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 I. Kertzer Vatican scholar | Selected | Commentator | Vatican Scholar, author. | 1 | 1 |
| David Khalfa Specialist in the Middle East | Selected | Think tank | Middle East specialist, Jean-Jaurès Foundation. | 1 | 4 |
| David Kirsch Associate Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship · University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor at University of Maryland. | 1 | 1 |
| David Koplow Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law · Georgetown University Law Center | Selected | Academic | Professor of law at Georgetown. | 1 | 1 |
| David Laws Former education minister · Education Policy Institute | Selected | Think tank et Former official | Former minister, heads think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| David Lay Williams Political Theorist · Princeton UP | Selected | Academic | Political theorist at Princeton. | 1 | 1 |
| David MacMillan | Selected | Academic | Chemist at Princeton University. | 1 | 1 |
| David Martens Professor of data science ethics · University of Antwerp | Selected | Academic | Professor at Universiteit Antwerpen. | 1 | 1 |
| David Meder Research fellow · Danish Research Centre For Magnetic Resonance | Selected | Academic | Research fellow, research center | 1 | 1 |
| David Murphy Dr · Maynooth University | Selected | Academic | Dr. at Maynooth University. | 1 | 2 |
| David O'Keefe Professor, Marianopolis College | Selected | Academic | Professor at Marianopolis College. | 1 | 1 |
| David Puts Professor of Anthropology and Psychology · Penn State University | Selected | Academic | Professor of anthropology at Penn State. | 1 | 1 |
| David Ritter Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group | Selected | Economist or consultant | Consultant at Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group. | 1 | 1 |
| David Roas Specialist | Selected | Academic | Professor of literature at Barcelona University. | 1 | 1 |
| David Shariatmadari | Selected | Commentator | Book editor and ideas columnist at Guardian. | 1 | 1 |
| David Sneath Cambridge anthropologist · Cambridge University | Selected | Academic | Cambridge anthropologist at Cambridge University. | 1 | 1 |
| David Stifter Professor · DIAS | Selected | Academic | Prof at DIAS. | 1 | 1 |
| David Thornalley Professor · UCL Department of Geography | Selected | Academic | Professor at UCL Department of Geography. | 1 | 1 |
| David Vaquerizo Business consultant | Selected | Economist or consultant | Business consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| David Vestin Senior adviser in the monetary policy department · Sveriges riksbank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Advisor in monetary policy at Sveriges Riksbank. | 1 | 1 |
| David W Higgins Independent Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Independent Economist. | 1 | 2 |
| David Wech Chief Economist · Vortexa | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist at Vortexa. | 1 | 2 |
| Davide Giacalone Researcher | Selected | Academic | Researcher at University of Southern Denmark. | 1 | 1 |
| Davide Scaramuzza Director · University of Zurich | Selected | Academic | Director of Robotics and Perception Group at University of Zurich. | 1 | 1 |
| Dawid Kujawa Literary critic, essayist | Selected | Commentator | Literary critic and essayist. | 1 | 1 |
| Dayna Bowen Matthew Dean of the George Washington University Law School | Selected | Academic | Dean of George Washington University Law School. | 1 | 1 |
| Debora Spar Professor · Harvard Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor at Harvard Business School. | 1 | 1 |
| Debra Fine Author | Selected | Commentator | Author and expert in small talk. | 1 | 1 |
| Deep Acharya PhD student · University of Wisconsin-Madison | Selected | Academic | Ph.D. student at University of Wisconsin-Madison. | 1 | 1 |
| Deepakshi Singh University of Groningen | Selected | Academic | Researcher at University of Groningen. | 1 | 1 |
| Delbert Roll Former Army officer and CIA operations officer | Selected | Former official | Former Army officer and CIA operations officer. | 1 | 1 |
| Delia Smith Cookery writer | Selected | Commentator | Cookery writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Denis Lafay Director of the Ideas unit · La Tribune | Selected | Commentator | Director of ideas section at La Tribune. | 1 | 3 |
| Denise Gilman Clinical Professor, Co-Director Immigration Clinic · The University of Texas at Austin, School of Law | Selected | Academic | Clinical Professor at University of Texas at Austin. | 1 | 1 |
| Denise Schmid Historian and publicist | Selected | Commentator | Historian and publicist. | 1 | 1 |
| Deniz Ünal Economist · CEPII | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at CEPII. | 1 | 1 |
| Dennis de Gruijter Guest lecturer | Selected | Academic | Guest lecturer. | 1 | 1 |
| Dennis Deletant Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian at University College London. | 1 | 1 |
| Dennis Pausch Professor of Latin studies · Philipps University of Marburg | Selected | Academic | Titular professor at Philipps-Universität. | 1 | 1 |
| Denny Borsboom Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Amsterdam. | 1 | 1 |
| Denys Kazanskyi Journalist, writer, chronicler of Donbas | Selected | Commentator | Writer, Donbas chronicler, writer and chronicler. | 1 | 1 |
| Derek Mitchell President of the National Democratic Institute | Selected | Think tank | President of National Democratic Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Derek Silva Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology · King's University College at Western University | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor at King's University College. | 1 | 1 |
| Derk-Jan Dijk Expert in sleep and Professor · University of Surrey | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Surrey. | 1 | 1 |
| Dermot Turing Writer and speaker | Selected | Lawyer | English solicitor lawyer. | 1 | 1 |
| Deroy Murdock Political commentator | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator. | 1 | 1 |
| Desmond Dinan Jean Monnet Professor · George Mason School of Public Policy | Selected | Academic | Jean Monnet Professor at George Mason. | 1 | 1 |
| Detlef Pollack Sociologist of religion · University of Münster | Selected | Academic | Sociologist of religions at Universität Münster. | 1 | 1 |
| Devin O'Connor Senior fellow · Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow at Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Deutsch Emeritus professor · University of California, San Diego | Selected | Academic | Emeritus Professor at UC San Diego. | 1 | 1 |