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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. Jason Padgett and Julie Koehrer 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. 4 shows, 1 mission: Mondays: The Weekly Blitz - AI news recap Mon/Wed/Fri: Data Bytes - 5-min YouTube Shorts on data literacy Saturdays: School"s Out -

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00:35:30

How AI Cuts Healthcare Admin Work by 50% (Real Example)

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2026/02/08

How do you cut administrative work in half without laying anyone off? Phoenix Paramedic Solutions did it using Claude Teams and custom AI workflows. Jason and Julie break down real implementation: healthcare facility communication failures, AI time tracking that doesn't require spreadsheets, and why Claude corrects your priorities instead of telling you every idea is brilliant like ChatGPT does.Key topics covered:Physical therapy and healthcare facility communication breakdowns: Julie's

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00:45:01

ChatGPT in Paramedic School: How One EMT Stopped...

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2026/02/07

Jordan Meyers on School's Out Saturdays on the AGI Podcast - Because our job is to prepare students for their future not our past. (Episode 6)ChatGPT in Paramedic School: How One EMT Stopped Reading TextbooksEpisode Summary:Jordan Myers, EMT and paramedic student, replaced her textbooks with ChatGPT. She built a complete A&P study guide in 2 days (would've taken weeks manually), trained the model to create practice exams exactly how she learns, and convinced half her class to do the

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00:35:42

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘇 - 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟱 | 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲

AGI - Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI ·

2026/02/02

Julie's MIA, so Jason called in Harrison Painter (Launch Ready AI) to decode the internet's latest obsession: OpenClaw. The autonomous AI agent everyone's downloading without understanding the cybersecurity risks. Harrison spent 72 hours in the lobster hole and came back with warnings.🔑 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀:OpenClaw's security nightmare: autonomous agents with full computer access creating the biggest cybersecurity risk for newbies yetSafe experimentation options: Mac Mini, virtual

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01:02:07

AI Can't Replace Your Music Teacher (But It Should Help)

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2026/01/31

School's Out Saturdays on the AGI Podcast - Because our job is to prepare students for their future not our past. (Episode 5)Episode Summary:John von Seggern spent a decade learning that "personalized AI" in ed-tech is mostly marketing BS. When 80% of students never touch the AI features you built, you don't have an adoption problem - you have a product problem. Real personalization comes from humans who actually care.About My GuestJohn von Seggern is Founder of Futureproof Music

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00:37:36

AI Wearables Are Coming: Privacy, Productivity, and...

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2026/01/26

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘇 - 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟰 | AI Wearables Are Coming: Privacy, Productivity, and Who's Really WorkingJason and Julie debate Google joining Siri, AI-powered glasses hitting the market, and Jason's experiment translating CEO directives into helpful check-ins instead of micromanagement. Claude Code joins the conversation.🔑 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀:Google joining Apple's Siri ecosystem signals AI wearables (glasses, watches) going mainstreamWorld Economic Forum at Davos:

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00:57:09

What Employers Actually Want: AI Skills + People Skills

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2026/01/24

School's Out Saturdays on the AGI Podcast - Because our job is to prepare students for their future not our past. (Episode 4)Episode Summary:Lena Morris brings boots-on-the-ground reality from corporate training floors: employers ARE hiring for AI skills, and schools that ignore this are setting students up to fail. We dig into why K-12 needs AI literacy now, how EQ separates humans from machines, and what "micro-credentialing" actually means for your students' job prospects.About

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00:33:24

AI Health Tools, Data Centers, and the Great Midwest...

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2026/01/19

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘇 - 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟯 | AI Health Tools, Data Centers, and the Great Midwest MigrationChatGPT Health and Claude Health just dropped, and Jason and Julie debate whether convenience will beat privacy concerns. Plus, data centers are coming to Indiana, and that means talent migration. Will the coasts lose their grip on tech workers when families can raise kids in the Midwest with lower costs and better schools?🔑 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀:ChatGPT Health and Claude Health launch:

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01:58:45

Blade Runner, I Robot or Idiocracy: Which Future Are...

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2026/01/19

The Vibe on the AGI Podcast - No code, no clock, no BS. No holds barred riffs with people who know their stuff. (Episode 2)Episode Summary:Tech founder Preston Zeller brings 15 years building software, a background in music and art, and deeply held convictions about faith, personal responsibility, and where AI is actually headed. Two hours spanning recovery culture, mental health systems, predictive model risks, and whether Blade Runner or I, Robot got our future right.**About My Guest**Preston

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01:03:10

Why This Is AI's 1980s Garage Moment for Students

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2026/01/17

School's Out Saturdays on the AGI Podcast - Because our job is to prepare students for their future not our past. (Episode 3)Episode Summary:Columbia Masters grad turned Wall Street quant trader turned AI entrepreneur shares what set him apart in the 2009 crisis, why he ditched banking to build products nobody wanted, and why students need digital literacy more than traditional education in the age of AI.About My GuestNirav Nimish Shah is Co-founder at Quantal AI | Columbia University CS Masters

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00:28:40

The Weekly Blitz - Episode 2 | Grok Goes Rogue,...

