Time and Attention

By Chris Bailey

Time and Attention is a podcast that will help you become more intentional and productive. Hosted by Chris Bailey, the author of two productivity books, and Ardyn Nordstrom, a nerdy economist, th... more

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The podcast currently has 153 episodes available.

Time and Attention episodes:

September 12, 2023111: The Pomodoro Technique
On this episode, we chat about the pomodoro technique and how (and whether!) we use it in our own work. Topics covered include:
What the “pomodoro technique” is;
The rigidity of the technique;
Whether 25 minutes of focus time is a good amount;
The Resistance List;
How the pomodoro technique fits with the idea of flow;
Why so many people swear by the pomodoro technique.
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27min
August 29, 2023110: Stimulation Fasting
On this episode, we chat about stimulation fasting. Topics covered include:
What stimulation fasting is;
Why an overstimulated mind can be counterproductive;
“Altitudes” of mental stimulation;
How to conduct a fast of your own;
What Chris and Ardyn are fasting from right now.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Book: How to Calm Your Mind
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30min
August 16, 2023109: Oliver Burkeman (Replay)
This week’s podcast episode is a replay—a Golden Oldie from the vaults. Hope you enjoy! The original show notes are below.
This week I interview Oliver Burkeman for the podcast. Oliver is the author of the fantastic new book, Four Thousand Weeks. In the episode, we have a fun, wide-ranging conversation about a bunch of topics, including:
The idea of “finitude,” and why it matters;
Our “future-chasing mindset,” which prevents us from enjoying things;
How trying to achieve a perfect mastery over our time can make us miserable;
Where impatience comes from;
The usefulness of productivity advice;
The costs of hoarding our time;
..and more.
Four Thousand Weeks is an incredible read. It covers not just how we should manage our time, but also the place time management should have in our life in the first place. I highly recommend it.
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36min
August 01, 2023108: Subscriptageddon
On this episode, we chat about subscription overload—and which ones we think are worth the money. Topics covered include:
The productivity apps we subscribe to;
How basically everything is a subscription service;
Opt-in versus opt-in commitments;
How subscriptions have changed over time;
Apps that take the subscription thing too far;
How to do a subscription audit.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Article: Basically everything is a subscription service
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28min
July 18, 2023107: Smartphones
On this episode, we chat about lessons learned from Chris’s experiment to switch to a flip phone for a month. Topics covered include:
The impetus for the experiment;
How smartphones are not meant to see switched away from;
The phenomenon of zombiefication;
The correlation between screen time and mental health;
Reflecting on why the smartphone can make us unhappy;
“Time confetti” and our phone;
Why a phone doesn’t provide us with depth of experience;
Raw material for change;
Richness and depth of communication;
Handing our attention to someone else (and why it can be a good thing);
Heights of stimulation.

Links mentioned in this episode:
Episode 101: Using a flip phone for a month.
(The flip phone experiment article will be posted this week!)

You can listen (and subscribe) to the podcast below!

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36min
July 04, 2023106: Naps!
On this episode, we explore the science behind naps. Topics covered include:
How naps help us push past productivity walls;
The golden rule of productivity advice;
How napping influences cognitive performance and alertness;
When to take naps throughout the day;
Avoiding sleep inertia;
Our ratio of cognitive versus rote work;
How sleep deprivation changes how we think about our productivity;
What the research suggests with napping;
How to take a coffee nap.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Book: When, by Dan Pink
Study: Benefits of napping in healthy adults: impact of nap length, time of day, age, and experience with napping
Study: Effects of a Short Daytime Nap on the Cognitive Performance (Meta-Analysis)
Study: Fatigue on the flight deck: The consequences of sleep loss and the benefits of napping
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25min
June 20, 2023105: Multitasking
On this episode, we chat about multitasking—including where it does and doesn’t work. Topics covered include:
The different levels of multitasking;
Where multitasking does and doesn’t work;
Why “conscious intervention” matters with multitasking;
Why “attention residue” makes us less efficient as we multitask;
The flip book effect;
The cognitive costs of switching between tasks;
How multitasking influences how memories form;
Why we feel more productive when we multitask;
Minding your resistance level as you’re tempted to multitask.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Study: Neurotics Can’t Focus (PDF)
You can listen (and subscribe) to the podcast below!

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24min
June 06, 2023104: Productivity Gadgets
On this episode, we chat about our favorite productivity gadgets. Topics covered include:
Our brief thoughts on the Apple headset (and other announcements);
Having cables everywhere;
Apple’s World Adaptor Kit (Apple.com);
The Timeular time tracker (Timeular.com);
The Aqara FP2 (Aqara.com);
Logitech Spotlight Remote (Logitech.com; Amazon.com);
MagSafe Battery Pack (Apple.com);
Sonos Roam (Sonos.com; Amazon.com);
The Elgato Key Light (Elgato.com; Amazon.com) and CamLink 4K (Elgato.com; Amazon.com);
The reMarkable (reMarkable.com; Amazon.com).
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41min
May 23, 2023 103: How to Think About Email (Rewind)
In this episode, I chat with Cal Newport, the author of A World Without Email, about his book—and how we can manage email during such a distracting time.
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30min
May 09, 2023102: Couples That Work
On this episode is my conversation with Jennifer Petriglieri, author of the book Couples That Work. On this episode we chat about:
The three transitions couples tend to go through;
How couples become interdependent;
“Couple contracting”;
How we recalibrate to what we want;
Having a “secure base” in a relationship;
Playing with our identities;
Whether we should account for love in our career decisions.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Book: Couples That Work
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35min

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How many episodes does Time and Attention have?

The podcast currently has 153 episodes available.

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