Christianson is also a huge sports fan who loves the Bucks and the N.F.L.’s Green Bay Packers. When he began “The Unknown Packers Podcast” a couple of years ago, he made sure to help produce a supplementary version in sign language.

“That’s when I started thinking, well, if we can do this with podcasts, which have been systematically and predominantly focused on the hearing population, what else can we do?” Christianson said. “It’s all about access, and I think it’s a fundamental right of humans to have access.”

Christianson had been working as an A.S.L. interpreter for concerts and events at Fiserv Forum, the Bucks’ home arena, when he had lunch before the start of the season with Kieran Nulty , the vice president for arena experience. Christianson asked a question that had been percolating: What did Nulty think of providing an interpreter for Budenholzer’s news conferences?

Christianson said he had gotten used to people politely brushing him off whenever he asked about improving access for the hard of hearing. The line he usually gets is, “I’ll get back to you.” But he could tell that Nulty was intrigued. Sure enough, Nulty went to Feigin, who was so receptive to the idea that he took it to Budenholzer.

“You never know how coaches will react,” Feigin said, “but he was instantaneous: ‘Oh, absolutely. Just tell me what you need.’ This was a 30-second no-brainer for everyone involved.”

It made the most sense, Feigin said, to start by having Christianson interpret Budenholzer’s postgame news conferences. They tend to be newsy for fans, no matter how boring Budenholzer thinks he comes across. The logistics are fairly straightforward: Budenholzer sits at the front of the room and fields questions from reporters for about five to 10 minutes.