Back in 2023, Cal released an episode on a lifestyle design strategy I called the Deep Life Stack. Today, almost three years later, Cal revisits this idea and replaces it with a more robust concept that he calls “The Deep Life Map.”

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(0:00) Rethinking the Deep Life stack
(38:07) Too many interests and not enough time
(47:29) Voluntary attention regulates acute immune responses in humans
(55:34) A freelance musician and social media
(1:09:08) What Cal is up to&nbsp;

August 2026 Books

An Inside Job (Daniel Silva)
Three Years in Wonderland (Todd James Pierce)

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Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at <a href="www.calnewport.com/slow&nbsp;">www.calnewport.com/slow&nbsp;</a>
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<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-026-02541-1">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-026-02541-1</a>
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