All Episodes
Deep Questions with Cal Newport — 419 episodes
Dear AI Companies: Stop the “Doom Trolling” | AI Reality Check
How Do I Build “Cognitive Fitness”? | Monday Advice
Is Claude Mythos “Terrifying”? | AI Reality Check
Ep. 400: Should I Embrace “Slow Technology”?
AI Reality Check: Is AI Stealing Entry-Level Jobs?
Ep. 399: Is Deep Work Still Possible in 2026?
AI Reality Check: Can LLMs “Scheme”?
Ep. 398: How Do I Find Purpose in a Distracted World? (w/ Arthur Brooks)
AI Reality Check: Are LLMs a Dead End?
Ep. 397: Why Do “Productivity Technologies” Make My Job Worse?
AI Reality Check: Did AI Just Become Sentient?
Ep. 396: Can I Learn To Love My Phone Again?
AI Reality Check: Is the Economy About to Collapse?
Ep. 395: Should I Try a “Social Media Pause”?
AI Reality Check: Did the LLM Job Apocalypse Begin Last Week?
Ep. 394: Do I Need a Better Planning System?
Ep. 393: Can Movies Save Us From Our Phones?
Ep. 392: Are “Micro-Streamers” the Future of Media? + Why Cal Spent $60 on a Task App
Ep. 391: Is AI Reporting Broken? + Rethinking Morning Routines
Ep. 390: What Happens When You Ditch Your Smartphone? + Assessing the Internet’s Latest Self-Help Sensation
Ep. 389: Is the Internet Hijacking Ambition? + Escaping Messaging Hell
Ep. 388: What’s Worrying Jon Haidt Now? + Should You Buy a Landline? (Cal just did…)
Ep 387: Can Substack Save Journalism? + Viral Advice for Ignoring Your Phone
Ep 386: Was 2025 a Great or Terrible Year for AI? (w/ Ed Zitron)
Ep 385: Single-Purpose Notebooks (REPLAY)
Ep 384: What Should I Read for a Deeper New Year?
Ep 383: Why Is Everyone Talking About “Against the Machine”? (w/ Tyler Austin Harper)
Ep. 382: Is the Internet Becoming Television?
Ep. Ep 381: Life Advice from Legendary Writers
Ep. 380: ChatGPT is Not Alive!
Ep. 379: The Flexibility Myth
Ep. 378: The Lost Art of Long Thinking
Ep. 377: The Case Against Superintelligence
Ep. 376: The Lincoln Protocol
Ep. 375: Did OpenAI Just Kill Social Media?
Ep. 374: This is Your Brain on Phones
Ep. 373: The Internet’s Best Advice for Reinventing Your Life
Ep. 372: Decoding TikTok’s Algorithm
IN-DEPTH: Focus like a Nobel Prize Winner (w/ Brian Keating)
Ep. 371: Is it Finally Time to Leave Social Media?
Ep. 370: Deep Work in the Age of AI
Ep. 369: Why Are We Getting Dumber? A Debate.
IN-DEPTH: The Game of Life (w/ Tim Ferriss)
Ep. 368: I Want Work-Life Balance. Am I Doomed to Mediocrity?
Ep. 367: What if AI Doesn’t Get Much Better Than This?
Ep. 366: How to Reinvent Your Life in 4 Months (Classic Episode from August, 2023)
Ep. 365: What Technology Wants (and How to Push Back)
Ep. 364: Metrics 101
Ep. 363: Escaping the Digital Doldrums
Ep. 362: The Texting Dilemma
Ep. 361: Do You Need an App Blocker?
Ep. 360: One-Page Productivity
Ep. 359: Should We Fear Cognitive Debt?
Ep. 358: Are Parents (Finally) Ready to Fight Smartphones?
Ep. 357: What Worries the Internet’s Favorite Philosopher?
IN-DEPTH: The Art of Non-Conformity (w/ Chris Guillebeau)
Ep. 356: How Much Should We Work?
