About

There are lots of things about the profession that you only hear if you have a great mentor or during networking opportunities. This podcast aims to help decrease that knowledge gap by bringing that information into your headphones.

The show is co-hosted by Sebastian Tello-Trillo and Alex Hollingsworth

Sebastian Tello-Trillo

Sebastian Tello-Trillo is an associate professor of public policy and economics at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). His fields of specialization are Public Economics, Health Economics, and Applied Microeconomics. He has researched topics related to health insurance, mental health, Medicaid, health behaviors, and HIV. In addition to hosting this podcast, he also helps out with the organization EconThaki, an organization that’s helping decrease the barriers of the path for PhD in Econ by providing information and classes. Find out more about Sebastian here.

Alex Hollingsworth

Alex Hollingsworth is an associate professor at Ohio State University with joint appointments in the Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (AEDE) and the Department of Economics. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a co-editor at the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and an editor at the Journal of Health Economics. Hollingsworth is an applied microeconomist with interests in health and environmental economics. Find out more about Alex here.