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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Gärdenfors Philosopher · Suède | Selected | Academic | Cognitive scientist and university teacher. | 5 | 7 |
| Ricardo Reis Professor · London School of Economics | Selected | Academic | Professor at the London School of Economics. | 5 | 10 |
| Steve Peters Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor explicitly mentioned in the excerpts. | 5 | 6 |
| Veronica De Romanis Economist · Stanford University Firenze | Selected | Academic | Economist at Stanford University, Florence, and Luiss Università. | 5 | 7 |
| Yasmina Asrarguis Associate researcher · Princeton University | Selected | Academic | Researcher associated with Princeton University. | 5 | 9 |
| Agnes Wold | Selected | Academic | Bacteriologist and professor at University of Gothenburg. | 5 | 56 |
| Alain Duhamel Political columnist at BFMTV | Selected | Commentator | Political columnist at BFMTV. | 5 | 11 |
| Alain Minc Economist | Selected | Commentator | Economist essayist author writing analysis for the public. | 5 | 5 |
| Aleksander Olech Defence24 | Selected | Commentator | Defense analyst for Defence24. | 5 | 8 |
| Alex Hutchinson Columnist for Outside magazine | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for Outside magazine. | 5 | 6 |
| Alison Fragale Professor of organizational behavior · University of North Carolina's business school | Selected | Academic | Professor of organizational behavior, University of North Carolina. | 5 | 5 |
| Alison Gopnik APS President · University of California, Berkeley | Selected | Academic | APS President, studies at University of California Berkeley. | 5 | 5 |
| Amelie Ferey Head of the defence research laboratory · IFRI | Selected | Think tank | Defense research lab director at IFRI. | 5 | 7 |
| Amie Parnes Co-author | Selected | Commentator | Co-author of political non-fiction book. | 5 | 6 |
| Andreas Kinneging Legal philosopher | Selected | Academic | Philosophy of law scholar, University of Leiden. | 5 | 12 |
| Andrew Gallimore Neurobiologist | Selected | Academic | Neurobiologist, chemist and pharmacologist. | 5 | 9 |
| Anna van Zoest Atlantische Commissie | Selected | Think tank | Speaker for Atlantische Commissie. | 5 | 10 |
| Annie Lööf | Selected | Former official | Former Minister for Enterprise (ended 2014). | 5 | 5 |
| Antonio Turiel | Selected | Academic | Physicist, marine sciences institute. | 5 | 6 |
| Ara Kharazian Lead Economist at Ramp | Selected | Economist or consultant | Lead economist at Ramp. | 5 | 5 |
| Arvid Hallén | Selected | Academic | Sociologist, academic. | 5 | 12 |
| Barbara Blaha Momentum Institute | Selected | Think tank | Momentum Institute Austrian. | 5 | 7 |
| Bart Wallet Professor of Jewish Studies · University of Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Professor of Jewish Studies at University of Amsterdam. | 5 | 8 |
| Benjamin Moser | Selected | Commentator | Biographer and writer, nonfiction author. | 5 | 5 |
| Bent Flyvbjerg Professor · Oxford | Selected | Academic | Professor at Oxford University. | 5 | 6 |
| Bernard Lahire Sociologist | Selected | Academic | Sociologist ENS Lyon and Lumière University, university teacher. | 5 | 5 |
| Bertrand Périer Lawyer specializing in oratory | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer specializing in eloquence. | 5 | 8 |
| Bijan Moini Lawyer · Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte | Selected | Think tank | Jurist, Society for Freedom Rights. | 5 | 5 |
| Bitte Hammargren Associate senior employee · Utrikespolitiska institutet | Selected | Think tank | Senior Member Swedish political institute. | 5 | 6 |
| Bjørn Erik Savings economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Savings economist, financial analyst. | 5 | 7 |
| Bogusław Pacek Lieutenant general, professor · Jagiellonian University | Selected | Academic | Profesor at Jagiellonian University, retired general. | 5 | 6 |
| Brendan Kelly Professor of Psychiatry · TCD | Selected | Academic | Professor of Psychiatry, TCD. | 5 | 11 |
| Bronisław Komorowski Former president | Selected | Former official | Former President of Poland. | 5 | 17 |
| Cem Karsan Founder, CIO · Kai Volatility Advisors | Selected | Economist or consultant | Founder and CIO of Kai Volatility Advisors. | 5 | 47 |
| Chadwick Moore Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of biography. | 5 | 10 |
| Charles Pépin | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and public essayist. | 5 | 12 |
| Charlie Spiering Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Amateur Hour. | 5 | 10 |
| Christiana Figueres Chief negotiator · Paris Agreement | Selected | Former official | Former executive secretary of UNFCCC (end 2016). | 5 | 5 |
| Christine Kinealy Professor · Quinnipiac University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Quinnipiac University. | 5 | 6 |
| Claire Marin | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and essayist. | 5 | 6 |
| Coltan Scrivner Leading expert on morbid curiosity | Selected | Academic | Leading expert on morbid curiosity, researcher and psychologist at Aarhus University. | 5 | 5 |
| Dahlia Scheindlin Political consultant and researcher · University of Pennsylvania | Selected | Academic | Political consultant and researcher at University of Pennsylvania. | 5 | 5 |
| Damon West Keynote speaker and best-selling author | Selected | Commentator | Keynote speaker and best-selling author. | 5 | 6 |
| Dana Stroul Former Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer | Selected | Former official | Former Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer. | 5 | 5 |
| Daniel Lieberman Evolutionary biologist and author | Selected | Academic | Paleoanthropologist at Harvard University. | 5 | 8 |
| Daniela Gabor Macroeconomist, professor · SOAS, University of London | Selected | Academic | Macroeconomist, professor at SOAS, University of London. | 5 | 5 |
| Dara Massicot | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at RAND Corporation and Carnegie. | 5 | 5 |
| David Djaïz Essayist, teacher · Sciences Po | Selected | Academic | Essayist and teacher at Sciences Po. | 5 | 15 |
| David Engels Ancient historian and publicist | Selected | Academic | Ancient historian and publicist, Prof. Dr. | 5 | 10 |
| David Runciman Podcaster, academic, historian and author | Selected | Academic | Podcaster, academic, historian and author. | 5 | 6 |