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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Tóth Journalist · Falter | Selected | Commentator | Leader of FALTER Media Department (section head). | 6 | 47 |
| Rosa Brooks Professor of law and policy · Georgetown University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Law and Politics at Georgetown University. | 6 | 46 |
| Hanif Bali | Selected | Former official | Member of Swedish Riksdag until 2022. | 6 | 44 |
| Pedro Siza Vieira Minister of State for the Economy · Governo Português | Selected | Academic | Former minister, currently lawyer and professor. | 6 | 42 |
| Viva Frei Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer, practicing attorney. | 6 | 42 |
| Felicia Schön Savings economist · Avanza | Selected | Economist or consultant | Savings economist at Avanza, banker. | 6 | 39 |
| Harald Magnus Andreassen Chief economist · Sparebank1 Markets | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist at First Securities and SpareBank 1 Markets. | 6 | 38 |
| Ed Luce Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Financial Times, journalist-commentator. | 6 | 37 |
| Ulrich Vosgerau Legal scholar and lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Legal scholar lawyer. | 6 | 35 |
| Gabriel Pogrund The Sunday Times Insight Editor | Selected | Commentator | Sunday Times Insight Editor, investigation and analysis editor. | 6 | 29 |
| Sigmar Gabriel Former foreign minister · Atlantikbrücke | Selected | Former official | Former German Foreign Minister. | 6 | 27 |
| Patryk Kugiel Polskiego Instytutu Spraw Międzynarodowych | Selected | Think tank | Polish Institute of International Affairs. | 6 | 27 |
| Ben Ansell Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions · Oxford University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions at Oxford. | 6 | 27 |
| Bruno Cardoso Reis Geopolitical expert · ISCTE-IUL | Selected | Academic | Professor ISCTE-IUL, historian and geopolitologist. | 6 | 25 |
| Christian Mölling Senior adviser at the European Policy Centre | Selected | Think tank | Senior Advisor European Policy Centre. | 6 | 25 |
| Werner Patzelt Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof. Political scientist (professor). | 6 | 24 |
| Adi Ignatius Editor in Chief · Harvard Business Review | Selected | Commentator | Editor in Chief of Harvard Business Review. | 6 | 24 |
| Matt Lewis Medieval expert and co-host · Gone Medieval | Selected | Commentator | Medieval expert, historian, author. | 6 | 23 |
| Oskar Pietrewicz Analyst · Polskiego Instytutu Spraw Zagranicznych | Selected | Think tank | Analyst Polish Institute of International Affairs. | 6 | 22 |
| Ben Wittes Lawfare | Selected | Commentator | Director Lawfare, legal policy analyst. | 6 | 21 |
| Joanna Gocłowska-Bolek | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at Faculty of Political Science, University of Warsaw. | 6 | 21 |
| Michael Every Global Strategist · Rabobank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Global Strategist at Rabobank. | 6 | 20 |
| Kamil Całus Analyst · Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich | Selected | Think tank | Analyst Eastern Studies Center. | 6 | 19 |
| Jonathan Conricus Lt. Col. (Ret.) · Foundation for Defense of Democracies | Selected | Former official | Lt. Col. (Ret.) and former Israel Defense spokesperson. | 6 | 19 |
| Agnieszka Legucka Professor · Polskiego Instytutu Spraw Międzynarodowych | Selected | Think tank | Prof at Polish Institute of International Affairs. | 6 | 19 |
| James Holland Historian | Selected | Commentator | Military historian, non-fiction book author and podcaster. | 6 | 19 |
| Lars Trägårdh Historian and professor of history · Marie Cederschiöld University | Selected | Academic | Professor of history at Ersta Sköndal University. | 6 | 18 |
| Rafał Michalski Observer of American politics | Selected | Commentator | American politics observer. | 6 | 18 |
| 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 |
| Lale Gül Opinion maker | Selected | Commentator | Columnist and writer, opinion maker. | 6 | 16 |
| Helga Salemon Russia expert | Selected | Commentator | Russia expert, Russia specialist. | 6 | 16 |
| Jaco Booyens Contributor · BlazeTV | Selected | Commentator | BlazeTV contributor for news analysis. | 6 | 16 |
| Ronald van Raak Former politicians | Selected | Former official | Former Politician, former politician. | 6 | 16 |
| Niels Th. Dahl Political analyst · Jyllands-Posten | Selected | Commentator | Political analyst and commentator at Jyllands-Posten. | 6 | 15 |
| Jérôme Viala-Gaudefroy PhD in American studies, specialist in political discourse · Sciences Po Paris | Selected | Academic | Lecturer at Sciences Po Paris, American civilization. | 6 | 15 |
| Catherine Rampell The Bulwark | Selected | Commentator | Political analysis Bulwark. | 6 | 15 |
| Heather Berlin Neuroscientist | Selected | Academic | Neuroscientist affiliated with State University of New York and Vassar College. | 6 | 15 |
| Laurence Nardon PhD in political science, head of the Americas programme · IFRI | Selected | Think tank | Director, IFRI. | 6 | 14 |
| Clemens Fuest Ifo head · Ifo-Institut | Selected | Think tank | President of Ifo Institute, German think tank. | 6 | 14 |
| Joe Walsh Former Republican congressman | Selected | Former official | Former Republican congressman. | 6 | 14 |
| Mariken van der Velden Political scientist · Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Political scientist at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. | 6 | 14 |
| Michele Boldrin Economist · Ora! | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist and independent political analyst. | 6 | 14 |
| Steve Hanke Professor of applied economics · Johns Hopkins University | Selected | Academic | Professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University. | 6 | 14 |
| Alain Frachon Columnist · Le Monde | Selected | Commentator | Le Monde columnist. | 6 | 14 |
| Óscar Fábrega Writer | Selected | Commentator | Opinion journalist and writer. | 6 | 14 |
| Mathieu Plane Deputy director of the analysis and forecasting department · OFCE | Selected | Academic | Associate Director OFCE. | 6 | 13 |
| Michel Goya Former colonel in the French Army | Selected | Former official | Former Army colonel and Marine, former official. | 6 | 13 |
| Henk Kamp VVD member | Selected | Former official | Former defense minister. | 6 | 13 |
| Wojciech Konończuk Director · Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich | Selected | Think tank | Director of OSW (think tank). | 6 | 13 |