AGI - Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI ·

2026/01/12

Jason and Julie tackle xAI's Grok drama, Anthropic's newClaude Code tool, and the uncomfortable question nobody wants to ask: what happens when AI gets so advanced that our attempts to control it become laughable?🔑 Key Topics:Grok's unhinged responses and what happens when guardrailsfailClaude Code: AI that writes and executes code from yourterminalRecursive self-improvement and why it matters for AIdevelopmentThe timeline question: when does controlling AI become"the tail trying

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00:50:00

Not Your Granny's Approach to AI Literacy

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2026/01/09

School's Out Saturdays on the AGI Podcast - Because our job is to prepare students for their future not our past. (Season 2, Episode 2)Episode Summary:Educational consultant Patty McGee brings 31 years of classroom experience to a conversation about AI tools, writing instruction, and why grammar matters more than you think. She's testing AI with students, pushing back on detection tools, and figuring out what actually works.About My GuestPatty McGee is an educational consultant and author

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00:30:09

AGI Podcast - Weekly Blitz Episode 1

AGI - Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI ·

2026/01/05

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘇 - 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟭 | 2025 AI Predictions Review & The Return to AnalogJason and Julie review 2025 AI predictions and debate a surprising trend: millennials returning to flip phones and seeking offline spaces. Will Gen Z actually unplug, or is their phone too much like a security blanket?🔑 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀: Why AI ages in dog years and weekly recaps matter Teen flip phone trend: parental force or genuine disconnection? Voice-first future: Apple's AI pin

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00:47:18

Paramedics, Prompts, and High School Healthcare

AGI - Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI ·

2026/01/03

School's Out Saturdays on the AGI Podcast - Because our job is to prepare students for their future not our past. (Season 2, Episode 1)Episode Summary:When a paramedic instructor meets an AI educator, high schoolers win. Jason breaks down how he's teaching Tulsa students to use ChatGPT for real healthcare scenarios while Rebekah Dearing shares why the medical field desperately needs this kind of preparation.About My Guest Rebekah Dearing is an emergency medical technician at Phoenix

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02:25:18

The Vibe - Season 1 Premiere: Fireside with William...

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2025/12/29

The Vibe on the AGI Podcast - No code, no clock, no BS. No holds barred riffs with people who know their stuff. (Episode 60)Episode Summary:The premiere of The Vibe: 2 hours 40 minutes with William Mrklas from Brain Master Technologies. We explore the Midwest AI corridor nobody talks about, specialized AI models that actually work, why consciousness is humanity's only moat, and whether OpenAI survives 2026. No agenda, no time limits, just depth.About My GuestWilliam Mrklas is VP of Sales &

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01:01:19

Navigating AI in Education: Insights from MIT

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2025/12/27

School's Out Saturdays on the AGI Podcast - Because our job is to prepare students for their future not our past. (Episode 59)Episode Summary:MIT PhD candidate BreAnne Fleer brings a political scientist's lens to AI in education. We dig into why curious skepticism beats blind adoption, what the Luddites actually opposed, and why coding literacy matters more than you think for K-12 students.About My GuestBreAnne Fleer is PhD Candidate at MIT Department of Political Science | Fourth-year

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00:53:57

Stop Random Acts of AI: The 5-Stage Model to Become...

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2025/12/22

The AGI Podcast - Practical AI for everyday people who got stuck implementing it. (Episode 58)Episode Summary:Most organizations are moving too fast with AI while missing the foundation entirely. Melissa Reeve brings a marketing transformation and change management lens to explain why "random acts of AI" fail, what the blue-collar manufacturing collapse of the 1980s teaches us about white-collar AI displacement, and her five-stage Hyperadaptive Model for becoming truly AI-native without

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00:52:59

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Truth

AGI - Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI ·

2025/12/20

School's Out Saturdays on the AGI Podcast - Because our job is to prepare students for their future not our past. (Episode 57)Episode Summary:What does it look like when someone who actually trained AI chatbots in 2010 becomes a K-5 educator? Courtney Bock bridges her NextIT background (Ask Jenn, Sgt. Star) with classroom reality, leading district-wide AI implementation in Mead, Washington. She tackles the messy middle: teaching Dewey Decimal with Magic School, why "go slow to go fast"

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00:58:35

MindStudio Aficionado Tom Oswell

AGI - Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI ·

2025/12/15

The AGI Podcast - Practical AI for everyday people who got stuck implementing it. (Episode 56)Episode Summary:Tom and Jason dig into data readiness for AI, the complexities of deploying agents in regulated industries versus startups, and why healthcare can't just roll out AI like a candle shop. They share experiences with MindStudio and practical tools like Whisper Flow, discuss cutting through AI FOMO to focus on what actually delivers ROI, and explore what engineering a desirable AI future

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00:46:47

Skills, Schools, and the Pace of AI

AGI - Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI ·

2025/12/13

School's Out Saturdays on the AGI Podcast - Because our job is to prepare students for their future not our past. (Episode 55)Episode Summary:What happens when a podcast host challenges his own city's mayor and economic development CEO about whether schools are keeping pace with AI? This conversation gets real about entry-level jobs disappearing, the gap between employer needs and education timelines, and why Hamilton County's 75% college-educated workforce might not be enough.About My

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01:11:14

AI & Healthcare: Navigating the Future with Fasa Husain

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2025/12/08

Monday on the AGI Podcast - Practical AI for everyday people who got stuck implementing it. (Episode 54)Episode Summary:What happens when AI makes doctors more efficient but hospital systems demand they see twice as many patients? Fasa Husain breaks down why healthcare AI isn't following the script, why rural hospitals will adopt robot surgeons first, and why the people actually delivering care, physicians and patients, are getting left out of the AI conversation entirely.About My GuestFasahath

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