Eric Pachman: The Data America Doesn't Want You to See, From Hypothermia to Purpose — Healthcare, Jobs, Burnout, and Finding Work Worth Doing
About this episode
Eric Pachman discusses his journey from chemical engineer to data storyteller, revealing insights on healthcare, jobs, and inequality.
Eric Pachman is a chemical engineer-turned-data storyteller who exposed hundreds of millions in drug pricing overcharges through his nonprofit 46 Brooklyn Research, and now uses data visualization to reveal hidden truths about jobs, healthcare, and inequality as founder of Data for the People. Find Eric here: https://www.data4thepeople.com/signup Episode Sponsor: Fiscal AI is a modern data terminal that gives investors instant access to twenty years of financials, earnings transcripts, and extensive segment and KPI data—use my link for a two-week free trial plus 15% off: https://fiscal.ai/talkingbillions/ 3:00 – Eric opens with a near-death pacing experience at the Moab 240-mile race — hypothermia, lost in the mountains, 80 miles covered over two days — and how surviving it cracked open the question: what am I doing with my life? 7:00 – Career journey: chemical engineer → ExxonMobil → Harvard Business School → Morgan Stanley (oil & commodities) → buy-side family office → CSX Railroad → pharmacy/drug pricing → 46 Brooklyn Research. 10:05 – Drug pricing exposed: middlemen taking ~33% of every transaction. "Imagine if the stock price was $1,000 and the commission was…
People in this episode
Host: Bogumil Baranowski
Guest: Eric Pachman
Topics covered
- healthcare
- data storytelling
- drug pricing
- career journey
- inequality
- burnout
Keywords
- drug pricing
- data visualization
- healthcare
- inequality
- career journey
- burnout
- Moab 240
Sponsors
Fiscal AI
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: 46 Brooklyn Research, Data for the People, ExxonMobil, Harvard Business School, Morgan Stanley, CSX Railroad
Places: Moab, America
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