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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norihiro Yamaguchi Lead Economist · Oxford Economics | Selected | Economist or consultant | Lead economist at Oxford Economics. | 1 | 1 |
| Nour Raouafi NASA | Selected | Academic | NASA. | 1 | 1 |
| Nuno Gonçalo Monteiro Historian and biographer | Selected | Academic | Historian at University of Évora. | 1 | 1 |
| Nuno Severiano Teixeira Professor, president of IPRI · Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais | Selected | Academic | Professor, President IPRI, Portuguese Institute of International Relations. | 1 | 1 |
| Nur Laiq Technology and policy Fellow · Harvard Kennedy School | Selected | Academic | Technology and policy Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School. | 1 | 1 |
| Odd Harry Arnesen Researcher · FFI | Selected | Academic | Researcher at FFI, public research institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Ola Bratt Professor of clinical cancer epidemiology · University of Gothenburg | Selected | Academic | Professor of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology at Gothenburg University. | 1 | 1 |
| Ola Svenonius FOI | Selected | Academic | Researcher at FOI, Swedish public research institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Olaf Tempelman Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction book, De kunst van het missen. | 1 | 1 |
| Olaug Bollestad | Selected | Former official | Former Minister of Agriculture and Parliament member, ended 2021. | 1 | 1 |
| Ole André Kjennerud Credit strategist · DNB Markets | Selected | Economist or consultant | Credit strategist at DNB Markets bank. | 1 | 1 |
| Ole Bouman Historian | Selected | Commentator | Art historian, critic and exhibition curator. | 1 | 1 |
| Ole Gjems-Onstad Professor emeritus · BI, Universitetet i Oslo | Selected | Academic | Professor emeritus at University of Oslo and BI. | 1 | 3 |
| Ole Petter Erlandsen | Selected | Commentator | Wrote book on Christianization of Norway. Historical nonfiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Ole-Albert Rønning Nordby | Selected | Commentator | Wrote book 'Mord, a medieval history'. Historical nonfiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Oleg Itskhoki Professor of economics · Harvard University | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics at Harvard University. | 1 | 1 |
| Oleksandr Cherniak Physics researcher · Bogolyubovinstitutet för teoretisk fysik | Selected | Academic | Physics researcher at theoretical research institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Olesia Bida Journalist · The Kyiv Independent | Selected | Commentator | War Crimes Investigations Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Olga Stavrova Researcher and professor · Tilburg University | Selected | Academic | Researcher and professor at Tilburg University | 1 | 1 |
| Olgierd Annusewicz Political scientist, dr hab. · UW | Selected | Academic | Political scientist, doctor at UW. University doctorate. | 1 | 1 |
| Olia Hercules Best selling cookery writer | Selected | Commentator | Best-selling cookbook author. | 1 | 2 |
| Oliver Browne Lecturer in Accounting · University College Cork | Selected | Academic | Lecturer in accounting at University College Cork. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Letwin | Selected | Former official | Former UK minister, ended posts in 2015. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Li AI researcher and PhD · Uppsala University | Selected | Academic | AI researcher and doctor at Uppsala University. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Lorz Professor of international economic relations · RWTH Aachen | Selected | Academic | Professor of International Economic Relations, RWTH Aachen. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Peter Loew Head · Deutschen Polen-Institut | Selected | Academic | Professor, Director of the German Institute of Poland. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Roeder Senior data journalist · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Senior Data Journalist FT, specialized analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Olivier Ezratty Consultant and author · Quantum Energy Initiative | Selected | Economist or consultant | Technology consultant and author. | 1 | 1 |
| Olivier Guenat Physicist and co-founder of Alveolix · Alveolix, ARTORG Center der Universität Bern | Selected | Academic | Physicist at ARTORG center, University of Bern. | 1 | 1 |
| Olivier Mongin Essayist, director · Esprit | Selected | Commentator | Essayist and former director of Esprit. | 1 | 1 |
| Olivier Pérou Senior reporter on the politics desk · L'Express | Selected | Commentator | Politics service senior reporter at L'Express. | 1 | 3 |
| Oliviero Bergamini Historian and journalist, RAI correspondent | Selected | Commentator | Historian and journalist: analyst/author. | 1 | 1 |
| Olli Kuismanen Doctoral researcher | Selected | Academic | Doctoral researcher. | 1 | 1 |
| Olov Wenell Research advisor · Försvarshögskolan | Selected | Academic | Research advisor at Försvarshögskolan. | 1 | 1 |
| Omar Khattab Stanford PhD | Selected | Academic | Stanford PhD researcher in natural language processing. | 1 | 1 |
| Omar Pera Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Specialized economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Omer Aziz Lawyer and author | Selected | Lawyer et Commentator | Lawyer and author of Shadows of the Republic. | 1 | 1 |
| Omer Benjakob Cybersecurity reporter · Haaretz | Selected | Commentator | Cybersecurity reporter, specialized analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Onyeka Nubia Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian and lecturer at University of Nottingham. | 1 | 1 |
| Oona-Maaria Hyppölä Research assistant · Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulun Venäjä-ryhmä | Selected | Academic | Research assistant at Defense Academy. | 1 | 1 |
| Oren Kessler | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction works on Middle East history. | 1 | 1 |
| Orlando Reade Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of 'What in Me Is Dark', study. | 1 | 1 |
| Orsi Husz | Selected | Academic | Historian at Uppsala University. | 1 | 1 |
| Oscar Fredriksson Lawyer and head of investigations · Starck & Partner AB | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer and head of investigations at law firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Osman Balkan Associate Director of the Huntsman Program · University of Pennsylvania | Selected | Academic | Associate Director Huntsman Program Penn. | 1 | 1 |
| Otto Brøns-Petersen Analysis head · Cepos | Selected | Think tank | Chief analyst at Danish think tank Cepos. | 1 | 1 |
| Outi Setälä Researcher · SYKE | Selected | Academic | Researcher at SYKE, research agency. | 1 | 1 |
| Ove Kaj Pedersen Professor emeritus | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor (academic position). | 1 | 1 |
| Oytun Orhan Coordinator of Levant Studies at the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies · ORSAM | Selected | Academic | Studies coordinator at ORSAM research center. | 1 | 1 |
| Paavo Ritala Professor · LUT | Selected | Academic | Professor LUT. | 1 | 1 |