The ASHHRA Podcast
Healthcare runs on people. The ASHHRA Podcast is where the leaders responsible for those people come to think out loud.
As the official podcast of ASHHRA (the American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration), this show has built a library of 250+ episodes for one audience: the CHROs, CPOs, VPs, and directors leading the healthcare workforce.
Every week, hosts Bo Brabo and Luke Carignan sit down with the executives doing the hard work inside hospitals and health systems. Past guests include leaders from AdventHealth, Universal Health Services, Advocate Health, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and UC Health. These are unscripted, practitioner-to-practitioner conversations about what actually works, what didn't, and what they'd do differently.
WHAT WE COVER
Workforce shortages and retention. Leader and caregiver burnout. Culture and identity. Labor relations. Total rewards and benefits strategy. AI and HR technology. Policy and regulatory shifts. The people decisions that shape patient care.
TWO WAYS TO LISTEN
The Weekly News Drop: the week's most important healthcare HR headlines, what they mean for your organization, and what to do about them on Monday morning.
Guest Conversations: deep dives with the leaders solving real workforce problems right now.
MEET YOUR HOSTS
Bo Brabo is Vice President of People Solutions (Healthcare) at Lockton and a retired U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer who served as a Soldier for ten years at the White House, including as a Presidential Communications Officer for two Presidents. Luke Carignan is Strategic Director of Healthcare at Phenom and brings the story behind the strategy. Together they're optimistic but honest, and warm but never soft.
If you lead HR for a health system, shape workforce strategy, or influence culture anywhere in healthcare, this is your briefing. No theory. No fluff. Just leaders in the arena, sharing what they've learned.
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The ASHHRA Podcast
Latest Episodes
#263 - Healthcare HR News, October 2026: Nurse Pay Compression, the 26% EAP Gap, and Fitch's 1.5% Margin Peak
Luke Carignan and ASHHRA CEO Jeremy Sadlier close out October with three costs health systems already pay without naming them. Each one eats margin and morale, and each ends on a decision that sits with HR.💵 Pay Compression Is a Fairn...
#262 - ASHHRA27 Preview: San Antonio's JW Marriott Hill Country, May 16-18 2027, and the 15-Partner AP3 Program
Luke is on the road, so Bo sits down with ASHHRA Executive Director and CEO Jeremy Sadlier for a different kind of Weekly News Drop: the news is ASHHRA's own. Registration for ASHHRA27 is open, and the two of them walk through what the conferen...
#261 - Student Loan Repayment Beats the $50,000 Sign-On Bonus: CLASP's Romy Newman on ROTC for Healthcare
Featuring Romy Newman, VP of Talent Ecosystem, CLASPDisclosure: CLASP is a sponsor of The ASHHRA Podcast.Bo opens with a question from his Army years. What if every recruit paid for basic training up front and the Army just hoped ...
#260 - ChenMed's Jeff Battinus on Agentic AI Recruiting, and the 78% Who Chose the AI Interview
Featuring Jeff Battinus, VP of Talent Attraction and Selection, ChenMed, and Yaniv Shimoni, Co-Founder, Take2Disclosure: Take2 is a sponsor of The ASHHRA Podcast.Twenty-two years in healthcare recruiting, and Jeff Battinu...
#259 - Healthcare HR News, October 2026: GLP-1 Coverage at 36%, Gen Z at 30% of RNs, Predicting Attrition
Bo and Jeremy are back from the ASHHRA Executive Summit in Savannah, Luke held the fort, and the three of them land on one theme: the systems that win are not doing anything magical. They are deciding earlier than everyone else.💊 The ...
