

Ep. 121: Is Writing Everyday Overrated? (with Srini Rao)
Unmistakable Creative's Origin
- Cal Newport and Srini Rao discuss the evolution of Srini's podcast, Unmistakable Creative.
- It began as Blogcast FM in 2009, initially focused on interviewing bloggers.
Shift to Storytelling
- Srini Rao explains how his podcast evolved from focusing on blogging to storytelling.
- Listener feedback and market research revealed a preference for narrative-driven interviews.
Most Intimidating Guest
- Cal Newport asks Srini Rao about the most nerve-wracking podcast guest he has interviewed.
- Srini shares that Seth Godin is the most intimidating due to his intellect and extensive knowledge.

























































In today's episode, I am joined in studio by my longtime podcasting friend Srini Rao, host of the incredible Unmistakable Creative podcast (https://unmistakablecreative.com/), on which I've been a guest many times.
Srini helps me answer your questions on both deep work and the deep life. We also talk about his podcasting company recently raising a series A round of venture capital funding, and what it was like appearing on the Netflix reality show Indian Matchmaker.
I apologize that I don't have timestamps for the individual questions for this episode. In the moment, I forgot to take notes. In future collaborative Q&A episodes I'll make sure to get the questions written down so I can deliver the timestamps to you here.
Thanks to Jay Kerstens for the intro music and Mark Miles for mastering.