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The Cal Newport Show
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.
Episodes
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Ep. 286: Rethinking Self Help
A key step in cultivating a deep life is reflecting on what matters to you and the best strategies for pursuing it. This, in turn, requires that you engage in…
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Ep. 285: The Productivity Paradox
One of the more interesting realities of people who live remarkable lives is that they are often much less busy than the rest of us. In this episode, Cal…
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Ep. 284: Feel-Good Productivity (w/ Ali Abdaal)
Call talks with Ali Abdaal about his journey from doctor to YouTube sensation, and then dives deep into Ali’s new book, “Feel-Good Productivity,” and the…
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Ep. 283: How To Organize Your Life
What is the correct first step in transforming your life into something deeper? Traditional advice says to start with a clear vision of what you value. Cal has…
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Ep. 282: Slow Distractions
During the New Year season it is common to talk about how to be more productive. But what about the downtime between your major pursuits? In this episode, Cal…
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Ep. 281: Learning Hard Things
One of the more important abilities to cultivate for the year ahead is comfort learning complicated (and therefore valuable) new things. In this episode, Cal…
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Ep. 280: Proven Rules for Deep Living (w/ Arthur Brooks)
The mega-bestselling writer Arthur Brooks is one of the rare individuals to have both lived a carefully cultivated deep life and written a book on the topic…
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Ep. 279: Confronting Overload
We talk a lot on this show about getting more done, but what’s the best way to handle the inevitable situation in which you have too much to do? Cal walks…
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Ep. 278: How to Think
One of the most important skills for cultivating a satisfying and high impact life is one we rarely discuss: the art of serious thinking. In this episode, Cal…
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Ep. 277: From Chaos to Calm (in 1 day)
We talk a lot on this show about remaining organized in a digital workplace that drowns us with incoming obligations. In this episode, Cal focuses on the key…
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Ep. 276: Lazy or Disorganized?
One of the most common types of messages sent in from listeners of this podcast are self-recriminations about laziness. But what does “laziness” actually mean?…
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Ep. 275: Accomplishing Hard Goals
How you accomplish important goals: The type that can transform your life in remarkable ways? In this episode, Cal breaks down the common mistakes we make in…
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Ep. 274: The Deep Life Stack v2.0
Based on extensive feedback from listeners and new research, Cal is ready to unveil his new and improved version of the Deep Life Stack, his foundational…
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Ep. 273: A Deep Response to Distraction
A viral video making the rounds recently argues that the key to promoting learning is to deliver education in apps that are equally addictive as social media…
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Ep. 272: The Essential Tools (w/ David Epstein)
In this episode, Cal reviews what he believes to be the four essential tools for feeling on top of everything you need to do. If you’re missing one of these…
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Ep. 271: The Long Game
Much of the advice we discuss is about how to improve things right now. But what are the right strategies for ensuring that we’re happy about where we are five…
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Ep. 270: Depth vs. Distraction
An increasing number of people are suffering from “super distractions” that rise above the level of harmless diversion and instead start to actively hold them…
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Ep. 269: Don’t Get Started
After an episode in which Cal reviewed ancient wisdom on cultivating a deeper life, he turns his attention back to more recent advice. Focusing on three of the…
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Ep. 268: Stoicism and the Deep Life
Stoicism seems to be all the rage at the moment. In what ways is it relevant to our question to live deeply in a distracted world? And in what ways is it not?…
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Ep. 267: Why Are You Tired?
