Deep Questions with 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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Episodes (433)
Are We About to Lose Control of AI? | AI Reality Check
Jun 11, 2026
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Should I Press Pause? | Monday Advice
Jun 8, 2026
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How Do I Escape the “Busyness Singularity”? | Monday Advice
Jun 1, 2026
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Did AI Just “Solve” Math? (Let’s Take a Closer Look) | AI Reality Check
May 28, 2026
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How Do I Reclaim My Schedule? (w/ Laura Vanderkam) | Monday Advice
May 25, 2026
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Has AI Conquered Coding? (It’s Not So Simple…) | AI Reality Check
May 21, 2026
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Am I Addicted to My Phone? (w/ Anna Lembke) | Monday Advice
May 18, 2026
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Is AI About to “Eat Everything”? | AI Reality Check
May 14, 2026
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Do I Need a Digital Intervention? | Monday Advice
May 11, 2026
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Is the AI Doom Fever Breaking? | AI Reality Check
May 7, 2026
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Why Do Better Tools Make Me Worse at My Job? (w/ David Epstein) | Monday Advice
May 4, 2026
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Is AI About to Automate Every Office Job? | AI Reality Check
Apr 30, 2026
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How Do I Build “Cognitive Fitness”? | Monday Advice
Apr 27, 2026
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Is AI Trending Up or Down in 2026? | AI Reality Check
Apr 23, 2026
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Do I Need More Discipline? | Monday Advice
Apr 20, 2026
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Is Claude Mythos “Terrifying”? | AI Reality Check
Apr 16, 2026
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Ep. 400: Should I Embrace “Slow Technology”?
Apr 13, 2026
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AI Reality Check: Is AI Stealing Entry-Level Jobs?
Apr 9, 2026
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Ep. 399: Is Deep Work Still Possible in 2026?
Apr 6, 2026
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AI Reality Check: Can LLMs “Scheme”?
Apr 2, 2026
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Ep. 398: How Do I Find Purpose in a Distracted World? (w/ Arthur Brooks)
Mar 30, 2026
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AI Reality Check: Are LLMs a Dead End?
Mar 26, 2026
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Ep. 397: Why Do “Productivity Technologies” Make My Job Worse?
Mar 23, 2026
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AI Reality Check: Did AI Just Become Sentient?
Mar 19, 2026
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Ep. 396: Can I Learn To Love My Phone Again?
Mar 16, 2026
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AI Reality Check: Is the Economy About to Collapse?
Mar 12, 2026
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Ep. 395: Should I Try a “Social Media Pause”?
Mar 9, 2026
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AI Reality Check: Did the LLM Job Apocalypse Begin Last Week?
Mar 5, 2026
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Ep. 394: Do I Need a Better Planning System?
Mar 2, 2026
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Ep. 393: Can Movies Save Us From Our Phones?
Feb 23, 2026
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Ep. 392: Are “Micro-Streamers” the Future of Media? + Why Cal Spent $60 on a Task App
Feb 16, 2026
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Ep. 391: Is AI Reporting Broken? + Rethinking Morning Routines
Feb 9, 2026
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Ep. 390: What Happens When You Ditch Your Smartphone? + Assessing the Internet’s Latest Self-Help Sensation
Feb 2, 2026
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Ep. 389: Is the Internet Hijacking Ambition? + Escaping Messaging Hell
Jan 26, 2026
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Ep. 388: What’s Worrying Jon Haidt Now? + Should You Buy a Landline? (Cal just did…)
Jan 19, 2026
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Ep 387: Can Substack Save Journalism? + Viral Advice for Ignoring Your Phone
Jan 12, 2026
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Ep 386: Was 2025 a Great or Terrible Year for AI? (w/ Ed Zitron)
Jan 5, 2026
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Ep 385: Single-Purpose Notebooks (REPLAY)
Dec 29, 2025
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Ep 384: What Should I Read for a Deeper New Year?
Dec 22, 2025
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Ep 383: Why Is Everyone Talking About “Against the Machine”? (w/ Tyler Austin Harper)
Dec 15, 2025
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Ep. 382: Is the Internet Becoming Television?
Dec 8, 2025
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Ep. Ep 381: Life Advice from Legendary Writers
Dec 1, 2025
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Ep. 380: ChatGPT is Not Alive!
Nov 24, 2025
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Ep. 379: The Flexibility Myth
Nov 17, 2025
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Ep. 378: The Lost Art of Long Thinking
Nov 10, 2025
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Ep. 377: The Case Against Superintelligence
Nov 3, 2025
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Ep. 376: The Lincoln Protocol
Oct 27, 2025
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Ep. 376: The Lincoln Protocol
Oct 27, 2025
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Ep. 375: Did OpenAI Just Kill Social Media?
Oct 20, 2025
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Ep. 374: This is Your Brain on Phones
Oct 13, 2025
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Ep. 373: The Internet’s Best Advice for Reinventing Your Life
Oct 6, 2025
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Ep. 372: Decoding TikTok’s Algorithm
Sep 29, 2025
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IN-DEPTH: Focus like a Nobel Prize Winner (w/ Brian Keating)
Sep 25, 2025
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Ep. 371: Is it Finally Time to Leave Social Media?