Ep. 355: Quit Social Media (For Real This Time)
Ep. 354: The Workload Fairytale
Ep. 353: Summer Schedules
Ep. 352: It’s Okay to Slow Down
Ep. 351: Making the Internet Good Again
Ep. 350: Is Inbox Zero Possible?
Ep. 349: Sam Altman On Productivity
IN-DEPTH: Architecting a Deep Life (w/ David Dewane)
Ep. 348: Manage Your Time in 5 Minutes a Day
Ep. 347: The Forgotten Phone Harms
Ep. 346: Getting Smarter in a Dumb World
Ep. 345: Are We Getting Dumber?
Ep. 344: You Are Not a Cog
Ep. 343: A Minimal Protocol for Taking Control of Your LIfe
IN-DEPTH: Greatness on Trial (w/ Brad Stulberg and Clay Skipper)
Ep. 342: The Good Life Algorithm
Ep. 341: Drowning, Treading, or Swimming
Ep. 340: Productivity Rain Dances
Ep. 339: Let Brandon Cook
Ep. 338: Why You’re Always Distracted
Ep. 337: Hacking Remote Work
Ep. 336: On Screens and Solitude
Ep. 335: On Morning Routines
Ep. 334: Hallmark Movies and the Deep Life
Ep. 333: New Year Course Correction
Ep. 332: Jesse Takeover!
IN-DEPTH: The Comfort Crisis (w/ Michael Easter)
Ep. 331: Money and the Deep Life
Ep. 330: Tackling Social Media’s Hidden Dangers
IN-DEPTH: Greatness vs. Contentment (w/ Kendra Adachi)
Ep. 329: The Tao of Cal
Ep. 328: Analog Mode
Ep. 327: Would Kant Use TikTok?
Ep. 326: Time to Unplug
Ep. 325: Simple Focus Protocols
Ep. 324: Taming Non-Work Tasks
Ep. 323: Strategic Procrastination
IN-DEPTH:The Productivity Trap (w/ Oliver Burkeman)
Ep. 322: The Discipline Ladder
Ep. 321: Escaping Your Phone
Ep. 320: Jobs and the Deep Life
IN-DEPTH: Systematic Depth (w/ Ryan Holiday)
Ep. 319: Reclaim Your Time
Ep. 318: Take a Break
Ep. 317: The 10-Year Rule
Ep. 316: Weekly Templates
Ep. 315: The Surprising Myth of Doing Less
Ep. 314: Elements of the Deep Life
Ep. 313: Structured Journaling
Ep. 312: Productivity Basics
Ep. 311: Finding Focus in Distracting Times
Ep. 310: Rethinking Discipline
Ep. 309: Deep Habits
Ep. 308: The Power of the Quiet Mind
Ep. 307: Ultra-Processed Content
Ep. 306: Defusing AI Panic
Ep. 305: Is Time Blocking Oppressive?
Ep. 304: Seinfeld on The Deep Life
Ep. 303: The Problem with Grand Goals
Ep. 302: Re-Enchanting Work
Ep. 301: Reclaiming Time and Focus (w/ Jordan Harbinger)
Ep. 300: Hidden Technology Traps
Ep. 299: Our Love/Hate Relationship with Personal Productivity
Ep. 298: Rethinking Attention
Ep. 297: The Deep Life Hardware
Ep. 296: Jane Austen’s To-Do List (LIVE)
Ep. 295: Artists Revolt Against Social Media
Ep. 294: A Tactical Assault on Busyness
Ep. 293: Can A.I. Empty My Inbox?
Ep. 292: Single-Purpose Notebooks
Ep. 291: Do Better, Do Less
Ep. 290: Financing the Deep Life (w/ Noah Kagan)
Ep. 289: The Email Catastrophe
Ep. 288: Confronting Your Phone
Ep. 287: Minimalist Notes
Ep. 286: Rethinking Self Help
Ep. 285: The Productivity Paradox
Ep. 284: Feel-Good Productivity (w/ Ali Abdaal)
Ep. 283: How To Organize Your Life
Ep. 282: Slow Distractions
Ep. 281: Learning Hard Things
Ep. 280: Proven Rules for Deep Living (w/ Arthur Brooks)
Ep. 279: Confronting Overload
Ep. 278: How to Think
Ep. 277: From Chaos to Calm (in 1 day)
Ep. 276: Lazy or Disorganized?
