Ranking
The experts found through podcasts, assessed on the 5 admission criteria. Experts found through books only are not scored yet.
G1Sample
Written voiceDo they write for the general public?
3 signed pieces for the public in 24 monthsBased on: Regular columnists and some guest writers of 16 newspapers in the UK, France and Germany, plus Substack and a web search for some experts98G2Partial
Spoken presenceDo they speak in public, on the record?
2 appearances in 24 monthsBased on: Podcast appearances in the podcasts of the POC only3,512G3Partial
Commercial offeringDo they have something to sell?
1 book, paid offering, speaking or consultingBased on: New books since 2023 only2,977G4Partial
Institutional standingDo they hold a recognized position?
1 position at a university, think tank, institute or regulatorBased on: Positions confirmed by a source, or only stated on podcasts5,624G5Partial
Recent activityAre they active right now?
1 appearance in 6 months and 4 in 24 monthsBased on: Podcast appearances only1,6258,681 experts
Export CSV| # | Person | Role | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | G5 | Criteria | Appearances (24 mo) | Podcasts | Last appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Quinn Slobodian Professor of History · Wellesley College | Academic | 4 / 5 | 29 | 25 | Sep 26, 2026 | |||||
| 52 | Amy Edmondson Harvard Business School professor | Academic | 4 / 5 | 7 | 24 | Sep 24, 2026 | |||||
| 53 | Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist · Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Centre for Earth and Space | Academic | 4 / 5 | 24 | 22 | Sep 18, 2026 | |||||
| 54 | Martin Wolf Chief Economic Commentator · Financial Times | Commentator | 4 / 5 | 23 | 22 | Sep 18, 2026 | |||||
| 55 | Avi Loeb Professor · Harvard University | Academic | 4 / 5 | 25 | 21 | Jun 22, 2026 | |||||
| 56 | Robert Sapolsky Professor of biology and neurology · Stanford University | Academic | 4 / 5 | 79 | 19 | Sep 24, 2026 | |||||
| 57 | Nick Bostrom Philosopher | Academic | 4 / 5 | 9 | 19 | Sep 24, 2026 | |||||
| 58 | Timothy Snyder Author and historian | Academic | 4 / 5 | 19 | 18 | Jun 24, 2026 | |||||
| 59 | Carlo Rovelli Physicist and author | Academic | 4 / 5 | 15 | 18 | Sep 30, 2026 | |||||
| 60 | Marjorie Taylor Greene Former Congresswoman | Former official | 4 / 5 | 10 | 18 | Aug 11, 2026 | |||||
| 61 | Florence Gaub Futurist · NATO Defense College | Think tank | 4 / 5 | 21 | 17 | Jul 19, 2026 | |||||
| 62 | Liz Truss Former Prime Minister · Conservative Party | Former official | 4 / 5 | 20 | 17 | Sep 30, 2026 | |||||
| 63 | Francis Fukuyama Professor of political science · Stanford University | Academic | 4 / 5 | 16 | 17 | Sep 24, 2026 | |||||
| 64 | Mart de Kruif Former commander of the Land Forces | Former official | 4 / 5 | 29 | 16 | Sep 3, 2026 | |||||
| 65 | Edward Fishman Senior research scholar · Center for Global Energy Policy, Columbia University | Academic | 4 / 5 | 17 | 16 | Aug 30, 2026 | |||||
| 66 | Cal Newport Author | Academic | 4 / 5 | 14 | 16 | Sep 16, 2026 | |||||
| 67 | David Petraeus General · United States Army | Former official | 4 / 5 | 13 | 16 | Aug 21, 2026 | |||||
| 68 | Sean Carroll Theoretical physicist and philosopher | Academic | 4 / 5 | 11 | 16 | Sep 14, 2026 | |||||
| 69 | Peter Singer Moral philosopher | Academic | 4 / 5 | 6 | 16 | Sep 2, 2026 | |||||
