When I feel overwhelmed I love listening to Cal Newport and getting ideas for rethinking the way I work and the structure I need.

First off, I appreciate Cal’s work and I don’t think it’s bad to repeat yourself if you keep thinking up new ways to reframe and he does. As a woman listening to a podcast there is often a tipping point where the voices, references, questions, answers, quotes, and subject material tip so heavily to the side of men and men’s voices and opinions and lives that it doesn’t feel relatable. If it’s for everyone, can you try to be aware of when you are bro-ing out? As an interviewer I’d love to hear Cal really dive into details of what a guest is saying, but with more insights into their perspective and experiences and less about book sales (and less about Cal’s book sales…in an interview of someone else). I don’t know what your editing process is like, but sometimes you can go ahead and tell those personal stories to a guest to put them at ease and relate, but take some of it out in post especially if it’s again, just talking about your own book sales. Also, lol that how-to-mom episode. Get a good handyman and um, my job as a mom is 25-30 hours a week (I get to fit my work and intellectual life around my family and my spouse’s job and not the other way around) so your 1 thing a day was cute.

Deep Questions is the ONLY podcast i listen to religiously. Cal’s wisdom has truly enriched my life in a deep way. I’m forever grateful🙏🏼

Great advice not only for a more productive and sustainable work life - but also for a deeper life outside work. Love Cal’s books and podcast.

This is just we all need in this crazy unrealistic “Grind culture “ we find ourselves in (yeah , grind yourself into the ground!!”) ..Cals Guidance will lead you to being more productive and satisfied in your life and work in a more rational way … I appreciate his easy going style and sense of humor…well worth anybodies time !

I like this podcast and his books as well, but Cal can kind of rub me the wrong way in his lack of humility. He paints himself as a savior at times and constantly plugs his books like they’re the Bible. Instead of simply making suggestions for people, it often feels like he KNOWS his way is the best way and everyone else should follow suit.

Cal is a good productivity guru. When he larps as a broad intellectual figure and advice columnist things go a bit off the rails. So you need to listen to the show the way you’d read Hacker News comments section - there’s occasional gold on technical topics and wildly variable takes on everything else. One episode someone wrote in with climate anxiety and Cal said don’t worry about things outside of your control, go fix a neighborhood playground. Yet it seems when a topic is emotionally salient for Cal, he is unable to resist the twitter rage bait he just spent the previous hour warning listeners about. In these instances his deep intellectualism schtick really just reads as an expertly crafted scaffolding for sounding authoritative. Anyways, I treat the podcast like a weekly devotional for concepts like time blocking and multi scale planning.

I am only 15, but I feel like my life has already changed. This man, Dr. Newport, has pretty much devoted his adult life to helping others see life as something to be used and cherished, and it’s invaluable, from his books about Deep Work and Digital Minimalism (all of which I am reading) to his podcast and other media, it’s truly a gem. Thank you Mr. Newport, for turning my life around from a hyper-connected zombie to an enjoyer of God’s Creation.

I’m pretty far from the typical white-collar knowledge worker whom Cal is usually addressing directly, but I’ve still derived immense benefit from this show. Together with his new book Slow Productivity, it’s the best thing to happen for my time prioritization struggles since first reading Stephen Covey.

As a person who’s recently gotten rid of all socials it’s refreshing hearing Cal Newport. First heard of him on the Ted talk years back. This podcast is phenomenal. So much value to take from these episodes