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On today\\u2019s podcast, Ryan talks to \\u201cDeep Work\\u201d author and computer scientist Cal Newport about his new Time-Block Planner, the logistics of writing a good book, what life after COVID will look like, and more.

Cal Newport is an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University and the author of 6 books including his most recent, Digital Minimalism,\\xa0 which was a New York Times bestseller. He is also the host of the Deep Questions podcast which launched in May 2020.\\xa0

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