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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Foley Lex editor · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Lex editor at Financial Times. | 1 | 3 |
| John Francis Leader Psychologist · UCD's School of Psychology | Selected | Academic | Psychologist at UCD's School of Psychology. | 1 | 1 |
| John Garth Award-winning Tolkien biographer and author | Selected | Commentator | Award-winning Tolkien biographer and author. | 1 | 2 |
| John Holdren | Selected | Academic | Scientist with Harvard University and UC Berkeley. | 1 | 1 |
| John Högström Lecturer in political science · Mid Sweden University | Selected | Academic | Docent in political science at Mittuniversitet. | 1 | 1 |
| John Ioannidis Professor · Stanford University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Stanford University. | 1 | 1 |
| John J. Sullivan Former State Department official and U.S. ambassador | Selected | Former official | Former State Department official and U.S. ambassador. | 1 | 1 |
| John Keller Former Chief of the Public Integrity Section · Department of Justice | Selected | Former official | Former Chief of Public Integrity Section at DOJ. | 1 | 3 |
| John Kitzhaber Former Governor, ER Doctor · Oregon | Selected | Former official | Former Governor of Oregon. | 1 | 1 |
| John Kyle Former deputy leader · PUP | Selected | Former official | Former deputy leader of the PUP. | 1 | 1 |
| John Leif Jørgensen Professor of aerospace technology · DTU Space | Selected | Academic | Professor of Space Technology at DTU Space. | 1 | 1 |
| John Lennox Mathematician, bioethicist, and Christian apologist | Selected | Academic | Mathematician at University of Oxford. | 1 | 2 |
| John Lindberg PhD student · King's College London | Selected | Academic | Doctoral student at King's College London. | 1 | 1 |
| John Llodra Lead partner · New Harbor Financial | Selected | Economist or consultant | Lead partner at New Harbor Financial advisory firm. | 1 | 1 |
| John Long Australian palaeontologist | Selected | Academic | Paleontologist, professor at Flinders University. | 1 | 1 |
| John McLaughlin Former acting and deputy director · CIA | Selected | Former official | Former acting and deputy director of CIA. | 1 | 1 |
| John Moser Author · Ashland University | Selected | Academic | Author and chair of Department of History at Ashland University. | 1 | 1 |
| John Preskill Professor of theoretical physics · California Institute of Technology | Selected | Academic | Professor of theoretical physics, California Institute of Technology. | 1 | 1 |
| John S Tregoning Professor of vaccine immunology · Imperial College London | Selected | Academic | Professor of vaccine immunology at Imperial College London. | 1 | 1 |
| John Scheid Emeritus professor at the Collège de France | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor at the Collège de France. | 1 | 1 |
| John Van Reenen Ronald Coase School Professor · London School of Economics | Selected | Academic | Ronald Coase School professor, LSE. | 1 | 2 |
| John-Antoine Libourel Neuroscientist | Selected | Academic | Researcher at CNRS, neuroscientist. | 1 | 1 |
| Jojo Moyes Award-winning author | Selected | Commentator | Award-winning fiction author. | 1 | 2 |
| Jolanta Sujecka Prof., editor-in-chief · Wydział Artes Liberales, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Instytut Slawistyki PAN | Selected | Academic | Prof. at University of Warsaw and Slavic Studies Institute PAN. | 1 | 1 |
| Jolien Robijns Dr. · UHasselt | Selected | Academic | Dr. at UHasselt. | 1 | 1 |
| Jon Caramanica Pop music critic · The New York Times | Selected | Commentator | Pop music critic at New York Times. | 1 | 1 |
| Jon Hanson Director · Harvard Law School's Systemic Justice Project | Selected | Academic | Director of Harvard Law School's Systemic Justice Project. | 1 | 1 |
| Jon Harrison Professor of environmental physiology · Arizona State University | Selected | Academic | Professor of environmental physiology at Arizona State. | 1 | 1 |
| Jon Iddeng University of South-Eastern Norway | Selected | Academic | University of Southeast Norway. | 1 | 1 |
| Jon Lind Investment chief and partner · Lind Hauritz | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investment chief and partner in asset management. | 1 | 1 |
| Jon McAuliffe Co-founder and chief investment officer · Voleon Group | Selected | Economist or consultant | Co-founder and chief investment officer. | 1 | 1 |
| Jon Nordenson Rural advisor · Landinfo | Selected | Think tank | Country advisor at Landinfo. | 1 | 1 |
| Jon Rentoul Chief political commentator · The Independent | Selected | Commentator | Chief political commentator at The Independent. | 1 | 1 |
| Jona Lendering Historian, journalist, blogger | Selected | Commentator | Historian and blogger, analytical activity. | 1 | 1 |
| Jonah Lehrer Writer journalist | Selected | Commentator | Writer and Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Jonas Andersson Tuomaala Manager · Kvartil | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager at Kvartil. | 1 | 1 |
| Jonas Grafström Economist · Ratio | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at Ratio. | 1 | 1 |
| Jonas Herby Managing director · Institut for Reguleringsstudier | Selected | Think tank | CEO of Institute for Regulatory Studies. | 1 | 1 |
| Jonas Heyerdahl Manager · First Opportunities | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager at First Opportunities. | 1 | 1 |
| Jonas Hinnfors Political science professor at Lund University | Selected | Academic | Political science professor at Lund University. | 1 | 1 |
| Jonas Hugosson Professor of urology · Sahlgrenska University Hospital | Selected | Academic | Professor of Urology at Gothenburg University. | 1 | 1 |
| Jonas Ihlström Researcher · VTI | Selected | Academic | Researcher at VTI. | 1 | 1 |
| Jonas Kristiansen Noland Professor · NTNU | Selected | Academic | Professor at NTNU. | 1 | 1 |
| Jonas Lindholm Director · Mandag Morgen og Altinget ARENA | Selected | Think tank | Director of Mandag Morgen think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| Jonas Stein Associate professor at UiT | Selected | Academic | Associate professor at UiT. | 1 | 1 |
| Jonatan Mizrahi-Werner Ph.d. · Sociologisk Institut | Selected | Academic | Ph.D. at Sociological Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Jonathan Allen Informatics Scientist · LLNL | Selected | Academic | Informatics Scientist at LLNL. | 1 | 1 |
| Jonathan B. Losos Evolutionary biologist · Washington University | Selected | Academic | Evolutionary biologist at Washington University. | 1 | 1 |
| Jonathan Fruoco | Selected | Academic | French historian at Paris Nanterre University. | 1 | 1 |
| Jonathan Greenberg Psychology professor · Harvard University Clinical and Translational Science Center | Selected | Academic | Psychology professor at Harvard University. | 1 | 1 |