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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bart Ehrman New Testament scholar | Selected | Academic | Biblical scholar UNC. | 5 | 8 |
| Campbell Price Egyptologist · Manchester Museum | Selected | Academic | Egyptologist at University of Liverpool. | 5 | 15 |
| Cris Carrascosa Lawyer and CEO · ATH21 | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer and CEO of ATH21. | 5 | 6 |
| Donnacha Ó Beacháin Professor of Politics · DCU | Selected | Academic | Professor at Dublin City University. | 5 | 9 |
| Giulio Betti Meteorologist and climatologist · CNR | Selected | Academic | Meteorologist and climatologist at CNR, public research organization. | 5 | 9 |
| Jan Rotmans Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of transition science at university. | 5 | 7 |
| Jan van de Beek Migration researcher | Selected | Academic | Professor of migration research at university. | 5 | 11 |
| Jean Garrigues Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian, emeritus history professor. | 5 | 11 |
| Lucile Schmid President of the think tank La Fabrique Écologique | Selected | Think tank | President of La Fabrique Écologique think tank. | 5 | 13 |
| Maciej Pawłowski Expert on migration, economy and policy · Instytut Nowej Europy | Selected | Think tank | Political and economics expert at Institute for a New Europe. | 5 | 7 |
| Mark Miodownik Professor of Materials and Society · University College London | Selected | Academic | Professor of Materials and Society at University College London. | 5 | 5 |
| Mark Urban Journalist · The Sunday Times | Selected | Commentator | Columnist and editorialist. | 5 | 7 |
| Marte Heian-Engdal Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian and Middle East researcher. | 5 | 16 |
| Nick Epley Professor of behavioral science · University of Chicago's Booth School of Business | Selected | Academic | Professor of behavioral science at University of Chicago Booth. | 5 | 9 |
| Ola Borten Moe Project director · Senterpartiet | Selected | Former official | Former state councillor. Former public official. | 5 | 15 |
| Owen Matthews Russia writer · The Spectator | Selected | Commentator | Associate editor The Spectator, analyst/senior reporter. | 5 | 10 |
| Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard Senior researcher · DIIS | Selected | Think tank | Senior Researcher at DIIS. | 5 | 5 |
| Sabine Mengelberg Researcher · Nederlandse Defensie Academie | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Dutch Defence Academy. | 5 | 8 |
| Sonja Lyubomirsky Psychologist | Selected | Academic | Professor of Psychology at University of California, Riverside. | 5 | 5 |
| Suzannah Lipscomb Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor and host of Not Just Tudor. Principal professor. | 5 | 40 |
| Thierry Breton Former European Commissioner | Selected | Former official | Former European Commissioner. | 5 | 23 |
| Andreas Bergh Associate Professor of Economics · Lund University | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor of Economics at Lund University. | 5 | 7 |
| Andrew J. Scott Economist and author | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist and author. | 5 | 5 |
| Andrzej Bobiński Polityka Insight | Selected | Commentator | Polish linguist and political analyst, Polityka Insight. | 5 | 34 |
| Antony Beevor Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of the definitive book on the Battle of Stalingrad. | 5 | 5 |
| Borja Vilaseca Personal development expert | Selected | Commentator | Writer, speaker, personal development expert. | 5 | 5 |
| Brad Wilcox Professor of Sociology · University of Virginia | Selected | Academic | Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia. | 5 | 6 |
| Christina Boutrup Journalist | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and China expert and author. | 5 | 6 |
| Daniel Thym Migration lawyer | Selected | Academic | Professor of law at University of Konstanz. | 5 | 11 |
| David Autor Economist · MIT | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at MIT. | 5 | 5 |
| David Spiegelhalter Emeritus Professor of Statistics · University of Cambridge | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor of statistics at University of Cambridge. | 5 | 6 |
| Dennis Nørmark Anthropologist, author and speaker | Selected | Commentator | Danish anthropologist and author. | 5 | 8 |
| Dieter Helm Professor of economic policy · University of Oxford | Selected | Academic | Professor of political economy at Oxford University. | 5 | 6 |
| Emily Wilson Traductrice, classiciste | Selected | Academic | Classicist and translator, university professor. | 5 | 5 |
| Gaspard Estrada Political scientist specializing in Latin America · London School of Economics and Political Science | Selected | Academic | Political scientist member of London School of Economics. | 5 | 9 |
| Gavin Baker Founding partner and CIO of Atreides Management | Selected | Economist or consultant | Founding partner and CIO of Atreides Management. | 5 | 10 |
| Gawain Towler Former Reform UK strategist | Selected | Commentator | Strategist and party spokesperson, no public position. | 5 | 7 |
| Gerhard Conrad Intelligence expert · BND | Selected | Former official | Former Bundesnachrichtendienst agent. | 5 | 6 |
| Haroon Sheikh Philosopher, special professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and senior researcher at the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy · Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Associate professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. | 5 | 10 |
| Helen Czerski Physicist and oceanographer · University College London | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering UCL. | 5 | 5 |
| Henrique Burnay Commentator on European affairs · Expresso | Selected | Commentator | European affairs commentator and consultant. | 5 | 13 |
| Jason Burke Author · The Guardian | Selected | Commentator | Author and international security analyst, The Guardian, essayist. | 5 | 7 |
| João Miguel Tavares Columnist · PÚBLICO | Selected | Commentator | Columnist PÚBLICO. | 5 | 5 |
| Jöel Broekaert Culinary writer | Selected | Commentator | Writer and food critic. | 5 | 5 |
| Kenneth Roth Former longtime executive director · Human Rights Watch | Selected | Former official | Former executive director of Human Rights Watch. | 5 | 5 |
| Kinsey Schofield Royal expert | Selected | Commentator | Royal expert, current affairs analyst. | 5 | 23 |
| Lara Spirit Deputy political editor · The Sunday Times | Selected | Commentator | Deputy political editor Sunday Times. | 5 | 42 |
| Lode Lauwaert Philosopher at KU Leuven | Selected | Academic | Philosopher at KU Leuven. | 5 | 5 |
| Maarten Van Rossum Top negotiator | Selected | Former official | Former diplomat, oud-diplomaat. | 5 | 6 |
| Marian Donner Author | Selected | Commentator | Writer and cultural critic, Dutch writer and critic. | 5 | 6 |