doom Fever Breaking? | AI Reality Check

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Why Do Better Tools Make Me Worse at My Job? (w/ David Epstein) | Monday Advice

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Is AI About to Automate Every Office Job? | AI Reality Check

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How Do I Build “Cognitive Fitness”? | Monday Advice

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Is AI Trending Up or Down in 2026? | AI Reality Check

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Do I Need More Discipline? | Monday Advice

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Is Claude Mythos “Terrifying”? | AI Reality Check

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Ep. 400: Should I Embrace “Slow Technology”?

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AI Reality Check: Is AI Stealing Entry-Level Jobs?

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Ep. 399: Is Deep Work Still Possible in 2026?

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AI Reality Check: Can LLMs “Scheme”?

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Ep. 398: How Do I Find Purpose in a Distracted World? (w/ Arthur Brooks)

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AI Reality Check: Are LLMs a Dead End?

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Ep. 397: Why Do “Productivity Technologies” Make My Job Worse?

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AI Reality Check: Did AI Just Become Sentient?

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Ep. 396: Can I Learn To Love My Phone Again?

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AI Reality Check: Is the Economy About to Collapse?

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Ep. 395: Should I Try a “Social Media Pause”?

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AI Reality Check: Did the LLM Job Apocalypse Begin Last Week?

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Ep. 394: Do I Need a Better Planning System?

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Ep. 393: Can Movies Save Us From Our Phones?

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Ep. 392: Are “Micro-Streamers” the Future of Media? + Why Cal Spent $60 on a Task App

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Ep. 391: Is AI Reporting Broken? + Rethinking Morning Routines

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Ep. 390: What Happens When You Ditch Your Smartphone? + Assessing the Internet’s Latest Self-Help Sensation

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Ep. 389: Is the Internet Hijacking Ambition? + Escaping Messaging Hell

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Ep. 388: What’s Worrying Jon Haidt Now? + Should You Buy a Landline? (Cal just did…)

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Ep 387: Can Substack Save Journalism? + Viral Advice for Ignoring Your Phone

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Ep 386: Was 2025 a Great or Terrible Year for AI? (w/ Ed Zitron)

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Ep 385: Single-Purpose Notebooks (REPLAY)

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Ep 384: What Should I Read for a Deeper New Year?

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Ep 383: Why Is Everyone Talking About “Against the Machine”? (w/ Tyler Austin Harper)

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Ep. 382: Is the Internet Becoming Television?

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Ep. Ep 381: Life Advice from Legendary Writers

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Ep. 380: ChatGPT is Not Alive!

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Ep. 379: The Flexibility Myth

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Ep. 378: The Lost Art of Long Thinking

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Ep. 377: The Case Against Superintelligence

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Ep. 376: The Lincoln Protocol

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Ep. 375: Did OpenAI Just Kill Social Media?

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Ep. 374: This is Your Brain on Phones

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Ep. 373: The Internet’s Best Advice for Reinventing Your Life

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Ep. 372: Decoding TikTok’s Algorithm

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IN-DEPTH: Focus like a Nobel Prize Winner (w/ Brian Keating)

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Ep. 371: Is it Finally Time to Leave Social Media?

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Ep. 370: Deep Work in the Age of AI

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Ep. 369: Why Are We Getting Dumber? A Debate.

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IN-DEPTH: The Game of Life (w/ Tim Ferriss)

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Ep. 368: I Want Work-Life Balance. Am I Doomed to Mediocrity?

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Ep. 367: What if AI Doesn’t Get Much Better Than This?

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Ep. 366: How to Reinvent Your Life in 4 Months (Classic Episode from August, 2023)

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Ep. 365: What Technology Wants (and How to Push Back)

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Ep. 364: Metrics 101

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Ep. 363: Escaping the Digital Doldrums

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Ep. 362: The Texting Dilemma

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Ep. 361: Do You Need an App Blocker?

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Ep. 360: One-Page Productivity

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Ep. 359: Should We Fear Cognitive Debt?

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Ep. 358: Are Parents (Finally) Ready to Fight Smartphones?

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Ep. 357: What Worries the Internet’s Favorite Philosopher?

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IN-DEPTH: The Art of Non-Conformity (w/ Chris Guillebeau)

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Ep. 356: How Much Should We Work?

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Ep. 355: Quit Social Media (For Real This Time)

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Ep. 354: The Workload Fairytale

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Ep. 353: Summer Schedules

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Ep. 352: It’s Okay to Slow Down

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Ep. 351: Making the Internet Good Again

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Ep. 350: Is Inbox Zero Possible?

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Ep. 349: Sam Altman On Productivity

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IN-DEPTH: Architecting a Deep Life (w/ David Dewane)

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Ep. 348: Manage Your Time in 5 Minutes a Day

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Ep. 347: The Forgotten Phone Harms

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Ep. 346: Getting Smarter in a Dumb World

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Ep. 345: Are We Getting Dumber?

