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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michaela Hulstyn Associate Director of the Structured Liberal Education Program · Stanford University | Selected | Academic | Associate director of a program at Stanford. | 1 | 1 |
| Michaela Simoneau CSIS | Selected | Think tank | Associate of CSIS, Center for Strategic and International Studies. | 1 | 1 |
| Michal Bogusz Expert at OSW | Selected | Think tank | Expert at Eastern Studies Center (OSW), Polish think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| Michal Jedrzejek Philosopher, editor · Miesiecznika Znak | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and editor of monthly ideas journal Znak. | 1 | 1 |
| Michal Kosinski Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior · Stanford University | Selected | Academic | Associate professor of organizational behavior at Stanford. | 1 | 1 |
| Michaël Darmon Columnist · Public Sénat | Selected | Commentator | Public Sénat columnist, analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Bortkiewicz Researcher · Princeton | Selected | Academic | Researcher, Princeton. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Broda Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego | Selected | Academic | Wroclaw University Library. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Chojniski Author | Selected | Academic | Professor of American studies at Jagiellonian University. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Eckstein Dr hab., physicist · Instytut Fizyki Teoretycznej Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego | Selected | Academic | Dr. hab. physicist at University Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Gliński Legal counsel and partner · Wardyński i Wspólnicy | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer at Wardyński and Partners. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Kołodziejczyk | Selected | Commentator | Authors of bestselling reportage. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Matuszewski Professor · CFT PAN | Selected | Academic | Prof. CFT PAN, professor. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Myck Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Nowakowski Partner · Kancelaria Zackiewicz&Partners | Selected | Lawyer | Partner, Kancelaria Zackiewicz&Partners. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Paszkowski Dr · Instytut Europy Środkowej | Selected | Think tank | Dr. at Central Europe Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Piekarski Dr · University of Wrocław | Selected | Academic | Dr. at University of Wroclaw. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Skwarzyński Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer, lawyer. | 1 | 3 |
| Michał Tomza Theoretical physicist · University of Warsaw | Selected | Academic | Theoretical physicist at University of Warsaw. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Wierzchoń Professor · Uniwersytet Jagiellońskiego | Selected | Academic | Prof. Jagiellonian University. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Zajda Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of 'Kryptowalut dla Zabieganych'. | 1 | 2 |
| Michał Ziętal CFA, investment adviser, director of investment communications · PKO TFI | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investment advisor, director of PKO TFI. | 1 | 1 |
| Miche De Meyer Dentist and expert in oral physiology · VUB | Selected | Academic | Dentist and expert in oral physiology at VUB university. | 1 | 1 |
| Michel Degrève Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer (Maître), explicit title of lawyer. | 1 | 1 |
| Michel Dückers Special professor | Selected | Academic | Extraordinary professor (bijzonder hoogleraar) at a university. | 1 | 1 |
| Michel Wassef Research fellow · Inserm, Institut Curie | Selected | Academic | Research officer at INSERM, public research institution. | 1 | 1 |
| Michel Zink Writer, medievalist · Académie française | Selected | Commentator | Medievalist writer at Académie française, non-fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Michele Antonio Fino Associate professor of Foundations of European Law · Università di Scienze Gastronomiche di Pollenzo | Selected | Academic | Associate professor of European law at University of Pollenzo. | 1 | 1 |
| Michele Colucci Historian and researcher | Selected | Academic | Historian of contemporary history. | 1 | 1 |
| Michele Polese Researcher · NorthEastern University | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Northeastern University. | 1 | 1 |
| Michele Salvi Avenir Suisse | Selected | Think tank | Affiliated with think tank Avenir Suisse. | 1 | 2 |
| Michele Waslin NYU Press | Selected | Commentator | Author of 'Private Violence', NYU Press 2024, non-fiction book. | 1 | 1 |
| Michelle Bigenho Dr · Oxford University Press | Selected | Academic | Dr., publishes 'Heritage Fever' (Oxford UP, 2025), academic works. | 1 | 1 |
| Michelle Huchon Biographer, professor · Université Sorbonne | Selected | Academic | Female professor at Sorbonne University. | 1 | 1 |
| Michelle Jackson Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Stanford University | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor at Stanford University. | 1 | 1 |
| Michelle Leder Researcher covering corporate SEC filings · Footnoted | Selected | Economist or consultant | Researcher covering SEC financial reports | 1 | 1 |
| Michelle P. Brown Professor Emerita of Medieval Manuscript Studies · School of Advanced Study, University of London | Selected | Academic | Professor Emerita at University of London. | 1 | 1 |
| Michelle Rao Fellow · Center for Global Development | Selected | Think tank | Fellow at Center for Global Development, think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| Michelle Telléz Associate Professor · Arizona State University | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor at Arizona State University. | 1 | 2 |
| Michelle Thaller Astrophysicist | Selected | Academic | Astronomer at San Jose State University. | 1 | 1 |
| Michelle Zancarini-Fournel | Selected | Academic | Historian at Claude Bernard University. | 1 | 1 |
| Michiel Baatsen Meteorologist · Utrecht University | Selected | Academic | Meteorologist at Utrecht University. | 1 | 1 |
| Michèle Riot-Sarcey Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian at University of Paris 8. | 1 | 1 |
| Mick Molloy Professor · Irish Medical Organisation | Selected | Academic | Professor of medicine, committee president. | 1 | 1 |
| Mickey Inzlicht | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. | 1 | 4 |
| Mieke Van Oostende Senior partner · McKinsey & Company | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company. | 1 | 1 |
| Miguel Cardoso Pinto Partner · EY | Selected | Economist or consultant | Partner at EY (consulting firm). | 1 | 1 |
| Miguel Freitas Lead nutritional microbiologist · Danone Institute North America | Selected | Academic | Lead nutritional microbiologist at Danone Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Miguel Ángel Berciano Medical oncologist and researcher · Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga | Selected | Academic | Oncologist researcher at Institute of Biomedical Research. | 1 | 1 |
| Miguel Ángel Linares Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of book (nonfiction). | 1 | 1 |