Where the Deer and the Antelope Play

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Deep Questions with Cal Newport, 3 August 2026. The book comes up at 1 hr 5 min in.

Cal Newport calls the book uneven. He praises Offerman's Mark Twain–style storytelling—especially a long section about an RV road trip with his wife during the pandemic, which he calls fantastic—but criticizes the political commentary as simplistic, un-nuanced, and out of place, likely to alienate readers across the spectrum. He suggests reading Offerman's first book instead.

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