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 6 UK newspapers, plus Substack and a web search for some experts. No US, Canadian or Australian newspaper yet47G2Partial
Spoken presenceDo they speak in public, on the record?
2 appearances in 24 monthsBased on: Podcast appearances in the podcasts of the POC only1,090G3Partial
Commercial offeringDo they have something to sell?
1 book, paid offering, speaking or consultingBased on: New books since 2023 only819G4Partial
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 podcasts1,795G5Partial
Recent activityAre they active right now?
1 appearance in 6 months and 4 in 24 monthsBased on: Podcast appearances only5492,556 experts
Export CSV| # | Person | Role | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | G5 | Criteria | Appearances (24 mo) | Podcasts | Last appearance |
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| 1 | Steven Pinker Psychologist · Harvard University | Academic | 5 / 5 | 20 | 24 | Sep 27, 2026 | |||||
| 2 | Jean Twenge Professor of psychology · San Diego State University | Academic | 5 / 5 | 9 | 18 | Aug 18, 2026 | |||||
| 3 | Gary Marcus Cognitive scientist, author, and entrepreneur | Academic | 5 / 5 | 11 | 17 | Sep 30, 2026 | |||||
| 4 | Ethan Mollick Wharton professor | Academic | 5 / 5 | 12 | 15 | Sep 26, 2026 | |||||
| 5 | Alan Dershowitz Author · Harvard Law School | Academic | 5 / 5 | 36 | 14 | Sep 16, 2026 | |||||
| 6 | Ali Ansari Professor · University of St Andrews | Academic | 5 / 5 | 14 | 13 | Sep 2, 2026 | |||||
| 7 | Philip Goff Author, philosopher, professor · Durham University | Academic | 5 / 5 | 12 | 13 | Sep 29, 2026 | |||||
| 8 | Carissa Véliz Associate Professor · University of Oxford | Academic | 5 / 5 | 10 | 13 | Jul 10, 2026 | |||||
| 9 | Paul Johnson Director · Institute for Fiscal Studies | Think tank | 5 / 5 | 10 | 12 | Jun 28, 2026 | |||||
| 10 | Miles Taylor Former chief of staff at Department for Homeland Security | Former official | 5 / 5 | 18 | 11 | Sep 11, 2026 | |||||
| 11 | Andrew Bustamante Former covert officer · CIA | Former official | 5 / 5 | 8 | 11 | Sep 30, 2026 | |||||
| 12 | Peter Frankopan Professor of global history · Oxford History | Academic | 5 / 5 | 7 | 11 | Apr 24, 2026 | |||||
| 13 | Renée DiResta Associate Research Professor · Georgetown University | Academic | 5 / 5 | 13 | 10 | Sep 25, 2026 | |||||
| 14 | Richard Haass Foreign policy veteran · Council on Foreign Relations | Think tank | 5 / 5 | 8 | 10 | Sep 11, 2026 | |||||
| 15 | Kori Schake Senior fellow and director of foreign and defence policy studies · American Enterprise Institute | Think tank | 5 / 5 | 12 | 9 | May 16, 2026 | |||||
| 16 | Constanze Stelzenmüller Director · Center on the United States and Europe | Think tank | 5 / 5 | 12 | 9 | Sep 16, 2026 | |||||
| 17 | John Curtice Professor | Academic | 5 / 5 | 9 | 9 | Jun 26, 2026 | |||||
| 18 | Kate Manne Philosophy professor · Cornell University | Academic | 5 / 5 | 5 | 7 | Aug 22, 2026 | |||||
| 19 | Massimo Pigliucci Philosopher | Academic | 5 / 5 | 11 | 6 | Jun 20, 2026 | |||||
| 20 | Raghuram Rajan Professor · Booth School of Business | Academic | 5 / 5 | 5 | 6 | Aug 13, 2026 | |||||
| 21 | Corey Brettschneider Author | Academic | 5 / 5 | 11 | 4 | Sep 17, 2026 | |||||
