Echoes of Meaning explores language as the quiet force behind everything we know.
Linguist and media producer Camila Sabogal Gómez talks with those on the frontlines of translation, research, and advocacy, revealing how words can build, bridge, or divide entire worlds.
The Science of the Bloody Obvious | With Danny Bate
What happens when we stop taking language for granted and start paying attention to everything hidden inside it?
In this episode of Echoes of Meaning, we speak with linguist and writer Danny Bate about the many ways language connects us to thought, history, culture, and one another. Our conversation moves through etymology, the evolution of languages, the relationship between words and how we understand the world, the limits of interpreting people and cultures from the past, and the role of public linguistics in making these ideas accessible beyond academia.
We also discuss Danny’s approach to writing and his book, Why Q Needs U, in a wide-ranging conversation about the strange, complex, and deeply human thing we do every day: communicate.
17 Jun 2026
The Imprecision of the Words We Choose | Joseph Mazza
In this episode, Joe Mazza, former Chief of the Translating Division at the U.S. State Department’s Office of Language Services, joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about language, translation, culture, and curiosity.
Drawing from a career that spans Cold War Russian translation, diplomatic negotiations, and more than four decades of public service, Joe reflects on the difference between knowing a language and translating meaning. We explore the freedom and responsibility of translators, the role of culture and identity in communication, the surprising stories hidden inside words, and why translation may be as much an art as it is a profession.
13 Feb 2026
Being Is Becoming | With Alice Mazzilli
In this episode, writer and calligrapher Alice Mazzilli discusses her practice across hand lettering, style writing, and academic research. She explains her concept of “interior writing,” the idea that meaning is always changing, and how different writing systems shape the way we think and perceive the world.
Our conversation touches on the history of the Latin alphabet, the cultural hierarchies imposed through writing systems, and how rhythm, music, and hip-hop culture influence her approach to calligraphy. Alice also introduces “jamigraphy,” her rhythm-based method that helps people reconnect with their own handwriting and creative expression.
27 Nov 2025
The Gesture of Thought | With Helen Magowen
What if your handwriting could speak your truth — not just your thoughts, but your posture, your breath, your presence?
We sit down with Helen Magowan — researcher, writer, curator, and expert in 18th-century Japanese calligraphy. Together, we dive into a forgotten world where writing was more than text: it was performance, emotion, and embodied intimacy.
15 Aug 2025
The Overlooked Language of Care | With Carol Velandia
In this episode, Camila Sabogal speaks with Carol Velandia — advocate, social worker, interpreter, academic, entrepreneur, and founder of Equal Access Language Services — about the often-overlooked power of language access.
Carol shares how the ability to speak in your own voice is not a luxury, it’s a right. From hospitals to courtrooms, she explains how language barriers shape systems of exclusion and how we can shift toward justice by centering communication, ethics, and responsibility.
16 Jul 2025
What Shapes a Letter | With Tim Brookes
We’re joined by Tim Brookes: writer, researcher, artist, and founder of the Endangered Alphabets Project.
Through the Endangered Alphabets Project, he explores the deeper realities of writing systems dying — a loss most people rarely consider, yet one with profound consequences for communities, cultures, and humanity as a whole.
19 Jun 2025
Language as a Test of Being | With Maryann Hasso
Camila Sabogal interviews Maryann Hasso, an Arab American educator, about the overlooked realities and deep labor multilingual learners face navigating school systems, highlighting identity, resilience, and belonging.
14 May 2025
Lefteris Kafatos on Interpreting as a Human Act
Camila Sabogal interviews Lefteris Kafatos, a former diplomatic interpreter, who illuminates the intricate skills of interpreting, emphasizing cultural awareness, emotional strength, and the essential role of human expertise.
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