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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Fanelli Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Wall Street Journal. | 1 | 1 |
| James Fenelon Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Angels Against the Sun. | 1 | 1 |
| James Ferguson MacroStrategy | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | MacroStrategy strategist, consultant without clearly named firm. | 1 | 1 |
| James Fishback Azoria | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Investment Officer and co-founder, business executive/investor. | 1 | 1 |
| James Fishkin Professor · Stanford University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Stanford University. | 1 | 1 |
| James Fitzgerald Co-host of "Cold Red Podcast" | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 3 |
| James Flanagan Service User · Focus Ireland | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| James Fontanella-Khan Deals editor · Financial Times | Excluded | Journalist | Deals section editor at Financial Times. | 1 | 2 |
| James Foster Marketing · HUGO Boss | Excluded | Business executive | Marketing at HUGO Boss (company executive). | 1 | 1 |
| James Fox Documentary filmmaker | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| James Galbraith US economist | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics at the University of Texas at Austin. | 2 | 2 |
| James Gallagher Health and science correspondent · BBC News | Excluded | Journalist | Health and science correspondent for BBC News. | 1 | 1 |
| James Garrison Director · New Paradigm Institute | Selected | Think tank | Director of New Paradigm Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| James Graham Playwright | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| James Grant Founder and editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer | Selected | Economist or consultant | Founder and editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer. | 1 | 1 |
| James Greenwood-Reeves Lecturer in Law · The University of Leeds | Selected | Academic | Lecturer in law at University of Leeds. | 1 | 1 |
| James Grimmelmann Tessler Family Professor · Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School | Selected | Academic | Tessler Family Professor at Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School. | 1 | 1 |
| James Hawkins Co-founder · PostHog | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of PostHog. | 1 | 1 |
| James Heale Deputy political editor · The Spectator | Selected | Commentator | Deputy political editor The Spectator, opinion journal. | 4 | 216 |
| James Henson Director, Texas Politics Project, Department of Government · The University of Texas at Austin | Selected | Academic | Director of Texas Politics Project at University of Texas at Austin. | 1 | 1 |
| James Hoffmann Coffee expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Coffee expert businessman, YouTuber presenter. | 1 | 1 |
| James Holland Historian | Selected | Commentator | Military historian, non-fiction book author and podcaster. | 6 | 19 |
| James Howells Engineer | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| James Innes-Smith Writer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| James Johnson Pollster | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Pollster (non-economist per guidelines). | 1 | 1 |
| James Kanagasooriam Chief research officer · Focaldata | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief research officer at Focaldata, polling firm. | 4 | 5 |
| James Kilner Foreign Correspondent · The Telegraph | Excluded | Journalist | Foreign correspondent and bulletin editor for The Telegraph. | 1 | 10 |
| James Kimmel Jr. Lecturer in psychiatry, researcher · Yale University School of Medicine | Selected | Academic | Lecturer in psychiatry, researcher at Yale University School of Medicine. | 4 | 4 |
| James Kynge Senior Research Fellow · Chatham House | Selected | Think tank | Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House. | 3 | 4 |
| James Lacatski Dr. · DIA | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Dr. at DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency). | 1 | 1 |
| James Landale Diplomatic Correspondent · BBC News | Excluded | Journalist | Diplomatic correspondent for BBC News. | 2 | 7 |
| James Leonard Community Worker, criminologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Community worker, criminologist. | 1 | 1 |
| James Levy Analyst of US politics · Merrill Lynch | Selected | Economist or consultant | US policy analyst at Merrill Lynch (bank). | 2 | 6 |
| James Li | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| James Lindsay Author, mathematician, cultural critic · New Discourses | Selected | Commentator | Author, mathematician, cultural critic, founder of New Discourses. | 12 | 36 |
| James Marriott Columnist · The Times | Selected | Commentator | Columnist at The Times. | 4 | 83 |
| James McHugh Founder and chairman · Tquila | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and chairman of Tquila. | 1 | 1 |
| James McNaney Reporter · Belfast Telegraph | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Belfast Telegraph | 1 | 1 |
| James Murray Environmental journalist · Labour | Excluded | Serving politician | Labour and environmental journalist. | 2 | 2 |
| James Norton | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| James O'Hagan LGBT Ireland | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 3 |
| James P. Leary Professor Emeritus of Folklore and Scandinavian Studies · University of Wisconsin-Madison | Selected | Academic | Professor Emeritus at University of Wisconsin-Madison. | 1 | 1 |
| James Palmer Deputy editor · Foreign Policy | Selected | Commentator | Deputy editor at Foreign Policy (analysis journal). | 3 | 4 |
| James Pearce Legal Fellow · Lawfare Institute | Selected | Think tank | Legal fellow at Lawfare Institute. | 2 | 11 |
| James Poniewozik Chief TV critic · The New York Times | Selected | Commentator | Chief TV critic at New York Times, critic analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| James Poulos Political theorist | Selected | Commentator | Political theorist author, political theory essayist. | 3 | 7 |
| James Q. Whitman Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law · Yale Law School | Selected | Academic | Ford Foundation Professor at Yale Law School. | 1 | 1 |
| James R. Webb | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Navy. | 1 | 1 |
| James Randi | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Canadian-American magician and skeptic. | 1 | 1 |
| James Reed Chairman and CEO · Reed Group | Excluded | Business executive | Chairman and CEO of Reed Group. | 1 | 1 |