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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martijn van der Linden Lecturer in New Finance · Haagse Hogeschool | Selected | Academic | Lecturer at Haagse Hogeschool. | 4 | 8 |
| Martin Blomgren Stock market columnist · Placera | Selected | Commentator | Stock analyst Placera. | 4 | 13 |
| Martin Korte Professor · Braunschweig University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Braunschweig University. | 4 | 4 |
| Matteo Villa Head of Policy Lab · ISPI | Selected | Think tank | Head of Policy Lab at ISPI (think tank). | 4 | 12 |
| Maurice Obstfeld Peterson Institute for International Economics | Selected | Think tank | Peterson Institute economics, think tank. | 4 | 5 |
| Miguel Anxo Bastos Economist and political scientist | Selected | Academic | Profesor, economist and political scientist. | 4 | 22 |
| Netta Weinstein Professor of psychology · University of Reading | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology at University of Reading. | 4 | 6 |
| Nina Power Author · The Spectator | Selected | Commentator | Author. | 4 | 11 |
| Olivier Sibony Professor · HEC Paris | Selected | Academic | Professor at HEC Paris. | 4 | 12 |
| Olle Häggström Guest | Selected | Academic | Mathematician at Chalmers University of Technology. | 4 | 5 |
| Pablo Fernández Popularizer | Selected | Commentator | Science communicator, public analysis. | 4 | 15 |
| Peter Sarris Author · University of Cambridge | Selected | Academic | Professor at the University of Cambridge. | 4 | 7 |
| Ranjay Gulati | Selected | Academic | Professor at Harvard Business School. | 4 | 5 |
| Rod Blagojevich Former Illinois Governor | Selected | Former official | Former governor of Illinois, 'Former' explicitly indicated. | 4 | 5 |
| Sara García Alonso Biotechnologist and astronaut · Spanish National Cancer Research Centre | Selected | Academic | Molecular biologist researcher, National Research Center. | 4 | 4 |
| Scott Lucas Professor of International Politics · Clinton Institute, UCD | Selected | Academic | Professor of international politics at the Clinton Institute, UCD. | 4 | 80 |
| Stefan Kaltenbrunner Journalist | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and book author. | 4 | 10 |
| Tessa Dunlop Royal historian | Selected | Commentator | Royal historian and author. | 4 | 5 |
| Thomas Süssli Chief of the Swiss Armed Forces | Selected | Former official | Former Chief of the Swiss Army. | 4 | 4 |
| Tobias Straumann Economic historian · University of Zurich | Selected | Academic | Economic Historian at University of Zurich. | 4 | 4 |
| Vincent Hugeux Africa specialist · ESJ de Lille, Sciences Po | Selected | Academic | Africa specialist at Sciences Po, also journalist. Primary role academic. | 4 | 7 |
| Vincent Juvyns Expert · ING | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investment strategy director at ING. | 4 | 35 |
| Zack Beauchamp Author · Vox | Selected | Commentator | Author and columnist at Vox, political and ideas analysis. | 4 | 12 |
| Héctor Socas | Selected | Academic | Astrophysicist, researcher and university teacher. | 4 | 20 |
| Scott Ritter Former United Nations Weapons Inspector | Selected | Former official | Former weapons inspector at United Nations. | 4 | 218 |
| Karen Kwiatkowski LtCOL | Selected | Former official | Former USAF, former military officer. | 4 | 129 |
| Benjamin Wittes Editor-in-Chief · Lawfare | Selected | Think tank | Editor-in-Chief of Lawfare Institute. | 4 | 113 |
| Chas Freeman Ambassador | Selected | Former official | Ambassador (former diplomat). | 4 | 120 |
| Guido Scorza | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer according to Wikidata. | 4 | 39 |
| John McTernan Former political secretary · Tony Blair | Selected | Former official | Former political secretary to Tony Blair. | 4 | 6 |
| Lawrence Wilkerson COL. | Selected | Former official | Retired American colonel, former chief of staff. | 4 | 142 |
| Melody Wright Housing analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | Independent real estate market analyst. | 4 | 20 |
| Beppe Severgnini Columnist · Corriere della Sera | Selected | Commentator | Editorialist at Corriere della Sera. | 4 | 19 |
| Gerald Markel Political blogger and property developer | Selected | Commentator | Political blogger and publicist. | 4 | 25 |
| Judith Henke Handelsblatt finance editor | Selected | Commentator | Raw materials expert at Handelsblatt. | 4 | 9 |
| Robert Armstrong U.S. financial commentator · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | U.S. financial commentator at Financial Times, analyst. | 4 | 253 |
| Ursula Stenzel | Selected | Former official | Former Member of European Parliament and Vienna parliament. | 4 | 18 |
| Ângela Silva Journalist · Expresso | Selected | Commentator | Commentator, Analysis by Ângela Silva. | 4 | 42 |
| Alex Von Tunzelmann Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Blood and Sand. | 4 | 66 |
| David Rigoulet-Roze Researcher · IFAS | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at French Institute for Strategic Analysis. | 4 | 22 |
| Helen Bond Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, joined by Professor Helen Bond. | 4 | 10 |
| Justus Haucap Chief economist | Selected | Academic | Chief economist and professor. | 4 | 15 |
| Kees de Kort Independent economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Independent economist. | 4 | 35 |
| Lars Feld Chief economist | Selected | Academic | Professor and Chefökonom, academic principal. | 4 | 10 |
| Mark Geragos Attorney | Selected | Lawyer | Attorney, defense attorney. | 4 | 22 |
| Patryk Kulpok Polderownia | Selected | Commentator | Political analysis podcaster. | 4 | 9 |
| Robert Halver Head of capital markets analysis · Baader Bank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Market Analysis Director Baader Bank. | 4 | 6 |
| Sam Dalrymple Author | Selected | Commentator | Historian and writer. | 4 | 5 |
| Seth G. Jones President of the CSIS Defense and Security Department | Selected | Think tank | Director of CSIS Defense and Security Department, think tank. | 4 | 4 |
| Sébastien Jean Economics professor · National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. | 4 | 11 |