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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Curran Psychologist | Selected | Academic | Psychologist at London School of Economics. | 5 | 5 |
| Álvaro de María Author of La filosofía Bitcoin | Selected | Commentator | Author of La filosofía Bitcoin, nonfiction book. | 5 | 5 |
| Aaron David Miller | Selected | Think tank et Former official | Senior researcher at foreign policy think tank. | 5 | 5 |
| Alain Minc Economist | Selected | Commentator | Economist essayist author writing analysis for the public. | 5 | 5 |
| 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 |
| Annie Lööf | Selected | Former official | Former Minister for Enterprise (ended 2014). | 5 | 5 |
| Ara Kharazian Lead Economist at Ramp | Selected | Economist or consultant | Lead economist at Ramp. | 5 | 5 |
| Benjamin Moser | Selected | Commentator | Biographer and writer, nonfiction author. | 5 | 5 |
| Bernard Lahire Sociologist | Selected | Academic | Sociologist ENS Lyon and Lumière University, university teacher. | 5 | 5 |
| Bijan Moini Lawyer · Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte | Selected | Think tank | Jurist, Society for Freedom Rights. | 5 | 5 |
| Christiana Figueres Chief negotiator · Paris Agreement | Selected | Former official | Former executive secretary of UNFCCC (end 2016). | 5 | 5 |
| 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 |
| Dana Stroul Former Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer | Selected | Former official | Former Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer. | 5 | 5 |
| 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 |
| Emily Herring Biographer | Selected | Commentator | Biographer. | 5 | 5 |
| Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof. Legal scientist, Universität Potsdam. | 5 | 5 |
| Jacob Kaarsbo Analyst · Europa | Selected | Think tank | Security analyst at think tank Europa. | 5 | 5 |
| Jonathan Czin Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy · Brookings Institution | Selected | Think tank | Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies at Brookings Institution. | 5 | 5 |
| Jutta Allmendinger Sociologist · Wissenschaftszentrums Berlin für Sozialforschung | Selected | Academic | Sociologist at Scientificscentrum Berlin, social research. | 5 | 5 |
| Kip Thorne Physicist | Selected | Academic | Physicist and professor at Caltech. | 5 | 5 |
| Leslie John Professor · Harvard Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor at Harvard Business School. | 5 | 5 |
| Marques Mendes | Selected | Commentator et Former official | Political commentator, former Portuguese minister. | 5 | 5 |
| Mathias Sundin Former member of the Riksdag · WARP Institute | Selected | Former official | Former member of parliament. | 5 | 5 |
| Michael McConnell Richard and Frances Mallery Professor · Stanford Law School | Selected | Academic | Richard and Frances Mallery Professor, Stanford Law. | 5 | 5 |
| Oana Lungescu Former NATO spokesperson | Selected | Former official | Former NATO spokesperson. | 5 | 5 |
| Oliver Stuenkel Political scientist, writer, professor · Fundação Getulio Vargas | Selected | Academic | Professor at Fundacao Getulio Vargas. Academic position. | 5 | 5 |
| Olivier Alexandre Researcher · CNRS | Selected | Academic | Researcher at CNRS, public research organization. | 5 | 5 |
| Oriana Skylar Mastro Center Fellow · Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies | Selected | Think tank | Fellow at Freeman Spogli Institute Stanford. | 5 | 5 |
| Rashid Khalidi Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies · Columbia University | Selected | Academic | Edward Said Professor at Columbia University. | 5 | 5 |
| Sigrid Kaag Former Dutch deputy prime minister | Selected | Former official | Former Dutch deputy prime minister and finance minister. | 5 | 5 |
| Susan David PHD, psychologist · McLean Hospital / Harvard Medical School | Selected | Academic | PhD psychologist at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School. | 5 | 5 |
| Susana Monsó Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of La zarigüeya de Schrödinger. Main activity as author. | 5 | 5 |
| Tom Wheeler Former FCC Chair | Selected | Former official | Former president of FCC. | 5 | 5 |
| William Ury World-class negotiator | Selected | Commentator | American author and anthropologist affiliated with Harvard Law School. | 5 | 5 |
| Étienne Klein | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher of science, radio personality. | 5 | 5 |
| Bram Endedijk Editor · NRC | Selected | Commentator | Editor, NRC. | 4 | 280 |
| Robert Armstrong U.S. financial commentator · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | U.S. financial commentator at Financial Times, analyst. | 4 | 253 |
| Scott Ritter Former United Nations Weapons Inspector | Selected | Former official | Former weapons inspector at United Nations. | 4 | 218 |
| James Heale Deputy political editor · The Spectator | Selected | Commentator | Deputy political editor The Spectator, opinion journal. | 4 | 216 |
| Carlo Alberto Carnevale Maffè Economist · Università Bocconi | Selected | Academic | Economist at Università Bocconi. | 4 | 156 |
| Lawrence Wilkerson COL. | Selected | Former official | Retired American colonel, former chief of staff. | 4 | 142 |
| Karen Kwiatkowski LtCOL | Selected | Former official | Former USAF, former military officer. | 4 | 129 |
| Chas Freeman Ambassador | Selected | Former official | Ambassador (former diplomat). | 4 | 120 |
| Brian Weichardt Political commentator · Radio IIII | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator for Radio IIII. | 4 | 117 |
| Jean-Marie Colombani Founder · slate.fr | Selected | Commentator | Founder of Slate.fr (analysis magazine). | 4 | 115 |
| Benjamin Wittes Editor-in-Chief · Lawfare | Selected | Think tank | Editor-in-Chief of Lawfare Institute. | 4 | 113 |
| Jean-Marc Daniel Columnist · BFM Business | Selected | Academic | Emeritus Professor at ESCP Business School. | 4 | 112 |