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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Wilkinson Epidemiologist | Selected | Academic | Epidemiologist, economist and professor at University of Nottingham. | 1 | 1 |
| Rick Ridgeway Former vice president of environmental initiatives · Patagonia | Selected | Commentator | Writer and environmental advocate. | 1 | 1 |
| Rick Ross Author and founder · Cult Education Institute | Selected | Commentator | Author and founder of the Cult Education Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Riikka Sipilä Specialist · Suomen Ekonomit | Selected | Economist or consultant | Specialist at Suomen Ekonomit, economic association. | 1 | 1 |
| Riittakerttu Kaltiala Professor of youth psychiatry | Selected | Academic | Professor of child psychiatry. | 1 | 1 |
| Rikard Bandebo Chief economist · VantageScore | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist at VantageScore. | 1 | 1 |
| Rikard Landberg Professor of food science · Chalmers | Selected | Academic | Professor of food science at Chalmers. | 1 | 1 |
| Rikke Gade Lecturer in IT and electronics · Aalborg University | Selected | Academic | Lecturer in IT at the University. | 1 | 1 |
| Rishi Rajpopat Research Assistant Professor · University of Macau | Selected | Academic | Research Assistant Professor at University of Macau | 1 | 1 |
| Rituparna Patgiri Assistant Professor of Sociology · Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati | Selected | Academic | Assistant Professor of Sociology at IIT Guwahati. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Wertheimer Author of Lessons from the Titans · Melius Research | Selected | Economist or consultant | Analyst Melius Research. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Wilson Professor of Applied Sports Finance · UCFB | Selected | Academic | Professor of sports finance, UCFB. | 1 | 1 |
| Robbie Collin Chief Film Critic · The Telegraph | Selected | Commentator | Principal film critic Telegraph. | 1 | 1 |
| Robby Roks Associate professor · Erasmus University Rotterdam | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer at Erasmus Rotterdam. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert A. Schneider Professor of history · Indiana University Bloomington | Selected | Academic | Professor of history, Indiana University. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Badinter Lawyer and politician | Selected | Lawyer | French lawyer. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Barrington Former head of Transparency International | Selected | Think tank | Former director of Transparency International. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Bartlett Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, Wikidata: medievalist and historian at University of Edinburgh. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Belot Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian, according to Wikidata: historian and university professor. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Bremner Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of nonfiction economics book. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Dur Professor of economics | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Englebretson Linguist | Selected | Academic | Linguist, professor at Rice University. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Finger Professor of agricultural economics and policy · ETH Zürich | Selected | Academic | Professor agroeconomy ETH Zurich. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Francis Author · Bird History Substack | Selected | Commentator | Author of ornithological history. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Gwiazdowski Professor, lawyer · Uczelnia Łazarskiego | Selected | Academic et Lawyer | Professor and lawyer, Uczelnia Lazarskiego. | 1 | 29 |
| Robert Holzmann Governor · Austrian National Bank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Central bank governor Austria. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Hutchinson Intelligence historian | Selected | Commentator | Intelligence historian, Wikidata: author and popular history essayist. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Kempe ARD football expert | Selected | Commentator | Football commentator at ARD. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Kerschbaumer Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Kirsch | Selected | Commentator | Political theorist, author. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Kloosterman Professor of economic geography · UvA | Selected | Academic | Professor of economic geography, UvA. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Malenka Nancy Friend Pritzker Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · Stanford | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychiatry, Stanford. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert O. Mendelsohn Professor · Yale School of the Environment | Selected | Academic | Professor at Yale School of the Environment. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Offner Prof. Dr., head of transfusion medicine · Uniklinikum Regensburg | Selected | Academic | Prof. Dr., head of transfusion medicine at Uniklinikum Regensburg. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Oldstrand Equity strategist · Swedbank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Stock analyst at Swedbank, stock strategist. | 1 | 9 |
| Robert Papp Retired senior executive · CIA | Selected | Former official | Former senior executive at CIA (retired). | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Rebitsch | Selected | Academic | Historian and professor at University of Innsbruck. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Schuckink Wijs & van Oostveen | Selected | Economist or consultant | Financial analyst at Wijs & van Oostveen, consulting firm. | 1 | 8 |
| Robert Shimer Professor of Economics · University of Chicago | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics at the university of Chicago. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Spreeuw Researcher · University of Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Universiteit van Amsterdam. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Vautard Research director · CNRS | Selected | Academic | Research director at CNRS in meteorology and climatology. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Weisberg Criminal justice expert · Stanford Law School | Selected | Academic | Criminal justice expert at Stanford Law School. | 1 | 1 |
| Roberta Carlini Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist. | 1 | 9 |
| Roberto Italia Analyst at the Geoeconomics Observatory · ISPI | Selected | Think tank | Geo-economics Observatory analyst at ISPI. | 1 | 1 |
| Robin Lovell-Badge Geneticist Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, geneticist with explicit university title. | 1 | 1 |
| Robin Steiner Economic anthropologist · Florida International University | Selected | Academic | Economic anthropologist at Florida International University. | 1 | 1 |
| Robyn Fivush Psychologist | Selected | Academic | Psychologist, Wikidata: psychologist and educator at Emory University. | 1 | 1 |
| Roch Dunin-Wąsowicz Professor · University College London | Selected | Academic | Professor at University College London. | 1 | 1 |
| Roderick Phillips Author, professor of History · Carleton University | Selected | Academic | Professor of history at Carleton University. | 1 | 1 |
| Rodericka Applewhaite | Selected | Former official | Former White House collaborator, indication 'alum'. | 1 | 1 |