Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchInterpreting Beer with Ira Bletz
Episode 10
It's Oktoberfest on "What's Up, Interpreters"! NAI Board Member Ira Bletz, recently retired from East Bay Regional Park District, has made a name fo…
2 years, 9 months ago
Spirit Tawfiq, Creative Antiracism Educator and Director, Roots of the Spirit
Episode 9
Spirit Tawfiq is the closing keynote speaker at NAI 2023 in Little Rock. Spirit has an interpretive background and uses her skillset in now hosting a…
2 years, 10 months ago
Cris White, Eclipse Coordinator, Earth to Sky
Episode 8
There will be two solar eclipses visible from the contiguous United States and beyond in the next few years. Cris White’s job is to help interpreters…
2 years, 10 months ago
Sam H. Ham, Professor Emeritus of Communication Psychology & Conservation Social Sciences
Episode 7
Sam H. Ham is a professor emeritus of communication psychology and conservation social sciences at the University of Idaho. He became a household nam…
2 years, 11 months ago
Ronny Alexander Muñoz Blanco, Certified Tour Guide and Travel Director
Episode 6
Ronny Alexander Muñoz Blanco is a professional tour guide in Costa Rica, and served in that role for one particularly daunting audience: NAI's recent…
2 years, 11 months ago
Ahmad Toure, Chief of Interpretation at Virgin Islands National Park
Episode 5
Ahmad Toure has worked for the National Park Service for more than a decade, striving to share important, and most importantly complete stories. On t…
3 years ago
Larry Beck, Noted Author and Interpretation Luminary
Episode 4
Larry Beck's scholarship has had an immense effect on the field of interpretation. He is the author or co-author of such notable titles as Interpreta…
3 years ago
Katie Hemann and Grace Teofilo, NAI Young Professionals Council
Episode 3
NAI's Young Professionals Council (YPC) was established to help represent the perspective of new interpreters. Katie Hemann and Grace Teofilo talk ab…
3 years, 1 month ago
Lucien Meadows, Legacy Magazine Editor
Episode 2
Longtime NAI member, former NAI Conference Chair, and new editor of Legacy Magazine joins hosts Paul Caputo and Song Stott to discuss the future of N…
3 years, 1 month ago
Parker McMullen Bushman, NAI President
Episode 1
The debut episode of NAI's podcast welcomes association president Parker McMullen Bushman, who joins hosts Song Stott and Paul Caputo during NAI's In…
3 years, 2 months ago