AGI - Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI

AGI Podcast — Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI For people who got stuck making AI work and educators preparing students for what's next. Our mission is to cut through AI hype with practical insights for workforce development, education, and small to medium businesses → where AI implementation happens in the trenches, not the headlines. 3 shows, 1 mission: *Saturdays: School's Out - Educators and students preparing for an AI-driven future schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/ Mondays: The Weekly Blitz - AI news recaps with cohost Julie Koehrer Monthly: The Vibe - Long-form deep dive conversations

AGI - Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI is a news podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 127 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #31

  Julie Opens Up On: Brand Voice, Community, and Connection

  Aug 17, 202650 minS1

  Voice, Community, Connection: Meet Weekly Blitz Co-Host Julie Koehrer Julie Koehrer believes a local radio station should do more than fill airtime. It should use its voice to build its community. In this Weekly Blitz special, Jason turns the microphone toward his co-host. Julie shares how nearly two decades in radio shaped her approach to sales, marketing, public speaking, and community service. She explains why memorable businesses need both an online presence and real human connection, why marketing results require patience, and why free local radio still matters. They also put Julie through a quick AI workflow exercise. Her wish list is refreshingly practical: help with invoicing, order entry, prospect research, and first-draft proposals so she can spend more time meeting people, attending conferences, and supporting the community. The conversation closes with a bigger question: what do we lose when useful information becomes subscription-only or is filtered entirely by algorithms? ABOUT JULIE KOEHRER Julie Koehrer is an on-air personality and branding and marketing consultant with Q106.7 and Woof Boom Radio in Lafayette, Indiana. She uses radio, digital marketing, public speaking, and community partnerships to help local organizations become memorable and easy to support. CONNECT WITH JULIE KOEHRER LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliekoehrer/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jkoeradio/ Q106.7: https://lafayetteq1067.com/ Woof Boom Radio: https://woofboom.com/indiana/julie-koehrer/ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Does It Matter If AI Helped Create It? 02:59 - Small Business Marketing Online And In Person 07:55 - Why Professional Ad Targeting Matters 11:14 - Meet Weekly Blitz Co-Host Julie Koehrer 15:14 - Using Your Voice To Build Community 23:15 - The Best Part Of Local Radio 25:35 - What Julie Would Hand Off To AI 34:11 - Why Soft Skills Need Clear Outcomes 37:30 - The Hardest Question In Marketing 39:18 - Why Free Local Radio Still Matters CONNECT WITH JASON PADGETT Jason Padgett | AI Solutions Architect | Co-Founder, Wooden Boy Industries | Host, AGI Podcast | AI Adoption, LLM Systems & Human-AI Workflows AGI - Advance Grow and Innovate with AI Podcast Network https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/ CoFounder, Wooden Boy Industries https://woodenboyindustriesai.com/ Chief Solutions Architect, Chakra AI Solutions https://chakrasolutions.ai/ jason@agipodcast.ai RESOURCES MENTIONED AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/315 National Association of Broadcasters AM Radio Advocacy: https://www.nab.org/advocacy/issue.asp?id=6719 HubSpot: https://www.hubspot.com/ Salesforce: https://www.salesforce.com/

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  Episode #3

  Become an AI Orchestrator: Harrison Painter on the New Most Valuable Human Skill

  Aug 16, 202647 minS1

  What happens when people without a software background learn to direct AI agents, build working systems, and solve real business problems? Harrison Painter says they become AI orchestrators, and their value is about to climb. Harrison and Jason compare what they could do eight months ago with what they can build today. They get honest about the fear of terminals, the limits of vibe-coded software, why developers still matter, and how people can get paid while learning. The conversation also moves into education, where AI can help students keep asking questions, explore alternate histories, and learn at their own pace. ABOUT HARRISON PAINTER Harrison Painter is an Indianapolis-based executive AI advisor and founder of LaunchReady.ai. He created The 7 Levels of AI Proficiency, built AI Law Tracker, hosts the AI Ready Podcast, and authored two books on the AI workforce transition. GUEST LINKS Harrison Painter: https://harrisonpainter.com/ LaunchReady.ai: https://launchready.ai/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrisonpainter/ The 7 Levels of AI Proficiency and Harrison's books: https://launchready.ai/harrison AI Launch Pad: https://launchready.ai/launchpad TIME STAMPS 00:00 Meet Harrison Painter and LaunchReady.ai 01:21 The eight-month shift from vibe coding to agents 04:05 Learning permissions, guardrails, and safer experimentation 07:32 Moving from chat apps toward VS Code and the terminal 10:29 How Jason and Harrison teach themselves new systems 13:37 The rise of the LLM whisperer and AI orchestrator 15:35 How new graduates can get paid while learning AI 18:16 Where business knowledge beats technical depth 19:36 Why waiting to learn is becoming the bigger risk 22:30 AI literacy for children and the return of “why?” 26:33 Reimagining history class through questions and simulation 30:56 AI as a tutor that meets people where they are 32:48 Translating leaders for the people doing the work 34:22 Using AI to prepare for meetings and improve communication 37:12 Helping students practice debate, teamwork, and respect 38:31 AI can amplify strengths and fill skill gaps 41:13 Train the person and fix the workflow 42:27 Building welcoming AI communities across Indiana 47:29 Why current training and trusted peers matter CONNECT WITH JASON PADGETT Director of Growth and Partnerships at CitizenAI jason@mycitizen.ai LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-grant-padgett/ X: https://x.com/NoCodeCAIO No Code CAIO newsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/newsletter/ Available for interviews and keynotes on AI in education → jason@mycitizen.ai AGI PODCAST NETWORK School's Out Saturdays: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/ Field Notes newsletter: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/field-notes Indiana AI education events: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/events All AGI Podcast shows: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/network TOOLS JASON RECOMMENDS MindStudio → https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdq Riverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBr Wispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett RESOURCES MENTIONED LaunchReady AI & Coffee: https://launchready.ai/ AI Launch Pad and the Thursday Brain Trust: https://launchready.ai/launchpad Hermes Agent: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent AI Law Tracker: https://ailawtracker.org/

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  Episode #31

  AI Is Already Here: What K-12 Teachers and Students Need Now

  Aug 15, 202657 minS2

  EPISODE DESCRIPTIONAI is already inside the world children inhabit, and waiting for perfect policy will leave teachers alone and students unguided. Indianapolis Catholic school leader Ronda Swartz joins Jason Padgett to make the case for beginning with teacher pain: return time lost to planning, grading, and repetitive work so educators can focus on students.They examine testing fatigue, project-based learning, voice as a doorway into student thinking, and personalization that builds from strengths instead of only repairing weaknesses. The conversation also gets honest about device dependence, children's mental health, anthropomorphism, sycophancy, student data, and the difference between a school-managed AI account and a personal one.Ronda's line for AI professional development is worth keeping: teach the tool, then create the sculpture. Schools need shared learning, clear guardrails, and a plan people will execute.ABOUT THE GUESTRonda Swartz is an Indianapolis Catholic school principal with nearly two decades of experience as a principal and executive director. She began as a public school educator in 1999 and now helps teachers explore practical AI use through Teacher Tuesday in the AI Launch Pad community.GUEST LINKSRonda Swartz on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rondaswartz3177272065/Teacher Tuesday on Skool: https://www.skool.com/ai-launch-pad/about?ref=6da44c20543646dfbd48cd032aa36886TIME STAMPS00:00 - Ronda's new school year and leadership background01:35 - Give teachers their time back07:50 - The whole child and the weight of testing15:28 - Redesigning school with families and communities18:55 - Personalization that builds from student strengths25:03 - AI as electricity, not one more classroom lamp32:19 - Children's mental health, sycophancy, and responsibility40:15 - Put AI literacy into the DNA of education47:23 - Teacher Tuesday and learning in community50:00 - School accounts, personal accounts, and student dataCONNECT WITH JASON PADGETTJason Padgett | AI Solutions Architect | Co-Founder, Wooden Boy Industries | Host, AGI Podcast | AI Adoption, LLM Systems & Human-AI WorkflowsAGI - Advance, Grow and Innovate with AI Podcast Network: https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/Co-Founder, Wooden Boy Industries: https://woodenboyindustriesai.com/Chief Solutions Architect, Chakra AI Solutions: https://chakrasolutions.ai/Email: jason@agipodcast.aiTOOLS JASON RECOMMENDSMindStudio: https://get.mindstudio.ai/q7n7u5cttkdqRiverside.fm: https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow: https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgettRESOURCES MENTIONEDClaude for Teachers, July 2026: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-for-teachersNotebookLM: https://notebooklm.google/MagicSchool: https://www.magicschool.ai/SchoolAI: https://schoolai.com/Google Gemini for Education: https://edu.google.com/ai/gemini-for-education/Antiqua et Nova, Vatican note on AI and human intelligence, January 2025: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20250128_antiqua-et-nova_en.html2026 HECC Conference: https://hecc.k12.in.us/conference-info.htmlWooden Boy Industries: https://woodenboyindustriesai.com/

