AI is reshaping the world at a pace humanity has never seen, and the real challenge is not simply understanding the technology. It is learning how to remain deeply human while everything around us accelerates.
Authentic & Agentic is the place where leaders come to make sense of that tension. Hosted by serial entrepreneur Jayson Manship, the show pairs clear analysis with honest conversation and real examples you can put into practice. Every episode looks at how AI shows up in the real world, from boardrooms to classrooms to kitchen tables, and explores what it means to build, lead and love in a time shaped by algorithms.
The hard things are yet to come. It is time to lean in.
Jayson Manship on the Noblesville school referendum, property tax math and NotebookLM
Host Jayson Manship explores how artificial intelligence can analyze complex local civic issues on this episode of Authentic and Agentic. Manship breaks down Public Question 3, the Noblesville schools operating referendum on the Nov. 3 ballot, examining why competing groups cite three radically different cost estimates for the same median $350,000 home. He details the official state ballot warning of $955 a year, the school district's estimated net increase of $1.88 a month and the opposition group's projection of about $19 a month.
The episode explains the financial mechanics behind the measure, which asks voters to replace an expiring 37-cent tax rate with an authorized ceiling of up to 57 cents per $100 of net assessed value through 2034. Manship outlines how the referendum funds 20 percent of the district's operating budget, while examining a school board resolution pledging to cap the 2027 rate at 38.5 cents.
Manship also tests how artificial intelligence handles political polarization. He demonstrates experiments using Google NotebookLM to reveal how feeding a tool only pro-referendum materials produced an echo-chamber summary, while adding opposition documents brought out state audit data on $45.9 million in cash reserves and $54.1 million in fund transfers. Using Claude to calculate his personal tax bill and ChatGPT voice mode to steel-man both sides of the debate, Manship outlines a five-step guide for voters to evaluate ballot measures using AI.
29 Sept 2026
LM Products CEO Tyler Mechem on AI for manufacturing, super intelligence and america.gov
Host Jayson Manship breaks down the latest artificial intelligence developments and sits down with leather manufacturer Tyler Mechem on this episode of Authentic and Agentic.
In the news segment, Manship analyzes the presidential directive changing the term artificial intelligence to super intelligence in federal documents, alongside Mark Zuckerberg adopting the phrase for Meta products. He details the White House launching america.gov as a single portal for federal services, led by Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia, and examines U.S. Census Bureau data showing low AI adoption among small businesses.
Mechem, president of LM Products in Anderson, Indiana, joins the podcast to discuss running a third-generation factory that produces 250,000 guitar straps a year out of a 1920s department store basement. He shares how a camping trip conversation inspired him to use Claude and ChatGPT to code custom scheduling software and labor tracking applications for his 30 employees.
The conversation explores how small business owners can use artificial intelligence to optimize factory operations without replacing human workers. Mechem also reflects on his past career as a touring musician in Charleston, South Carolina, and shares the story of his grandfather making a custom guitar strap for Dolly Parton.
22 Sept 2026
ONOW Ascent CEO Matt Wallace on the Day Two app, ChatGPT in Word and data center tax breaks
Host Jayson Manship breaks down the latest artificial intelligence news and sits down with philanthropic entrepreneur Matt Wallace on this episode of Authentic and Agentic.
In the news segment, Manship details ChatGPT being integrated directly into Microsoft Word and compares it to Anthropic consolidating Claude tools into a single desktop application. He analyzes contrasting approaches to AI in education, comparing student bans in New York City and Los Angeles with Indiana's balanced guidance model and bipartisan social media restrictions. He also discusses the Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission approving a $240 million tax abatement for a Decatur Township data center shortly after voting to pause data center construction.
Wallace, co-founder of ONOW Ascent, joins the podcast to discuss his 15 years in Myanmar leading small business coaching in frontier markets across Southeast Asia and Africa. He breaks down how AI collapses the cost of organizing financial data and introduces Day Two, a context-driven app that helps micro-entrepreneurs turn receipts, voice notes and spreadsheets into usable financial records without relying on an empty chat box. The episode concludes with Wallace reflecting on raising his family overseas, relocating to Carmel and building software that serves 300 million invisible small businesses globally.
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