Screening of candidates
Only guests who fit one of the 6 roles of the Atrium spec are kept. This page covers every guest of the POC podcasts, all countries together: screening comes first, and the country of origin is looked up afterwards, only for the selected experts.
Guests identified28,551
Excluded19,870
Selected8,681Of which 2,556 English-speaking world, 4,579 European Union, 1,546 other or unknown country
Selected by role
AcademicNamed position at a university or research institution4,334Think tankNamed position at a think tank or public policy institute730Former officialHeld a position in a public authority: ministry, regulator, central bank, parliament531LawyerPractices law, in a firm, in-house or at the bar251Economist or consultantEconomist, analyst or adviser, in a firm or independent865CommentatorAnalyzes current affairs or ideas for the general public: columnist, essayist1,970
Why the others are excluded
People
27,693 people · the 858 guests named by their first name only are counted above but not listed
| Person | Decision | Role or reason | Why | Podcasts | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emérito Quintana Manager · Numantia Patrimonio Global | Selected | Economist or consultant | Wealth management manager. | 5 | 7 |
| Glory Liu Assistant professor · Georgetown University | Selected | Academic | Assistant professor at Georgetown University. | 5 | 7 |
| Hal Hershfield Professor of marketing, behavioral decision making and psychology · Anderson School of Management at UCLA | Selected | Academic | Professor of Marketing, UCLA. | 5 | 7 |
| Hanna Notte Expert on Russian foreign and security policy | Selected | Think tank | Political scientist at Center for Strategic and International Studies. | 5 | 7 |
| Kees Verhoeven Founder · Bureau Digitale Zaken | Selected | Former official | Former member of parliament (D66 Netherlands). | 5 | 7 |
| Kristian Åström Economics commentator · Sveriges Radio | Selected | Commentator | Economics commentator at Sveriges Radio. | 5 | 7 |
| Kurt Bauer Historian | Selected | Commentator | Austrian historian and non-fiction writer. | 5 | 7 |
| Liam Halligan Columnist · Telegraph | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for Telegraph. | 5 | 7 |
| Maggie Jackson Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of nonfiction essays, journalist and columnist. | 5 | 7 |
| Mhairi Black Former SNP Deputy Leader and MP · Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Selected | Former official | Former SNP Deputy Leader and MP. | 5 | 7 |
| Nejra Macic Chief economist · Prognosesenteret | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist at Prognosesenteret. | 5 | 7 |
| Petri Roininen | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Investor and Investors House chairman; the profile is a Finnish politician and businessperson whose chairperson post names no organization, so no precise tie. | 5 | 7 |
| Sophie Pedder Paris Bureau Chief · The Economist | Selected | Commentator | Paris Bureau Chief, The Economist. | 5 | 7 |
| Szymon Kardaś | Selected | Academic | University teacher at Institute of International Relations. | 5 | 7 |
| Tila Pronk Social psychologist and love scientist · Tilburg University | Selected | Academic | Social psychologist at Tilburg University. | 5 | 7 |
| Tom Baldwin Former Labour Party adviser and author | Selected | Commentator | Former advisor to Labour Party, author. | 5 | 7 |
| Zongyuan Zoe Liu Maurice R. Greenberg Fellow · Council on Foreign Relations | Selected | Think tank | Maurice R. Greenberg Fellow at Council on Foreign Relations. | 5 | 7 |
| Éric Sadin Philosopher and writer | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and essayist. | 5 | 7 |
| André Ventura Chega | Excluded | Serving politician | Founder politician Chega in office. | 5 | 6 |
| Keir Starmer Prime Minister · UK Government | Excluded | Serving politician | Prime Minister of United Kingdom in office. | 5 | 6 |
| Paul Ronzheimer Journalist · BILD | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist BILD. | 5 | 6 |
| Reid Hoffman Co-founder · LinkedIn | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of LinkedIn and PayPal. | 5 | 6 |
| Michio Kaku Theoretical physicist, bestselling author · City College of New York | Selected | Academic | Professor at City College of New York, physicist. | 5 | 6 |
| Steve Rosenberg Russia Editor · BBC | Selected | Commentator | Russia editor, BBC, domain specialist analyst. | 5 | 6 |
| Cris Carrascosa Lawyer and CEO · ATH21 | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer and CEO of ATH21. | 5 | 6 |
| Brad Wilcox Professor of Sociology · University of Virginia | Selected | Academic | Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia. | 5 | 6 |
| Christina Boutrup Journalist | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and China expert and author. | 5 | 6 |
| David Spiegelhalter Emeritus Professor of Statistics · University of Cambridge | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor of statistics at University of Cambridge. | 5 | 6 |
| Dieter Helm Professor of economic policy · University of Oxford | Selected | Academic | Professor of political economy at Oxford University. | 5 | 6 |
| Gerhard Conrad Intelligence expert · BND | Selected | Former official | Former Bundesnachrichtendienst agent. | 5 | 6 |
| Maarten Van Rossum Top negotiator | Selected | Former official | Former diplomat, oud-diplomaat. | 5 | 6 |
| Marian Donner Author | Selected | Commentator | Writer and cultural critic, Dutch writer and critic. | 5 | 6 |
| Marion Gibson Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, author of books on Witchcraft. | 5 | 6 |
| Priya Parker Facilitator | Selected | Commentator | Bestselling author of The Art of Gathering. | 5 | 6 |
| Rüdiger Frank Professor · University of Vienna | Selected | Academic | Professor, University of Vienna. | 5 | 6 |
| Sergio Fernández Writer, popularizer, founder · IPP | Selected | Commentator | Writer and science communicator, founder of IPP. | 5 | 6 |
| Ulf Ellervik Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of Chemistry, chemist. | 5 | 6 |
| Justyna Gotkowska | Selected | Think tank | Analyst at Centre for Eastern Studies (Polish think tank). | 5 | 6 |
| Steve Peters Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor explicitly mentioned in the excerpts. | 5 | 6 |
| Alex Hutchinson Columnist for Outside magazine | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for Outside magazine. | 5 | 6 |
| Amie Parnes Co-author | Selected | Commentator | Co-author of political non-fiction book. | 5 | 6 |
| Antonio Turiel | Selected | Academic | Physicist, marine sciences institute. | 5 | 6 |
| Bent Flyvbjerg Professor · Oxford | Selected | Academic | Professor at Oxford University. | 5 | 6 |
| Bitte Hammargren Associate senior employee · Utrikespolitiska institutet | Selected | Think tank | Senior Member Swedish political institute. | 5 | 6 |
| Bogusław Pacek Lieutenant general, professor · Jagiellonian University | Selected | Academic | Profesor at Jagiellonian University, retired general. | 5 | 6 |
| Christine Kinealy Professor · Quinnipiac University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Quinnipiac University. | 5 | 6 |
| Claire Marin | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and essayist. | 5 | 6 |
| Damon West Keynote speaker and best-selling author | Selected | Commentator | Keynote speaker and best-selling author. | 5 | 6 |
| David Runciman Podcaster, academic, historian and author | Selected | Academic | Podcaster, academic, historian and author. | 5 | 6 |
| Dietmar Bartsch Former parliamentary group leader · Die Linke | Selected | Former official | Former leader (former) of The Left faction. | 5 | 6 |