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Ep. 344: You Are Not a Cog

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Ep. 343: A Minimal Protocol for Taking Control of Your LIfe

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IN-DEPTH: Greatness on Trial (w/ Brad Stulberg and Clay Skipper)

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Ep. 342: The Good Life Algorithm

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Ep. 341: Drowning, Treading, or Swimming

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Ep. 340: Productivity Rain Dances

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Ep. 339: Let Brandon Cook

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Ep. 338: Why You’re Always Distracted

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Ep. 337: Hacking Remote Work

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Ep. 336: On Screens and Solitude

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Ep. 335: On Morning Routines

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Ep. 334: Hallmark Movies and the Deep Life

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Ep. 333: New Year Course Correction

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Ep. 332: Jesse Takeover!

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IN-DEPTH: The Comfort Crisis (w/ Michael Easter)

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Ep. 331: Money and the Deep Life

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Ep. 330: Tackling Social Media’s Hidden Dangers

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IN-DEPTH: Greatness vs. Contentment (w/ Kendra Adachi)

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Ep. 329: The Tao of Cal

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Ep. 328: Analog Mode

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Ep. 327: Would Kant Use TikTok?

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Ep. 326: Time to Unplug

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Ep. 325: Simple Focus Protocols

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Ep. 324: Taming Non-Work Tasks

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Ep. 323: Strategic Procrastination

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IN-DEPTH:The Productivity Trap (w/ Oliver Burkeman)

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Ep. 322: The Discipline Ladder

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Ep. 321: Escaping Your Phone

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Ep. 320: Jobs and the Deep Life

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IN-DEPTH: Systematic Depth (w/ Ryan Holiday)

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Ep. 319: Reclaim Your Time

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Ep. 318: Take a Break

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Ep. 317: The 10-Year Rule

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Ep. 316: Weekly Templates

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Ep. 315: The Surprising Myth of Doing Less

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Ep. 314: Elements of the Deep Life

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Ep. 313: Structured Journaling

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Ep. 312: Productivity Basics

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Ep. 311: Finding Focus in Distracting Times

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Ep. 310: Rethinking Discipline

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Ep. 309: Deep Habits

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Ep. 308: The Power of the Quiet Mind

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Ep. 307: Ultra-Processed Content

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Ep. 306: Defusing AI Panic

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Ep. 305: Is Time Blocking Oppressive?

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Ep. 304: Seinfeld on The Deep Life

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Ep. 303: The Problem with Grand Goals

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Ep. 302: Re-Enchanting Work

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Ep. 301: Reclaiming Time and Focus (w/ Jordan Harbinger)

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Ep. 300: Hidden Technology Traps

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Ep. 299: Our Love/Hate Relationship with Personal Productivity

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Ep. 298: Rethinking Attention

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Ep. 297: The Deep Life Hardware

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Ep. 296: Jane Austen’s To-Do List (LIVE)

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Ep. 295: Artists Revolt Against Social Media

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Ep. 294: A Tactical Assault on Busyness

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Ep. 293: Can A.I. Empty My Inbox?

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Ep. 292: Single-Purpose Notebooks

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Ep. 291: Do Better, Do Less

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Ep. 290: Financing the Deep Life (w/ Noah Kagan)

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Ep. 289: The Email Catastrophe

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Ep. 288: Confronting Your Phone

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Ep. 287: Minimalist Notes

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Ep. 286: Rethinking Self Help

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Ep. 285: The Productivity Paradox

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Ep. 284: Feel-Good Productivity (w/ Ali Abdaal)

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Ep. 283: How To Organize Your Life

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Ep. 282: Slow Distractions

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Ep. 281: Learning Hard Things

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Ep. 280: Proven Rules for Deep Living (w/ Arthur Brooks)

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Ep. 279: Confronting Overload

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Ep. 278: How to Think

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Ep. 277: From Chaos to Calm (in 1 day)

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Ep. 276: Lazy or Disorganized?

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Ep. 275: Accomplishing Hard Goals

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Ep. 274: The Deep Life Stack v2.0

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Ep. 273: A Deep Response to Distraction

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Ep. 271: The Long Game

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Ep. 270: Depth vs. Distraction

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Ep. 269: Don’t Get Started

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Ep. 268: Stoicism and the Deep Life

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Ep. 267: Why Are You Tired?

