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.
407 episodes transcribedWe talk a lot on this show about how to organize your professional efforts. But what about all your obligations outside of work? The personal goals, t...
One of the most common complaints from people attempting to cultivate a deep life in our distracted world is procrastination. You want to make regular...
In this episode of IN-DEPTH, a semi-regular interview series with people at the frontiers of deep living, Cal welcomes the bestselling author Oliver B...
Do you struggle to consistently make progress on hard things that are important to you? In today’s episode, Cal describes a way to improve this state...
It has become second nature to maintain a continuous partial participation in the world of digital networks. In today’s episode, Cal reflects on a wee...
One of the single most important factors in your attempts to cultivate a deep life is your job. Yet, many people don’t give much thought to the role t...
In this episode of IN-DEPTH, a new semi-regular interview series with people at the frontiers of deep living, Cal interviews bestselling author Ryan H...
Why can you never seem to find enough time to make progress on the non-urgent but important priorities that can move you closer to the ideal of the de...
One of the more viral suggestions from Cal’s recent book, SLOW PRODUCTIVITY, was to occasionally skip out of work to see a movie. In this episode, Cal...
Becoming notably good at something valuable is one of the most powerful tools for crafting a deep life. But how do people do this? In this episode, Ca...
The fall is the perfect time to tune up your productivity and organizational systems. With this in mind, in this episode, Cal discusses a tool he has...
In this classic episode, Cal talks about the surprising myth of doing less. Cal then answers questions about discipline and solving complicated proble...
In this classic episode Cal talks about the elements of the Deep Life. He then answers a variety of questions about work, family, and phone distractio...
Summer is the perfect time to ready yourself for significant changes in your life. A chance to seek more depth in a distracted world. But for many, th...
It’s mid-summer, people have some extra breathing room in their schedule, they’re relaxed. This moment of quiet seems like a perfect time to revisit s...
In our current digital world, distracting world events have a way of completely destabilizing our ability to focus on work that matters. In today’s ep...
Discipline is critical to cultivating a deep life, but what exactly does this concept mean? In this episode, Cal uses a concrete case study from Reddi...
On this show, we often talk about major overhauls to your work and life. In this episode, we go the other way and focus on the small habits that can m...
One of the trickiest aspects of new technology is that it can sometimes destabilize parts of our lives that we didn’t even realize existed and are imp...
Why are we comfortable with the idea that ultra-processed foods are bad for us but feel somehow anti-technology to say something similar about the ult...
