{"podcast":{"title":"Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel","slug":"hello-monday-with-jessi-hempel-15279","podcast_index_feed_id":15279,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LI2346399949","website_url":"https://www.linkedin.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/548d5f60-f735-11e9-aeb2-ab710dc3cc0c/image/HM_Key_Art_2999.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"LinkedIn","episode_count":423,"summary":"Ever wish you had a pal who could break down the biggest ideas of the new world of work and distill them into actionable insights you could apply to your own life, right away? Meet LinkedIn's Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel! Each week, Jessi explores the changing nature of work and how that work is changing us. Jessi welcomes big thinkers to share their best ideas: everyone from game-changing entrepreneurs like Aurora James, to research-based experts like Daniel Pink, to notable figures like Megan Rapinoe and Bozoma Saint John. Start your week by joining us every Monday for a dose of fresh ideas, then join us in community and conversation on LinkedIn. New episodes weekly.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-07T14:21:46.049385+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hello-monday-with-jessi-hempel-15279"},"episode":{"title":"The Case for Working Slower with Cal Newport","slug":"the-case-for-working-slower-with-cal-newport","published_at":"2026-08-17T07:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hello-monday-with-jessi-hempel-15279/the-case-for-working-slower-with-cal-newport","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hello-monday-with-jessi-hempel-15279","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LI9267154036.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/LI9267154036.mp3","summary":"Being busy and being productive are not the same thing. Cal Newport, computer science professor at Georgetown and author of Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout, has spent years making that case. This is the second of three episodes from the archive that we're revisiting this month on the subject of time. In it, Cal joins Jessi to zoom out and ask: what does it really mean to get meaningful work done over the course of our weeks, our months, and even our years? In this episode, Jessi and Cal discuss: Why \"pseudo-productivity\" — using visible activity as a proxy for real work — was always a bad idea, and why mobile computing made it unsustainable How the pandemic pushed knowledge work past a breaking point The administrative overhead trap: why agreeing to too many things at once is slowing you down How to say no to new work without actually saying no, and why transparency is the key Why boredom is essential What your phone has to do with short-circuiting the most human productivity tool we have Cal's rule for his kids on smartphones and social media, and the age he thinks unrestricted internet access becomes safe Why doing fewer things at once will get you to the finish line faster What AI tools like ChatGPT are actually good for, and what Cal is waiting for them to do instead The difference between technology that helps you do things faster and technology that takes things off your plate entirely Follow Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn.","meta_description":"Being busy and being productive are not the same thing. Cal Newport, computer science professor at Georgetown and author of Slow Productivity: The Lost Ar…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1759,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hello-monday-with-jessi-hempel-15279/episodes/the-case-for-working-slower-with-cal-newport/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hello-monday-with-jessi-hempel-15279/the-case-for-working-slower-with-cal-newport.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}