Sep 22, 2025
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Ep. 370: Deep Work in the Age of AI
Sep 15, 2025
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Ep. 369: Why Are We Getting Dumber? A Debate.
Sep 8, 2025
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IN-DEPTH: The Game of Life (w/ Tim Ferriss)
Sep 4, 2025
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Ep. 368: I Want Work-Life Balance. Am I Doomed to Mediocrity?
Sep 1, 2025
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Ep. 367: What if AI Doesn’t Get Much Better Than This?
Aug 25, 2025
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Ep. 366: How to Reinvent Your Life in 4 Months (Classic Episode from August, 2023)
Aug 18, 2025
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Ep. 365: What Technology Wants (and How to Push Back)
Aug 11, 2025
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Ep. 364: Metrics 101
Aug 4, 2025
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Ep. 363: Escaping the Digital Doldrums
Jul 28, 2025
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Ep. 362: The Texting Dilemma
Jul 21, 2025
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Ep. 361: Do You Need an App Blocker?
Jul 14, 2025
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Ep. 360: One-Page Productivity
Jul 7, 2025
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Ep. 359: Should We Fear Cognitive Debt?
Jun 30, 2025
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Ep. 358: Are Parents (Finally) Ready to Fight Smartphones?
Jun 23, 2025
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Ep. 357: What Worries the Internet’s Favorite Philosopher?
Jun 16, 2025
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IN-DEPTH: The Art of Non-Conformity (w/ Chris Guillebeau)
Jun 12, 2025
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Ep. 356: How Much Should We Work?
Jun 9, 2025
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Ep. 355: Quit Social Media (For Real This Time)
Jun 2, 2025
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Ep. 354: The Workload Fairytale
May 26, 2025
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Ep. 353: Summer Schedules
May 19, 2025
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Ep. 352: It’s Okay to Slow Down
May 12, 2025
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Ep. 351: Making the Internet Good Again
May 5, 2025
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Ep. 350: Is Inbox Zero Possible?
Apr 28, 2025
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Ep. 349: Sam Altman On Productivity
Apr 21, 2025
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IN-DEPTH: Architecting a Deep Life (w/ David Dewane)
Apr 17, 2025
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Ep. 348: Manage Your Time in 5 Minutes a Day
Apr 14, 2025
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Ep. 347: The Forgotten Phone Harms
Apr 7, 2025
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Ep. 346: Getting Smarter in a Dumb World
Mar 31, 2025
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Ep. 345: Are We Getting Dumber?
Mar 24, 2025
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Ep. 344: You Are Not a Cog
Mar 17, 2025
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Ep. 343: A Minimal Protocol for Taking Control of Your LIfe
Mar 10, 2025
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IN-DEPTH: Greatness on Trial (w/ Brad Stulberg and Clay Skipper)
Mar 6, 2025
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Ep. 342: The Good Life Algorithm
Mar 3, 2025
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Ep. 341: Drowning, Treading, or Swimming
Feb 24, 2025
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Ep. 340: Productivity Rain Dances
Feb 17, 2025
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Ep. 339: Let Brandon Cook
Feb 10, 2025
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Ep. 338: Why You’re Always Distracted
Feb 3, 2025
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Ep. 337: Hacking Remote Work
Jan 27, 2025
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Ep. 336: On Screens and Solitude
Jan 20, 2025
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Ep. 335: On Morning Routines
Jan 13, 2025
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Ep. 334: Hallmark Movies and the Deep Life
Jan 6, 2025
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Ep. 333: New Year Course Correction
Dec 30, 2024
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Ep. 332: Jesse Takeover!
Dec 23, 2024
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IN-DEPTH: The Comfort Crisis (w/ Michael Easter)
Dec 19, 2024
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Ep. 331: Money and the Deep Life
Dec 16, 2024
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Ep. 330: Tackling Social Media’s Hidden Dangers
Dec 9, 2024
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IN-DEPTH: Greatness vs. Contentment (w/ Kendra Adachi)
Dec 5, 2024
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Ep. 329: The Tao of Cal
Dec 2, 2024
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Ep. 328: Analog Mode
Nov 25, 2024
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Ep. 327: Would Kant Use TikTok?
Nov 18, 2024
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Ep. 326: Time to Unplug
Nov 11, 2024
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Ep. 325: Simple Focus Protocols
Nov 4, 2024
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Ep. 324: Taming Non-Work Tasks
Oct 28, 2024
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Ep. 323: Strategic Procrastination
Oct 21, 2024
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IN-DEPTH:The Productivity Trap (w/ Oliver Burkeman)
Oct 17, 2024
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Ep. 322: The Discipline Ladder
Oct 14, 2024
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Ep. 321: Escaping Your Phone
Oct 7, 2024
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Ep. 320: Jobs and the Deep Life
Sep 30, 2024
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IN-DEPTH: Systematic Depth (w/ Ryan Holiday)
Sep 26, 2024
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Ep. 319: Reclaim Your Time
Sep 23, 2024
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Ep. 318: Take a Break
Sep 16, 2024
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Ep. 317: The 10-Year Rule
Sep 9, 2024
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Ep. 316: Weekly Templates
Sep 2, 2024
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Ep. 315: The Surprising Myth of Doing Less
Aug 26, 2024
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Ep. 314: Elements of the Deep Life
Aug 19, 2024
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Ep. 313: Structured Journaling
Aug 12, 2024
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Ep. 312: Productivity Basics
Aug 5, 2024
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Ep. 311: Finding Focus in Distracting Times
Jul 29, 2024
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Ep. 310: Rethinking Discipline
Jul 22, 2024
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Ep. 309: Deep Habits
Jul 15, 2024
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Ep. 308: The Power of the Quiet Mind
Jul 8, 2024
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Ep. 307: Ultra-Processed Content
Jul 1, 2024
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Ep. 306: Defusing AI Panic
Jun 24, 2024
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Ep. 305: Is Time Blocking Oppressive?
