Deep Questions with Cal Newport · 2025-07-14 · 61 min · 11,963 words

Ep. 361: Do You Need an App Blocker?

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I'm Cal Newport. And this Is deep questions. The show about cultivating a deep life. In a distracted world.

Normally I'd be joining you for my deep work. HQ in Tacoma Park, Maryland, but not today. Jesse is there. But I am as I do each summer. Recording this episode from an undisclosed location up

In New England where I go To escape the summer heat and to write. Jesse, what am I missing down there? In sunny Washington, DC. Some humidity. A little bit of humidity? I don't believe it.

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