Cal Newport

Also known as Calvin Newport

Cal Newport, American computer scientist, academic lecturer and writer.

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Cal Newport has been a guest on 26 podcasts across 48 episodes, most recently 10% Happier with Dan Harris in August 2026. Each show is judged on its own.

Appearances

Modern Wisdom
The collapse of modern attention (and how to get it back) - Cal Newport - #1067 · Mar 2026

The Delicate Art Of Mastering Work-Life Balance - Cal Newport - #764 · Mar 2024

How To Master Your Email Overload - Cal Newport - #317 · May 2021

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#166 – Cal Newport: Deep Work, Focus, Productivity, Email, and Social Media · Mar 2021

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Making Sense with Sam Harris
#363 — Knowledge Work · Apr 2024

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Huberman Lab
How to Enhance Focus and Improve Productivity | Dr. Cal Newport · Mar 2024

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The Moment with Brian Koppelman
Cal Newport 5/28/19 · May 2019

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Hidden Brain
Work 2.0: Life, Interrupted · Nov 2021

You 2.0: Deep Work · Aug 2019

Radio Replay: Life, Interrupted · Dec 2017

You 2.0: Deep Work · Jul 2017

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The Mel Robbins Podcast
How to Get Things Done, Stay Focused, and Be More Productive · Sep 2025

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The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
Conversation with Cal Newport — The Key to Productivity without Burnout · Apr 2024

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The Rich Roll Podcast
Slow Productivity: Cal Newport On How To Escape Burnout, Do Your Best Work & Achieve More By Doing Less · Mar 2024

Cal Newport on Digital Minimalism: Why Focus Is the New Superpower · Jun 2019

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The Tim Ferriss Show
#722: Cal Newport — How to Embrace Slow Productivity, Build a Deep Life, Achieve Mastery, and Defend Your Time · Feb 2024

#594: Cal Newport and Tim Ferriss Revisit "The 4-Hour Workweek" (Plus: The Allure and The Void of Remote Work, Unsustainable Behaviors, Burning Out, The Cult of Productivity, and More) · May 2022

#568: Cal Newport — The Eternal Pursuit of Craftsmanship, the Deep Life, Slow Productivity, and a 30-Day Digital Minimalism Challenge · Feb 2022

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Plain English with Derek Thompson
Will AI Usher In the End of Deep Thinking? · Aug 2025

How the Digital Workplace Broke Our Brains · Jul 2023

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Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee
BITESIZE | Break Free From Burnout: How to Work Less and Get More Done | Cal Newport #548 · Apr 2025

Break Free from Burnout: How to Accomplish More by Doing Less with Cal Newport #466 · Jul 2024

BITESIZE | Transform Your Life with a Digital Detox | Cal Newport #190 · Jun 2021

How Social Media Could Be Making You Ill with Cal Newport #50 · Feb 2019

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The School of Greatness
Focus Is the New IQ, and Almost No One Has It | Cal Newport · Mar 2019

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The Dr. Hyman Show
How To Reduce Loneliness, Depression, And Distraction By Adapting Our Relationship To Social Media · Jan 2024

How Social Media May Be Ruining Your Life with Cal Newport · Feb 2019

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The Realignment
460 | Cal Newport: Why the Obsession with "Pseudo-Productivity" is Driving Knowledge Worker Revolts and Burnout · Mar 2024

104 | Cal Newport: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communications Overload · Mar 2021

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The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast
#152 A World Without Email with Cal Newport · Jun 2022

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The Model Health Show
TMHS 276: Protect Your Mental Energy, Attention Residue, & Deep Work - With Cal Newport · Mar 2018

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BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast
449: How Emails Are Constantly Destroying Your Productivity with Cal Newport · Mar 2021

330: How to Ditch Distractions and Get WAY More Done With Cal Newport · May 2019

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The New Yorker Radio Hour
Will the Office Survive the Pandemic? · Nov 2021

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Into the Impossible With Brian Keating
Cal Newport: Want to Be More Productive? Do LESS (#399) · Mar 2024

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The Jordan Harbinger Show
975: Cal Newport | Reclaiming Time and Focus with Slow Productivity · Apr 2024

503: Cal Newport | Reimagining Work in a World without Email · May 2021

159: Cal Newport | Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World · Feb 2019

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Dhru Purohit Show
Is Social Media Destroying Your Brain? with Cal Newport · Feb 2022

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Hidden Forces
Cal Newport | Digital Minimalism: Choosing Life in a Hyperconnected World · Feb 2019

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10% Happier with Dan Harris
How To Handle AI Anxiety: A Computer Scientist and a Buddhist Teacher On Managing Uncertainty | Cal Newport & Matthew Brensilver · Aug 2026

How To Be Productive Without Burning Out | Cal Newport · Mar 2024

Help, Work Sucks | Cal Newport · Aug 2021

Digital Minimalism, Cal Newport · May 2019

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The One You Feed
Slow Productivity: How to Do Less, Focus More, and Not Burn Out with Cal Newport · Sep 2025

Cal Newport on Digital Minimalism · Dec 2019

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Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Why You Should Quit Social Media in 2026 | Cal Newport · Jan 2026

A World Without Email? | Cal Newport · Mar 2021

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Others on Modern Wisdom

Others on Lex Fridman Podcast

Others on Making Sense with Sam Harris

Others on Huberman Lab

Others on The Moment with Brian Koppelman

Others on Hidden Brain

Others on The Mel Robbins Podcast

Others on The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway

Others on The Rich Roll Podcast

Others on The Tim Ferriss Show

Others on Plain English with Derek Thompson

Others on Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Others on The School of Greatness

Others on The Dr. Hyman Show

Others on The Realignment

Others on The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast

Others on The Model Health Show

Others on BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast

Others on The New Yorker Radio Hour

Others on Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Others on The Jordan Harbinger Show

Others on Dhru Purohit Show

Others on Hidden Forces

Others on 10% Happier with Dan Harris

Others on The One You Feed

Others on Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais