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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marjorie Paillon Journalist | Selected | Commentator | U.S. politics specialist journalist. | 4 | 12 |
| Matteo Villa Head of Policy Lab · ISPI | Selected | Think tank | Head of Policy Lab at ISPI (think tank). | 4 | 12 |
| Olivier Sibony Professor · HEC Paris | Selected | Academic | Professor at HEC Paris. | 4 | 12 |
| Zack Beauchamp Author · Vox | Selected | Commentator | Author and columnist at Vox, political and ideas analysis. | 4 | 12 |
| Ed West Journalist and Spectator author | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and Spectator author, essayist. | 4 | 12 |
| David Trads Commentator and author | Selected | Commentator | Commentator and author of books on the USA. | 4 | 12 |
| Dominique Moïsi Geopolitologist · IFRI | Selected | Think tank | Geopolitologist at IFRI (French think tank). | 4 | 12 |
| Reinhard Heinisch US expert and university professor · Universität Salzburg | Selected | Academic | University professor at University of Salzburg. | 4 | 12 |
| Ole Søeberg CEO · Nordic Investment Partners | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Investor and stock strategist. Investor and wealth manager. | 3 | 12 |
| Sam McBride Northern Ireland editor · Belfast Telegraph | Excluded | Journalist | Editor of Belfast Telegraph, general news. | 3 | 12 |
| Sam Stein Journalist · The Bulwark | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist The Bulwark, politics info. | 3 | 12 |
| Stefan Millius Journalist · Kontrafunk | Selected | Commentator | Journalist Kontrafunk (political media). | 3 | 12 |
| John Gibbons Environmental Commentator | Selected | Commentator | Environmental commentator, public analysis activity. | 3 | 12 |
| Romain Huret Historian | Selected | Academic | French historian with university positions. | 3 | 12 |
| Lucía Méndez Political analyst · El Mundo | Selected | Commentator | Political analyst El Mundo, political analysis for public. | 3 | 12 |
| Adam Balcer | Selected | Academic | Political scientist and professor at University of Warsaw. | 3 | 12 |
| Nicolas Patin Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian at Bordeaux Montaigne University. | 3 | 12 |
| Ole Hansen Commodities analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | Commodities analyst. | 3 | 12 |
| Sid Lukkassen Dr. | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Announced only as 'Dr.' in Dutch commentary shows; the profile is a writer, philosopher and historian, but no episode confirms those fields. | 3 | 12 |
| Charlie Weston Personal Finance Editor · The Irish Independent | Excluded | Journalist | Personal Finance Editor at Irish Independent. | 2 | 12 |
| Peter Bennesved Intellectual historian · Umeå University | Selected | Academic | Historian of ideas at Umeå University. | 2 | 12 |
| Sébastien Lalevée Chief executive officer · Financière Arbevel | Selected | Economist or consultant | General director of Financiere Arbevel. | 2 | 12 |
| Ana França Journalist · Expresso | Selected | Commentator | Commentator for Expresso. | 2 | 12 |
| Erik Bruce Chief strategist · Nordea | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Researcher and Chief Analyst at Nordea Wealth Management. | 2 | 12 |
| Heather Grabbe Senior fellow · Bruegel | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow at Bruegel think tank. | 2 | 12 |
| Wilfrid Galand Director and strategist · Montpensier Finance | Selected | Economist or consultant | Director and strategist at Montpensier Finance. | 2 | 12 |
| Federico Rampini Speaker | Selected | Commentator | Speaker and correspondent, analyzes current events at festivals. | 2 | 12 |
| Daniel Røed-Johansen Commentator | Selected | Commentator | Analysis journalist, analysis journalist. | 2 | 12 |
| Floris van Straaten Journalist · NRC | Selected | Commentator | Middle East editor. | 2 | 12 |
| Raquel Vaz Pinto Commentator and researcher · Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais | Selected | Academic et Commentator | Female professor at Nova University and commentator. | 2 | 12 |
| Cassia Rowland | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at Institute for Government. | 2 | 12 |
| Govert Buijs Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr., explicit academic title. | 2 | 12 |
| Ken Van Weyenberg Analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | Financial analyst. | 2 | 12 |
| Michael Hampe Professor of philosophy · ETH Zürich | Selected | Academic | Professor of Philosophy, ETH Zurich. | 2 | 12 |
| Olivier Véran Former Minister of Health | Selected | Former official | Former Health Minister. | 2 | 12 |
| Christian Saint-Étienne Professor · CNAM | Selected | Academic et Economist or consultant | Professor CNAM, economist. | 1 | 12 |
| Eric Lewin President · Publications Agora | Excluded | Business executive | President of EL Finance. | 1 | 12 |
| Hervé Goulletquer Senior economic advisor · Accuracy | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior economic advisor at Accuracy. | 1 | 12 |
| Joline Maenhout | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 12 |
| Léonidas Kalogeropoulos CEO · Médiation & Arguments | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and founder of Mediation & Arguments, entrepreneur. | 1 | 12 |
| Rainer Rupp Commentator · apolut | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 12 |
| Karol Tokarczyk | Selected | Think tank | Digital economy analyst at Polityka Insight think tank. | 1 | 12 |
| Mette Højen Business rhetoric expert and author | Selected | Commentator | Business rhetorician and author. | 1 | 12 |
| Emily Oster JJE Goldman Sachs University Professor of Economics · Brown University | Selected | Academic | University Professor of Economics at Brown University. | 11 | 11 |
| Tom Holland The Rest is History | Selected | Commentator | Co-host of 'The Rest is History' podcast, history. | 11 | 11 |
| Patrick McGee Author · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Award-winning journalist, author of Apple in China. | 10 | 11 |
| Steve Keen Economist · UCL | Selected | Academic | Economist, emeritus professor at UCL. | 10 | 11 |
| Victor Haghani Wall Street Legend · Elm Wealth | Selected | Economist or consultant | Wall Street legend, Elm Wealth fund. | 10 | 11 |
| Hannah Ritchie Data scientist, deputy editor · Our World in Data | Selected | Commentator | Data scientist and editor at Our World in Data, public analysis. | 10 | 11 |
| Jamil Zaki Professor of psychology · Stanford University | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology, Stanford University. | 10 | 11 |