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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natan Sachs Fellow and director · Brookings Institution, Center for Middle East Policy | Selected | Think tank | Fellow and director at Brookings Institution Center for Middle East Policy. | 3 | 14 |
| Jukka Lepikkö Professional trainer · Trader's Club | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Professional trader. | 2 | 14 |
| Lamyae Aharouay Reporters · NRC | Excluded | Journalist | Political reporter NRC | 2 | 14 |
| Léa Benaim Journalist · BFM Business | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist BFM Business. | 2 | 14 |
| Melinda Davan-Soulas Journalist · Tech&Co | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Tech & Co BFM Tech, technology reporting. | 2 | 14 |
| Cécile Cornudet Columnist · Les Échos | Selected | Commentator | Political columnist at Les Échos. | 2 | 14 |
| Laure Salvaing Chief executive officer · Verian | Selected | Think tank | Director general at Verian. | 2 | 14 |
| Stefan Geier Journalist · BR | Selected | Commentator | Science Journalist BR (science journalist). | 2 | 14 |
| Agata Szczęśniak OKO.press | Selected | Commentator | OKO.press, investigative news and analysis media. | 2 | 14 |
| Ragnar Hatlem Political chief and Middle East expert | Selected | Former official | Former police chief. | 2 | 14 |
| Tomasz Bielecki | Selected | Commentator | Journalist at Polityka Insight, political analysis media. | 2 | 14 |
| Benjamin Leander Betting expert and analyst · Better Collective | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 14 |
| Guillaume Dard President · Montpensier Finance | Excluded | Business executive | President of Montpensier Finance. | 1 | 14 |
| Marijn Jongsma Macroeconomics editor · Het Financieele Dagblad | Selected | Commentator | Macroeconomics editor, analyst. | 1 | 14 |
| Milena Preradovic | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 14 |
| Martin Crum IEX analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Analyst, macroeconomist at Handelsbanken. | 1 | 14 |
| Joel Braunold Managing Director · S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace | Selected | Think tank | Director of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace. | 1 | 14 |
| Peter J. Brenner Germanist | Selected | Academic | Germanist and professor of German studies. | 1 | 14 |
| Peter Siering C't editor · c't Magazin | Selected | Commentator | C't Magazin editor, technology editor. | 1 | 14 |
| Barbara Leda Kenny Gender policy expert · Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini | Selected | Think tank | Expert at Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini. | 1 | 14 |
| Jonna Spilbor Defense attorney | Selected | Lawyer | Defense attorney, practicing lawyer. | 1 | 14 |
| Stefania Mascetti Journalist · Internazionale | Selected | Commentator | Internazionale journalist (analysis publication). | 1 | 14 |
| Stuart Hoddinott Institute for Government | Selected | Think tank | Institute for Government. | 1 | 14 |
| Marietje Schaake Fellow · Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence | Selected | Academic | Fellow at Institute for Human-Centered AI Stanford, former MEP. | 13 | 13 |
| Sebastian Mallaby Two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and senior fellow · Council on Foreign Relations | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow at Council on Foreign Relations. | 12 | 13 |
| Thomas Hertog Cosmologist | Selected | Academic | University teacher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. | 12 | 13 |
| Jon Ronson Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of essays. | 12 | 13 |
| Zeke Faux Author · Bloomberg | Selected | Commentator | Investigative journalist Bloomberg and author Number Go Up. | 11 | 13 |
| Brian Klaas Political scientist | Selected | Commentator | Political scientist, author of Fluke. | 11 | 13 |
| Noah Smith | Selected | Commentator | Author of Noahpinion economic analysis newsletter. | 11 | 13 |
| Alex Edmans Professor of finance · London Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor of finance at London Business School. | 11 | 13 |
| Ruth Ben-Ghiat Professor of History · NYU | Selected | Academic | Professor of History, NYU. | 11 | 13 |
| Alena Buyx Professor of medical ethics and health technologies · TU München | Selected | Academic | Female professor of Ethics, TU Munich. | 10 | 13 |
| Volker Wissing Former FDP minister | Selected | Former official | Former FDP Transport Minister. | 10 | 13 |
| David McWilliams Economist, writer and Irish Times columnist | Selected | Commentator | Economist and columnist for Irish Times. | 10 | 13 |
| Martijn Kitzen Professor, former military | Selected | Academic | Professor, university lecturer. | 10 | 13 |
| Aleksander Kwaśniewski President | Selected | Former official | Former president of Poland. | 9 | 13 |
| Angela Duckworth Professor of Psychology · University of Pennsylvania | Selected | Academic | Professor, University of Pennsylvania. | 9 | 13 |
| Isabella Weber Economics professor · University of Massachusetts-Amherst | Selected | Academic | Economics professor at University of Massachusetts-Amherst. | 9 | 13 |
| Daniel Whiteson Professor of physics · UC Irvine | Selected | Academic | Professor of physics at UC Irvine. | 9 | 13 |
| Felienne Hermans Professor · VU | Selected | Academic | Professor of Computer Science at VU. | 9 | 13 |
| Garrett Graff Historian and author | Selected | Commentator | Historian and author of The Only Plane in the Sky. | 9 | 13 |
| Stefanie Babst Political scientist · Nato | Selected | Think tank | Female political scientist at NATO, former staff member. | 9 | 13 |
| Pippa Malmgren Dr | Selected | Commentator | Geopolitical analyst, PhD economist. | 8 | 13 |
| Gilles Gressani Magazine director · Le Grand Continent | Selected | Commentator | Director of journal Le Grand Continent. | 8 | 13 |
| Niko Jilch Bitcoin expert | Selected | Economist or consultant | Bitcoin expert, cryptocurrency expert. | 8 | 13 |
| Sylvie Bermann Former ambassador | Selected | Former official | Former Ambassador of France to Beijing and Moscow. | 8 | 13 |
| Daniel Gerlach Author, publicist, orientalist, Middle East expert · zenith | Selected | Commentator | Author, Publizist, Middle East expert, zenith (political commentator). | 7 | 13 |
| Martin Bech Holte Author | Selected | Commentator | Non-fiction writer. | 7 | 13 |
| Øystein Sjølie Social economist and author | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist and author, energy specialist. | 7 | 13 |