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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Friedman Publicist, talk show host, lawyer, philosopher and former politician | Selected | Former official | Former politician, title 'ehemaliger Politiker' in data. | 7 | 13 |
| Mathieu Plane Deputy director of the analysis and forecasting department · OFCE | Selected | Academic | Associate Director OFCE. | 6 | 13 |
| Michel Goya Former colonel in the French Army | Selected | Former official | Former Army colonel and Marine, former official. | 6 | 13 |
| Henk Kamp VVD member | Selected | Former official | Former defense minister. | 6 | 13 |
| Wojciech Konończuk Director · Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich | Selected | Think tank | Director of OSW (think tank). | 6 | 13 |
| David Senra Creator and host · Founders Podcast | Selected | Commentator | Creator and host of the Founders Podcast. | 6 | 13 |
| Massimo Pigliucci Philosopher | Selected | Academic | Chair of department of philosophy, CUNY-Lehman. | 6 | 13 |
| Whitney Webb Researcher and author | Selected | Commentator | Researcher and author analyzing for the general public | 6 | 13 |
| Ben Habib Formerly deputy leader of Reform | Selected | Former official | Former vice-leader of Reform UK, former official. | 5 | 13 |
| Lucile Schmid President of the think tank La Fabrique Écologique | Selected | Think tank | President of La Fabrique Écologique think tank. | 5 | 13 |
| Henrique Burnay Commentator on European affairs · Expresso | Selected | Commentator | European affairs commentator and consultant. | 5 | 13 |
| Laurien Crump Foreign affairs and defense expert · Centrum voor Parlementaire Geschiedenis aan de Radboud Universiteit | Selected | Academic | Historian expert at Centrum Parlementaire Radboud University. | 5 | 13 |
| Tim Stanley Historian and journalist · The Telegraph | Selected | Commentator | Historian columnist at The Telegraph. | 4 | 13 |
| Martin Blomgren Stock market columnist · Placera | Selected | Commentator | Stock analyst Placera. | 4 | 13 |
| Sara Midtgaard Senior interest rate and currency strategist · Nordea | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Strategist, Nordea (bank). | 4 | 13 |
| Andrew McCarthy Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney | Selected | Former official | Former Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney. | 4 | 13 |
| Azadeh Kian Emeritus professor of sociology · Université Paris Cité | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor of sociology at Paris Cité University. | 4 | 13 |
| Fernando Medina Former Minister of Finance · PS | Selected | Former official | Former or ex-Finance Minister, former minister. | 3 | 13 |
| Tara Varma Managing director of strategic foresight · German Marshall Fund of the United States | Selected | Think tank | Visiting Fellow at Brookings Institution. | 3 | 13 |
| Patricia Allémonière Senior reporter | Selected | Commentator | Senior reporter author of non-fiction book. | 3 | 13 |
| Blas Moreno Co-director · El Orden Mundial | Selected | Commentator | Co-director of world analysis publication. | 3 | 13 |
| Jan Uriot Showbiz expert · Privé | Selected | Commentator | Showbiz expert, entertainment critic magazine Privé. | 3 | 13 |
| Andrzej Rychard Director of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) | Selected | Academic | Dyrektor of Instytutu Filozofii PAN. | 3 | 13 |
| Eirik Furuseth Wealth manager | Selected | Economist or consultant | Wealth manager, forvaltmesforvalter. | 3 | 13 |
| Carl Kinsella Columnist and Author · TheJournal.ie | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 13 |
| Fanny Bouton Head of the startup program · OVHCloud | Excluded | Business executive | Startup program director at OVHCloud, company executive. | 2 | 13 |
| Stijn Decock Journalist · De Standaard | Selected | Commentator | Economy journalist, specialized analyst. | 2 | 13 |
| Ulf Zander Professor of history · Lund University | Selected | Academic | Professor of History, Lund University. | 2 | 13 |
| Gastón Giribet | Selected | Academic | Professor and researcher, University of Buenos Aires. | 2 | 13 |
| Hans de Jongh Mobility editor · Het Financieele Dagblad | Selected | Commentator | Mobility editor at Het Financieele Dagblad. | 2 | 13 |
| Rakel Haugen Strand Commentator · Aftenposten | Selected | Commentator | Commentator and legal commentator at Aftenposten, legal analyst. | 2 | 13 |
| Jonas Kristiansen Nøland Professor · NTNU | Selected | Academic | Professor at NTNU. | 2 | 13 |
| Giuseppe Vaciago Avv. · 42 Law Firm | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer at 42 Law Firm. | 2 | 13 |
| Philippe Roger Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian at School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. | 2 | 13 |
| Mary McCarthy Columnist · Irish Independent | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for Irish Independent. | 2 | 13 |
| Xavier Hélary Historian | Selected | Academic | Medieval historian at Paris-Sorbonne University. | 2 | 13 |
| Carla Quevedo | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 13 |
| Jean-Marc Vittori Columnist · Les Echos | Selected | Commentator | Columnist at Les Échos. | 1 | 13 |
| Patrice Gautry Chief economist · Union Bancaire Privée | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief economist, Union Bancaire Privée. | 1 | 13 |
| Philippe Dewost Founder · Phileos | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Phileos. | 1 | 13 |
| Pierre Schang Manager · La Financière de l'Echiquier | Selected | Economist or consultant | Tocqueville Finance manager, analyst-manager. | 1 | 13 |
| Richard Orange Nordic editor · The Local | Excluded | Journalist | Nordic editor at The Local. | 1 | 13 |
| Fresco Sam-Sin Book reviewer and Manchurologist | Selected | Commentator | Book reviewer and specialist. | 1 | 13 |
| Valentin Ehkirch Science journalist · L'Express | Selected | Commentator | Climate specialist L'Express, analyst. | 1 | 13 |
| Ian Sample Science editor · The Guardian | Selected | Commentator | Science editor, The Guardian. | 1 | 13 |
| Zoya Sheftalovich Chief EU correspondent · POLITICO | Selected | Commentator | Chief EU correspondent at POLITICO, political analyst. | 1 | 13 |
| Gabriel Zucman Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist, explicit economist title. | 12 | 12 |
| Anne-Laure Le Cunff Author · Ness | Selected | Commentator | Author with the title How to Live Freely in a Goal Obsessed World. | 12 | 12 |
| Anand Menon Director of UK in a Changing Europe | Selected | Think tank | Director UK in a Changing Europe, Professor title. | 11 | 12 |
| Peter Frankopan Professor of global history · Oxford History | Selected | Academic | Professor of global history at Oxford University. | 11 | 12 |