Jun 17, 2024
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Ep. 304: Seinfeld on The Deep Life
Jun 10, 2024
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Ep. 303: The Problem with Grand Goals
Jun 3, 2024
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Ep. 302: Re-Enchanting Work
May 27, 2024
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Ep. 301: Reclaiming Time and Focus (w/ Jordan Harbinger)
May 20, 2024
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Ep. 300: Hidden Technology Traps
May 13, 2024
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Ep. 299: Our Love/Hate Relationship with Personal Productivity
May 6, 2024
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Ep. 298: Rethinking Attention
Apr 29, 2024
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Ep. 297: The Deep Life Hardware
Apr 22, 2024
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Ep. 296: Jane Austen’s To-Do List (LIVE)
Apr 15, 2024
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Ep. 295: Artists Revolt Against Social Media
Apr 8, 2024
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Ep. 294: A Tactical Assault on Busyness
Apr 1, 2024
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Ep. 293: Can A.I. Empty My Inbox?
Mar 25, 2024
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Ep. 292: Single-Purpose Notebooks
Mar 18, 2024
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Ep. 291: Do Better, Do Less
Mar 11, 2024
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Ep. 290: Financing the Deep Life (w/ Noah Kagan)
Mar 4, 2024
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Ep. 289: The Email Catastrophe
Feb 26, 2024
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Ep. 288: Confronting Your Phone
Feb 19, 2024
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Ep. 287: Minimalist Notes
Feb 12, 2024
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Ep. 286: Rethinking Self Help
Feb 5, 2024
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Ep. 285: The Productivity Paradox
Jan 29, 2024
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Ep. 284: Feel-Good Productivity (w/ Ali Abdaal)
Jan 22, 2024
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Ep. 283: How To Organize Your Life
Jan 15, 2024
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Ep. 282: Slow Distractions
Jan 8, 2024
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Ep. 281: Learning Hard Things
Jan 1, 2024
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Ep. 280: Proven Rules for Deep Living (w/ Arthur Brooks)
Dec 25, 2023
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Ep. 279: Confronting Overload
Dec 18, 2023
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Ep. 278: How to Think
Dec 11, 2023
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Ep. 277: From Chaos to Calm (in 1 day)
Dec 4, 2023
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Ep. 276: Lazy or Disorganized?
Nov 27, 2023
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Ep. 275: Accomplishing Hard Goals
Nov 20, 2023
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Ep. 274: The Deep Life Stack v2.0
Nov 13, 2023
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Ep. 273: A Deep Response to Distraction
Nov 6, 2023
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Ep. 272: The Essential Tools (w/ David Epstein)
Oct 30, 2023
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Ep. 271: The Long Game
Oct 23, 2023
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Ep. 270: Depth vs. Distraction
Oct 16, 2023
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Ep. 269: Don’t Get Started
Oct 9, 2023
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Ep. 268: Stoicism and the Deep Life
Oct 2, 2023
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Ep. 267: Why Are You Tired?
Sep 25, 2023
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Ep. 266: Take Control of Your Technology Habits
Sep 18, 2023
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Ep. 265: Big Ideas for Deeper Living
Sep 11, 2023
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Ep. 264: IN-DEPTH: How to Master Change (with Brad Stulberg)
Sep 4, 2023
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Ep. 263: Overhaul Your Life
Aug 28, 2023
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Ep. 262: Creativity Hacking
Aug 21, 2023
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Ep. 261: Control Your Time
Aug 14, 2023
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Ep. 260: Make Haste Slowly
Aug 7, 2023
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Ep. 259: The Four-Hour Work Day
Jul 31, 2023
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Ep. 258: Godel’s Deep Life Stack
Jul 24, 2023
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Ep. 257: Refusing Overwork
Jul 17, 2023
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Ep. 256: Start with Discipline
Jul 10, 2023
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Ep. 255: The Failure of Cybernetic Productivity
Jul 3, 2023
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Ep. 254: The Laws of Less
Jun 26, 2023
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Ep. 253: Making Time for What Matters (w/ Laura Vanderkam)
Jun 19, 2023
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Ep. 252: The Deep Life Stack
Jun 12, 2023
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Ep. 251: The Efficiency Trap
Jun 5, 2023
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Ep. 250: In Defense of Thinking
May 29, 2023
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Ep. 249: The Good Enough Job (w/ Simone Stolzoff)
May 22, 2023
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Ep. 248: Decoding Overload
May 15, 2023
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Ep. 247: The Productive Life (w/ Sarah Hart-Unger)
May 8, 2023
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Ep. 246: Kids and Phones
May 1, 2023
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Ep. 245: “Crazy” Productivity
Apr 24, 2023
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Ep. 244: Thoughts on ChatGPT
Apr 17, 2023
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Ep. 243: In The Weeds!
