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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Watling Dr | Selected | Think tank et Academic | Researcher at RUSI, military analyst (Ukraine). | 7 | 12 |
| Jacob Heilbrunn Editor · The National Interest | Selected | Commentator | Editor of The National Interest, geopolitical analysis. | 7 | 14 |
| Jan Petter Sissener Manager | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager, investment fund manager. | 7 | 14 |
| Jasper Lukkezen Economist, Dr. | Selected | Academic | Professor (economist, Dr). | 7 | 17 |
| Jay Van Bavel Professor · NYU | Selected | Academic | Professor at NYU. | 7 | 8 |
| John Cochrane Absolute authority on asset pricing | Selected | Economist or consultant | Financial expert in asset pricing and portfolio theory. | 7 | 15 |
| Julia Angwin Investigative journalist | Selected | Commentator | Investigative journalist. | 7 | 9 |
| Jung Chang Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Wild Swans, nonfiction historical book. | 7 | 8 |
| Kai Bird Pulitzer prize-winning biographer | Selected | Commentator | Biographer, Pulitzer Prize winner. | 7 | 7 |
| Karl-Rudolf Korte Political scientist | Selected | Academic | Political scientist and university teacher. | 7 | 10 |
| Katarzyna Kasia Philosopher, publicist | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and publicist, philosopher and publicist. | 7 | 22 |
| Kurt Campbell Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State. | 7 | 10 |
| Lex Hoogduin Emeritus professor · DNB | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor, university professor emeritus. | 7 | 18 |
| Lindsay Chervinsky Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of 'Making the Presidency', historical essay. | 7 | 14 |
| Liz Oyer Former Pardon Attorney | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. Pardon Attorney. | 7 | 7 |
| Malcolm Turnbull Former Prime Minister of Australia | Selected | Former official | Former Prime Minister of Australia. | 7 | 7 |
| Malin Ekman Journalist and author | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and author. | 7 | 12 |
| Marc Vidal Economic analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economic analyst. | 7 | 25 |
| Martin Kragh | Selected | Commentator | Author of Historiens återkomst. | 7 | 20 |
| Max Otte | Selected | Academic | Economist at University of Graz. | 7 | 11 |
| Michael Cembalest Chairman of Market and Investment Strategy · JPMorgan Asset & Wealth Management | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chairman of market and investment strategy, JPMorgan. | 7 | 12 |
| Michel Friedman Publicist, talk show host, lawyer, philosopher and former politician | Selected | Former official | Former politician, title 'ehemaliger Politiker' in data. | 7 | 13 |
| Nick Gillespie Editor-at-large · Reason | Selected | Commentator | Editor-at-large at Reason magazine. | 7 | 7 |
| Oliver Rathkolb Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian at University of Vienna. | 7 | 12 |
| Pablo Melchor Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of the book Altruismo racional (nonfiction). | 7 | 7 |
| Patrick Bolder Defence specialist · HCSS | Selected | Think tank | Defense specialist at think tank HCSS. | 7 | 17 |
| Peter Filzmaier | Selected | Academic | Political scientist and university teacher. | 7 | 23 |
| Rebecca Boyle Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Our Moon: A Human History. | 7 | 8 |
| Rupert Sheldrake Cambridge biologist | Selected | Academic | Cambridge biologist. | 7 | 12 |
| Sebastian Junger Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction. | 7 | 9 |
| Sebastian Kurz Former Austrian federal chancellor | Selected | Former official | Former Federal Chancellor of Austria. | 7 | 8 |
| Susana Peralta | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at Nova School of Business and Economics. | 7 | 7 |
| Sven Beckert Historian · Harvard | Selected | Academic | Historian at Harvard. | 7 | 7 |
| Timothy Garton Ash Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor Timothy Garton Ash. | 7 | 7 |
| Tyler Austin Harper | Selected | Academic | University teacher and literary scholar at Bates College. | 7 | 9 |
| Vali Nasr Professor at Johns Hopkins-SAIS | Selected | Academic | Professor, Johns Hopkins-SAIS, university faculty. | 7 | 9 |
| Valérie Masson-Delmotte Paleoclimatologist · GIEC | Selected | Academic | Paleoclimatologist, CEA researcher. | 7 | 10 |
| Van Jones Political analyst and entrepreneur · CNN | Selected | Commentator | Political analyst at CNN, news analyst. | 7 | 12 |
| Yuval Levin Political theorist, director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies · American Enterprise Institute | Selected | Think tank | Political theorist, director at American Enterprise Institute think tank. | 7 | 7 |
| Anna Colin Lebedev Senior lecturer · Paris Nanterre University | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer in political science, University Paris-Nanterre. | 6 | 10 |
| Gallagher Fenwick International affairs columnist · LCI | Selected | Commentator | International politics columnist and author. | 6 | 11 |
| António Vitorino | Selected | Former official | Former Defense Minister, ex-commissioner. | 6 | 12 |
| Kamil Całus Analyst · Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich | Selected | Think tank | Analyst Eastern Studies Center. | 6 | 19 |
| Alison Wood Brooks Professor · Harvard | Selected | Academic | Professor at Harvard Business School. | 6 | 8 |
| Gabriel Pogrund The Sunday Times Insight Editor | Selected | Commentator | Sunday Times Insight Editor, investigation and analysis editor. | 6 | 29 |
| Marc Polymeropoulos CIA leader | Selected | Former official | Retired CIA officer, former public official. | 6 | 63 |
| Mathieu Plane Deputy director of the analysis and forecasting department · OFCE | Selected | Academic | Associate Director OFCE. | 6 | 13 |
| Larry Donnelly Law lecturer · University of Galway | Selected | Academic | Law lecturer at University of Galway. | 6 | 64 |
| Pedro Marques Lopes Commentator · SIC | Selected | Commentator | Commentator and political columnist. | 6 | 125 |
| Harald Magnus Andreassen Chief economist · Sparebank1 Markets | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist at First Securities and SpareBank 1 Markets. | 6 | 38 |