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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grzegorz Motyka Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof., explicit university title. | 6 | 6 |
| John Bew Global policy advisor | Selected | Academic | British historian at King's College London. | 6 | 6 |
| John Yoo Law professor · University of California, Berkeley | Selected | Academic | Law professor at UC Berkeley. | 6 | 6 |
| Kathryn Paige Harden Geneticist | Selected | Academic | Researcher in behavioral genetics at University of Texas. | 6 | 6 |
| Kevin Evers Senior Editor · Harvard Business Review | Selected | Commentator | Senior Editor Harvard Business Review, business analyst. | 6 | 6 |
| Margaret MacMillan Historian | Selected | Academic | Canadian historian affiliated with multiple universities. | 6 | 6 |
| Maria Varteressian Former state secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Selected | Former official | Former Secretary of State at the Foreign Office. | 6 | 6 |
| May Mailman Independent Women's Forum | Selected | Think tank | Independent Women's Forum, think tank. | 6 | 6 |
| Meron Mendel F.A.Z. columnist | Selected | Commentator | F.A.Z. columnist, daily columnist. | 6 | 6 |
| Robin Dunbar Evolutionary psychologist | Selected | Academic | Evolutionary psychologist and professor at University College London. | 6 | 6 |
| Sander van der Linden Professor · Universiteit van Cambridge | Selected | Academic | Professor, Cambridge University. | 6 | 6 |
| Sheila Bair Former FDIC Chair | Selected | Former official | Former FDIC Chair. | 6 | 6 |
| Steven Levitsky Professor of Government · Harvard University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Government at Harvard University. | 6 | 6 |
| Suzy Welch Professor at NYU's Stern School of Business | Selected | Academic | Professor, NYU Stern School of Business. | 6 | 6 |
| Thina Saltvedt Chief analyst · Nordea | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Analyst Nordea. | 6 | 6 |
| Vincent Karremans Outgoing minister of Economic Affairs · VVD | Selected | Former official | Resigned Minister of Economy (VVD). | 6 | 6 |
| Larry Johnson Fmr CIA | Selected | Former official | Former CIA officer. | 5 | 290 |
| Alastair Crooke Ambassador | Selected | Former official | Former British ambassador. | 5 | 188 |
| Zoë Grünewald Political journalist | Selected | Commentator | Political journalist and commentator, political analyst. | 5 | 123 |
| Sami Miettinen AI expert and economic influencer | Selected | Commentator | AI expert and economic influencer. | 5 | 121 |
| Michael Batnick Ritholtz Wealth Management | Selected | Economist or consultant | Ritholtz Wealth Management, manager. | 5 | 93 |
| Mikkel Rosenvold COO · Asgard-Steno Global Macro | Selected | Economist or consultant | COO and partner at Steno Research macro. | 5 | 86 |
| Cristina Monge | Selected | Academic | Political scientist at University of Zaragoza. | 5 | 85 |
| Dominika Długosz Publicist · Newsweek | Selected | Commentator | Newsweek columnist. | 5 | 81 |
| Sindre Heyerdahl | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator and pundit. | 5 | 61 |
| Paul Harper Equity strategist · DNB Markets | Selected | Economist or consultant | Stock strategist DNB Markets, analyst. | 5 | 60 |
| Freddy Gray Host · The Spectator | Selected | Commentator | Deputy editor The Spectator, editor-in-chief of ideas journal. | 5 | 60 |
| Piergiorgio Odifreddi | Selected | Academic | Mathematician, university teacher at University of Turin. | 5 | 59 |
| Pascal Boniface Geopolitical scientist · IRIS | Selected | Think tank | Geopolitologist director-founder of IRIS (think tank). | 5 | 58 |
| Konstanty Gebert Opposition activist under the People's Republic of Poland, journalist · Kultura Liberalna | Selected | Commentator | Author of books and contributor to ideas journal. | 5 | 56 |
| Agnes Wold | Selected | Academic | Bacteriologist and professor at University of Gothenburg. | 5 | 56 |
| Joanna Tyrowicz Professor | Selected | Economist or consultant | Polish economist and professor at University of Warsaw. | 5 | 49 |
| Cem Karsan Founder, CIO · Kai Volatility Advisors | Selected | Economist or consultant | Founder and CIO of Kai Volatility Advisors. | 5 | 47 |
| Richard Wiseman Professor · University of Hertfordshire | Selected | Academic | Professor at the University of Hertfordshire. | 5 | 45 |
| José María Lassalle | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Panelist on Spanish news shows with no function named and general topics; nothing precise ties him to this politician and professor. | 5 | 45 |
| Lara Spirit Deputy political editor · The Sunday Times | Selected | Commentator | Deputy political editor Sunday Times. | 5 | 42 |
| Andy McCarthy Legal expert · National Review | Selected | Commentator | Legal expert analyzing legislation at National Review. | 5 | 41 |
| Suzannah Lipscomb Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor and host of Not Just Tudor. Principal professor. | 5 | 40 |
| George Parker Political editor · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Political editor at Financial Times, political analyst. | 5 | 39 |
| Steve Richards Political commentator | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator. | 5 | 39 |
| Kjersti Haugland Chief economist · DNB | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist DNB Markets, bank analyst. | 5 | 36 |
| Andrzej Bobiński Polityka Insight | Selected | Commentator | Polish linguist and political analyst, Polityka Insight. | 5 | 34 |
| Jamie Loftus Historian | Selected | Commentator | Historian essayist for analysis podcasts. | 5 | 31 |
| Eliana Johnson Co-host · Ink Stained Wretches podcast | Selected | Commentator | Co-host of Ink Stained Wretches, editor and analyst. | 5 | 31 |
| Audun Wickstrand Iversen Manager · DNB | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager at DNB Disruptive. | 5 | 28 |
| Janna Levin | Selected | Academic | American theoretical cosmologist, physicist at University of Cambridge. | 5 | 27 |
| Jan Ludvig Andreassen Chief economist · Eika Gruppen | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist Eika Gruppen. | 5 | 25 |
| Michael Feinberg Senior Editor · Lawfare | Selected | Think tank | Senior Editor Lawfare Institute. | 5 | 24 |
| Bojan Pancevski Europe correspondent · Wall Street Journal | Selected | Commentator | Chief political correspondent for Wall Street Journal. | 5 | 23 |
| Thierry Breton Former European Commissioner | Selected | Former official | Former European Commissioner. | 5 | 23 |