Interpreting for Healthcare
Ensuring language access for all! 

This series of 30-minute podcasts are intended for healthcare interpreters, and anyone interested in improving linguistic access to healthcare. The National Council’s Standards & Training Committee hosts some of the brightest, most creative minds in the field to keep you abreast of emerging trends and best practices in our profession.  

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Below is a listing of each episode that has been published to date by the STC Podcast group.  Don't forget to check back here to watch any of the new episodes of Interpreting for Healthcare: ensuring language access for ALL!  

Join us for Podcast #31

Tune in to the latest NCIHC podcast episode "Interpreting in Healthcare" with your host, NCIHC President Eliana Lobo, and special guest Ignatius Bau!

Episode #31

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Published early December 2024

Join us for Podcast #30

Tune in to the latest episode of the NCIHC's podcast "Interpreting in Healthcare" with your host, NCIHC President Eliana Lobo, and special guest Jinny Bromberg!

Episode #30

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Published early November 2024

Join us for Podcast #29

Join us for a captivating episode where current NCIHC President Eliana Lobo and former President Rosanna Balistreri, come together to discuss the progress and challenges facing the profession...

Episode #29

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Published early October 2024

Join us for Podcast #28

Join us for an engaging discussion on the future of the interpreting profession, the growing influence of AI in the industry, and the vital role of interpreter and translator input in shaping better tools and processes.

Episode #28

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Published early September 2024

Join us for Podcast #27

Join us for an engaging episode where thoughtful discussion transforms into a dynamic brainstorming session, sparking an exciting new idea!

Episode #27

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Published early-July 2024

Join us for Podcast #26

The one where you get to meet this year’s NCIHC Language Access Champion, Mila Golovine! Not only that, but you get to hear and learn about all the other projects Mila is involved in and working on, including an especially timely group called the AI Task Force.

Episode #26

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Published late-May 2024

Join us for Podcast #25

The one where Three Musketeers: Eliana, Jorge and Johanna call for breaking down silos and making friends with allied healthcare workers for the brighter future of language access.

Episode #25

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Published early-May 2024

Join us for Podcast #24

The one where Enrica shares true stories
about her academic experience and draws your attention to researchers whose work is worth following.

Episode #24

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Published early-April 2024

Join us for Podcast #23

Exciting News Alert! Join us on “Interpreting for Healthcare”, NCIHC’s podcast, for an exclusive interview with the incredible Ewandro Magalhães – Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker, and Coach extraordinaire!

Episode #23

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Published late-March 2024

Join us for Podcast #22

In this captivating installment, language access advocates Margarita Larios and Eliana Lobo reunite after a year, delving even deeper into the nuances of success within the realm of language access. Tune in as they unravel the latest initiatives and ventures spearheaded by the newly established Office of Language Access for the state of New York, by its very first Executive Director. 

Episode #22

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Published mid-March 2024

Join us for Podcast #21

The one where Tamas and Eliana discuss the groundbreaking work done in 29 languages at the Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP) in Seattle, Washington. 

Episode #21

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Published late-February 2024

Join us for Podcast #20

The one where Melissa Anderson talks about the vital signs of the deaf and hard of hearing community inclusion in the healthcare system.
What did you do on January 11th, 2024?

Episode #20

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Published mid-February 2024

Join us for Podcast #19

The one where Eliana and Michael discussed the present and future of language access on all levels: federal, state, and local, and agreed upon the ‘Can you help me?’ request being the core motivation for reducing disparities and promoting civil rights observance. 

Join us for Podcast #18

The one where Giovanna and Eliana dive into an insightful conversation about the inevitability of change, the technological revolution of the XXI century, and ways to preserve the heritage of the indigenous speakers. 

Join us for Podcast #17

The one where John and Fabiola are cracking the code to higher wages for interpreters and broadening their horizons. 

Join us for Podcast #16

The one where Allison Larimore, a trauma and vascular research nurse for the University of Washington Surgery Department at Harborview Medical Center, sets a great example of a healthcare professional who works closely with medical interpreters and sees them as full-fledged members of the healthcare team.

Join us for Episode #15

The one where the NCIHC president, Carla Fogaren, cuts to the chase and talks about language access pitfalls, prospects, and a promising future.

Join us for Episode #14

The one where Eliana and Olena invite you to join the NCIHC as a volunteer, and unleash your talents while helping to promote language access in the US. 

Join us for Episode #13

The one where language access gets dissected into pieces to be studied and then reinvented by industry mavens—Eliana Lobo and Joana Ramos.

Join us for Episode #12

The one where Analia Castillero-Lang and Giovanna Carriero-Contreras, the agents of change in the language access industry, will empower you to take a step towards joining an advocacy group.

Join us for Episode #11

The one where Katharine Allen reflects on her impressive biography, shares memories of being at the forefront of the interpreting profession’s emergence in the US, and offers her vision of artificial intelligence (AI) spreading across the globe.

Join us for Episode #10

The one with Mireya Perez, Brand the Interpreter podcast creator and host, who will inspire you to dream big and make you rewatch the Friends episode #18 from season 7, “The One with Joey's Award”.

Join us for Episode #9

The one where Eliana, Esther, and Amy show how three bright minds can dig to the bottom of the language access wellspring full of roadblocks and uncertainties to find out ways to overcome them once and for all.

Join us for Episode #8

The one where language access warriors Margarita Larios and Eliana Lobo open up a whole new level of discussion about language access and its core values.

Join us for Episode #7

The one where Dr. Jeni Rodrigues and Eliana Lobo cracked the cipher of the language access for D/deaf and hard of hearing community.

 Join us for Episode #6

The one where Xiomara Armas confesses why one might call her a dreamer, but reveals that she is definitely not the only one.

Join us for Episode #5

The one where Gustavo Negrete (the Chair of NBCMI) talks about the roads we take to become Interpreters.

In this month's podcast, learn all about the new ETOE™ Exam!

CCHI just launched a new CoreCHI-Performance™ credential, using the monolingual interpreting performance ETOE™ (English-to-English) exam. This performance credential is available to interpreters of all languages.

Host, Eliana Lobo interviews Natalya Mytareva to find out how and why CCHI decided to expand its testing for interpreters of all spoken languages in both written and performance-based assessments.

Episode #4

Join us for Episode 3

Profile of Dr. Carey Jackson, founder of the Community House Calls Program and EthnoMed, medical director of the International Medicine Clinic, and Interpreters Services at Harborview Medical Center.

Episode #3

Join us for Episode #2

How did the NCIHC get started? Who were the stakeholders and founders sitting at the table and how did they make it happen? Find out from two providers and early champions for language access in this episode of Interpreting for Healthcare.

Eliana Lobo, Chair of NCIHC's Standards and Training Committee, hosts the premiere episode. Every podcast will ask three questions of our guest, (loosely based on Charles Dickens' book "A Christmas Carol", where the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future share visions with the main character).

The podcast questions will always be:

1. Looking back, what are you most proud of?
2. Currently, what do you see as the biggest challenge?
3. Looking forward, what would you love to see happen?

Watch the video to see how our first guest, Vonessa Costa, responds to these questions. 

Episode #1

Here are two reference articles on the LSDT tool published in the Joint Commission Journal of Quality and Safety: