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