Apr 10, 2023
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Ep. 242: The Simple Life
Apr 3, 2023
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Ep. 241: The Virality Trap
Mar 27, 2023
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Ep. 240: Disciplined Laziness
Mar 20, 2023
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Ep. 239: On Time and Stress
Mar 13, 2023
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Ep. 238: The Joys of the Reading Life
Mar 6, 2023
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Ep. 237: Reimagining the Internet
Feb 27, 2023
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Ep. 236: Hacking Remote Work
Feb 20, 2023
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Ep. 235: Is Productivity Overrated?
Feb 13, 2023
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Ep. 234: Ambition without Burnout
Feb 6, 2023
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Ep. 233: Escaping Your Tyrannical Inbox
Jan 30, 2023
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Ep. 232: The Lumberjack Paradox
Jan 23, 2023
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Ep. 231: Fight Burnout with Work Cycles
Jan 16, 2023
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Ep. 230: How Well Are You Living?
Jan 9, 2023
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Ep. 229: Developing Discipline
Jan 2, 2023
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Ep. 228: A World Without Busyness
Dec 26, 2022
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Ep. 227: Visions of the Deep Life?
Dec 19, 2022
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Ep. 226: The Productivity Dragon
Dec 12, 2022
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Ep. 225: Should I Become A Thriller Writer? (w/ J.T. Ellison)
Dec 5, 2022
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Ep. 224: A World Without Twitter?
Nov 28, 2022
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Ep. 223: Could This Meeting Have Been An Email?
Nov 21, 2022
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Ep. 222: Did Cavemen Use To-Do Lists?
Nov 14, 2022
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Ep. 221: Can Parents Do Deep Work?
Nov 7, 2022
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Ep. 220: The Two Types of Ambition
Nov 1, 2022
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Listen to This: The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
Oct 26, 2022
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Ep. 219: The Deep Reset
Oct 24, 2022
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Ep. 218: Work vs. Meaning
Oct 17, 2022
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Ep. 217: Slow Productivity Advice
Oct 10, 2022
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Ep. 216: Deep Walking To Work Less
Oct 3, 2022
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Ep. 215: RYAN HOLIDAY: Discipline Is Destiny
Sep 26, 2022
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Ep. 214: Quiet Quitting
Sep 19, 2022
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Ep. 213: The Art Of Saying No
Sep 12, 2022
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Ep. 212: The Productivity Dragon Returns
Sep 5, 2022
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Ep. 211: How Cal Organizes His Life
Aug 29, 2022
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Ep. 210: Visions of a Deep Life
Aug 22, 2022
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Ep. 209: Email and Living with Purpose
Aug 15, 2022
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Ep. 208: To-Do Lists Are Inhumane
Aug 8, 2022
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Ep. 207: A Digital Minimalism Intervention (w/ JAMIE KILSTEIN)
Aug 2, 2022
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Ep 206 – Striving to do less
Jul 25, 2022
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Ep. 205: Why I’m a Bad Correspondent
Jul 18, 2022
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Ep. 204: Deep Life Principles
Jul 11, 2022
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Ep. 203: Taming Meetings
Jul 4, 2022
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Ep. 202: TikTok Dismisses Facebook
Jun 27, 2022
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Ep. 201: Making a Living Online
Jun 20, 2022
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Ep. 200: Decoding the Deep Life
Jun 13, 2022
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Ep. 199: Quieting an Ambitious Brain
Jun 10, 2022
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Ep. 198: The Second Principle of Slow Productivity
May 30, 2022
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Ep. 197: I’m Writing a New Book
May 23, 2022
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Ep. 196: Shutting Down Anxiety
May 15, 2022
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Ep. 195: Deep Walks
May 9, 2022
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Ep. 194: The Surprising Math of Doing Less
May 2, 2022
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Ep. 193: How do I read more?
Apr 25, 2022
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Ep. 192 : Habit Tune-Up Returns!
Apr 21, 2022
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Ep. 191: Can We Fix the Internet?
Apr 18, 2022
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Ep. 190: CALLS: Managing Idea Notebooks
Apr 14, 2022
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Ep. 189: Why Did The Times Drop Twitter?
Apr 11, 2022
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Ep. 188: The Books I Read in March 2022
Apr 7, 2022
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Ep. 187: Helping 100K Employees Work Deeper
Apr 4, 2022
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Ep. 186: The Power of “Day Batching”
Mar 31, 2022
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Ep. 185: How Do I Escape Filter Bubbles?
Mar 28, 2022
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Ep. 184: REPLAY: The Productivity Baby Steps
Mar 24, 2022
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Ep. 183: Crazy or Deep?
