# Healing Our Broken Brains

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Podcast: [Offline with Jon Favreau](https://stenobird.com/podcast/offline-with-jon-favreau-5049631)
Published: 2026-05-09T07:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

Cal Newport, computer scientist and author of Deep Work, joins Offline to explain why we need a revolution in cognitive fitness, and how AI is going to get in the way. Cal and Jon explore how smartphones and AI are destroying our ability to concentrate, how our attention spans are a third of what they were just twenty years ago, and how we can practice “deep work” in our constantly interrupted digital environment. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here . For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast, episode title, and episode date.

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