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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Ganne Swissquote | Selected | Economist or consultant | At Swissquote, financial markets analyst. | 1 | 11 |
| Simon Kuper Columnist · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for Financial Times. | 10 | 10 |
| Daniel Pink Bestselling author | Selected | Commentator | Bestselling author on motivation and timing. | 10 | 10 |
| Ethan Kross Professor; Director · University of Michigan | Selected | Academic | Professor University of Michigan. | 10 | 10 |
| Kim Scott Author and co-founder · Radical Candor | Selected | Commentator | Author and co-founder of Radical Candor, business. | 10 | 10 |
| Mary Roach | Selected | Commentator | American science writer. | 10 | 10 |
| Michael Pollan Professor teaching creative writing · Harvard | Selected | Academic | Professor of creative writing at Harvard. | 10 | 10 |
| Scott Aaronson Theoretical computer scientist and author · OpenAI | Selected | Academic | Theoretical computer scientist, professor at UT Austin. | 10 | 10 |
| Thomas Chatterton Williams Author · The Atlantic | Selected | Commentator | Author published in The Atlantic. | 9 | 10 |
| Caroline de Gruyter Columnist and EU correspondent | Selected | Commentator | Columnist, EU correspondent. | 9 | 10 |
| Erik Scherder Neuropsychologist · Open Universiteit, VU Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Neuropsychologist at Open University and VU Amsterdam. | 9 | 10 |
| Jitske Kramer Bestselling author, anthropologist | Selected | Commentator | Bestselling author and anthropologist. | 9 | 10 |
| Matthias Strolz | Selected | Former official | Former politician, posts ended 2018. | 9 | 10 |
| Timothée Parrique Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist. | 9 | 10 |
| Alex Imas Professor of behavioral science and economics · University of Chicago Booth School of Business | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Chicago Booth. | 8 | 10 |
| Peter Zeihan Former Stratfor geopolitics expert and book author | Selected | Commentator | Former Stratfor expert and author, geopolitical analyst for public. | 8 | 10 |
| Philippe Aghion Professor · Collège de France | Selected | Academic | Professor Collège de France, economist. | 8 | 10 |
| Steffen Mau Sociologist · HU Berlin | Selected | Academic | Prof. Sociologist HU Berlin. | 8 | 10 |
| Mark Montgomery Former Deputy Director for Plans, Policy, and Strategy · U.S. European Command | Selected | Former official | Former Deputy Director at U.S. European Command. | 8 | 10 |
| Bob Blume Teacher, education influencer and PhD student | Selected | Academic | Doctoral student at German university. | 8 | 10 |
| Donald Hoffman | Selected | Academic | Scientist at University of California, science communicator. | 8 | 10 |
| Inga Strümke | Selected | Academic | AI researcher at University of Bergen. | 8 | 10 |
| Jon Gordon Leadership author and speaker | Selected | Commentator | Leadership author and speaker. | 8 | 10 |
| Scott Barry Kaufman Psychologist | Selected | Academic | Psychologist professor at Cornell University. | 8 | 10 |
| Vincent Lemire Historian, professor · Université Paris-est Gustave-Eiffel | Selected | Academic | Historian, professor at Paris-East Gustave Eiffel University. | 8 | 10 |
| Vivek Ramaswamy Author · Roivant Sciences, Strive Asset Management | Excluded | Serving politician | 2024 GOP presidential candidate, active politician. | 7 | 10 |
| Marta Szpala Analyst · Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich | Selected | Think tank | Analyst Eastern Studies Center. | 7 | 10 |
| Elaine Loughlin Political Editor · The Irish Examiner | Selected | Commentator | Political editor, Irish Examiner, editor. | 7 | 10 |
| Tim Marshall Author, diplomatic and foreign affairs editor · Sky News | Selected | Commentator | Diplomatic author foreign policy editor. | 7 | 10 |
| Heleen over de Linden Lawyer and sanctions law expert | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer and sanctions law expert. | 7 | 10 |
| Anders Sandberg PhD in computer science and researcher · Institute for Futures Studies | Selected | Think tank | Researcher, Institute for Futures Studies. | 7 | 10 |
| Cristina Martín Jiménez Journalist and writer specializing in geopolitics and communication | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and writer specialized in geopolitics, analysis journalist. | 7 | 10 |
| Karl-Rudolf Korte Political scientist | Selected | Academic | Political scientist and university teacher. | 7 | 10 |
| Kurt Campbell Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State. | 7 | 10 |
| Valérie Masson-Delmotte Paleoclimatologist · GIEC | Selected | Academic | Paleoclimatologist, CEA researcher. | 7 | 10 |
| Anna Colin Lebedev Senior lecturer · Paris Nanterre University | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer in political science, University Paris-Nanterre. | 6 | 10 |
| Chad Robichaux Force Recon Marine · USMC | Selected | Commentator | Author and speaker, former Marine. | 6 | 10 |
| Aaron Edwards Author and historian | Selected | Commentator | Author and historian of nonfiction books. | 6 | 10 |
| Paul Kedrosky Managing Partner · SK Ventures | Selected | Economist or consultant | Managing Partner SK Ventures, investor. | 6 | 10 |
| Ingrid Thijssen Chair · VNO-NCW | Selected | Think tank | Chair VNO-NCW (employer). | 6 | 10 |
| Krzysztof Dębiec Dr · Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich | Selected | Think tank | Dr. at Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich, think tank. | 6 | 10 |
| Michael Lüders Middle East expert | Selected | Commentator | Middle East expert who analyzes. | 6 | 10 |
| Robert Epstein Research psychologist · Harvard | Selected | Academic | Psychologist researcher at Harvard. | 6 | 10 |
| Szczepan Twardoch Author · Marginesy | Selected | Commentator | Writer and author, pisarz, main activity. | 6 | 10 |
| Nicholas Morton Dr. | Selected | Academic | Medieval historian at Nottingham Trent University. | 6 | 10 |
| Adam Riess Astrophysicist | Selected | Academic | Astrophysicist and professor at Johns Hopkins University. | 6 | 10 |
| Dominique Trinquand Former head of the military mission · ONU | Selected | Former official | Former UN military mission commander. | 6 | 10 |
| John Sipher Former CIA officer | Selected | Former official | Former CIA officer. | 6 | 10 |
| Jona van Loenen Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Dutch economist. | 6 | 10 |
| Naftali Bennett Former Israeli Prime Minister | Selected | Former official | Former Israeli Prime Minister. | 6 | 10 |