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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anneka Treon Chief Economist · Van Lanschot Kempen | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief economist, Van Lanschot Kempen, bank. | 1 | 2 |
| Ariane Tabatabai Lawfare | Selected | Think tank | Political scientist at Lawfare think tank. | 1 | 2 |
| Ashley Finan Jay and Jill Bernstein Global Fellow · Center on Global Energy Policy | Selected | Think tank | Global Fellow at Center on Global Energy Policy (academic think tank). | 1 | 2 |
| Aurélie Dauger Associate lawyer · LPA Avocats | Selected | Lawyer | Associate lawyer at LPA Avocats. | 1 | 2 |
| Azeredo Lopes Former Minister of Defence | Selected | Former official | Former Defense Minister (Portuguese). | 1 | 2 |
| Bart Haeck Political journalist and editorial writer · De Tijd | Selected | Commentator | Political journalist and editorial writer at De Tijd. | 1 | 2 |
| Bart Van Craeynest | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief economist at Voka (economic organization). | 1 | 2 |
| Ben Schoenmaker Military historian | Selected | Academic | Professor, Leiden University, university teacher (Wikidata). | 1 | 2 |
| Ben Zevenbergen AI ethicist and researcher · Stanford University | Selected | Academic | Researcher and AI expert at Stanford University. | 1 | 2 |
| Bertrand Misonne Author of Mona l'IA | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Introduced as author of Mona l'IA; the profile only says Belgian author, with no field or work to check against. | 1 | 2 |
| Bertrand Schnerb Emeritus professor · University of Lille | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor of the University of Lille. | 1 | 2 |
| Bradley Brummel Professor and director · University of Houston | Selected | Academic | Professor and director, University of Houston. | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Catlos Expert | Selected | Academic | Professor of history at University of Colorado Boulder. | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Fishman Cinder | Selected | Think tank | Published with Brookings Institution. | 1 | 2 |
| Brianna Nofil Assistant professor of history · The College of William and Mary | Selected | Academic | Assistant Professor of History, College of William and Mary. | 1 | 2 |
| Cameron Hudson CSIS | Selected | Think tank | CSIS, public policy think tank. | 1 | 2 |
| Carl Cannon RealClearPolitics | Selected | Commentator | RealClearPolitics analyst. | 1 | 2 |
| Caroline Elkins Author | Selected | Commentator | Author telling the history of empire, narrator. | 1 | 2 |
| Caroline Karlander Investment specialist · J.P. Morgan Asset Management | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investment specialist JP Morgan Asset Management. | 1 | 2 |
| Caroline Melly Cannabis anthropologist · Smith College | Selected | Academic | Cannabis anthropologist at Smith College. | 1 | 2 |
| Carsten Roemheld Capital markets expert · Fidelity | Selected | Economist or consultant | Capital markets expert at Fidelity. | 1 | 2 |
| Catarina Santos Botelho Professor · Universidade Católica | Selected | Academic | Female professor, Law School, Catholic University. | 1 | 2 |
| Charlotta Svonni Conducts research on indigenous education · Umeå University | Selected | Academic | Conducts research on indigenous education at Umeå University. | 1 | 2 |
| Charlotte Galpin Associate Professor · University of Birmingham | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor at University of Birmingham. | 1 | 2 |
| Charlotte Recoquillon Researcher · Institut français de géopolitique | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at French Institute of Geopolitics. | 1 | 2 |
| Chase Strangio ACLU | Selected | Lawyer | ACLU staff (lawyer). | 1 | 2 |
| Christian Seiler Reporter and food columnist · Magazin | Selected | Commentator | Reporter and food columnist, food critic | 1 | 2 |
| Christine Rouzioux Emeritus professor of virology · National Academy of Medicine | Selected | Academic | Emeritus Professor of Virology. | 1 | 2 |
| Constanze Kurz Computer scientist, non-fiction author and speaker · Chaos Computer Club | Selected | Commentator | Computer scientist and tech non-fiction author. | 1 | 2 |
| Cécile Michel Research director · CNRS | Selected | Academic | Research director at CNRS. | 1 | 2 |
| Céline Beraud Sociologist, director of studies · EHESS | Selected | Academic | Director of studies at EHESS. | 1 | 2 |
| César Fornís Professor of Ancient History · University of Seville | Selected | Academic | Professor of ancient history at Seville. | 1 | 2 |
| Daan Dohmen Professor of digital transformation in healthcare, founder of Focus Cura and Lucy · Omron Healthcare | Selected | Academic | Professor of Digital Transformation in Healthcare, academic title. | 1 | 2 |
| Dave Pelzer Author | Selected | Commentator | Author. | 1 | 2 |
| David Fyfe Chief Economist · Argus | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist at Argus. | 1 | 2 |
| David Håkansson Professor of the Swedish language, member of the Swedish Academy · Uppsala University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Uppsala University, academician. | 1 | 2 |
| David Jessup History teacher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Announced as a history teacher in a Minnesota pioneer episode; the linked profile is a bare researcher with no field, and namesakes exist. | 1 | 2 |
| David Murphy Dr · Maynooth University | Selected | Academic | Dr. at Maynooth University. | 1 | 2 |
| David W Higgins Independent Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Independent Economist. | 1 | 2 |
| David Wech Chief Economist · Vortexa | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist at Vortexa. | 1 | 2 |
| Dmitriy Panto Muzeum II Wojny Światowej w Gdańsku | Selected | Academic | Researcher, World War Museum Gdansk (research organization). | 1 | 2 |
| Dominik Kopiński Professor · Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego | Selected | Academic | Professor Universität Wrocław. | 1 | 2 |
| Doug Rand Former senior advisor at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services | Selected | Former official | Former senior advisor to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. | 1 | 2 |
| Sasha Dovzhyk Director · Index Ukraine | Selected | Think tank | Index Ukraine Director. | 1 | 2 |
| Edward Augustyn Editor · Tygodnika Powszechnego | Selected | Commentator | Editor Tygodnika Powszechnego, ideas magazine | 1 | 2 |
| Eloi Noya Innovation director · IEF y Barcelona Finance School | Selected | Think tank | Director of innovation at IEF. | 1 | 2 |
| Elsa Dorlin Philosopher | Selected | Academic | Philosopher at Paris 8 University. | 1 | 2 |
| Emily Ray | Selected | Commentator | Political theorists and co-authors of Be Prepared. | 1 | 2 |
| Erich Schmidt-Eenboom | Selected | Commentator | Opinion journalist and non-fiction author. | 1 | 2 |
| Erik Roth Innovation leader · McKinsey | Selected | Economist or consultant | Innovation leader at McKinsey, consultant. | 1 | 2 |