Mar 21, 2022
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Ep. 182: Cal’s Business Model
Mar 17, 2022
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Ep. 181: Should I Quit My Lawyer Job?
Mar 14, 2022
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Ep. 180: CALLS: Four Day Weeks Aren’t Enough
Mar 10, 2022
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Ep. 179: Do Techniques Beat Talent?
Mar 7, 2022
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Ep. 178: CALLS: On Doing Hard Things
Mar 3, 2022
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Ep. 177: Is Ambition Worth It?
Feb 28, 2022
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Ep. 176: CALLS: Taming Information Overload
Feb 24, 2022
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Ep. 175: What is the Deep Life?
Feb 21, 2022
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Ep. 174: CALLS: Thinking for Yourself
Feb 17, 2022
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Ep. 173: What is Deep Work?
Feb 14, 2022
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Ep. 172: CALLS: The Books I Read in January 2022
Feb 10, 2022
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Ep. 171: Is Slow Productivity the Solution to Burnout?
Feb 7, 2022
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Ep. 170: CALLS: Don’t Follow Your Passion
Feb 3, 2022
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Ep. 169: How Do I Manage My Time?
Jan 31, 2022
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Ep. 168: Should I Quit My Law Partner Job?
Jan 27, 2022
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Ep. 167: What Do We Look Like? (Videos Are Now Live!)
Jan 24, 2022
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Ep. 166: LISTENER CALLS: The Deep Life vs. The Good Life
Jan 20, 2022
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Ep. 165: Why Are We Burnt Out?
Jan 17, 2022
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Ep. 164: LISTENER CALLS: Training for Hard Intellectual Work
Jan 13, 2022
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Ep. 163: The Books I Read in December 2021
Jan 10, 2022
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Ep. 162: LISTENER CALLS: Ambition and the Deep Life
Jan 6, 2022
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Ep. 161: Should I Follow My Skill or My Passion?
Jan 3, 2022
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Ep. 160: REPLAY: What is Discipline (and How Do I Get It?)
Dec 30, 2021
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Ep. 159: REPLAY: How Much Should I Read?
Dec 27, 2021
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Ep. 158: LISTENER CALLS: The Story of My First Book Deal
Dec 23, 2021
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Ep. 157: JENNY BLAKE: Help Me Do Less!
Dec 20, 2021
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Ep. 156: LISTENER CALLS: My Process for Writing New Yorker Articles
Dec 16, 2021
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Ep. 155: Is Your Productivity System Leaking?
Dec 13, 2021
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Ep. 154: LISTENER CALLS: Coping With a Hyperactive Job
Dec 9, 2021
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Ep. 153: Why Was Ian Malcom Sent to Jurassic Park?
Dec 6, 2021
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Ep. 152: LISTENER CALLS: The Magic of Autopilot Scheduling
Dec 2, 2021
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Ep. 151: Should you move to the country?
Nov 29, 2021
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Ep. 150: LISTENER CALLS: Finding More Family Time
Nov 25, 2021
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Ep. 149: How Do I Tame Email?
Nov 22, 2021
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Ep. 148: LISTENER CALLS: Decoding the Productive Pause
Nov 18, 2021
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Ep.147: Why Did I Never Join Social Media?
Nov 15, 2021
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Ep. 146: LISTENER CALLS: A Revolution is Coming in Knowledge Work
Nov 11, 2021
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Ep. 145: Is the Deep Life Compatible with Serving Humanity?
Nov 8, 2021
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Ep. 144: LISTENER CALLS: Is Overload Necessary?
Nov 4, 2021
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Ep. 143: What Would You Say You Do Here?
Nov 1, 2021
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Ep. 142: LISTENER CALLS: Making Hard Work Routine
Oct 28, 2021
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Ep. 141: Is the Era of Social Media Ending?
Oct 25, 2021
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Ep. 140: LISTENER CALLS: Frustration and the Deep Life
Oct 21, 2021
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Ep. 139: Am I Good at Time Management or Just Lazy?
Oct 18, 2021
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Ep. 138: LISTENER CALLS: How I Read So Much
Oct 14, 2021
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Ep. 137: Why Am I Uncomfortable With Facebook Backlash?
Oct 11, 2021
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Ep. 136: LISTENER CALLS: Reversing Burnout
Oct 7, 2021
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Ep. 135: Is Screen Time Bad?
Oct 4, 2021
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Ep. 134: LISTENER CALLS: Returning to Deep Work After the Pandemic
Sep 30, 2021
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Ep. 133: How Do I Defeat Distraction?
Sep 27, 2021
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Ep. 132: LISTENER CALLS: Managing Non-Work Tasks
Sep 23, 2021
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Ep. 131: The Elements of the Deep Life
Sep 20, 2021
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Ep. 130: LISTENER CALLS: Leadership vs. Availability
Sep 16, 2021
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Ep. 129: How Do I Get My Kid Off His Smartphone?
Sep 13, 2021
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Ep. 128: LISTENER CALLS: The Art of "No"
Sep 9, 2021
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Ep. 127: Does Productivity Diminish Leisure? (with Brad Stulberg)
Sep 6, 2021
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Ep. 126: LISTENER CALLS: A Tour of My Home Offices
Sep 2, 2021
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Ep. 125: What is Discipline (and How Do I Get It?)
