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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Senra Creator and host · Founders Podcast | Selected | Commentator | Creator and host of the Founders Podcast. | 6 | 13 |
| Massimo Pigliucci Philosopher | Selected | Academic | Chair of department of philosophy, CUNY-Lehman. | 6 | 13 |
| Whitney Webb Researcher and author | Selected | Commentator | Researcher and author analyzing for the general public | 6 | 13 |
| António Vitorino | Selected | Former official | Former Defense Minister, ex-commissioner. | 6 | 12 |
| Anna Thalhammer Editor-in-chief · profil | Selected | Commentator | Editor-in-chief, profil magazine, ideas publication. | 6 | 12 |
| Beatrice de Graaf Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian and professor of history at university. | 6 | 12 |
| Joachim Steinhöfel Lawyer and publicist | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer and publicist, practicing lawyer. | 6 | 12 |
| Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Las Cleopatras, history book. | 6 | 12 |
| Steve Brusatte Professor · University of Edinburgh | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Edinburgh. | 6 | 12 |
| Carlo Cottarelli Director · Partito Democratico | Selected | Academic | Director of PESES at Universita Cattolica. | 6 | 12 |
| Julia Reuschenbach Political scientist | Selected | Academic | Political scientist, political science researcher at Freie Universität Berlin. | 6 | 12 |
| Rahim Taghizadegan Economist and publicist | Selected | Commentator | Economist and publicist, public economy analyst. | 6 | 12 |
| Gallagher Fenwick International affairs columnist · LCI | Selected | Commentator | International politics columnist and author. | 6 | 11 |
| Dario Bressanini Chemist, university lecturer, science communicator | Selected | Academic | University chemistry lecturer. | 6 | 11 |
| Düzen Tekkal Activist · Háwar.help | Selected | Commentator | Journalist, author and documentary filmmaker. | 6 | 11 |
| Miguel Poiares Maduro Deputy minister under Passos Coelho · PSD | Selected | Former official | Former or ex-deputy minister. | 6 | 11 |
| Mary McCord Executive Director · Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection | Selected | Academic | Executive Director of institute at Georgetown University Law Center. | 6 | 11 |
| Tracy Borman Bestselling author | Selected | Commentator | Bestselling author and doctor, history author. | 6 | 11 |
| Bo Lidegaard Dr.phil. in history and author | Selected | Commentator | Dr. history, author of historical analyses. | 6 | 11 |
| Gareth Russell Author and historian | Selected | Commentator | Author and historian analyzing history. | 6 | 11 |
| Krzysztof Rak Analyst · Institut Zachodni | Selected | Think tank | Analyst at Institute of the West, think tank. | 6 | 11 |
| Ralph Janik International law expert | Selected | Academic | International Law Expert, university teacher. | 6 | 11 |
| Anna Colin Lebedev Senior lecturer · Paris Nanterre University | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer in political science, University Paris-Nanterre. | 6 | 10 |
| Chad Robichaux Force Recon Marine · USMC | Selected | Commentator | Author and speaker, former Marine. | 6 | 10 |
| Aaron Edwards Author and historian | Selected | Commentator | Author and historian of nonfiction books. | 6 | 10 |
| Paul Kedrosky Managing Partner · SK Ventures | Selected | Economist or consultant | Managing Partner SK Ventures, investor. | 6 | 10 |
| Ingrid Thijssen Chair · VNO-NCW | Selected | Think tank | Chair VNO-NCW (employer). | 6 | 10 |
| Krzysztof Dębiec Dr · Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich | Selected | Think tank | Dr. at Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich, think tank. | 6 | 10 |
| Michael Lüders Middle East expert | Selected | Commentator | Middle East expert who analyzes. | 6 | 10 |
| Robert Epstein Research psychologist · Harvard | Selected | Academic | Psychologist researcher at Harvard. | 6 | 10 |
| Szczepan Twardoch Author · Marginesy | Selected | Commentator | Writer and author, pisarz, main activity. | 6 | 10 |
| Nicholas Morton Dr. | Selected | Academic | Medieval historian at Nottingham Trent University. | 6 | 10 |
| Adam Riess Astrophysicist | Selected | Academic | Astrophysicist and professor at Johns Hopkins University. | 6 | 10 |
| Dominique Trinquand Former head of the military mission · ONU | Selected | Former official | Former UN military mission commander. | 6 | 10 |
| John Sipher Former CIA officer | Selected | Former official | Former CIA officer. | 6 | 10 |
| Jona van Loenen Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Dutch economist. | 6 | 10 |
| Naftali Bennett Former Israeli Prime Minister | Selected | Former official | Former Israeli Prime Minister. | 6 | 10 |
| Stefano Nazzi Journalist and author | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and author of Indagini podcast (investigation). | 6 | 10 |
| William Dalrymple | Selected | Academic | Historian and author at Brown University. | 6 | 10 |
| Hieronim Grala Professor · Wydziału Artes Liberales Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego | Selected | Academic | Prof. University of Warsaw, historian of Rus. | 6 | 9 |
| Marcin Matczak Professor · University of Warsaw | Selected | Academic | Professor of law at the University of Warsaw. | 6 | 9 |
| Olivier Babeau President · Institut Sapiens | Selected | Think tank | President of Sapiens Institute. Clearly identified think tank. | 6 | 9 |
| Barbara Baarsma Professor · University of Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr. economist at University of Amsterdam. | 6 | 9 |
| Carlo Altomonte Director of the PNRR Lab · Università Bocconi | Selected | Academic | Professor at Bocconi University. | 6 | 9 |
| Carlos Santiso Fund manager, professor and founder of Icaria Capital | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager and professor. | 6 | 9 |
| François Gemenne Climate change specialist · HEC | Selected | Academic | Professor IPCC at HEC. | 6 | 9 |
| Rouzbeh Parsi Programme director at the Middle East and North Africa programme · UI | Selected | Think tank | Program director, UI think tank. | 6 | 9 |
| Sandra Phlippen Chief Sustainability Officer · ABN AMRO | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist, Chief Sustainability Officer at ABN AMRO. | 6 | 9 |
| Matthew Walker Sleep expert | Selected | Commentator | Sleep expert, author of analytical nonfiction. | 6 | 9 |
| Fritz Vahrenholt Environment and energy expert | Selected | Academic | University Hamburg teacher, chemist and author. | 6 | 9 |