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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Ongweso Newsletter editor · The Tech Bubble Newsletter | Selected | Commentator | Newsletter editor and analyst, The Tech Bubble. | 5 | 6 |
| Edward Watts Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian, professor, author of Mortal Republic. | 5 | 6 |
| Fernando Díaz Villanueva Journalist, history popularizer · Vozpópuli | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and historical commentator, analyst/journalist. | 5 | 6 |
| Franziska Davies Eastern Europe expert and historian · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Selected | Academic | Historian at Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich. | 5 | 6 |
| Heike Specht Dr. · Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities | Selected | Academic | Dr. at Bavarian Academy of Sciences. | 5 | 6 |
| James Comey Former FBI director | Selected | Former official | Former FBI director. | 5 | 6 |
| Jim Grant Founder and editor · Grant's Interest Rate Observer | Selected | Economist or consultant | Founder and editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer. | 5 | 6 |
| John Martinis Nobel Prize in Physics Winner | Selected | Academic | Physicist at UC Santa Barbara. | 5 | 6 |
| Julia Ravanis The historian of technology | Selected | Academic | Doctoral student at Chalmers University of Technology. | 5 | 6 |
| Kiko Llaneras Expert in data and polling · EL PAIS | Selected | Commentator | Survey data expert at EL PAIS, analyst. | 5 | 6 |
| Kim Wehle Professor of law and former assistant U.S. attorney | Selected | Academic | Professor of law, former assistant attorney. | 5 | 6 |
| Liz Cheney Vice Chair · January 6th select committee | Selected | Former official | Former Congresswoman, committee now dissolved. | 5 | 6 |
| Lue Elizondo Former AATIP (Gov't UFO program) director | Selected | Former official | Former AATIP director, government program. | 5 | 6 |
| Matthew Desmond Princeton sociologist, Pulitzer Prize-winning author · Princeton University | Selected | Academic | Princeton sociologist, Pulitzer Prize-winning author. | 5 | 6 |
| Nadine Dorries Former Tory cabinet minister | Selected | Former official | Former Conservative cabinet minister. | 5 | 6 |
| Nicholas Kristof NYT columnist · New York Times | Selected | Commentator | Columnist at New York Times. | 5 | 6 |
| Olga Khazan Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Me, But Better, scientific nonfiction. | 5 | 6 |
| Saul Perlmutter Nobel Prize laureate in physics | Selected | Academic | Physics Nobel laureate, Berkeley professor. | 5 | 6 |
| Steije Hofhuis Lecturer in cultural history and postdoctoral researcher · Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin | Selected | Academic | Docent in cultural history at Wissenschaftszentrum. | 5 | 6 |
| Stephon Alexander Theoretical physicist · Brown University | Selected | Academic | Theoretical physicist at Brown University. | 5 | 6 |
| Susan Cain Author | Selected | Commentator | Author Quiet. Primary activity non-fiction writing. | 5 | 6 |
| Tareq Baconi Board President · Al-Shabaka | Selected | Think tank | Board president of Al-Shabaka (Palestinian think tank). | 5 | 6 |
| Tim Weiner Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of history and non-fiction books. | 5 | 6 |
| Tom Standage Deputy editor · The Economist | Selected | Commentator | Deputy editor The Economist, analysis. | 5 | 6 |
| Vanessa Bohns Psychologist | Selected | Academic | Professor of Organizational Psychology at Cornell University. | 5 | 6 |
| Vincent Bevins Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of analysis book 'If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade'. | 5 | 6 |
| William Bernstein | Selected | Economist or consultant | American financial writer and economist on asset allocation. | 5 | 6 |
| Jimmy Wales Co-founder · Wikipedia | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of Wikipedia, startup founder. | 5 | 5 |
| Nigel Farage Honorary president · Reform UK | Excluded | Serving politician | Leader and Parliament member, politician in office. | 5 | 5 |
| Volodymyr Zelensky President · Ukraine | Excluded | Serving politician | President of Ukraine in office. | 5 | 5 |
| Wes Streeting Health secretary · UK Government | Excluded | Serving politician | Health Secretary, UK Government, currently in office. | 5 | 5 |
| Christiane Vejlø Tech analyst · Dataetisk Råd | Selected | Commentator | Tech analyst analyzing future trends. | 5 | 5 |
| Mark Miodownik Professor of Materials and Society · University College London | Selected | Academic | Professor of Materials and Society at University College London. | 5 | 5 |
| Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard Senior researcher · DIIS | Selected | Think tank | Senior Researcher at DIIS. | 5 | 5 |
| Sonja Lyubomirsky Psychologist | Selected | Academic | Professor of Psychology at University of California, Riverside. | 5 | 5 |
| Andrew J. Scott Economist and author | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist and author. | 5 | 5 |
| Antony Beevor Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of the definitive book on the Battle of Stalingrad. | 5 | 5 |
| Borja Vilaseca Personal development expert | Selected | Commentator | Writer, speaker, personal development expert. | 5 | 5 |
| David Autor Economist · MIT | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at MIT. | 5 | 5 |
| Emily Wilson Traductrice, classiciste | Selected | Academic | Classicist and translator, university professor. | 5 | 5 |
| Helen Czerski Physicist and oceanographer · University College London | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering UCL. | 5 | 5 |
| João Miguel Tavares Columnist · PÚBLICO | Selected | Commentator | Columnist PÚBLICO. | 5 | 5 |
| Jöel Broekaert Culinary writer | Selected | Commentator | Writer and food critic. | 5 | 5 |
| Kenneth Roth Former longtime executive director · Human Rights Watch | Selected | Former official | Former executive director of Human Rights Watch. | 5 | 5 |
| Lode Lauwaert Philosopher at KU Leuven | Selected | Academic | Philosopher at KU Leuven. | 5 | 5 |
| Mark Leonard Director · ECFR | Selected | Think tank | Director of European Council on Foreign Relations think tank. | 5 | 5 |
| Patrice Geoffron Professor of economics · Université Paris-Dauphine | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics at University Paris-Dauphine. | 5 | 5 |
| Paul Nurse Director · Francis Crick Institute | Selected | Academic | Director of Francis Crick Institute. | 5 | 5 |
| Robert Lustig Dr. · UCSF | Selected | Academic | Endocrinologist at UCSF. | 5 | 5 |
| Sara Seager Astrophysicist · MIT | Selected | Academic | Planetary scientist, MIT. | 5 | 5 |