| 70 | Boris Johnson Former PM · The Spectator | Former official | 4 / 5 | 16 | 15 | Feb 26, 2026 | |||||
| 71 | Robert Habeck Minister | Former official | 4 / 5 | 16 | 15 | May 30, 2026 | |||||
| 72 | Heather Mac Donald Author | Think tank | 4 / 5 | 15 | 15 | Aug 12, 2026 | |||||
| 73 | Mary Beard Professor Dame | Academic | 4 / 5 | 9 | 15 | Jul 1, 2026 | |||||
| 74 | George Monbiot Writer and environmental activist | Commentator | 4 / 5 | 8 | 15 | Aug 12, 2026 | |||||
| 75 | Matt Abrahams Lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business | Academic | 4 / 5 | 59 | 14 | Sep 21, 2026 | |||||
| 76 | Gabriel Felbermayr WIFO head | Academic | 4 / 5 | 17 | 14 | Jul 23, 2026 | |||||
| 77 | Mark Galeotti Historian and Russia-watcher · RUSI | Academic | 4 / 5 | 14 | 14 | Aug 24, 2026 | |||||
| 78 | Venki Ramakrishnan Microbiologist | Academic | 4 / 5 | 11 | 14 | Aug 8, 2026 | |||||
| 79 | Dmitri Alperovitch Silverado Policy Accelerator | Think tank | 4 / 5 | 6 | 14 | Aug 22, 2026 | |||||
| 80 | Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook Senior adviser · Bertelsmann Stiftung | Think tank | 4 / 5 | 18 | 13 | Sep 16, 2026 | |||||
| 81 | Sönke Neitzel Military historian · University of Potsdam | Academic | 4 / 5 | 17 | 13 | Aug 28, 2026 | |||||
| 82 | Stacey Abrams Voting rights activist and former Georgia house minority leader | Former official | 4 / 5 | 16 | 13 | Jul 2, 2026 | |||||
| 83 | Alastair Campbell | Former official | 4 / 5 | 15 | 13 | Sep 5, 2026 | |||||
| 84 | Gerald Knaus Migration expert · ESI | Think tank | 4 / 5 | 14 | 13 | Sep 26, 2026 | |||||
| 85 | Frans Timmermans GroenLinks-PvdA | Former official | 4 / 5 | 13 | 13 | Jul 16, 2026 | |||||
| 86 | Andrew Huberman Professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology · Stanford | Academic | 4 / 5 | 11 | 13 | Sep 26, 2026 | |||||
| 87 | Anna Lembke Professor of psychiatry and head of Addiction Medicine · Stanford University | Academic | 4 / 5 | 10 | 13 | Aug 27, 2026 | |||||
| 88 | Dacher Keltner Psychologist · Stanford | Academic | 4 / 5 | 8 | 13 | Jun 3, 2026 | |||||
| 89 | Mariam Lau Political correspondent · Die Zeit | Commentator | 4 / 5 | 26 | 12 | Sep 27, 2026 | |||||
| 90 | Veronika Grimm Member of the Council of Economic Experts · Sachverständigenrat | Academic | 4 / 5 | 23 | 12 | Aug 7, 2026 | |||||
| 91 | Claudia Kemfert Climate economist | Academic | 4 / 5 | 17 | 12 | Aug 5, 2026 | |||||
| 92 | Herfried Münkler Political scientist | Academic | 4 / 5 | 14 | 12 | Sep 11, 2026 | |||||
| 93 | Sebastian Mallaby Two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and senior fellow · Council on Foreign Relations | Think tank | 4 / 5 | 12 | 12 | Aug 7, 2026 | |||||
| 94 | Leo Varadkar Former Taoiseach | Former official | 4 / 5 | 11 | 12 | Jul 21, 2026 | |||||
| 95 | C. Thi Nguyen Philosopher | Academic | 4 / 5 | 9 | 12 | Sep 16, 2026 | |||||
| 96 | Adam Frank Astrophysicist | Academic | 4 / 5 | 8 | 12 | Jun 28, 2026 | |||||
| 97 | Christopher Rufo Senior Fellow · Manhattan Institute | Think tank | 4 / 5 | 8 | 12 | Sep 19, 2026 | |||||
| 98 | Thomas Hertog Cosmologist | Academic | 4 / 5 | 5 | 12 | Jul 3, 2026 | |||||
| 99 | Alessandro Barbero Professor · Università del Piemonte Orientale | Academic | 4 / 5 | 189 | 11 | Sep 29, 2026 | |||||
| 100 | John Mearsheimer Professor · University of Chicago | Academic | 4 / 5 | 159 | 11 | Sep 29, 2026 |