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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia Cagé Professor of economics · Sciences Po Paris | Selected | Academic | Professor of Economics at Sciences Po Paris. | 8 | 9 |
| Eli Lake Host | Selected | Commentator | Host of The ReEducation with Eli Lake, analyst. | 8 | 9 |
| Nicholas Epley Psychologist · University of Chicago | Selected | Academic | Psychologist at University of Chicago. | 8 | 9 |
| Robert Cialdini Regents Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Marketing · Arizona State University | Selected | Academic | Professor Regents Arizona State. | 8 | 9 |
| Serhii Plokhy Ukrainian historian | Selected | Academic | Historian at Harvard University. | 8 | 9 |
| Sunita Sah Professor · Cornell University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Cornell University. | 8 | 9 |
| Thant Myint-U Author, historian, diplomat | Selected | Commentator | Author, historian and diplomat. | 8 | 9 |
| José Antonio Marina Writer and philosopher | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and writer, ideas analyst. | 7 | 9 |
| Michiel Vos America expert | Selected | Commentator | America expert, author of analysis. | 7 | 9 |
| Daniel Levitin Neuroscientist, musician | Selected | Academic | Neuroscientist at McGill University. | 7 | 9 |
| Kate Manne Philosophy professor · Cornell University | Selected | Academic | Philosophy professor, Cornell University. | 7 | 9 |
| Matthias Schranner Negotiation professional · Schranner Negotiation Institute | Selected | Economist or consultant | Negotiation expert consultant Schranner Institute. | 7 | 9 |
| Michelle Haas Defense analyst · Ghent University | Selected | Academic | Defense analyst at Ghent University. | 7 | 9 |
| Mónica Guzmán Author · Braver Angels | Selected | Commentator | Author of nonfiction book and Senior Fellow at Braver Angels. | 7 | 9 |
| Matt Ridley Conservative peer | Selected | Commentator | Conservative peer, biologist, House of Lords member through end 2021. | 7 | 9 |
| Anna Machin Evolutionary anthropologist · University of Oxford | Selected | Academic | Evolutionary anthropologist at Oxford University. | 7 | 9 |
| Annika Brockschmidt US expert | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and author, US policy analyst. | 7 | 9 |
| Brian Beutler Author | Selected | Commentator | Political columnist, author of Off Message newsletter. | 7 | 9 |
| Julia Angwin Investigative journalist | Selected | Commentator | Investigative journalist. | 7 | 9 |
| Sebastian Junger Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction. | 7 | 9 |
| Tyler Austin Harper | Selected | Academic | University teacher and literary scholar at Bates College. | 7 | 9 |
| Vali Nasr Professor at Johns Hopkins-SAIS | Selected | Academic | Professor, Johns Hopkins-SAIS, university faculty. | 7 | 9 |
| Hieronim Grala Professor · Wydziału Artes Liberales Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego | Selected | Academic | Prof. University of Warsaw, historian of Rus. | 6 | 9 |
| Marcin Matczak Professor · University of Warsaw | Selected | Academic | Professor of law at the University of Warsaw. | 6 | 9 |
| Olivier Babeau President · Institut Sapiens | Selected | Think tank | President of Sapiens Institute. Clearly identified think tank. | 6 | 9 |
| Barbara Baarsma Professor · University of Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr. economist at University of Amsterdam. | 6 | 9 |
| Carlo Altomonte Director of the PNRR Lab · Università Bocconi | Selected | Academic | Professor at Bocconi University. | 6 | 9 |
| Carlos Santiso Fund manager, professor and founder of Icaria Capital | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager and professor. | 6 | 9 |
| François Gemenne Climate change specialist · HEC | Selected | Academic | Professor IPCC at HEC. | 6 | 9 |
| Rouzbeh Parsi Programme director at the Middle East and North Africa programme · UI | Selected | Think tank | Program director, UI think tank. | 6 | 9 |
| Sandra Phlippen Chief Sustainability Officer · ABN AMRO | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist, Chief Sustainability Officer at ABN AMRO. | 6 | 9 |
| Matthew Walker Sleep expert | Selected | Commentator | Sleep expert, author of analytical nonfiction. | 6 | 9 |
| Fritz Vahrenholt Environment and energy expert | Selected | Academic | University Hamburg teacher, chemist and author. | 6 | 9 |
| Peter Boelhouwer Professor · woningmarkt | Selected | Academic | Professor at TU Delft. | 6 | 9 |
| Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib Humanitarian activist · Atlantic Council | Selected | Think tank | Humanitarian activist at Atlantic Council. | 6 | 9 |
| Dominique Reynié Fondation pour l'innovation politique | Selected | Think tank | Foundation for Political Innovation (think tank). | 6 | 9 |
| Eric Wargo Ph.D. in anthropology · Washington, D.C. | Selected | Academic | Ph.D. in anthropology from Emory University. | 6 | 9 |
| Ingrid Robeyns Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor and author of Limitarianism. | 6 | 9 |
| Jörg Baberowski Historian · Humboldt-Universität Berlin | Selected | Academic | Historian at Humboldt University Berlin. | 6 | 9 |
| Kevin Roose Technology columnist · The New York Times | Selected | Commentator | Technology columnist for New York Times. | 6 | 9 |
| Lyman Stone Sociologist and demographer | Selected | Think tank | Demographer, Institute for Family Studies (think tank). | 6 | 9 |
| Maria Domańska Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich | Selected | Think tank | Expert at Eastern Studies Center. | 6 | 9 |
| Tali Sharot Neuroscience professor | Selected | Academic | Neuroscience professor, academic title. | 6 | 9 |
| Marc Andreessen Cofounder · Andreessen Horowitz | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, entrepreneur. | 5 | 9 |
| Vassili Golod ARD correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | ARD correspondent Kyiv. | 5 | 9 |
| Carlos Rodríguez Braun Professor | Selected | Academic | Profesor. | 5 | 9 |
| Magnus Ranstorp Terrorism expert and research leader · Försvarshögskolan | Selected | Academic | Docent in political science at Swedish Defence University. | 5 | 9 |
| Thomas Gomart Historian and director · Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI) | Selected | Think tank | Director French Institute of International Relations (IFRI). | 5 | 9 |
| Marek Matusiak Expert · OSW | Selected | Think tank | Expert at OSW (Eastern Studies Center). | 5 | 9 |
| Donnacha Ó Beacháin Professor of Politics · DCU | Selected | Academic | Professor at Dublin City University. | 5 | 9 |