| 22 | Markus Brunnermeier Professor of economics · Princeton | Academic | 5 / 5 | 6 | 4 | Aug 25, 2026 | |||||
| 23 | Jade McGlynn War Studies Department · King's College London | Academic | 5 / 5 | 6 | 2 | Aug 21, 2026 | |||||
| 24 | Lindsey Cormack Associate professor of political science · Stevens Institute of Technology | Academic | 5 / 5 | 5 | 2 | Jul 6, 2026 | |||||
| 25 | Scott Galloway Professor of Marketing · NYU Stern School of Business | Academic | 4 / 5 | 71 | 49 | Sep 24, 2026 | |||||
| 26 | Arthur C. Brooks William Henry Bloomberg Professor · Harvard Kennedy School | Academic | 4 / 5 | 40 | 34 | Sep 24, 2026 | |||||
| 27 | Jonathan Haidt Social psychologist, NYU professor · New York University | Academic | 4 / 5 | 21 | 31 | Aug 23, 2026 | |||||
| 28 | Adam Grant Author and organizational psychology professor | Academic | 4 / 5 | 47 | 27 | Sep 29, 2026 | |||||
| 29 | Douglas Murray Associate editor · The Spectator | Commentator | 4 / 5 | 28 | 26 | Sep 14, 2026 | |||||
| 30 | Quinn Slobodian Professor of History · Wellesley College | Academic | 4 / 5 | 29 | 25 | Sep 26, 2026 | |||||
| 31 | Amy Edmondson Harvard Business School professor | Academic | 4 / 5 | 7 | 24 | Sep 24, 2026 | |||||
| 32 | Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist · Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Centre for Earth and Space | Academic | 4 / 5 | 24 | 22 | Sep 18, 2026 | |||||
| 33 | Martin Wolf Chief Economic Commentator · Financial Times | Commentator | 4 / 5 | 23 | 22 | Sep 18, 2026 | |||||
| 34 | Avi Loeb Professor · Harvard University | Academic | 4 / 5 | 25 | 21 | Jun 22, 2026 | |||||
| 35 | Robert Sapolsky Professor of biology and neurology · Stanford University | Academic | 4 / 5 | 79 | 19 | Sep 24, 2026 | |||||
| 36 | Nick Bostrom Philosopher | Academic | 4 / 5 | 9 | 19 | Sep 24, 2026 | |||||
| 37 | Timothy Snyder Author and historian | Academic | 4 / 5 | 19 | 18 | Jun 24, 2026 | |||||
| 38 | Marjorie Taylor Greene Former Congresswoman | Former official | 4 / 5 | 10 | 18 | Aug 11, 2026 | |||||
| 39 | Liz Truss Former Prime Minister · Conservative Party | Former official | 4 / 5 | 20 | 17 | Sep 30, 2026 | |||||
| 40 | Francis Fukuyama Professor of political science · Stanford University | Academic | 4 / 5 | 16 | 17 | Sep 24, 2026 | |||||
| 41 | Edward Fishman Senior research scholar · Center for Global Energy Policy, Columbia University | Academic | 4 / 5 | 17 | 16 | Aug 30, 2026 | |||||
| 42 | Cal Newport Author | Academic | 4 / 5 | 14 | 16 | Sep 16, 2026 | |||||
| 43 | David Petraeus General · United States Army | Former official | 4 / 5 | 13 | 16 | Aug 21, 2026 | |||||
| 44 | Sean Carroll Theoretical physicist and philosopher | Academic | 4 / 5 | 11 | 16 | Sep 14, 2026 | |||||
| 45 | Peter Singer Moral philosopher | Academic | 4 / 5 | 6 | 16 | Sep 2, 2026 | |||||
| 46 | Boris Johnson Former PM · The Spectator | Former official | 4 / 5 | 16 | 15 | Feb 26, 2026 | |||||
| 47 | Heather Mac Donald Author | Think tank | 4 / 5 | 15 | 15 | Aug 12, 2026 | |||||
| 48 | Mary Beard Professor Dame | Academic | 4 / 5 | 9 | 15 | Jul 1, 2026 | |||||
| 49 | George Monbiot Writer and environmental activist | Commentator | 4 / 5 | 8 | 15 | Aug 12, 2026 | |||||
| 50 | Matt Abrahams Lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business | Academic | 4 / 5 | 59 | 14 | Sep 21, 2026 |