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776 - Wholly Unauthorized

Written by Sallie Draper | May 14, 2026 5:18:21 PM

What happens when you feed years of podcast transcripts into an AI and ask it to roast your long-time guest hosts, Dr. Rachel Renno and Jason Schmidt? WELSTech episode 776, that's what! You won't want to miss the standout phrase that should be cross-stitched on a pillow and lots more WELSTech goodness!

 

The discussion

Martin and Sallie are joined once again by their favorite EdTech duo — Dr. Rachel Renno (Martin Luther College) and Jason Schmidt (Oshkosh ISD) — but this time, the agenda was set by Claude. Using OpenAI's Whisper to transcribe 15+ episodes of past conversations, the team fed the archive into an AI chatbot and let it build a retrospective of Jason and Rachel's greatest hits, boldest predictions, and most quotable moments. With the snark meter turned up just a little, the results did not disappoint.

On the docket: the "Don't Quote Me on That" Award, the Evolution Arc (how two tech enthusiasts slowly became tech realists), a lightning round neither host was fully prepared for, and the phrase that should be cross-stitched on a pillow — courtesy of Jason Schmidt.

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