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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauren Young Professor · Yale | Selected | Academic | Professor, professor, Yale. | 1 | 1 |
| Laurence Bergreen Historian | Selected | Commentator | Author of analysis and essayist. | 1 | 2 |
| Laurence Broers Conciliation Resources | Selected | Think tank | Peace and conflict researcher at Chatham House. | 1 | 1 |
| Laurence Brunet Specialist in bioethics law | Selected | Academic | Bioethics law researcher at University Paris 1. | 1 | 1 |
| Laurence DE Nervaux Director of the think tank · Destin Commun | Selected | Think tank | Director/Directrice of think tank, Destin Commun. | 1 | 1 |
| Laurence Tribe Constitutional law scholar | Selected | Academic et Lawyer | Professor of constitutional law, Harvard Law School. | 1 | 1 |
| Laurent Donnay de Casteau Maître, lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Maître lawyer. | 1 | 1 |
| Laurent Douzou Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, Professor. | 1 | 2 |
| Laurent Fabius Former president of the Constitutional Council | Selected | Former official | Former President of Constitutional Council. | 1 | 1 |
| Laurent Theis Historian | Selected | Commentator | French historian, analyst of public debates. | 1 | 3 |
| Laurenz Malte Nienaber Stock analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | Stock analyst. | 1 | 3 |
| Lauri Holapa Managing director · Uuden talousajattelun keskus | Selected | Think tank | Director of the Centre for New Economic Thought. | 1 | 1 |
| Laurie Bristow Ambassador | Selected | Former official | Former Ambassador. | 1 | 1 |
| Laurine Albris Tenure track lecturer · University of Copenhagen | Selected | Academic | Researcher or doctoral candidate affiliated with university. | 1 | 1 |
| Laust Schouenborg Lecturer in international politics at RUC | Selected | Academic | Lecturer in international politics at RUC. | 1 | 1 |
| Lawrence Ball Lead data analyst · Kent Wildlife Trust | Selected | Economist or consultant | Lead data analyst at Kent Wildlife Trust. | 1 | 1 |
| Lawrence Donnelly Irish-american Law Attorney, Writer And Political Contributor | Selected | Lawyer | Irish-American lawyer, writer and political contributor. | 1 | 2 |
| Lea Susemichel Journalist and publicist · an.schläge | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and publicist. | 1 | 1 |
| Leah Richmond-Rakerd Author · University of Michigan | Selected | Academic | Researcher or doctoral candidate affiliated with university. | 1 | 1 |
| Leda Glyptis Fintech executive, former banker, visiting professor · London School of Economics | Selected | Academic | Professor, fintech executive, former banker, visiting professor at London School of Economics. | 1 | 1 |
| Lee Kovarsky University of Texas at Austin School of Law | Selected | Academic | Researcher or doctoral candidate affiliated with university. | 1 | 2 |
| Lee Mordechai Historian | Selected | Academic | Israeli historian Dr. Lee Mordechai with academic title. | 1 | 1 |
| Leena Järvi Professor · University of Helsinki | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Helsinki, university professor. | 1 | 1 |
| Leif Lia Professor of hydropower engineering at NTNU Trondheim | Selected | Academic | Professor of hydropower construction at NTNU Trondheim. | 1 | 1 |
| Leif Silbersky Top lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Top lawyer, practicing lawyer. | 1 | 2 |
| Leila Hudson Author · Syracuse UP | Selected | Commentator | Author of Lines of Flight published by Syracuse UP. | 1 | 1 |
| Lena Ahlin Literary scholar · Stockholm University | Selected | Academic | Literature scholar at Stockholm University, literature scholar. | 1 | 1 |
| Lena Kantert Author · TU Dortmund | Selected | Academic | Author at TU Dortmund, university affiliate. | 1 | 1 |
| Lena Rindner Researcher and district nurse | Selected | Academic | Researcher and district nurse at university. | 1 | 1 |
| Lenette Schuijt Leadership coach, author | Selected | Commentator | Leadership coach and author, published writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Lennard J. Davis Duke University Press | Selected | Commentator | Author of Poor Things published by Duke UP. | 1 | 1 |
| Lennart Erixon Professor of economics · Stockholm University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Economics at Stockholm University. | 1 | 1 |
| Lennart Wohlgemuth Head of the Nordic Africa Institute | Selected | Think tank | Director of Nordic Africa Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Leo Cohen Independent consultant | Selected | Economist or consultant | Independent ecology consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Leo Kouwenhoven Scientist | Selected | Academic | Professor of physics at Delft University of Technology. | 1 | 1 |
| Leo Mirani Ashoka columnist | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for Ashoka. | 1 | 1 |
| Leo Näreaho Associate professor of philosophy of religion · University of Helsinki | Selected | Academic | Lecturer in philosophy of religion at University of Helsinki. | 1 | 1 |
| Leon Engler Trainee psychotherapist | Selected | Commentator | Author of Botanik des Wahnsinns. | 1 | 2 |
| Leon Komornicki General | Selected | Former official | General, former deputy chief of General Staff, military official. | 1 | 1 |
| Leonardo Bursztyn UChicago Economics | Selected | Academic | UChicago economics, university economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Leonid Trofimov Author · Hackett Publishing | Selected | Commentator | Author of The Russian Revolution and Its Global Impact. | 1 | 1 |
| Leonie Wenz Dr. · PIK | Selected | Academic | Dr. at PIK (Potsdam Institute), researcher. | 1 | 1 |
| Leor Zmigrod Political psychologist, neuroscientist, author | Selected | Academic | Political psychologist and neuroscientist, academic titles. | 1 | 1 |
| Leszek Jan Kaczmarek Professor of biological sciences · Instytut Biologii Doświadczalnej | Selected | Academic | Profesor of biological sciences at Institute of Experimental Biology. | 1 | 1 |
| Leyre Iglesias Deputy director of Opinion · EL MUNDO | Selected | Commentator | Subdirector of Opinion EL MUNDO. | 1 | 4 |
| Leïla Seurat Researcher at the Centre arabe de recherches et d'études politiques | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at Arab Center for Research and Political Studies. | 1 | 1 |
| Lia Kent | Selected | Commentator | Author of The Unruly Dead, published book. | 1 | 1 |
| Liam Drew British science journalist · Nature, The Guardian | Selected | Commentator | Science journalist at Nature and Guardian. | 1 | 1 |
| Liam O'Callaghan Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of 'Blood and Thunder: Rugby and Irish Life: A History', non-fiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Liane G. Benning Biogeochemist | Selected | Academic | Professor of Geochemistry at University of Leeds. | 1 | 1 |