AGI - Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI
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AGI Podcast — Advance, Grow, Innovate with AI

For whoever got stuck making AI work—and educators preparing students for what's next.

Julie Koehrer and Jason Padgett cut through AI hype with practical, real-world insights for people who actually need to implement it. They focus on workforce development, education, and small to medium businesses and nonprofits literacy and adoption.

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Comedian Turned AI Founder, Victor Varando
24 November 2025

Comedian Turned AI Founder, Victor Varando

AGI - Advance, Grow, and Innovate with AI (Podcast) - Building the future, one human-AI collab at a time.Episode Summary: Victor Varnado went from acting in movies with Schwarzenegger and Murphy to building Magic Bookifier—an AI writing tool born from his own frustration. This conversation cuts through AI hype to explore how creators can actually use these tools without losing their...
"He Hates Those Other Models!"
22 November 2025

"He Hates Those Other Models!"

School's Out Saturdays on the AGI Podcast - The most important conversation with the people shaping tomorrow one lesson at a time. Where educators of all kinds join Jason Padgett to explore preparing students for 'their tomorrow' not 'our yesterday'Episode Summary: Thomas Hummel built Eduaide.ai from a Title I classroom where teachers were drowning in work. Now serving over a million educators...
God, Good Samaritans, and the Future of Intelligence
17 November 2025

God, Good Samaritans, and the Future of Intelligence

AGI - Advance, Grow, and Innovate with AI (Podcast) - For Whoever Got Stuck Making AI Work! Episode 48Episode Summary: Paula Davis—Miss Indiana, entrepreneur, and founder of Good Samaritan Project—breaks down why AI won't destroy us, but our own choices might. From addiction recovery parallels to international mission work, this conversation challenges Silicon Valley hype with boots-on-the-ground...
Dr. Bubbles Blueprint for Tomorrow’s Schools
15 November 2025

Dr. Bubbles Blueprint for Tomorrow’s Schools

The most important conversation with the people shaping tomorrow one lesson at a time. Where educators of all kinds join Jason Padgett to explore preparing students for 'their tomorrow' not 'our yesterday' Episode 47Episode Summary: Dr. Bubbles (Ronda Swartz) brings decades of educational leadership to a raw conversation about rolling out School AI to hesitant teachers, why Catholic schools might...
The Golden Age of Entrepreneurship
10 November 2025

The Golden Age of Entrepreneurship

AGI - Advance, Grow, and Innovate with AI - The Podcast For Whoever Got Stuck Making AI Work (Episode 46) Episode Summary: Nikki Barua breaks down why some leaders are energized by AI disruption while others want to retire early, and how organizations can close the "exponential divide" between AI's speed and human adaptation. Real talk about workforce transformation, the death of middle...
Rural AI Success: How a Small Indiana School District Actually Implemented Khanmigo
08 November 2025

Rural AI Success: How a Small Indiana School District Actually Implemented Khanmigo

EP 45 School's Out Saturdays on the AGI Podcast - The most important conversation with the people shaping tomorrow one lesson at a time. Where educators of all kinds join Jason Padgett to explore preparing students for 'their tomorrow' not 'our yesterday'Episode Summary: While big school districts debate AI policy, Rensselaer Central Schools in rural Indiana quietly achieved a 92% student...
The 'Get Off My Lawn' Guide to AI: 2 OGs on What Actually Works
02 November 2025

The 'Get Off My Lawn' Guide to AI: 2 OGs on What Actually Works

AGI - Advance, Grow, and Innovate with AI (Podcast) - Building the future, one human-AI collab at a time. Ep 44Episode Summary: Two Gen X AI enthusiasts cut through the hype from an Agentic AI conference to talk about what actually matters: clean data, optimized processes, and why your company probably isn't ready for AI agents yet.Guest Jeffrey Najar, VP of Marketing at Horsepower | Sales &...
Why This 21-Year-Old Isn't Worried About Robots Taking Her Job
01 November 2025

Why This 21-Year-Old Isn't Worried About Robots Taking Her Job

School's Out Saturdays on the AGI PodcastThe most important conversations with the people shaping tomorrow—one lesson at a time. Educators, students, and ed-tech innovators join Jason Padgett to explore preparing students for their future, not our past.Episode Summary:A Purdue industrial engineering senior reveals how she's landing job offers through strategic networking, using AI to create fake...
OnlyFans, Existential Dread, and French Fries
27 October 2025

OnlyFans, Existential Dread, and French Fries

AGI - Advance, Grow, and Innovate with AI (Podcast) - Building the future, one human-AI collab at a time. EP 42Episode Summary: Jason and Julie dive into ChatGPT's adult mode rollout, Sora's creative chaos, and the existential crisis brewing as AI accelerates past Moore's Law. From erotic chatbots potentially replacing OnlyFans to Bernie Sanders making unexpected sense about robot taxes, this...
Teachers Who Drink and Whine
25 October 2025

Teachers Who Drink and Whine

Episode Summary: Former elementary and special ed teacher Mary Dougherty reveals how AI can revolutionize education by transforming teachers from lecturers into facilitators, while opening unprecedented doors for students with special needs and addressing the critical skills gap in our factory-model education system.Guest Mary Dougherty, Innovation Program Manager at TechPoint | Former K-6...