Aug 30, 2021
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Ep. 124: LISTENER CALLS: Preserving Depth in the Vast Shallows
Aug 26, 2021
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Ep. 123: What Is My Daily Routine?
Aug 23, 2021
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Ep. 122: LISTENER CALLS: Figuring Out Your Values
Aug 19, 2021
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Ep. 121: Is Writing Everyday Overrated? (with Srini Rao)
Aug 16, 2021
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Ep. 120: LISTENER CALLS: Students' Diminishing Focus
Aug 12, 2021
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Ep. 119: Does Accomplishment Require Overload?
Aug 9, 2021
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Ep. 118: LISTENER CALLS: A Primer On My Planning Philosophy
Aug 5, 2021
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Ep. 117: Should I Quit My Job to Become a Writer?
Aug 2, 2021
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Ep. 116: RE-READING: Shop Class as Soulcraft (with Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness)
Jul 26, 2021
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Ep. 115: JORDAN HARBINGER: What is the Future of Podcasting?
Jul 19, 2021
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Ep. 114: LISTENER CALLS: Growing a Podcast Without Social Media
Jul 15, 2021
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Ep. 113: How Do I Become a Deep Life Radical?
Jul 12, 2021
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Ep. 112: LISTENER CALLS: The Productivity Baby Steps
Jul 8, 2021
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Ep. 111: How Do I Tame Distracting Thoughts?
Jul 5, 2021
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Ep. 110: LISTENER CALLS: Making the Deep Life Happen
Jul 1, 2021
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Ep. 109: How Much Should I Read?
Jun 28, 2021
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Ep. 108: LISTENER CALLS: Becoming Productive
Jun 24, 2021
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Ep. 107: How Do I Stay Motivated on Long-Term Projects?
Jun 21, 2021
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Ep. 106: LISTENER CALLS: Art Without Social Media
Jun 17, 2021
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Ep. 105: Should I Read the News?
Jun 14, 2021
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Ep. 104: LISTENER CALLS: Saying "No" Without Saying "No"
Jun 10, 2021
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Ep. 103: What is the Relationship Between Order and Well-Being?
Jun 7, 2021
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Ep. 102: BRAD STULBERG: How Do We Work Less?
Jun 3, 2021
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Ep. 101: Does Productivity Impede the Deep Life?
May 31, 2021
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Ep. 100: LISTENER CALLS: Scheduling Household Admin
May 27, 2021
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Ep. 99: Should I Move to Sweden or Make Money?
May 24, 2021
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Ep. 98: LISTENER CALLS: Choosing the Right Job
May 20, 2021
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Ep. 97: Should I Outsource My Inbox?
May 17, 2021
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Ep. 96: LISTENER CALLS: Emotional Distractions
May 13, 2021
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Ep. 95: How Do I Maintain the Will to Do Deep Work?
May 10, 2021
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Ep. 94: LISTENER CALLS: Battling Bothersome Bosses
May 6, 2021
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Ep. 93: Am I Overcommitted or Bad at Time Management?
May 3, 2021
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Ep. 92: LISTENER CALLS: The Perils of Coercive Productivity
Apr 29, 2021
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Ep. 91: GREG MCKEOWN on Making Essential Work Effortless
Apr 26, 2021
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Ep. 90: LISTENER CALLS: My Current Scheduling Setup
Apr 22, 2021
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Ep. 89: Do I Need a Dumb Phone?
Apr 19, 2021
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Ep. 88: LISTENER CALLS: My Notebooks and Instagram-Addicted Artists
Apr 15, 2021
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Ep. 87: Should I Switch Careers to Pursue my Dream?
Apr 12, 2021
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Ep. 86: LISTENER CALLS: Mastering the Art of Thinking While Walking
Apr 8, 2021
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Ep. 85: Are NFTs Frivolous or Fundamental?
Apr 5, 2021
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Ep. 84: LISTENER CALLS: Prioritizing Projects and Deep Decor
Apr 1, 2021
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Ep. 83: Is Email Work?
Mar 29, 2021
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Ep. 82: Habit Tune-Up: The Joys and Sorrows of Binge Working
Mar 25, 2021
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Ep. 81: How Do I Avoid Burnout?
Mar 22, 2021
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Ep. 80: Habit Tune-Up: Deep Work After Hard Days
Mar 18, 2021
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Ep. 79: Should This Meeting Have Been an Email?
Mar 15, 2021
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Ep. 78: Habit Tune-Up: Time Blocking vs. Bullet Journaling
Mar 11, 2021
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Ep. 77: Does Email Have a Mind of Its Own?
Mar 8, 2021
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Ep. 76: Habit Tune-Up: Email On Speed (Taming WhatsApp)
Mar 4, 2021
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Ep. 75: JOSHUA FIELDS MILBURN on Saying "No" to Almost Everything
Mar 1, 2021
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Ep. 74: Habit Tune-Up: Taming Trello
Feb 25, 2021
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Ep. 73: Can I Become Rich Living Deeply?
Feb 22, 2021
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Ep. 72: Habit Tune-Up: Excessive Planning Syndrome
Feb 18, 2021
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Ep. 71: How Do We Escape the Autonomy Trap?
