Deep Questions with Cal Newport

Cal Newport

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Booking Overview

This is a solo-expert show focused on productivity, focus, technology’s effects on work and life, and finding meaning amid digital distraction; recent episodes do not feature external interview guests. It is therefore not a conventional guest-booking target for PR agencies, though highly established authors, researchers, or technology and workplace experts could be relevant for an occasional guest episode if the format expands beyond Cal Newport’s solo analysis.

Metrics

Episodes: 442

Frequency: Multiple_weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 291.0k subscribers

Contact Information

jesse.miller82@gmail.com

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Host

Cal Newport - Computer science professor and New York Times bestselling author whose work examines technology, productivity, focus, and the pursuit of meaningful work and life.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Academics (e.g., journalism professor), researchers, professors, and authors with credible expertise related to digital behavior, technology’s social impact, and work/productivity; people with lived experiments relevant to digital minimalism
Required Achievements:  
Published research or teaching credentials in relevant fields, Books or published writing on technology, focus, or digital life (often author-level credibility), Demonstrated lived experience with digital minimalism (e.g., household practices)

Recent Guest Discussions

Chris Moody - Turning Off The Internet At Home; Presence, Introspection, And Connection; Living With Limited Or No Internet/tv/cellular Signal

Recent Topics

Productivity, Focus, Deep Work, Technology, Work

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
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Am I Optimizing Too Much? | Monday Advice

July 20, 2026

Cal Newport talks with Brad Stulberg to explain the optimization paradox in Episode 414 of the Deep Questions podcast. Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: https://bit.ly/3U3sTvo Video from today’s episode:  youtube.com/calnewportmedia (0:00) The Optimization Paradox (2:12) Interview with Brad Stulberg (35:12) Health optimization (1:09:16) Tail end development   Links: Buy Cal’...

Does Claude Have Private Thoughts? (Everyone Settle Down) | AI Reality Check

July 16, 2026

Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News. Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia (0:00) Anthropic’s new research report (2:05) Digging into the paper (3:32) High level tutorial on LLMs (6:18) Detail on annotations (13:50) What the Anthropic paper found (20:39) Why this is interesting research (26:28) Conclusion on consciousness Links: Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow  https://www.anthropic.com/research/global...

Should I Use Notebooks More Often? (Cal’s Strategy) | Monday Advice

July 13, 2026

Tell me if this sounds familiar: you buy a beautiful notebook, excited by all its possibilities to help refine your thoughts and generate new insights. Then it sits unused until you forget about it. The problem is not *what* notebooks you own but instead *how* you use them. In this episode, Cal walks through the four different notebooks he owns, and the four different ways he uses them. Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). Get your questions answered ...

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