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  Episode #30

  Who Gets to Shape the AI Future? | AI4, Agents, Open Source, and Small Business

  Aug 10, 20261h 10mS1

  AI is changing the rules faster than most people can make sense of them. In this Weekly Blitz, Jason Padgett talks with Nirav Nimish Shah, co-founder of Quantal AI, about what he saw at AI4 and what it means for people trying to keep up with AI without getting lost in hype or fear. They cover the move from copilots to agents, governance, security, open source, data privacy, AI companions, and why small businesses have a real opportunity to use AI before larger organizations fully catch up. WHAT YOU’LL TAKE AWAY How to think about practical AI adoption without ignoring risk. Why small businesses should start with useful, low-complexity AI workflows. When open-source or self-hosted models may make sense. Why technical skill alone is no longer enough for future engineers. Why AI literacy matters for families, students, and everyday workers. TAKEAWAY AI will change the world. Joining the conversation is how we increase the odds that it changes it for the better. GUEST Nirav Nimish Shah Co-Founder, Quantal AI AI engineer, AI consultant, and automation architect M.S. in Computer Science, Columbia University Former quant-trading technology professional at UBS LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/theniravshah/ Quantal AI https://www.linkedin.com/company/quantal-ai/ RESOURCES MENTIONED AI4 Conference Quantal AI ChatGPT Claude Gemini Open-source AI models CONNECT WITH JASON PADGETT Jason Padgett | AI Solutions Architect | Co-Founder, Wooden Boy Industries | Host, AGI Podcast | AI Adoption, LLM Systems & Human-AI Workflows AGI - Advance Grow and Innovate with AI Podcast Network https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/ CoFounder, Wooden Boy Industries https://woodenboyindustriesai.com/ Chief Solutions Architect, Chakra AI Solutions https://chakrasolutions.ai/ jason@agipodcast.ai TOOLS MENTIONED ChatGPT Claude Gemini

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  Episode #29

  How to Grade Student Work When AI Can Write It

  Aug 8, 20261h 3mS2

  Grading student work got harder the moment AI could write it. Mike Jones has a fix, and it starts with grading something other than the finished artifact.Most courses still assess a thing: the essay, the spreadsheet, the safety manual. AI produces things on demand, so faculty end up policing with detection software Mike says the data shows is unreliable.WHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAYWhy the artifact stopped being evidence of learningThe five AI modes: hone, use, mediate, align, navigateThe second rubric, grading how students used the toolBoth equity gaps: banning AI, and saying "use whatever you want"Why a $20 subscription is not FERPA-safeTHE ASSESSMENT FIXMike's HUMAN framework gives five operational modes for AI in coursework: hone, use, mediate, align, and navigate. The first is hone, meaning no AI, and it exists because students have to build a foundation before they can audit what a machine hands them.His example is a workplace safety manual. AI will write you a good first draft. If you cannot explain how a forklift operates, you cannot check that draft, and you are still the human legally holding the outcome when someone gets hurt.HEART is the backward design side, producing two rubrics on the same assignment: one grading the demonstration of learning, one grading intentional use of the tool. The assignment often does not change. What changes is what you look at when you grade it.BOTH EQUITY GAPSBlock AI entirely and your students graduate into a workforce fluent in something they never touched. Say use whatever AI you want and one student brings a $100 ChatGPT account while another uses the free tier, so you built a gap trying to be generous.Mike also points to peer-reviewed research showing generative AI helping students with ADHD and dyslexia. His concern is what a blanket ban does next: it forces students to disclose a disability to earn an exception, then invites faculty to litigate whether the diagnosis is real.THE TAKEAWAYIf AI can produce the artifact, the artifact is no longer the evidence, so assessment has to move to the process a student can show and defend.YOUR CHALLENGETake one assignment you already teach. Label its AI level in the instructions, in plain language. Then write the second rubric that grades how the student used the tool.ABOUT MIKE JONESAI literacy and onboarding specialist, co-founder of AI Engines in Marion, Indiana, and creator of the HUMAN/HEART AI-Resilience Framework. 15 years in higher ed teaching and learning technology.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mediamission/AI Engines: https://aiengines.work/RESOURCES MENTIONEDAI Engines services and HUMAN/HEART → https://aiengines.work/servicesHECC Conference, Indianapolis, November 2026 → https://hecc.k12.in.us/conference-info.htmlCONNECT WITH JASON PADGETTJason Padgett | AI Solutions Architect | Co-Founder, Wooden Boy Industries | Host, AGI Podcast | AI Adoption, LLM Systems & Human-AI WorkflowsAGI - Advance Grow and Innovate with AI Podcast Network https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/CoFounder, Wooden Boy Industries https://woodenboyindustriesai.com/Chief Solutions Architect, Chakra AI Solutions https://chakrasolutions.ai/ jason@agipodcast.aiAVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEWS AND KEYNOTES ON AI IN EDUCATIONjason@agipodcast.aiAGI PODCAST SHOWSSchool's Out Saturdays: AI in education, K-12 through universityWeekly Blitz: AI news every MondayThe Vibe: Deep conversations, no clockAll platforms: https://linktr.ee/AGIPodcastFollow: Facebook + LinkedIn @AGIPodcast | Instagram @AGISchoolsout | X @NoCodeCAIOAI in education events around Indiana are listed at https://schoolsout.agipodcast.ai/TOOLS JASON RECOMMENDSRiverside.fm → https://riverside.sjv.io/e1xyBrWispr Flow → https://ref.wisprflow.ai/jason-padgett

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