Feb 15, 2021
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Ep. 70: Habit Tune-Up: Getting Things Done During a Terrible, Isolating Pandemic
Feb 11, 2021
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Ep. 69: How Do I Find Joy in Leisure?
Feb 8, 2021
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Ep. 68: Habit Tune-Up: The Power of Becoming Your Own Assistant
Feb 4, 2021
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Ep. 67: TIM HARFORD on Leaving Academia to Become a Bestselling Writer
Feb 1, 2021
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Ep. 66: Habit Tune-Up: Bullet Journaling vs. Trello
Jan 28, 2021
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Ep. 65: Is Productivity Bad?
Jan 25, 2021
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Ep. 64: Habit Tune-Up: A Look Inside My Book Research Systems
Jan 21, 2021
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Ep. 63: How Do I Minimize Meetings?
Jan 18, 2021
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Ep. 62: Habit Tune-Up: Managing Information in Your Inbox
Jan 14, 2021
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Ep. 61: How Should I Tackle Big Projects?
Jan 11, 2021
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Ep. 60: Habit Tune-Up: Getting Things Done on Distracting Days
Jan 7, 2021
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Ep. 59: Why Be Productive?
Jan 4, 2021
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Ep. 58: Habit Tune-Up: Clarifying Task Organization, Graduate Student Advice, and My Research Workflow
Dec 31, 2020
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Ep. 57: Troubleshooting Shutdowns, Taming Overflowing Inboxes, and Tuning Core Values
Dec 28, 2020
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Ep. 56: Habit Tune-Up: Escaping Academic Twitter, Time Blocking During Vacation, and Making Time for Big Projects
Dec 23, 2020
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Ep. 55: Shallow Teams, Vague Goals, and Pandemic Screen Time
Dec 21, 2020
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Ep. 54: Habit Tune-Up: Capture Tools, Getting Started, and Building Skills at Home
Dec 17, 2020
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Ep. 53: Covey's Quads, "Perfect" Productivity Systems, and Reducing Laziness
Dec 14, 2020
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Ep. 52: Habit Tune-Up: Pandemic-Induced Overload, Side Hustles, and Managing for Depth
Dec 10, 2020
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Ep. 51: Saying "No", Building an Email List Without Social Media, and Falling Short of High Expectations | DEEP QUESTIONS
Dec 7, 2020
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Ep. 50: Habit Tune-Up: Artificial Overload, Deep Retirement, and Motivational Crises
Dec 3, 2020
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Ep. 49: Organizing Massive Projects, Taming IM, and Exploring the Deep Life Canon
Nov 30, 2020
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Ep. 48: Habit Tune-Up: Deep Athletes, Idea Capture, and Distracting Rumination
Nov 26, 2020
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Ep. 47: BRAD STULBERG on Burn Out, Career Transformation, and Intentional Living
Nov 23, 2020
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Ep. 46: Habit Tune-Up: Mastering Teaching, Containing Emotional Emails, and Working Deeply with a Newborn
Nov 19, 2020
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Ep. 45: My Trello Setup, Student and Screens, My Call for a Deep Reset | DEEP QUESTIONS
Nov 16, 2020
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Ep. 44: Habit Tune-Up: Prioritizing Tasks, Balancing My Many Endeavors, and Resisting Radicalization
Nov 12, 2020
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Ep. 43: Unproductive Days, Content Fatigue, and Cultivating Character | DEEP QUESTIONS
Nov 9, 2020
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Ep. 42: GREG MCKEOWN and I Discuss Unplugging, Doing Less, and Finding Focus
Nov 5, 2020
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Ep. 41: Selling Your First Book, Shallow Spouses, and My Dream Schedule | DEEP QUESTIONS
Nov 2, 2020
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Ep. 40: Habit Tune-Up: Optimal Notebook Usage, Quarterly Planning, and Combating Burn Out
Oct 29, 2020
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Ep. 39: DAVID EPSTEIN on Skills, Practice, and the Subtle Art of Cultivating a Meaningful Career
Oct 26, 2020
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Ep. 38: Habit Tune-Up: Daily vs. Weekly Planning, Supercharging Home Offices, and Taming Demanding Jobs
Oct 22, 2020
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Ep.37: The Planning Fallacy, Inbox Zero, and the Limits of Ethical Technology | DEEP QUESTIONS
Oct 19, 2020
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Ep. 36: Habit Tune-Up: Scheduling Life Admin, Finding Time for Practice, and High-Tech Metric Tracking
Oct 15, 2020
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Ep. 35: Managing Deeply, Quitting Facebook, and Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Information Overload | DEEP QUESTIONS
Oct 12, 2020
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Ep. 34: Habit Tune-Up: Productivity Chimeras, OmniFocus, and Finding Time to Write
Oct 9, 2020
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Ep 33: Rethinking Delegation, Pandemic Childcare, and Balancing Deep Work with Deep Hobbies
Oct 5, 2020
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Ep. 32: Habit Tune-Up: Tracking Deliberate Practice, Getting Over the Fact Work is Hard, and Taming the Emotional Rigors of Depth
