The Grind Podcast

By The Grind Media, Marc Casale, Warren Langford

Education Business Careers Higher Education

What's The Grind Podcast about?

It's not your parents' career advice. The Grind Podcast brings you real talk about navigating the today's working world. We're launching in Fall 2017 but you can listen to our trailer now.

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The Grind Podcast episodes:

04.02.2018
Episode 16: Responding to a Job Offer
Tuyen has turned her job search around but now has a new problem. She needs to respond to a job offer before she hears back from her dream job. We bring on Phil Strazzulla, the founder of NextWave Hire, to...
03.02.2018
Episode 15: How to Take Care of Yourself During a Job Search
This week we meet Tuyen, a first generation Vietnamese American who spent her childhood living in cramped motel room that she shared with her entire family. We’ll follow Tuyen through the ups and downs of her job search as she...
02.17.2018
Episode 14: Vulnerability on Social Media with David Chase
David Chase was laid off from his job earlier this year. The first thing he did was post about it on Linkedin. That post got over 1,000,000 views, 20,000 likes, and 2,000 comments. David is our guest this week on...
02.01.2018
Episode 13: Networking as an Introvert with Heather Redman
This week, we’re talking about networking again with Heather Redman, a Seattle-based venture capitalist and executive. To the surprise of many who know her professionally, Heather is an introvert. We talk about how networking as an introvert can make you...
01.18.2018
Episode 12: What the **** is networking? A conversation with one of the world’s best networkers, Heidi Roizen.
This week, Ignacio’s job search gets serious and he starts making connections. To help him, we bring on one of the world’s best networkers, the self-proclaimed “Snooki of Harvard Business School”, and Marc's business-school hero, venture capitalist, Heidi Roizen. We...
01.11.2018
Episode 11: Should you shut off your social media?
And we’re back! As a holiday present to The Grind, share this episode with a friend. Today, we meet Ignacio, a young professional who fought his way from a challenging childhood in Wapato to a prestigious tech job in Seattle....
12.21.2017
Episode 10: An Update with Youcef - Self-Doubt, Family, and Paying it Forward
In this episode, we catch-up with Youcef after his summer internship at Madrona. We talk about the self-doubt that he experienced after his first round of internship rejections, how he almost called in sick for his Madrona interview, and what...
12.14.2017
Episode 9 - What to Wear to Work
Before they can focus on this week’s episode, Marc and Warren are desperate for an update from Youcef on his latest internship lead. To cut the tension, Marc tells his most embarrassing work-related story. We also bring on Ambika Singh,...
12.06.2017
Episode 8: How to Apply For a Job (Scattershot or Focus)
Marc reconnects with Youcef who is disappointed after striking out on his first rd. of interviews. Youcef rededicates himself submitting 150 new apps. Marc and Warren wonder if this scattershot approach is a good use of his time especially after...
11.30.2017
Episode 7: The Utter Uselessness of Job Interviews with Jason Dana
Last week, we talked about whether to be honest in interviews. This week, we ask why interviews need to exist at all. We bring on Jason Dana, a professor at Yale School of Management, whose research on interviews was featured...
11.16.2017
Episode 6: Being Honest in Interviews
On this week’s episode we meet Youcef, a computer science student from UW-Tacoma trying to break into the tech industry. He’s been getting internship interviews at major firms but hasn’t been able to close the deal. Marc and Warren wonder...
11.02.2017
Episode 5: Update with Amina - The MCAT Adversity and the Life of a Doctor
Marc catches up with Amina four months after her last update. We talk the MCAT, medical school applications, and dealing with adversity...publicly. We also talk about the difficult life of a doctor and wonder if it’s okay to be unhappy...
10.26.2017
Episode 4: Reimagining Work for Women - An Interview with Annie Dean Founder of Werk
Marc and Warren are two cisgender men, which doesn’t make them experts about this week’s topic, women. And more specifically, challenges facing women in the workplace. Luckily, we bring on Annie Dean, founder of WERK, an online job marketplace for...
10.19.2017
Episode 3: The Power of Meaning with Emily Esfahani Smith
This week we revisit Amina, a senior at the UW, who thinks she has her life planned out, only to discover, maybe she doesn’t. A summer research job takes on new meaning as she works on developing a vaccine for...
10.12.2017
Episode 2: So, what do you want to do with your life (Part 2)?
In Part 2, we reintroduce Amina, a senior at the UW who plans her life to the minute and is 100% sure she wants to go to medical school. Marc and Warren bring on Kat Koh to help them get clear...
10.12.2017
Episode 1: So, what do you want to do with your life (Part 1)?
Amina is a planner. She grew up as the only Somali in her elementary school in Dubai, living a life rigidly planned for. The financial crisis upended that plan and landed her in Seattle. Now she’s a Sr. at UW...
04.17.2017
The Grind Trailer
It's not your parents' career advice. The Grind Podcast brings you real talk about navigating the today's working world. We're launching in Fall 2017 but you can listen to our trailer now.

What's The Grind Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Grind Podcast episodes:

Episode 16: Responding to a Job Offer

Episode 15: How to Take Care of Yourself During a Job Search

Episode 14: Vulnerability on Social Media with David Chase

Episode 13: Networking as an Introvert with Heather Redman

Episode 12: What the **** is networking? A conversation with one of the world’s best networkers, Heidi Roizen.

Episode 11: Should you shut off your social media?

Episode 10: An Update with Youcef - Self-Doubt, Family, and Paying it Forward

Episode 9 - What to Wear to Work

Episode 8: How to Apply For a Job (Scattershot or Focus)

Episode 7: The Utter Uselessness of Job Interviews with Jason Dana

Episode 6: Being Honest in Interviews

Episode 5: Update with Amina - The MCAT Adversity and the Life of a Doctor

Episode 4: Reimagining Work for Women - An Interview with Annie Dean Founder of Werk

Episode 3: The Power of Meaning with Emily Esfahani Smith

Episode 2: So, what do you want to do with your life (Part 2)?

Episode 1: So, what do you want to do with your life (Part 1)?

The Grind Trailer