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 institution4,334 Think tankNamed position at a think tank or public policy institute730 Former officialHeld a position in a public authority: ministry, regulator, central bank, parliament531 LawyerPractices law, in a firm, in-house or at the bar251 Economist or consultantEconomist, analyst or adviser, in a firm or independent865 CommentatorAnalyzes 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
Adam Hanieh Palestinian scholar	Selected	Academic	Political scientist and lecturer at SOAS, University of London.	6	7
Arlindo Oliveira President · INESC	Selected	Academic	Presidente INESC, university and research institution.	6	7
Asma Mhalla Political scientist and essayist	Selected	Commentator	Political scientist and essayist, political and social analysis.	6	7
Bryan Caplan Economist · George Mason University	Selected	Academic	Economist professor at George Mason University.	6	7
Charan Ranganath Psychologist and neuroscientist	Selected	Academic	Psychologist and neuroscientist at UC Davis.	6	7
Chris Bailey Author and lecturer	Selected	Commentator	Author and lecturer.	6	7
Christine Rosen	Selected	Commentator	Author-historian analyzing digital and society.	6	7
Dominic Sandbrook	Selected	Academic	Professor at University of Sheffield, historian.	6	7
Edward Luce US national editor and columnist · Financial Times	Selected	Commentator	US national editor and columnist at Financial Times.	6	7
Franklin Foer Writer at The Atlantic	Selected	Commentator	Writer at The Atlantic, analysis essayist.	6	7
Giuliano da Empoli	Selected	Commentator	Essayist and nonfiction author.	6	7
Heino Falcke Astrophysicist · Radboud-Universität Nijmegen	Selected	Academic	Astrophysicist Radboud University Nijmegen.	6	7
Jakub Wiech Expert · Energetyka24, Elektryfikacja	Selected	Commentator	Polish essayist journalist, energy and electrification analyst.	6	7
Javier Cercas Writer	Selected	Commentator	Writer and essayist, main activity.	6	7
John McWhorter	Selected	Academic	Professor at Columbia University.	6	7
Kieran Setiya Professor · MIT	Selected	Academic	Professor, MIT.	6	7
Maggie Aderin-Pocock Space scientist and science educator	Selected	Academic	Space researcher at University College London.	6	7
Malcolm Harris Journalist, critic and author	Selected	Commentator	Journalist, critic and author.	6	7
Marcus du Sautoy Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science · University of Oxford	Selected	Academic	Professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford.	6	7
Marjan Slob Thinker of the Fatherland	Selected	Commentator	Thinker of the Nation, philosophical thinker.	6	7
Marlene Laruelle Stanford UP	Selected	Academic	Historian, political scientist at Elliott School.	6	7
Musa al-Gharbi Assistant professor · Stony Brook University	Selected	Academic	Assistant professor, Stony Brook University.	6	7
Philipp Blom Historian	Selected	Commentator	Journalist, historian, cultural historian analyzing history and culture.	6	7
Polly Toynbee Columnist · The Guardian	Selected	Commentator	Columnist for The Guardian, analyst.	6	7
Rob Oudkerk	Selected	Former official	Former politician.	6	7
Rune Østgård Author and lawyer	Selected	Lawyer	Author and lawyer.	6	7
Sal Mercogliano Professor · Campbell University	Selected	Academic	Professor at Campbell University.	6	7
Miranda Melcher Dr	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Texts do not specify the function.	6	6
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Cabinet secretary · US Government	Excluded	Serving politician	Secretary of Health United States, in office.	6	6
Zohran Mamdani Mayoral candidate · New York City	Excluded	Serving politician	Mayor of New York in office.	6	6
Hannes Heynderickx Journalist · Nieuwsblad	Selected	Commentator	Journalist.	6	6
Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen Emeritus professor of psychology	Selected	Academic	Emeritus professor of psychology.	6	6
Abigail Marsh Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience · Georgetown	Selected	Academic	Professor of Psychology, Georgetown University.	6	6
Daniel Susskind Research Professor in Economics · King's College London	Selected	Academic	Research Professor in Economics at King's College London	6	6
Daryl Fairweather Economist · University of Chicago	Selected	Economist or consultant	Chief Economist at Redfin.	6	6
Hannah Prins Lawyer, writer and climate activist · Extinction Rebellion, Advocates for the Future	Selected	Commentator	Jurist and writer, climate analysis and environmental policy.	6	6
Jacob Mchangama Executive Director · Future of Free Speech Project	Selected	Academic	Executive Director at Vanderbilt, Future of Free Speech.	6	6
Joseph Torigian Author	Selected	Academic	American academic political scientist.	6	6
Manuel Martín-Loeches Professor of psychobiology · Complutense University of Madrid	Selected	Academic	Professor of psychobiology, Universidad Complutense.	6	6
Marion Koopmans Virologist	Selected	Academic	Virologist, virologist.	6	6
Michael Morris Professor at Columbia Business School	Selected	Academic	Professor at Columbia Business School.	6	6
Michael Norton Professor at Harvard Business school	Selected	Academic	Professor of psychology at Harvard Business School.	6	6
Tony Blair Former Prime Minister	Selected	Former official	Former Prime Minister of Great Britain.	6	6
Ann Pettifor Economist, author	Selected	Economist or consultant	Economist who predicted the 2008 crisis.	6	6
Bill George Executive fellow · Harvard Business School	Selected	Academic	Executive fellow at Harvard Business School.	6	6
Dan Buettner New York Times bestselling author	Selected	Commentator	New York Times bestselling author, National Geographic Fellow.	6	6
Danby Choi Editor-in-chief of the culture paper Subjekt	Selected	Commentator	Editor-in-Chief of cultural journal Subjekt.	6	6
Eugenia Cheng Mathematician and author	Selected	Academic	Mathematician, Dr, university researcher.	6	6
Elif Shafak Turkish-British author	Selected	Commentator	Turkish-British author of fiction and essays.	6	6
Ellen Langer Harvard psychologist	Selected	Academic	Psychologist at Harvard, university psychologist.	6	6

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