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 Bleisch Philosopher, presenter of Sternstunde Philosophie | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and author. | 9 | 22 |
| Mary Trump | Selected | Commentator | Psychologist and non-fiction writer. | 9 | 22 |
| Katarzyna Kasia Philosopher, publicist | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and publicist, philosopher and publicist. | 7 | 22 |
| Oskar Pietrewicz Analyst · Polskiego Instytutu Spraw Zagranicznych | Selected | Think tank | Analyst Polish Institute of International Affairs. | 6 | 22 |
| Karlijn Kuijpers Investigative journalist · NRC | Selected | Commentator | Investigative journalist NRC. | 5 | 22 |
| Florian Freistetter Astronomer · Science Busters | Selected | Commentator | Astronomer and podcaster Science Busters. | 5 | 22 |
| Flora Ghebali Entrepreneur | Excluded | Business executive | Female entrepreneur in green transition. | 4 | 22 |
| Anna Maria Dyner Polish Institute of International Affairs | Selected | Think tank | Polish Institute of International Affairs. | 4 | 22 |
| Miguel Anxo Bastos Economist and political scientist | Selected | Academic | Profesor, economist and political scientist. | 4 | 22 |
| David Rigoulet-Roze Researcher · IFAS | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at French Institute for Strategic Analysis. | 4 | 22 |
| Mark Geragos Attorney | Selected | Lawyer | Attorney, defense attorney. | 4 | 22 |
| Matthew Hoh Fmr State Dept | Selected | Former official | Former State Department official. | 4 | 22 |
| Christoph Quarch Philosopher | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and German opinion journalist. | 3 | 22 |
| Karl Deeter Property expert | Selected | Commentator | Financial Commentator, media pundit. | 3 | 22 |
| Tim Durrant | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at Institute for Government. | 3 | 22 |
| Virginie Robert President · Constance Associés | Excluded | Business executive | President of consulting firm, head of international service. | 2 | 22 |
| Abnousse Shalmani Commentator · LCI | Selected | Commentator | Commentator for LCI. | 2 | 22 |
| Daniel McPhee Analyst · EFN | Selected | Economist or consultant | Analyst at EFN. | 2 | 22 |
| Maurice Hoefgen | Selected | Commentator | Economist, author and economics analyst podcaster. | 2 | 22 |
| Christian Lindner FDP leader | Selected | Former official | Former Federal Finance Minister (former minister). | 19 | 21 |
| David Epstein Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of bestseller Range. | 19 | 21 |
| Nick Bostrom Philosopher | Selected | Academic | Philosopher at University of Oxford. | 19 | 21 |
| Naomi Klein Liberal writer and activist | Selected | Commentator | Liberal writer and activist, political and social analyst. | 19 | 21 |
| Francis Fukuyama Professor of political science · Stanford University | Selected | Academic | Professor of political science at Stanford. | 17 | 21 |
| David Petraeus General · United States Army | Selected | Former official | General and former CIA director. | 16 | 21 |
| Roman Reher Bitcoin strategist and analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | Analyst and independent Bitcoin strategist. | 14 | 21 |
| Marc Elias Attorney | Selected | Lawyer | Attorney, practicing lawyer. | 13 | 21 |
| Frans Timmermans GroenLinks-PvdA | Selected | Former official | Former Vice President of European Commission (end 2019). | 13 | 21 |
| Claudia Kemfert Climate economist | Selected | Academic | Climate economist and university teacher at Humboldt University and German Institute for Economic Research. | 12 | 21 |
| John Kiriakou Author, journalist and former intelligence officer · CIA | Selected | Former official | Former CIA analyst, case officer and intelligence officer. | 11 | 21 |
| Wolfgang Ischinger Chair · Munich Security Conference | Selected | Think tank | President, Munich Security Conference. | 11 | 21 |
| Matt Goodwin Political scientist, author | Selected | Commentator | Former academic turned political commentator and author. | 11 | 21 |
| Matt Taibbi Editor · Racket News | Selected | Commentator | Editor of Racket News. | 8 | 21 |
| David Ignatius Washington Post columnist and author | Selected | Commentator | Washington Post Columnist and Author. | 8 | 21 |
| Eleanor Janega Dr · British Museum | Selected | Academic | Doctor at British Museum. | 7 | 21 |
| Ian Dunt Political writer and commentator | Selected | Commentator | Political writer and commentator. | 7 | 21 |
| Ben Wittes Lawfare | Selected | Commentator | Director Lawfare, legal policy analyst. | 6 | 21 |
| Joanna Gocłowska-Bolek | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at Faculty of Political Science, University of Warsaw. | 6 | 21 |
| Saoirse Hanley Money writer and columnist · Irish Independent | Selected | Commentator | Money columnist Irish Independent. | 4 | 21 |
| Emma Norris Institute for Government | Selected | Think tank | Institute for Government, think tank. | 4 | 21 |
| Marek Cichocki Philosopher and political scientist | Selected | Academic | Philosopher and political scientist at University of Warsaw. | 3 | 21 |
| Nina Horaczek Chief reporter · FALTER | Selected | Commentator | Chief investigative reporter analyzing current events. | 2 | 21 |
| Alain Pitous Senior advisor ESG · Ai for Alpha | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Advisor ESG consultant independent strategy. | 1 | 21 |
| Francis Villatoro | Selected | Academic | Physicist, professor at University of Malaga. | 1 | 21 |
| Louis de Montalembert President · Pléiade AM | Selected | Economist or consultant | President of Pleiade AM, investment fund manager. | 1 | 21 |
| Ian Guider Columnist · Business Post | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for Business Post. | 1 | 21 |
| Rutger Bregman Writer, historian · School for Moral Ambition | Selected | Commentator | Author historian. | 20 | 20 |
| Jean Twenge Professor of psychology · San Diego State University | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology at San Diego State University. | 18 | 20 |
| Hillary Clinton Former Secretary of State | Selected | Former official | Former Secretary of State. | 18 | 20 |
| Gary Marcus Cognitive scientist, author, and entrepreneur | Selected | Academic | Psycholinguist, New York University. | 17 | 20 |