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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leah Downey Princeton University | Selected | Academic | Researcher or doctoral candidate affiliated with university. | 2 | 2 |
| Lee Elliot Major Professor of Social Mobility · University of Exeter | Selected | Academic | Professor, Professor of Social Mobility, University of Exeter. | 2 | 2 |
| Leonor Caldeira Columnist · Sábado | Selected | Commentator | Columnist of Sábado. | 2 | 2 |
| Lester Munson Former Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer | Selected | Former official | Former Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer. | 2 | 2 |
| Liesbeth Woertman Emeritus professor of psychology · Utrecht University | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor of psychology at University of Utrecht. | 2 | 2 |
| Liz Morris Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of glaciology. | 2 | 2 |
| Lord Simon McDonald | Selected | Former official | Former senior Foreign Office official, peer. | 2 | 2 |
| Lori Gottlieb Psychotherapist, bestselling author | Selected | Commentator | Psychotherapist and bestselling author writing on wellness. | 2 | 2 |
| Louise Bengtsson Senior analyst · UI | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior analyst in global policy at UI. | 2 | 2 |
| Lynda Gratton Professor · London Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor at London Business School. | 2 | 2 |
| Lyndsey Stonebridge Arendt expert | Selected | Academic | Professor of humanities at the University of Birmingham. | 2 | 2 |
| Lynne Olson Historian | Selected | Commentator | Historian author of several books on World War II. | 2 | 2 |
| Maarten Larmuseau Prof. Dr., geneticist · KU Leuven | Selected | Academic | Professor and geneticist doctor at KU Leuven. | 2 | 2 |
| Maciej Kalwasiński Expert · OSW | Selected | Think tank | Expert at Eastern Studies Center (OSW). | 2 | 2 |
| Madalena Meyer Resende Associate professor · Universidade Nova de Lisboa | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor at Nova University of Lisbon. | 2 | 2 |
| Maha Nassar | Selected | Academic | Historian at University of Arizona. | 2 | 2 |
| Malcom Kyeyune Swedish writer and thinker | Selected | Commentator | Swedish writer and thinker, analysis writer. | 2 | 2 |
| Manfred Ainedter Criminal defence lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Criminal defense legend, specialized lawyer. | 2 | 2 |
| Manoj Kewalramani Fellow for China Studies · Takshashila Institution | Selected | Think tank | Fellow for China Studies at Takshashila Institution. | 2 | 2 |
| Marc Brackett Founding director · Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence | Selected | Academic | Founding director of Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. | 2 | 2 |
| Marc Garrigasait Fund manager · Japan Deep Value | Selected | Economist or consultant | Japan Deep Value fund manager. | 2 | 2 |
| Marcel Dirsus Political scientist | Selected | Think tank | Political scientist at Institut für Sicherheitspolitik. | 2 | 2 |
| Marcin Kędzierski Economist, publicist · Polska Sieć Ekonomii | Selected | Economist or consultant et Commentator | Economist and columnist. | 2 | 2 |
| Margie Lachman Professor of psychology · Brandeis University | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology, Brandeis University. | 2 | 2 |
| Margot Dijkgraaf | Selected | Commentator | Author biography of Madame de Staël. | 2 | 2 |
| Marie Bossaert Senior lecturer · University of Clermont Auvergne | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer Clermont-Auvergne University. | 2 | 2 |
| Marijke Leliveld Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, university professor. | 2 | 2 |
| Marina Münkler Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof. Dr., literary scholar at TU Dresden universities. | 2 | 2 |
| Marina Rudyak China expert · Yale, Universität Heidelberg | Selected | Academic | China expert at Yale and University of Heidelberg. | 2 | 2 |
| Marine Braud Partner and co-founder · cabinet Alameda | Selected | Lawyer | Associate co-founder of Alameda law firm. | 2 | 2 |
| Mario Livio Astrophysicist · Hubble Space Telescope | Selected | Academic | Astrophysicist Hubble Space Telescope. | 2 | 2 |
| Mark Blagrove Professor, Director of the Swansea University Sleep Laboratory | Selected | Academic | Professor, Director of Swansea University Sleep Lab. | 2 | 2 |
| Mark Harper | Selected | Former official | British politician, ministerial positions in late 2019. | 2 | 2 |
| Mark Lanier Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer. | 2 | 2 |
| Mark Mills Author, investor, policy advisor · Manhattan Institute | Selected | Think tank | Policy advisor and senior fellow at Manhattan Institute. | 2 | 2 |
| Mark van Vuuren Author | Selected | Commentator | Author, appears to write about politics and society. | 2 | 2 |
| Martin Gaedt Author and provocative entertainer | Selected | Commentator | Author and Provoker, culture analysis. | 2 | 2 |
| Martin Kobler Former ambassador, UN special envoy | Selected | Former official | Former ambassador, UN special envoy. | 2 | 2 |
| Mary-Frances O'Connor Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry · University of Arizona | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor University of Arizona. | 2 | 2 |
| María Dueñas | Selected | Academic | Writer and professor of philology at University of Murcia. | 2 | 2 |
| María Martinón-Torres Paleoanthropologist | Selected | Academic | Paleoanthropologist at National Center for Research on Human Evolution. | 2 | 2 |
| Mathilde Mathieu Journalist in the investigations section · Mediapart | Selected | Commentator | Investigations desk journalist at Mediapart. | 2 | 2 |
| Matt Beane Assistant Professor · University of California, Santa Barbara | Selected | Academic | Assistant Professor at University of California, Santa Barbara. | 2 | 2 |
| Matt Gertken Chief Geopolitical Strategist · BCA Research | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Geopolitical Strategist at BCA Research. | 2 | 2 |
| Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling Author | Selected | Commentator | Author and analytical work author. | 2 | 2 |
| Mattias Sjödin Manager · Carnegie Sverigefond | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager at Carnegie Sverigefond. | 2 | 2 |
| Max Smeets Senior Researcher · ETH Zurich | Selected | Academic | Senior Researcher at ETH Zurich. | 2 | 2 |
| Maximilian Pichl Legal scholar | Selected | Academic | University jurist, law researcher. | 2 | 2 |
| Melanie Bergmann Dr. · Alfred-Wegener-Institut | Selected | Academic | Dr. at Alfred Wegener Institute, research organization. | 2 | 2 |
| Melissa Clark Food reporter and columnist · The Times | Selected | Commentator | Food reporter and columnist at The Times, food analyst. | 2 | 2 |