Deep Questions with Cal Newport · 2025-07-28 · 69 min · 13,320 words

Ep. 363: Escaping the Digital Doldrums

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I'm Cal Newport and this is Deep Questions, the show about cultivating a deep life in a distracted world. So this is the last episode. I'm recording up north in my undisclosed location. I am joined by my producer Jesse at the Deep Work HQ. Jesse, there's a lot I'm gonna miss about being up here.

The one thing I am looking forward to is getting back to the HQ. I need to record podcasts. Yeah. I've spent too much time recording podcasts on dresser drawers and on in front of windows with too much light and without my good mic and without my camera. Uh, I do look forward to the HQ.

Um, we do have to put in like a giant stuffed black bear though, so I don't I don't miss Vermont too much. Oh, I I revealed where I was. Uh oh. Okay. Somehow the paparazzi have not found me.

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