Ep. 275: Accomplishing Hard Goals
Ep. 274: The Deep Life Stack v2.0
Ep. 273: A Deep Response to Distraction
Ep. 272: The Essential Tools (w/ David Epstein)
Ep. 271: The Long Game
Ep. 270: Depth vs. Distraction
Ep. 269: Don’t Get Started
Ep. 268: Stoicism and the Deep Life
Ep. 267: Why Are You Tired?
Ep. 266: Take Control of Your Technology Habits
Ep. 265: Big Ideas for Deeper Living
Ep. 264: IN-DEPTH: How to Master Change (with Brad Stulberg)
Ep. 263: Overhaul Your Life
Ep. 262: Creativity Hacking
Ep. 261: Control Your Time
Ep. 260: Make Haste Slowly
Ep. 259: The Four-Hour Work Day
Ep. 258: Godel’s Deep Life Stack
Ep. 257: Refusing Overwork
Ep. 256: Start with Discipline
Ep. 255: The Failure of Cybernetic Productivity
Ep. 254: The Laws of Less
Ep. 253: Making Time for What Matters (w/ Laura Vanderkam)
Ep. 252: The Deep Life Stack
Ep. 251: The Efficiency Trap
Ep. 250: In Defense of Thinking
Ep. 249: The Good Enough Job (w/ Simone Stolzoff)
Ep. 248: Decoding Overload
Ep. 247: The Productive Life (w/ Sarah Hart-Unger)
Ep. 246: Kids and Phones
Ep. 245: “Crazy” Productivity
Ep. 244: Thoughts on ChatGPT
Ep. 243: In The Weeds!
Ep. 242: The Simple Life
Ep. 241: The Virality Trap
Ep. 240: Disciplined Laziness
Ep. 239: On Time and Stress
Ep. 238: The Joys of the Reading Life
Ep. 237: Reimagining the Internet
Ep. 236: Hacking Remote Work
Ep. 235: Is Productivity Overrated?
Ep. 234: Ambition without Burnout
Ep. 233: Escaping Your Tyrannical Inbox
Ep. 232: The Lumberjack Paradox
Ep. 231: Fight Burnout with Work Cycles
Ep. 230: How Well Are You Living?
Ep. 229: Developing Discipline
Ep. 228: A World Without Busyness
Ep. 227: Visions of the Deep Life?
Ep. 226: The Productivity Dragon
Ep. 225: Should I Become A Thriller Writer? (w/ J.T. Ellison)
Ep. 224: A World Without Twitter?
Ep. 223: Could This Meeting Have Been An Email?
Ep. 222: Did Cavemen Use To-Do Lists?
Ep. 221: Can Parents Do Deep Work?
Ep. 220: The Two Types of Ambition
Listen to This: The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
Ep. 219: The Deep Reset
Ep. 218: Work vs. Meaning
Ep. 217: Slow Productivity Advice
Ep. 216: Deep Walking To Work Less
Ep. 215: RYAN HOLIDAY: Discipline Is Destiny
Ep. 214: Quiet Quitting
Ep. 213: The Art Of Saying No
Ep. 212: The Productivity Dragon Returns
Ep. 211: How Cal Organizes His Life
Ep. 210: Visions of a Deep Life
Ep. 209: Email and Living with Purpose
Ep. 208: To-Do Lists Are Inhumane
Ep. 207: A Digital Minimalism Intervention (w/ JAMIE KILSTEIN)
Ep 206 – Striving to do less
Ep. 205: Why I’m a Bad Correspondent
Ep. 204: Deep Life Principles
Ep. 203: Taming Meetings
Ep. 202: TikTok Dismisses Facebook
Ep. 201: Making a Living Online
Ep. 200: Decoding the Deep Life
Ep. 199: Quieting an Ambitious Brain
Ep. 198: The Second Principle of Slow Productivity
Ep. 197: I’m Writing a New Book
Ep. 196: Shutting Down Anxiety
Ep. 195: Deep Walks
Ep. 194: The Surprising Math of Doing Less
Ep. 193: How do I read more?
