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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Payne Columnist · Times | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for Times. | 3 | 18 |
| Marion McKeone US correspondent · Business Post | Excluded | Journalist | USA correspondent for Business Post. | 2 | 18 |
| Natalie Orpett Executive Editor · Lawfare | Selected | Commentator | Executive Editor at Lawfare Institute, political analysis editor. | 2 | 18 |
| João Pedro Henriques | Selected | Commentator | Commentator João Pedro Henriques. | 2 | 18 |
| Susan Hayes Culleton Chartered Financial Analyst · Hayes Culleton Group | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chartered financial analyst, Hayes Culleton Group. | 2 | 18 |
| Camilla Desideri Editor · Internazionale | Selected | Commentator | Internazionale editor. | 1 | 18 |
| Ethan Mollick Wharton professor | Selected | Academic | Professor Wharton. | 15 | 17 |
| Abigail Shrier Author | Selected | Commentator | Investigative journalist analyst. | 12 | 17 |
| Leo Varadkar Former Taoiseach | Selected | Former official | Former Taoiseach, former Irish prime minister. | 12 | 17 |
| Norm Eisen Ambassador · CNN | Selected | Lawyer | CNN legal analyst, former ambassador to Czech Republic. | 11 | 17 |
| Karim Sadjadpour Senior Fellow · Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow Carnegie Endowment. | 11 | 17 |
| Jason Furman Economist · Harvard | Selected | Academic | Economist at Harvard. | 10 | 17 |
| Julius van de Laar America expert | Selected | Commentator | America expert strategic political analyst. | 9 | 17 |
| Laurent Alexandre Dr | Selected | Commentator | French columnist and essayist. | 9 | 17 |
| Aladin El-Mafaalani Sociologist | Selected | Academic | Sociologist at FH Münster. | 9 | 17 |
| Jan Fleischhauer Focus columnist | Selected | Commentator | Columnist at Focus. | 8 | 17 |
| Suzanne Maloney Brookings senior fellow | Selected | Think tank | Brookings senior fellow. | 8 | 17 |
| Jacob Silverman Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Gilded Rage, nonfiction essayist. | 8 | 17 |
| Emilio Cozzi Journalist | Selected | Commentator | Journalist author, analyst. | 7 | 17 |
| Ewald Engelen Professor · University of Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr. full professor at University of Amsterdam. | 7 | 17 |
| Sakine Madon Author · Uppsala Nya Tidning | Selected | Commentator | Author and political editor-in-chief of Uppsala Nya Tidning. | 7 | 17 |
| Bertrand Badie Emeritus professor · Sciences Po Paris | Selected | Academic | Emeritus Professor at Sciences Po Paris. | 7 | 17 |
| Guido Steinberg Dr. · Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik | Selected | Think tank | Dr. at Science and Politics Foundation think tank. | 7 | 17 |
| Jasper Lukkezen Economist, Dr. | Selected | Academic | Professor (economist, Dr). | 7 | 17 |
| Patrick Bolder Defence specialist · HCSS | Selected | Think tank | Defense specialist at think tank HCSS. | 7 | 17 |
| Michał Bogusz Expert · OSW | Selected | Think tank | Expert at OSW, Eastern Studies Center. | 6 | 17 |
| Mark Zandi Chief Economist · Moody's Analytics | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist at Moody's Analytics. | 6 | 17 |
| Bronisław Komorowski Former president | Selected | Former official | Former President of Poland. | 5 | 17 |
| Elin Wiker Manager · Humle Fonder | Selected | Economist or consultant | Manager at Humle Fonder investment fund. | 4 | 17 |
| Ed Balls UK Government | Selected | Former official | Former Secretary of State (end 2010, 2015). | 4 | 17 |
| Jack Horgan-Jones Journalist · The Irish Times | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist and correspondent at Irish Times. | 3 | 17 |
| Pat Leahy Journalist · The Irish Times | Excluded | Journalist | Political editor, Irish Times, section editor. | 3 | 17 |
| Alberto Puliafito Journalist, director of SlowNews | Selected | Commentator | Director of SlowNews and journalist. | 3 | 17 |
| Nicolas Roussellier Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian at Institut d'études politiques de Paris. | 3 | 17 |
| Gilles Kepel Emeritus university professor, Middle East specialist | Selected | Academic | Emeritus Professor. | 3 | 17 |
| Daniel Fernández | Selected | Commentator | History of Money author, non-fiction history writer. | 3 | 17 |
| Ron Filipkowski Never-Trump political commentator | Selected | Commentator | Never-Trump political commentator. | 3 | 17 |
| Miguel Pedrero Reporter | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 17 |
| Sam Zirah Content creator | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 17 |
| Ewa Pietrzyk-Zieniewicz Dr · UW | Selected | Academic | Prof. Political scientist at University of Warsaw. | 2 | 17 |
| Cliff Taylor Economics columnist · The Irish Times | Selected | Commentator | Economics columnist at The Irish Times. | 2 | 17 |
| Eric Ciaramella Senior fellow · Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow at Carnegie Endowment. | 2 | 17 |
| Maurizio Lupi Noi Moderati | Selected | Former official | Former Minister of Transport and Infrastructure (end 2014-2015). | 2 | 17 |
| Tom Bevan RealClearPolitics | Selected | Commentator | From RealClearPolitics, political analysis. | 2 | 17 |
| Marek Kozubel Dr | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 17 |
| Pascal Perri | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 17 |
| Franz Simonini Contributor · Rivista Domino | Selected | Economist or consultant | Geopolitical analyst, magazine contributor. | 1 | 17 |
| Michael Lebowitz Portfolio manager | Selected | Economist or consultant | Portfolio manager. | 1 | 17 |
| Chris Voss Former Lead FBI Negotiator · Black Swan Group | Selected | Former official | Former Lead FBI Negotiator. | 14 | 16 |
| Rana Mitter Professor · University of Oxford | Selected | Academic | Professor, University of Oxford. | 13 | 16 |