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Ep. 266: Take Control of Your Technology Habits

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Ep. 265: Big Ideas for Deeper Living

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Ep. 264: IN-DEPTH: How to Master Change (with Brad Stulberg)

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Ep. 263: Overhaul Your Life

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Ep. 262: Creativity Hacking

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Ep. 261: Control Your Time

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Ep. 260: Make Haste Slowly

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Ep. 259: The Four-Hour Work Day

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Ep. 258: Godel’s Deep Life Stack

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Ep. 257: Refusing Overwork

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Ep. 256: Start with Discipline

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Ep. 255: The Failure of Cybernetic Productivity

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Ep. 254: The Laws of Less

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Ep. 253: Making Time for What Matters (w/ Laura Vanderkam)

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Ep. 252: The Deep Life Stack

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Ep. 251: The Efficiency Trap

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Ep. 250: In Defense of Thinking

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Ep. 249: The Good Enough Job (w/ Simone Stolzoff)

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Ep. 248: Decoding Overload

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Ep. 247: The Productive Life (w/ Sarah Hart-Unger)

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Ep. 246: Kids and Phones

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Ep. 245: “Crazy” Productivity

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Ep. 244: Thoughts on ChatGPT

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Ep. 243: In The Weeds!

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Ep. 242: The Simple Life

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Ep. 241: The Virality Trap

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Ep. 240: Disciplined Laziness

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Ep. 239: On Time and Stress

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Ep. 238: The Joys of the Reading Life

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Ep. 237: Reimagining the Internet

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Ep. 236: Hacking Remote Work

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Ep. 235: Is Productivity Overrated?

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Ep. 234: Ambition without Burnout

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Ep. 233: Escaping Your Tyrannical Inbox

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Ep. 232: The Lumberjack Paradox

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Ep. 231: Fight Burnout with Work Cycles

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Ep. 230: How Well Are You Living?

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Ep. 229: Developing Discipline

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Ep. 228: A World Without Busyness

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Ep. 227: Visions of the Deep Life?

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Ep. 226: The Productivity Dragon

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Ep. 225: Should I Become A Thriller Writer? (w/ J.T. Ellison)

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Ep. 224: A World Without Twitter?

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Ep. 223: Could This Meeting Have Been An Email?

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Ep. 222: Did Cavemen Use To-Do Lists?

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Ep. 221: Can Parents Do Deep Work?

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Ep. 220: The Two Types of Ambition

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Ep. 219: The Deep Reset

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Ep. 218: Work vs. Meaning

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Ep. 217: Slow Productivity Advice

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Ep. 216: Deep Walking To Work Less

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Ep. 215: RYAN HOLIDAY: Discipline Is Destiny

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Ep. 214: Quiet Quitting

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Ep. 213: The Art Of Saying No

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Ep. 212: The Productivity Dragon Returns

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Ep. 211: How Cal Organizes His Life

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Ep. 210: Visions of a Deep Life

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Ep. 209: Email and Living with Purpose

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Ep. 208: To-Do Lists Are Inhumane

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Ep. 207: A Digital Minimalism Intervention (w/ JAMIE KILSTEIN)

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Ep 206 – Striving to do less

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Ep. 205: Why I’m a Bad Correspondent

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Ep. 204: Deep Life Principles

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Ep. 203: Taming Meetings

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Ep. 202: TikTok Dismisses Facebook

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Ep. 201: Making a Living Online

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Ep. 200: Decoding the Deep Life

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Ep. 199: Quieting an Ambitious Brain

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Ep. 198: The Second Principle of Slow Productivity

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Ep. 197: I’m Writing a New Book

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Ep. 196: Shutting Down Anxiety

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Ep. 195: Deep Walks

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Ep. 194: The Surprising Math of Doing Less

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Ep. 193: How do I read more?

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Ep. 192 : Habit Tune-Up Returns!

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Ep. 191: Can We Fix the Internet?

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Ep. 190: CALLS: Managing Idea Notebooks

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Ep. 189: Why Did The Times Drop Twitter?

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Ep. 188: The Books I Read in March 2022

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Ep. 187: Helping 100K Employees Work Deeper

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Ep. 186: The Power of “Day Batching”

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Ep. 185: How Do I Escape Filter Bubbles?

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Ep. 184: REPLAY: The Productivity Baby Steps

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Ep. 183: Crazy or Deep?

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Ep. 182: Cal’s Business Model

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Ep. 181: Should I Quit My Lawyer Job?

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Ep. 180: CALLS: Four Day Weeks Aren’t Enough

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Ep. 179: Do Techniques Beat Talent?

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Ep. 178: CALLS: On Doing Hard Things

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Ep. 177: Is Ambition Worth It?

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Ep. 176: CALLS: Taming Information Overload

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Ep. 175: What is the Deep Life?

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Ep. 174: CALLS: Thinking for Yourself

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Ep. 173: What is Deep Work?

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Ep. 172: CALLS: The Books I Read in January 2022

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Ep. 171: Is Slow Productivity the Solution to Burnout?

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Ep. 170: CALLS: Don’t Follow Your Passion

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Ep. 169: How Do I Manage My Time?

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