Oct 1, 2020
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Ep. 31: RYAN HOLIDAY on Ranch Life, Fostering Discipline, and the Loss of Reading Culture
Sep 28, 2020
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Ep. 30: Habit Tune-Up: Easing into Time Blocks, Planning Big Goals, and the Story of How I Sold My First Book
Sep 24, 2020
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Ep. 29: My Daily Routine, Returning to Deep Work, and Digital Minimalism During a Pandemic | DEEP QUESTIONS
Sep 20, 2020
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Ep. 28: Habit Tune-Up: Multiplying Eureka Moments, My Capture Setup, and Reducing Mass Email Destruction
Sep 17, 2020
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Ep. 27: Inside My Planning Discipline, the Joys and Sorrows of Slack, and Finding Depth Among Shallow Friends | DEEP QUESTIONS
Sep 14, 2020
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Ep. 26: Habit Tune-Up: My Fall Schedule, Tough Love for a Distracted Listener, and Deep Meetings
Sep 10, 2020
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Ep. 25: Student Shutdown Rituals, Optimal Deep-to-Shallow Ratios, and the $20 Million Question | DEEP QUESTIONS
Sep 6, 2020
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Ep. 24: Habit Tune-Up: Slaying the Productivity Hydra, Upgrading Careers, and Mastering a Difficult Job
Sep 3, 2020
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Ep. 23: Email Saunas, Preaching Depth, and Rooted Productivity | DEEP QUESTIONS
Aug 30, 2020
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Ep. 22: Habit Tune-Up: Seeking Depth When Working from Home, Academia's Email Problem, and Sequencing Projects
Aug 27, 2020
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Ep. 21: Taming Writer's Block, the Exaggerated Importance of a Digital Presence, and the Miseries of Digital Living | DEEP QUESTIONS
Aug 23, 2020
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Ep. 20: Habit Tune-Up: Productivity System Indecision, Embracing Boredom, and Craving Depth in a Shallow Job
Aug 20, 2020
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Ep. 19: Calendar Shaming, Digital Detox Struggles, and the Unexpected Challenges of Autonomy | DEEP QUESTIONS
Aug 17, 2020
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Ep. 18: Habit Tune-Up: Outsourcing Chores, Mitigating Unavoidable Distractions, and Productivity Beyond Basic Lists
Aug 13, 2020
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Ep. 17: Delegation Without Email, Fighting Imposter Syndrome, and My Thoughts on Critical Theory | DEEP QUESTIONS
Aug 10, 2020
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Ep. 16: Habit Tune-Up: Why Relaxation is Overrated and the Importance of Facing the Productivity Dragon
Aug 6, 2020
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Ep. 15: Deep Work in Groups, Social Media in Politics, and Confronting Common Arguments Against My Work | DEEP QUESTIONS
Aug 3, 2020
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Ep. 14: Habit Tune-Up: Publishing Strategies, Surviving Side Hustles, Productivity for Support Roles, and Cultivating Balance in the Pursuit of Depth
Jul 29, 2020
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Ep. 13: Where I Work, Convincing Students to Disconnect, and Applying Deep Work to Deep Social Problems | DEEP QUESTIONS
Jul 27, 2020
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Ep. 12: Habit Tune-Up: Office Hours, Rabbit Holes, Perfectionism, Phones as Escape, and Making Deep Work Deeper
Jul 23, 2020
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Ep. 11: Work Resistance, Techno-Criticism, Tales from MIT, and the Depth-Destroying Power of Children | DEEP QUESTIONS
Jul 20, 2020
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Ep. 10: Battling Email, Online Learning, and a Game Plan for Escaping a Shallow Life | DEEP QUESTIONS
Jul 13, 2020
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Ep. 9: Habit Tune-Up: Dumbing Down Smartphones, Deep Habits, Progress on Non-Urgent Projects and Training Focus
Jul 9, 2020
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Ep. 8: Fleeing a Collapsing Career, Taking Notes on Books, Building a Deep Life | DEEP QUESTIONS
Jul 6, 2020
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Ep. 7: Habit Tune-Up: Time Blocking, Document Collaboration, Protecting Time and Doing Too Much
Jul 3, 2020
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Ep. 6: Balancing the Personal and Professional, Unreasonable Email Expectations, and Avoiding Hard Creative Work | DEEP QUESTIONS
Jun 28, 2020
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Ep. 5: Tackling Procrastination, Building a Productivity System from Scratch, and the Intellectual Shallowness of Social Media | DEEP QUESTIONS
Jun 21, 2020
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Ep. 4: Promoting Books without Social Media, Facebook's Fatal Flaw, and Escaping Soul-Crushing Jobs | DEEP QUESTIONS
Jun 14, 2020
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Ep. 3: Origin of my Productivity Obsession, Analog Relationships, and Detaching from Digital Judgment | DEEP QUESTIONS
Jun 9, 2020
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Ep. 2: Improving Concentration, Influential Books, and Figuring Out What to Focus On | DEEP QUESTIONS
Jun 1, 2020
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Ep. 1: My New Task System, Deep Work with Kids, and Finding Purpose in Distracted Times | DEEP QUESTIONS
May 28, 2020
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