Ep. 192 : Habit Tune-Up Returns!
Ep. 191: Can We Fix the Internet?
Ep. 190: CALLS: Managing Idea Notebooks
Ep. 189: Why Did The Times Drop Twitter?
Ep. 188: The Books I Read in March 2022
Ep. 187: Helping 100K Employees Work Deeper
Ep. 186: The Power of “Day Batching”
Ep. 185: How Do I Escape Filter Bubbles?
Ep. 184: REPLAY: The Productivity Baby Steps
Ep. 183: Crazy or Deep?
Ep. 182: Cal’s Business Model
Ep. 181: Should I Quit My Lawyer Job?
Ep. 180: CALLS: Four Day Weeks Aren’t Enough
Ep. 179: Do Techniques Beat Talent?
Ep. 178: CALLS: On Doing Hard Things
Ep. 177: Is Ambition Worth It?
Ep. 176: CALLS: Taming Information Overload
Ep. 175: What is the Deep Life?
Ep. 174: CALLS: Thinking for Yourself
Ep. 173: What is Deep Work?
Ep. 172: CALLS: The Books I Read in January 2022
Ep. 171: Is Slow Productivity the Solution to Burnout?
Ep. 170: CALLS: Don’t Follow Your Passion
Ep. 169: How Do I Manage My Time?
Ep. 168: Should I Quit My Law Partner Job?
Ep. 167: What Do We Look Like? (Videos Are Now Live!)
Ep. 166: LISTENER CALLS: The Deep Life vs. The Good Life
Ep. 165: Why Are We Burnt Out?
Ep. 164: LISTENER CALLS: Training for Hard Intellectual Work
Ep. 163: The Books I Read in December 2021
Ep. 162: LISTENER CALLS: Ambition and the Deep Life
Ep. 161: Should I Follow My Skill or My Passion?
Ep. 160: REPLAY: What is Discipline (and How Do I Get It?)
Ep. 159: REPLAY: How Much Should I Read?
Ep. 158: LISTENER CALLS: The Story of My First Book Deal
Ep. 157: JENNY BLAKE: Help Me Do Less!
Ep. 156: LISTENER CALLS: My Process for Writing New Yorker Articles
Ep. 155: Is Your Productivity System Leaking?
Ep. 154: LISTENER CALLS: Coping With a Hyperactive Job
Ep. 153: Why Was Ian Malcom Sent to Jurassic Park?
Ep. 152: LISTENER CALLS: The Magic of Autopilot Scheduling
Ep. 151: Should you move to the country?
Ep. 150: LISTENER CALLS: Finding More Family Time
Ep. 149: How Do I Tame Email?
Ep. 148: LISTENER CALLS: Decoding the Productive Pause
Ep.147: Why Did I Never Join Social Media?
Ep. 146: LISTENER CALLS: A Revolution is Coming in Knowledge Work
Ep. 145: Is the Deep Life Compatible with Serving Humanity?
Ep. 144: LISTENER CALLS: Is Overload Necessary?
Ep. 143: What Would You Say You Do Here?
Ep. 142: LISTENER CALLS: Making Hard Work Routine
Ep. 141: Is the Era of Social Media Ending?
Ep. 140: LISTENER CALLS: Frustration and the Deep Life
Ep. 139: Am I Good at Time Management or Just Lazy?
Ep. 138: LISTENER CALLS: How I Read So Much
Ep. 137: Why Am I Uncomfortable With Facebook Backlash?
Ep. 136: LISTENER CALLS: Reversing Burnout
Ep. 135: Is Screen Time Bad?
