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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alain Decrop Professor of marketing · UNamur | Selected | Academic | Professor of marketing at UNamur. | 2 | 2 |
| Alberto Manguel Writer | Selected | Commentator | Argentine-Canadian essayist and author of nonfiction books. | 2 | 2 |
| Alessandro Orsini Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor presenting his book. | 2 | 2 |
| Alessia De Luca Expert on the United States · ISPI | Selected | Think tank | Expert on United States for ISPI. | 2 | 2 |
| Alex Krasodomski Programme director · Chatnam House | Selected | Think tank | Programme director at Chatham House. | 2 | 2 |
| Alexandra Sakaki Political scientist · SWP | Selected | Think tank | Female political scientist at SWP. | 2 | 2 |
| Alexandre Guerra Communications consultant | Selected | Economist or consultant | Communication consultant. | 2 | 2 |
| Allan Pacey Professor · University of Manchester | Selected | Academic | Professor at the University of Manchester. | 2 | 2 |
| Amanda Hess Writer at large · The New York Times | Selected | Commentator | Writer at Large does analysis for The New York Times. | 2 | 2 |
| Amanda Ripley Writer | Selected | Commentator | Writer of non-fiction books on crisis preparation. | 2 | 2 |
| Amy Cuddy Social psychologist | Selected | Academic | Psychologist at Rutgers University. | 2 | 2 |
| Amy Edmonson Professor of leadership and management · Harvard Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor, Harvard Business School. | 2 | 2 |
| Amílcar Correia Journalist · PÚBLICO | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for PÚBLICO. | 2 | 2 |
| Ana Paula Tavares | Selected | Academic | Writer and university professor. | 2 | 2 |
| Andrea Colamedici Writer · Tlon | Selected | Commentator | Writer and founder of Tlon analysis project. | 2 | 2 |
| Andrea Sella Professor of inorganic chemistry · University College London | Selected | Academic | Professor of inorganic chemistry at University College London. | 2 | 2 |
| Andrew McDowell Assistant Professor · Tulane University | Selected | Academic | Assistant Professor at Tulane University. | 2 | 2 |
| Andrew Young Former United Nations ambassador | Selected | Former official | Former United Nations ambassador. | 2 | 2 |
| André Kaspi Historian, specialist in the United States | Selected | Academic | Historian at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. | 2 | 2 |
| André Stern | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Interview about growing up without school; the profile is a French writer and musician, but nothing in the episodes mentions music or books. | 2 | 2 |
| Anjan Chatterjee Neuroscientist | Selected | Academic | Neuroscientist, University of Pennsylvania. | 2 | 2 |
| Anjana Khatwa Dr | Selected | Academic | Dr., earth scientist, award-winning researcher. | 2 | 2 |
| Anna Björklund Podcaster, columnist, author | Selected | Commentator | Podcaster, columnist, author. | 2 | 2 |
| Anna Katharina Mangold Legal scholar | Selected | Academic | Professor of Law at University of Flensburg. | 2 | 2 |
| Anna Svahn Manager · Antiloop Hedge | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager at Antiloop Hedge. | 2 | 2 |
| Anne Curry Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, explicit academic title. | 2 | 2 |
| Anne-Goaitske Breteler Author | Selected | Commentator | Author discussing his book, essayist. | 2 | 2 |
| Anne-Sophie Corbeau Global Research Scholar · Center on Global Energy Policy | Selected | Think tank | Researcher, Center on Global Energy Policy (think tank). | 2 | 2 |
| Ano Kuhanathan Economist · NEOMA Business School, Institut Rousseau | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at NEOMA Business School, analyst. | 2 | 2 |
| Arielle Johnson Food scientist | Selected | Academic | Food scientist at MIT. | 2 | 2 |
| Arindrajit Dube Professor · University of Massachusetts Amherst | Selected | Academic | Professor of Economics at University of Massachusetts Amherst. | 2 | 2 |
| Arjen Boin Professor · Leiden University | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Leiden. | 2 | 2 |
| Arjen Mulder Writer | Selected | Commentator | Essayist writer. | 2 | 2 |
| Arnaud Saint-Martin Research scientist · CNRS | Selected | Academic | Research officer at CNRS. | 2 | 2 |
| Asha Hedayati Family law lawyer and author | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer specializing in family law. | 2 | 2 |
| Ashish Shah Chief investment officer of Public Investing in Asset & Wealth Management · Goldman Sachs | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Investment Officer at Goldman Sachs, wealth management analyst. | 2 | 2 |
| Aïcha Limbada PhD in History · Artois University | Selected | Academic | Doctor of History at University of Artois. | 2 | 2 |
| Barbro Paulsen Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer. | 2 | 2 |
| Bart Hinke Media editor · NRC | Selected | Commentator | Media editor at NRC (media analysis). | 2 | 2 |
| Basil Farraj Al-Shabaka analyst | Selected | Think tank | Al-Shabaka analyst at Al-Shabaka. | 2 | 2 |
| Beate Herbert Professor · Charlotte-Fresenius-Hochschule | Selected | Academic | Female professor at Charlotte Fresenius University of Applied Sciences. | 2 | 2 |
| Benjamin List Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry | Selected | Academic | Chemist at Max Planck Institute, university teacher. | 2 | 2 |
| Bente Scheller Expert · Böll-Stiftung | Selected | Think tank | Expert at Heinrich Böll Foundation. | 2 | 2 |
| Bernard Hudson Counterterrorism · CIA | Selected | Former official | Former head of counter-terrorism operations at CIA. | 2 | 2 |
| Bijan Omrani | Selected | Commentator | Historian and contributor to The Spectator. | 2 | 2 |
| Bjarne Riiser Gundersen Society editor · Morgenbladet | Selected | Commentator | Public affairs editor, Morgenbladet. | 2 | 2 |
| Brendan Simms Teaches History of European International Relations · Centre of International Studies presso l'Università di Cambridge | Selected | Academic | Teacher at Centre of International Studies Cambridge. | 2 | 2 |
| Brice Teinturier Political scientist and deputy managing director · Ipsos-BVA France | Selected | Economist or consultant | Political scientist, CEO of Ipsos-BVA. | 2 | 2 |
| Bård Rosef Pareto analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | Pareto analyst at consulting firm. | 2 | 2 |
| Błażej Ciarkowski Art historian · University of Łódź | Selected | Academic | Art historian at University of Lodz. | 2 | 2 |