Oct 5

When Bad Things Happen to Good People

When historian Kate Bowler was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer, she became fascinated by the ways people try to impose order on events they can't control. She joins us to explore what it means to live fully when life offers no satisfying explanation for the tragedies we may face. ... Show More

1h 32m

Sep 28

How to Make a Difference: Part 2

Think about the last time you had a discouraging thought. Maybe you told yourself, "This won't work. I'm not cut out for this." Did you take that thought as fact? Last week, we talked with psychologist Martin Seligman about why some people come to believe that their actions don’t ... Show More

49m 9s

Sep 21

How to Make a Difference: Part 1

Why do some people act on the possibilities before them, while others come to believe that nothing they do will make a difference? Psychologist Martin Seligman describes his groundbreaking research on learned helplessness, and explains how the stories we tell ourselves about setb ... Show More

48m 10s

Apr 2016

Deep Work, Focused Success in a Distracted World: Cal Newport

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57m 1s

Mar 2024

Productivity Expert Explains: How to Accomplish Far More While Working Less (ft. Cal Newport)

What if there was a way accomplish meaningful work—without the associated relationship breakdowns or stress? What if “making an impact” didn’t require massive amounts of energy or sacrifice? What if you could get more done by doing less? In this episode, I talk to Cal Newport abo ... Show More

1h 12m

Feb 2024

Ep. 288: Confronting Your Phone

We’ve become so used to our phones in our lives that we’ve stopped realizing how arbitrary and unusual the content we’re watching really has become. In this episode, Cal looks closer at what we’re really spending time doing on our phones, then provides step-by-step instructions f ... Show More

1h 16m

Jul 2024

Ep. 311: Finding Focus in Distracting Times

In our current digital world, distracting world events have a way of completely destabilizing our ability to focus on work that matters. In today’s episode, Cal provides advice for escaping these destabilizing attention environments and regaining some sense of mental peace and de ... Show More

1h 20m

Nov 2020

#226 — The Price of Distraction

Sam Harris speaks with Adam Gazzaley about the way our technology is changing us. They discuss our limited ability to process information, our failures of multitasking, "top-down" vs "bottom-up" attention, self-interruptions and switching costs, anxiety, boredom, "digital medicin ... Show More

44m 18s

Jun 2023

Do Something Physical To Clear Your Mind

We are all stuck on our screens. Scrolling social media, checking emails, and just generally working. Our brains cannot take it all day every day. So sometimes you just need to get and do something. It's not only good for you physically, but mentally.Check out the blog post hereB ... Show More

15m 35s

Jul 2024

MOMENT 16: Unlock Intense Focus & Achieve Extraordinary Results | Cal Newport

<p>Do you get caught up doing ‘busy work’, instead of engaging in the deep, meaningful work that actually moves the needle?</p><br><p>In this inspiring moment, bestselling author and professor of computer science Cal Newport shares the life-changing distinction between “deep” and ... Show More

5m 18s

Sep 2018

How Doing Nothing Can Make You More Productive

Alan Lightman is a physicist, novelist, and essayist who believes we are losing ourselves in the digital network and builds a case that the overload of Information and distraction from technology is making us less productive. The MIT professor joined Roxanne to discuss his latest ... Show More

27m 45s

You 2.0: Deep Work