Ep. 134: LISTENER CALLS: Returning to Deep Work After the Pandemic
Ep. 133: How Do I Defeat Distraction?
Ep. 132: LISTENER CALLS: Managing Non-Work Tasks
Ep. 131: The Elements of the Deep Life
Ep. 130: LISTENER CALLS: Leadership vs. Availability
Ep. 129: How Do I Get My Kid Off His Smartphone?
Ep. 128: LISTENER CALLS: The Art of "No"
Ep. 127: Does Productivity Diminish Leisure? (with Brad Stulberg)
Ep. 126: LISTENER CALLS: A Tour of My Home Offices
Ep. 125: What is Discipline (and How Do I Get It?)
Ep. 124: LISTENER CALLS: Preserving Depth in the Vast Shallows
Ep. 123: What Is My Daily Routine?
Ep. 122: LISTENER CALLS: Figuring Out Your Values
Ep. 121: Is Writing Everyday Overrated? (with Srini Rao)
Ep. 120: LISTENER CALLS: Students' Diminishing Focus
Ep. 119: Does Accomplishment Require Overload?
Ep. 118: LISTENER CALLS: A Primer On My Planning Philosophy
Ep. 117: Should I Quit My Job to Become a Writer?
Ep. 116: RE-READING: Shop Class as Soulcraft (with Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness)
Ep. 115: JORDAN HARBINGER: What is the Future of Podcasting?
Ep. 114: LISTENER CALLS: Growing a Podcast Without Social Media
Ep. 113: How Do I Become a Deep Life Radical?
Ep. 112: LISTENER CALLS: The Productivity Baby Steps
Ep. 111: How Do I Tame Distracting Thoughts?
Ep. 110: LISTENER CALLS: Making the Deep Life Happen
Ep. 109: How Much Should I Read?
Ep. 108: LISTENER CALLS: Becoming Productive
Ep. 107: How Do I Stay Motivated on Long-Term Projects?
Ep. 106: LISTENER CALLS: Art Without Social Media
Ep. 105: Should I Read the News?
Ep. 104: LISTENER CALLS: Saying "No" Without Saying "No"
Ep. 103: What is the Relationship Between Order and Well-Being?
Ep. 102: BRAD STULBERG: How Do We Work Less?
Ep. 101: Does Productivity Impede the Deep Life?
Ep. 100: LISTENER CALLS: Scheduling Household Admin
Ep. 99: Should I Move to Sweden or Make Money?
Ep. 98: LISTENER CALLS: Choosing the Right Job
Ep. 97: Should I Outsource My Inbox?
Ep. 96: LISTENER CALLS: Emotional Distractions
Ep. 95: How Do I Maintain the Will to Do Deep Work?
Ep. 94: LISTENER CALLS: Battling Bothersome Bosses
Ep. 93: Am I Overcommitted or Bad at Time Management?
Ep. 92: LISTENER CALLS: The Perils of Coercive Productivity
Ep. 91: GREG MCKEOWN on Making Essential Work Effortless
Ep. 90: LISTENER CALLS: My Current Scheduling Setup
Ep. 89: Do I Need a Dumb Phone?
Ep. 88: LISTENER CALLS: My Notebooks and Instagram-Addicted Artists
Ep. 87: Should I Switch Careers to Pursue my Dream?
Ep. 86: LISTENER CALLS: Mastering the Art of Thinking While Walking
Ep. 85: Are NFTs Frivolous or Fundamental?
Ep. 84: LISTENER CALLS: Prioritizing Projects and Deep Decor
Ep. 83: Is Email Work?
Ep. 82: Habit Tune-Up: The Joys and Sorrows of Binge Working
Ep. 81: How Do I Avoid Burnout?
Ep. 80: Habit Tune-Up: Deep Work After Hard Days
Ep. 79: Should This Meeting Have Been an Email?
Ep. 78: Habit Tune-Up: Time Blocking vs. Bullet Journaling
Ep. 77: Does Email Have a Mind of Its Own?
