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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benoît Heilbrunn Philosopher, professor at ESCP Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor ESCP Business School, institution. | 2 | 3 |
| Caelesta Braun Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr., explicit university title. | 2 | 3 |
| Catherine Nzuki Associate fellow · CSIS Africa Program | Selected | Think tank | Associate fellow CSIS Africa Program. | 2 | 3 |
| Cathrine Danin Senior partner · Söderberg & Partners | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior associate at Söderberg & Partners. | 2 | 3 |
| Charlotte Borgerud Historian and archivist | Selected | Academic | Historian and archivist at Uppsala University. | 2 | 3 |
| Chris Buskirk Founder, editor, publisher · American Greatness | Selected | Commentator | Founder, editor, publisher of American Greatness. | 2 | 3 |
| Chris Frueh Psychologist and professor | Selected | Academic | Psychologist and professor. | 2 | 3 |
| Christian von Soest | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at German Institute for International Studies. | 2 | 3 |
| Christina Lutter Professor · University of Vienna | Selected | Academic | Professor Universität Vienna. | 2 | 3 |
| Christina Thompson Editor of the Harvard Review, author | Selected | Commentator | Harvard Review editor, non-fiction author. | 2 | 3 |
| Christoph Schaltegger Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof. university title. | 2 | 3 |
| Clare Mulley Author and historian | Selected | Commentator | Author of history, writes nonfiction historical books. | 2 | 3 |
| Daniel Mügge UvA | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr. at UvA (University of Amsterdam). | 2 | 3 |
| Danny Finkelstein Times columnist, author and Conservative peer · The Times | Selected | Commentator | Times columnist and author, analyst. | 2 | 3 |
| Dorota Kozarzewska Guide in the African bush, educator and writer | Selected | Commentator | Writer, educator, tour guide. | 2 | 3 |
| Elizabeth Kolbert Staff writer · New Yorker | Selected | Commentator | Staff writer New Yorker, essayist. | 2 | 3 |
| Eloise Pasachoff Professor of Law · Georgetown | Selected | Academic | Professor of Law at Georgetown. | 2 | 3 |
| Els Witte Specialist in Belgian history | Selected | Academic | Emeritus Professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. | 2 | 3 |
| Erica Downs Senior research scholar · Columbia University | Selected | Academic | Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University. | 2 | 3 |
| Erik Andersson Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor. | 2 | 3 |
| Esa Juntunen Investment author, Omavaraisuushaaste blogger | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investment analyst. | 2 | 3 |
| Evarist Bartolo Former foreign minister | Selected | Former official | Former Foreign Minister. | 2 | 3 |
| Farah Karim-Cooper Professor · Shakespeare North Playhouse | Selected | Academic | Professor at Shakespeare North Playhouse. | 2 | 3 |
| Fernando Aramburu Writer | Selected | Commentator | Writer, nonfiction author. | 2 | 3 |
| Frank Jullum Chief economist · Danske Bank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief economist at Danske Bank. | 2 | 3 |
| Frank van Gool Otto Work Force | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Guest founded the staffing firm Otto Workforce; the linked profile is an academic researcher at Tilburg and Erasmus Universities. Namesake. | 2 | 3 |
| Franz Fischler Former EU commissioner | Selected | Former official | Former European Commissioner. | 2 | 3 |
| Geert Buelens Literary scholar and environmental historian | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Utrecht and Antwerp. | 2 | 3 |
| General Vincent Desportes Former director of the École de Guerre | Selected | Former official | Former director of War School. | 2 | 3 |
| Greg Bryant Professor of Communication · UCLA | Selected | Academic | Professor of Communication, UCLA. | 2 | 3 |
| Guido van der Werf Professor · WUR | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr. WUR university. | 2 | 3 |
| Guillaume Kasbarian Former minister delegate for housing | Selected | Former official | Former Minister delegate for Housing. | 2 | 3 |
| Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam Professor of vaccine immunology | Selected | Academic | Professor of Vaccine Immunology. | 2 | 3 |
| Hakim El Karoui Essayist, chair · Club 21e siècle | Selected | Commentator | Essayist, president of 21st Century Club. | 2 | 3 |
| Halil Karaaslan Lecturer | Selected | Academic | Docent, academic title. | 2 | 3 |
| Hallie Rubenhold Historian and author | Selected | Academic | Historian and author. | 2 | 3 |
| Hans-Lothar Domröse Retired general | Selected | Former official | Former general (ret.) of the Bundeswehr. | 2 | 3 |
| Hein Daanen Anthropometrist · Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam, TU Delft | Selected | Academic | Anthropometrician at Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam, TU Delft. | 2 | 3 |
| Henk te Velde Professor of Dutch history · Leiden University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Dutch History at University of Leiden. | 2 | 3 |
| Henrietta Levin Senior Fellow · CSIS | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow at CSIS, think tank. | 2 | 3 |
| Henryk Domański Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof., Polish sociologist. | 2 | 3 |
| Hervé Leuwers Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian at University of Lille. | 2 | 3 |
| Hugh Pym Health editor · BBC News | Selected | Commentator | Health editor, BBC News. | 2 | 3 |
| Ian Morris Jean and Rebecca Willard Professor of Classics and Professor in History · Stanford University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Classics and History at Stanford University. | 2 | 3 |
| Ismeni Walter Professor of environmental journalism · Ansbach University of Applied Sciences | Selected | Academic | Female professor of Environmental Journalism, Hochschule Ansbach. | 2 | 3 |
| Ivan Oransky Retraction Watch | Selected | Think tank | Retraction Watch, scientific analysis organization. | 2 | 3 |
| Jakub Borowski Chief economist · Credit Agricole | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist at Credit Agricole. | 2 | 3 |
| James Beacham Particle physicist · Large Hadron Collider at CERN | Selected | Academic | Particle physicist at Large Hadron Collider at CERN. | 2 | 3 |
| Jan Ketil Arnulf Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of Management and Organizational Psychology, university. | 2 | 3 |
| Janne Wallenius Professor of reactor physics · KTH | Selected | Academic | Professor of nuclear physics, KTH. | 2 | 3 |