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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Törnquist-Plewa Professor · Lund University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Lund University. | 1 | 3 |
| Bryan Lanza Former senior advisor · Donald Trump | Selected | Former official | Former senior advisor to Donald Trump. | 1 | 3 |
| Claire Gantet Professor of early modern history · University of Fribourg | Selected | Academic | Professor of Modern History at University of Fribourg. | 1 | 3 |
| Coen Elemans Biologist and researcher in voice production | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Voice-production biologist and professor; the profile is a bare researcher with no field, so nothing precise confirms the link. | 1 | 3 |
| Dan Haile Senior Economist · Institute for Government | Selected | Think tank | Senior Economist Institute for Government (think tank). | 1 | 3 |
| Daria Zielinska Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich | Selected | Think tank | Center for Eastern Studies, research institute. | 1 | 3 |
| David Deming Economist · Harvard | Selected | Academic | Economist at Harvard. | 1 | 3 |
| Denis Lafay Director of the Ideas unit · La Tribune | Selected | Commentator | Director of ideas section at La Tribune. | 1 | 3 |
| Diana Parra Professor · Washington University in St. Louis | Selected | Academic | Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. | 1 | 3 |
| Robert Person Associate Professor of International Relations · United States Military Academy at West Point | Selected | Academic | Associate professor of international relations at West Point. | 1 | 3 |
| Elena Bacchin | Selected | Academic | Researcher at University of Padua. | 1 | 3 |
| Eugene Volokh Senior fellow · Stanford University's Hoover Institution | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow Hoover Stanford. | 1 | 3 |
| Fabien Conord Professor of contemporary history · University of Clermont Auvergne | Selected | Academic | Professor of history at Clermont Auvergne University. | 1 | 3 |
| François Houdecek Specialist in military affairs · Fondation Napoléon | Selected | Think tank | Military specialist at Napoleon Foundation. | 1 | 3 |
| Friis Arne Petersen Former director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former Danish ambassador in Washington · Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Selected | Former official | Former director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. | 1 | 3 |
| Gerhard Haszprunar Emeritus professor of zoology · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Selected | Academic | Emeritus Professor of Zoology at Ludwig Maximilian University. | 1 | 3 |
| Gideon Koekoek Physicist · Maastricht University | Selected | Academic | Physicist at Maastricht University. | 1 | 3 |
| Gijs Schumacher Political scientist and director of the Hot Politics Lab | Selected | Academic | Political scientist and director of Hot Politics Lab. | 1 | 3 |
| Giovanni Tria Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist. | 1 | 3 |
| Iaroslav Lebedynsky Historian · INALCO | Selected | Academic | Historian teaching at INALCO. | 1 | 3 |
| Jarosław Urbaniak KO | Selected | Former official | Member of the Sejm (until 2024). | 1 | 3 |
| Jennifer Chacón Immigration law expert · Stanford Law School | Selected | Academic | Immigration law expert at Stanford Law School. | 1 | 3 |
| Jim Fitzgerald Former FBI agent | Selected | Former official | Former FBI agent. | 1 | 3 |
| Johannes C. Bockenheimer | Selected | Commentator | Economic journalist, economic analyst. | 1 | 3 |
| John Foley Lex editor · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Lex editor at Financial Times. | 1 | 3 |
| John Keller Former Chief of the Public Integrity Section · Department of Justice | Selected | Former official | Former Chief of Public Integrity Section at DOJ. | 1 | 3 |
| Julien Rochedy Former politician, essayist and publisher | Selected | Commentator et Former official | Essayist editor, former politician. | 1 | 3 |
| Laborinho Lúcio Writer | Selected | Former official | Former Justice Minister and judge, now writer. | 1 | 3 |
| Laura Kayali Defense expert · POLITICO | Selected | Commentator | Defence expert POLITICO. | 1 | 3 |
| Laurent Theis Historian | Selected | Commentator | French historian, analyst of public debates. | 1 | 3 |
| Laurenz Malte Nienaber Stock analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | Stock analyst. | 1 | 3 |
| Marc Lambrechts Economics journalist and financial columnist · L'Echo | Selected | Commentator | Financial columnist at L'Echo. | 1 | 3 |
| Marcin Socha Dr · Ośrodka Spraw Azjatyckich Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego | Selected | Academic | Doctor affiliated with university Asian Studies Center. | 1 | 3 |
| Martin Lindstrom | Selected | Commentator | New York Times bestselling author. | 1 | 3 |
| Michael Ferguson Dr. · Harvard Neurospirituality Research Lab | Selected | Academic | Dr., Harvard Neurospirituality Research Lab. | 1 | 3 |
| Michał Skwarzyński Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer, lawyer. | 1 | 3 |
| Mireille Hadas-Lebel Emeritus professor at the Sorbonne | Selected | Academic | Emeritus Professor at the Sorbonne. | 1 | 3 |
| Mário Marques Climatologist · Planoclima | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Guest is a climatologist and Planoclima founder; the profile is only an ORCID researcher at the University of Porto with no stated field. | 1 | 3 |
| Narjes Bahhar Journalist and expert in French rap | Selected | Commentator | French rap critic. | 1 | 3 |
| Natasha Hodgson Dr. | Selected | Academic | Medieval historian, university lecturer. | 1 | 3 |
| Ole Gjems-Onstad Professor emeritus · BI, Universitetet i Oslo | Selected | Academic | Professor emeritus at University of Oslo and BI. | 1 | 3 |
| Olivier Pérou Senior reporter on the politics desk · L'Express | Selected | Commentator | Politics service senior reporter at L'Express. | 1 | 3 |
| Paul Kessler Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer. | 1 | 3 |
| Pedro Bingre do Amaral Professor · Escola Superior Agrária do Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra | Selected | Academic | Professor at higher education school. | 1 | 3 |
| Per Palmström Lawyer and editor · Evida | Selected | Lawyer | Jurist and editor. | 1 | 3 |
| Peter Eeckhout Archaeologist and art historian · Université libre de Bruxelles | Selected | Academic | Archaeologist and art historian at Free University of Brussels. | 1 | 3 |
| Przemysław Sadura Professor · UW | Selected | Academic | Prof. at UW (University of Warsaw). | 1 | 3 |
| Rebecca Doherty Partner · McKinsey & Company | Selected | Economist or consultant | Partner at McKinsey & Company. | 1 | 3 |
| Ricardo Hausmann Professor · Harvard Kennedy School | Selected | Academic | Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School. | 1 | 3 |
| Sandra Adams Social commentator | Selected | Commentator | Social commentator, main activity analysis. | 1 | 3 |