Ep. 76: Habit Tune-Up: Email On Speed (Taming WhatsApp)
Ep. 75: JOSHUA FIELDS MILBURN on Saying "No" to Almost Everything
Ep. 74: Habit Tune-Up: Taming Trello
Ep. 73: Can I Become Rich Living Deeply?
Ep. 72: Habit Tune-Up: Excessive Planning Syndrome
Ep. 71: How Do We Escape the Autonomy Trap?
Ep. 70: Habit Tune-Up: Getting Things Done During a Terrible, Isolating Pandemic
Ep. 69: How Do I Find Joy in Leisure?
Ep. 68: Habit Tune-Up: The Power of Becoming Your Own Assistant
Ep. 67: TIM HARFORD on Leaving Academia to Become a Bestselling Writer
Ep. 66: Habit Tune-Up: Bullet Journaling vs. Trello
Ep. 65: Is Productivity Bad?
Ep. 64: Habit Tune-Up: A Look Inside My Book Research Systems
Ep. 63: How Do I Minimize Meetings?
Ep. 62: Habit Tune-Up: Managing Information in Your Inbox
Ep. 61: How Should I Tackle Big Projects?
Ep. 60: Habit Tune-Up: Getting Things Done on Distracting Days
Ep. 59: Why Be Productive?
Ep. 58: Habit Tune-Up: Clarifying Task Organization, Graduate Student Advice, and My Research Workflow
Ep. 57: Troubleshooting Shutdowns, Taming Overflowing Inboxes, and Tuning Core Values
Ep. 56: Habit Tune-Up: Escaping Academic Twitter, Time Blocking During Vacation, and Making Time for Big Projects
Ep. 55: Shallow Teams, Vague Goals, and Pandemic Screen Time
Ep. 54: Habit Tune-Up: Capture Tools, Getting Started, and Building Skills at Home
Ep. 53: Covey's Quads, "Perfect" Productivity Systems, and Reducing Laziness
Ep. 52: Habit Tune-Up: Pandemic-Induced Overload, Side Hustles, and Managing for Depth
Ep. 51: Saying "No", Building an Email List Without Social Media, and Falling Short of High Expectations | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 50: Habit Tune-Up: Artificial Overload, Deep Retirement, and Motivational Crises
Ep. 49: Organizing Massive Projects, Taming IM, and Exploring the Deep Life Canon
Ep. 48: Habit Tune-Up: Deep Athletes, Idea Capture, and Distracting Rumination
Ep. 47: BRAD STULBERG on Burn Out, Career Transformation, and Intentional Living
Ep. 46: Habit Tune-Up: Mastering Teaching, Containing Emotional Emails, and Working Deeply with a Newborn
Ep. 45: My Trello Setup, Student and Screens, My Call for a Deep Reset | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 44: Habit Tune-Up: Prioritizing Tasks, Balancing My Many Endeavors, and Resisting Radicalization
Ep. 43: Unproductive Days, Content Fatigue, and Cultivating Character | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 42: GREG MCKEOWN and I Discuss Unplugging, Doing Less, and Finding Focus
Ep. 41: Selling Your First Book, Shallow Spouses, and My Dream Schedule | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 40: Habit Tune-Up: Optimal Notebook Usage, Quarterly Planning, and Combating Burn Out
Ep. 39: DAVID EPSTEIN on Skills, Practice, and the Subtle Art of Cultivating a Meaningful Career
Ep. 38: Habit Tune-Up: Daily vs. Weekly Planning, Supercharging Home Offices, and Taming Demanding Jobs
Ep.37: The Planning Fallacy, Inbox Zero, and the Limits of Ethical Technology | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 36: Habit Tune-Up: Scheduling Life Admin, Finding Time for Practice, and High-Tech Metric Tracking
Ep. 35: Managing Deeply, Quitting Facebook, and Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Information Overload | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 34: Habit Tune-Up: Productivity Chimeras, OmniFocus, and Finding Time to Write
Ep 33: Rethinking Delegation, Pandemic Childcare, and Balancing Deep Work with Deep Hobbies
Ep. 32: Habit Tune-Up: Tracking Deliberate Practice, Getting Over the Fact Work is Hard, and Taming the Emotional Rigors of Depth
Ep. 31: RYAN HOLIDAY on Ranch Life, Fostering Discipline, and the Loss of Reading Culture
Ep. 30: Habit Tune-Up: Easing into Time Blocks, Planning Big Goals, and the Story of How I Sold My First Book
