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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Werner Economist · Oxford | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist affiliated with Oxford. | 4 | 11 |
| Vincent Icke Astronomer | Selected | Academic | Astronomer and physicist at Utrecht University and Leiden University. | 4 | 11 |
| Yves Léonard Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian, professor at Paris Institute of Political Studies. | 4 | 11 |
| Zuzanną Krzyżanowska Expert · OSW | Selected | Think tank | Expert at OSW (Polish think tank). | 4 | 11 |
| Lyse Doucet Chief international correspondent · BBC | Excluded | Journalist | Chief international correspondent at BBC. | 4 | 10 |
| Karol Wasilewski Head of the Turkey, Caucasus and Central Asia team · Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich | Selected | Think tank | Team leader at Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich. | 4 | 10 |
| Brian Greene Theoretical physicist and author · Columbia University | Selected | Academic | Professor of physics at Columbia, author. | 4 | 10 |
| Stefan Kaltenbrunner Journalist | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and book author. | 4 | 10 |
| Helen Bond Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, joined by Professor Helen Bond. | 4 | 10 |
| Lars Feld Chief economist | Selected | Academic | Professor and Chefökonom, academic principal. | 4 | 10 |
| Barbara Brodzińska-Mirowska Political scientist · UMK w Toruniu | Selected | Academic | Female political scientist at UMK in Torun. | 4 | 10 |
| Javier Galán Investor relations director at Renta 4 Gestora | Selected | Economist or consultant | Director of Inversores at Renta 4 Gestora. | 4 | 10 |
| Michał Lubina | Selected | Academic | Political scientist at Jagiellonian University. | 4 | 10 |
| Amanda Marcotte Salon | Selected | Commentator | Columnist at Salon writing on political psychology. | 4 | 10 |
| Barb McQuade Professor, former U.S. attorney · University of Michigan Law School | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Michigan Law School. | 4 | 10 |
| Doug Brunt Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of The Lost Empire of Emanuel Nobel. | 4 | 10 |
| Jakub Pieńkowski Analyst · PISM | Selected | Think tank | Analyst at PISM (Polish Institute of International Affairs). | 4 | 10 |
| Maya Kandel Associate consultant · Sorbonne-Nouvelle | Selected | Academic | Associate consultant at Sorbonne-Nouvelle. | 4 | 10 |
| Piotr Kuczyński | Selected | Economist or consultant | Polish economist and opinion journalist. | 4 | 10 |
| Shane Ross Former TD, minister and journalist | Selected | Former official | Former TD and minister, former Irish politician. | 4 | 10 |
| Mark Paul London correspondent · Irish Times | Selected | Commentator | Irish Times correspondent in London, journalist. | 4 | 9 |
| Eduardo Saldaña El Orden Mundial | Selected | Commentator | El Orden Mundial, geopolitics analyst. | 4 | 9 |
| Kjetil Olsen Chief economist · Nordea Markets | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist Nordea Markets. | 4 | 9 |
| Vijay Pande Head of bio fund · a16z | Selected | Economist or consultant | General Partner at a16z venture capital fund. | 4 | 9 |
| Judith Henke Handelsblatt finance editor | Selected | Commentator | Raw materials expert at Handelsblatt. | 4 | 9 |
| Patryk Kulpok Polderownia | Selected | Commentator | Political analysis podcaster. | 4 | 9 |
| Kamil Frymark Analyst · OSW | Selected | Think tank | Analyst OSW. | 4 | 9 |
| Oliver Morton Planetary affairs editor · The Economist | Selected | Commentator | Planetary affairs and senior editor at The Economist. | 4 | 9 |
| Heinz Fischer Former Federal President | Selected | Former official | Former president. | 4 | 9 |
| Inger Enkvist Professor emerita of Spanish | Selected | Academic | Professor emerita in Spanish. | 4 | 9 |
| Janis Kluge Economic researcher and Russia expert · Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik. | 4 | 9 |
| Kacper Kita Author | Selected | Commentator | Author Epoka chaosu, political essay. | 4 | 9 |
| Pierre Grosser Historian · Sciences Po | Selected | Academic | Historian at Sciences Po, higher education institution. | 4 | 9 |
| Piotr Arak | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at Polish Economic Institute. | 4 | 9 |
| Richard Gowan UN director · International Crisis Group | Selected | Think tank | UN Director of think tank International Crisis Group. | 4 | 9 |
| Michael Thumann Foreign policy correspondent · DIE ZEIT | Excluded | Journalist | Foreign policy correspondent DIE ZEIT, correspondent. | 4 | 8 |
| Jean-Yves Camus Co-director of the Observatory of Political Radicalities · Fondation Jean Jaurès | Selected | Think tank | Co-director of Political Radicalism Observatory at Jean-Jaurès Foundation, IRIS researcher. | 4 | 8 |
| Cormac Lucey Chartered Accountant, economia columnista · Sunday Times | Selected | Commentator | Chartered accountant and economics columnist at Sunday Times. | 4 | 8 |
| Martijn van der Linden Lecturer in New Finance · Haagse Hogeschool | Selected | Academic | Lecturer at Haagse Hogeschool. | 4 | 8 |
| Daniel Pinéu Specialist | Selected | Academic | University professor in International Relations and commentator. | 4 | 8 |
| Eric Anceau Historian, recognized specialist in the Second Empire | Selected | Academic | Historian, university professor specializing in the Second Empire. | 4 | 8 |
| Jim Rogers International investor and financial commentator | Selected | Economist or consultant | International investor and financial commentator. | 4 | 8 |
| Patrick Freyne Columnist | Selected | Commentator | Columnist. | 4 | 8 |
| Peter K Andersson Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian, university researcher. | 4 | 8 |
| Sebastian Sons Dr. | Selected | Think tank | Islamologist, Gulf researcher in research center. | 4 | 8 |
| Édouard Louis Author | Selected | Commentator | Author, French political and intellectual figure. | 4 | 8 |
| Peadar Tóibín Leader · Aontú | Excluded | Serving politician | Party leader in office and TD. | 4 | 7 |
| Sebastião Bugalho Commentator · SIC and Expresso | Excluded | Serving politician | Active political candidate (AD party lead). | 4 | 7 |
| Tomasz Terlikowski Philosopher, publicist | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 4 | 7 |
| Torbjørn Røe Isaksen Society editor · E24 | Excluded | Serving politician | Social affairs editor, E24, journalist. | 4 | 7 |