The Daily Grind Podcast 🎙

Welcome to the Daily Grind! Your weekly goal-driven podcast featuring host Kelly Johnson. Established August 2019 in Chicago, IL. Currently based in Portland, OR.

Q: Tell us more about the Daily Grind.

A: The Daily Grind is a weekly goal-driven podcast hosted by Midwest native Kelly Johnson, motivating YOU on your ‘daily grind.’ Every episode she sits down with a startup founder, business owner, sports professional, industry expert, or social media influencer giving you everyday tips and key takeaways to reaching your goals. Make every day count and as always, keep up the grind! 

Q: How did the Daily Grind become created?

A: Kelly realized her story was unique and inspiring. With her outgoing personality and through interviews with colleagues, industry experts, and working professionals across all industries, Kelly thought it would be interesting to share their ‘daily grind’ and what they do and how they achieve their goals by being efficient, productive and best practices in everyday life.

Podcast Episodes

Releasing a new podcast episodes every Tuesday and Thursday!

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Our Podcast Team

Kelly Johnson
🎙 Podcast Host
📍From Milwaukee, WI
📚 University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Kansas
🗣 The term “podcast” is a mashup of iPod and broadcast — it was coined by a journalist in 2004.
Karsyn Bink
🎙 Event Marketing
📍From Bentonville, AR
📚 University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
🗣 In one day more than 3.2 billion images are shared by social media users and 720,000 hours of video are shared.
Elias Cortez
🎙 Podcast Production
📍From Brooklyn, NY
📚 CUNY Hunter College
🗣 The OBEY skater clothing brand was created by a sticker using a photo of Andre the Giant AND from John Carpenter’s 1988 movie They Live.
Lauren Hockaday
🎙 Social Media Marketing
📍From Olney, MD
📚 University of Maryland
🗣 Three Presidents have won Grammys: Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama.
Aidan Donaldson
🎙 Business Strategy
📍From Toronto, Canada
📚 Durham College
🗣 The National animal of Scotland is the Unicorn.

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