Ep. 29: My Daily Routine, Returning to Deep Work, and Digital Minimalism During a Pandemic | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 28: Habit Tune-Up: Multiplying Eureka Moments, My Capture Setup, and Reducing Mass Email Destruction
Ep. 27: Inside My Planning Discipline, the Joys and Sorrows of Slack, and Finding Depth Among Shallow Friends | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 26: Habit Tune-Up: My Fall Schedule, Tough Love for a Distracted Listener, and Deep Meetings
Ep. 25: Student Shutdown Rituals, Optimal Deep-to-Shallow Ratios, and the $20 Million Question | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 24: Habit Tune-Up: Slaying the Productivity Hydra, Upgrading Careers, and Mastering a Difficult Job
Ep. 23: Email Saunas, Preaching Depth, and Rooted Productivity | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 22: Habit Tune-Up: Seeking Depth When Working from Home, Academia's Email Problem, and Sequencing Projects
Ep. 21: Taming Writer's Block, the Exaggerated Importance of a Digital Presence, and the Miseries of Digital Living | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 20: Habit Tune-Up: Productivity System Indecision, Embracing Boredom, and Craving Depth in a Shallow Job
Ep. 19: Calendar Shaming, Digital Detox Struggles, and the Unexpected Challenges of Autonomy | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 18: Habit Tune-Up: Outsourcing Chores, Mitigating Unavoidable Distractions, and Productivity Beyond Basic Lists
Ep. 17: Delegation Without Email, Fighting Imposter Syndrome, and My Thoughts on Critical Theory | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 16: Habit Tune-Up: Why Relaxation is Overrated and the Importance of Facing the Productivity Dragon
Ep. 15: Deep Work in Groups, Social Media in Politics, and Confronting Common Arguments Against My Work | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 14: Habit Tune-Up: Publishing Strategies, Surviving Side Hustles, Productivity for Support Roles, and Cultivating Balance in the Pursuit of Depth
Ep. 13: Where I Work, Convincing Students to Disconnect, and Applying Deep Work to Deep Social Problems | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 12: Habit Tune-Up: Office Hours, Rabbit Holes, Perfectionism, Phones as Escape, and Making Deep Work Deeper
Ep. 11: Work Resistance, Techno-Criticism, Tales from MIT, and the Depth-Destroying Power of Children | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 10: Battling Email, Online Learning, and a Game Plan for Escaping a Shallow Life | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 9: Habit Tune-Up: Dumbing Down Smartphones, Deep Habits, Progress on Non-Urgent Projects and Training Focus
Ep. 8: Fleeing a Collapsing Career, Taking Notes on Books, Building a Deep Life | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 7: Habit Tune-Up: Time Blocking, Document Collaboration, Protecting Time and Doing Too Much
Ep. 6: Balancing the Personal and Professional, Unreasonable Email Expectations, and Avoiding Hard Creative Work | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 5: Tackling Procrastination, Building a Productivity System from Scratch, and the Intellectual Shallowness of Social Media | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 4: Promoting Books without Social Media, Facebook's Fatal Flaw, and Escaping Soul-Crushing Jobs | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 3: Origin of my Productivity Obsession, Analog Relationships, and Detaching from Digital Judgment | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 2: Improving Concentration, Influential Books, and Figuring Out What to Focus On | DEEP QUESTIONS
Ep. 1: My New Task System, Deep Work with Kids, and Finding Purpose in Distracted Times | DEEP QUESTIONS