Knowledge workers increasingly describe themselves as exhausted and burnt out. Why is this happening? In this episode, Cal argues that some of the obvious…
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Ep. 266: Take Control of Your Technology Habits
Do we need to move to a ranch in the middle of nowhere to take control of our technology habits? Cal argues that these types of extreme examples are…
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Ep. 265: Big Ideas for Deeper Living
In this episode, Cal visits eight of the most influential books in personal productivity, identifying for each a single idea that ended up most resonating both…
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Ep. 264: IN-DEPTH: How to Master Change (with Brad Stulberg)
Change is unavoidable. You can either fear it or learn to master it. In this interview episode, Cal talks with longtime friend of the show, Brad Stulberg…
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Ep. 263: Overhaul Your Life
Too many people believe that the New Year is the right time to undertake major improvements to your life. In this episode, Cal argues that it is instead right…
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Ep. 262: Creativity Hacking
When it comes to generating fantastic ideas – the type that can make your career – you don’t have to passively wait for inspiration to strike. You can…
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Ep. 261: Control Your Time
In celebration of the newly released *second* edition of the Time Block Planner, Cal provides some additional expert tips for getting the most out of a time…
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Ep. 260: Make Haste Slowly
One of the most popular (and widely forgotten) slogans of the ancient world was Festina Lente, or, “Make Haste Slowly.” In this episode, Cal looks deeper at…
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Ep. 259: The Four-Hour Work Day
Do you ever feel completely overwhelmed by everything you have to do? The writer Oliver Burkeman recently experimented with an unexpected response to this…
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Ep. 258: Godel’s Deep Life Stack
Do history’s greatest thinkers care about time management? In today’s episode, Cal analyzes the system that the mathematician and philosopher, Kurt Godel, used…
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Ep. 257: Refusing Overwork
Sometimes the most effective way to contain your workload is to simply declare how long you’re willing to work and then refuse to violate your pledge. In this…
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Ep. 256: Start with Discipline
In Cal’s new “deep life stack” the first layer toward finding more meaning is to develop discipline. Why does this come first? In this episode, Cal dives…
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Ep. 255: The Failure of Cybernetic Productivity
Over the past twenty years, “productivity” has come to be synonymous with using digital tools to speed up non-essential parts of knowledge work. As cal argues…
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Ep. 254: The Laws of Less
Some of the most interesting and impactful people in the world build their work around a commitment to doing only a few things very well. No one remembers that…
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Ep. 253: Making Time for What Matters (w/ Laura Vanderkam)
In this episode, Cal is joined by Laura Vanderkam (author of Tranquility by Tuesday and co-host of the Best of Both Worlds podcast). Cal and Laura tackle a…
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Ep. 252: The Deep Life Stack
How do you leave a life of superficial distraction and cultivate something deeper? In today’s episode, Cal describes “The Deep Life Stack,” an approach to…
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Ep. 251: The Efficiency Trap
Productivity YouTube is filled with breathless videos about optimizing systems and squeezing every ounce of speed out of your common habits. But does all of…
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Ep. 250: In Defense of Thinking
The art of thinking – plain, old-fashioned, hard concentration on useful ideas – is rapidly vanishing as our culture recasts humans as the custodians and…
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Ep. 249: The Good Enough Job (w/ Simone Stolzoff)
Do you live to work or work to live? In this episode, Cal talks with author Simone Stolfzoff about his provocative new book, THE GOOD ENOUGH JOB. Cal then…
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Ep. 248: Decoding Overload
Few professional experiences feel worse than overload. But what really causes this unfortunate state? In this episode, Cal takes a closer look at overload…
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Ep. 247: The Productive Life (w/ Sarah Hart-Unger)
We talk a lot on this show about how to be more organized and intentional in how you spend your time at work. But what about at home? In this episode, Cal is…
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Ep. 246: Kids and Phones
Are smartphones bad for kids? Cal walks through the data on this question, including how researchers came to be worried, their findings, critiques of their…
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Ep. 245: “Crazy” Productivity
In this episode Cal – against his better judgment – answers questions on the fly, with no advance plan or preparation. He also does a Deep Dive about the…
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Ep. 244: Thoughts on ChatGPT
Are new AI technologies like ChatGPT about to massively disrupt our world? Drawing from his recent New Yorker article on the topic, Cal explains exactly how…
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Ep. 243: In The Weeds!
Cal Newport answers 10 questions from his audience ranging from idea management to the Deep Life to writing. Throughout all the answers, you’ll hear Cal…
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Ep. 242: The Simple Life
Why do stories of people moving to the country to dedicate their lives to simple living resonate so strongly with us overworked knowledge workers? Cal explores…
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Ep. 241: The Virality Trap
Why does Twitter maintain such a strong grip on those who produce things with their minds for a living? Is it really so critical that we all spend so many…
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Ep. 240: Disciplined Laziness
You can’t just turn a “work harder” or “relax” knob. Once you realize that productivity ideas can offer you great autonomy in shaping your life - however you…
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Ep. 239: On Time and Stress
The relationship with time is one of the more interesting things going on in work culture. Many knowledge workers take on too much work and become overloaded…
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Ep. 238: The Joys of the Reading Life
The reading life is a deep life. The screen-filled life can be primitive and exhausting. Which one do you want? Below are the questions covered in today's…
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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
Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: bit.ly/3U3sTvo DEEP DIVE: A World Without Busyness? [4:51] - In an era of Quiet Quitting is it easier to…
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Ep. 227: Visions of the Deep Life?
Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: bit.ly/3U3sTvo - DEEP DIVE: Should I Manage Time or Stress? [2:50] - How do I switch from a push to pull…