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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giulio Betti Meteorologist and climatologist · CNR | Selected | Academic | Meteorologist and climatologist at CNR, public research organization. | 5 | 9 |
| Nick Epley Professor of behavioral science · University of Chicago's Booth School of Business | Selected | Academic | Professor of behavioral science at University of Chicago Booth. | 5 | 9 |
| Gaspard Estrada Political scientist specializing in Latin America · London School of Economics and Political Science | Selected | Academic | Political scientist member of London School of Economics. | 5 | 9 |
| Miguel Ángel Ruiz Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of La destrucción planificada, book. | 5 | 9 |
| Ulrike Guérot Political scientist | Selected | Academic | Political scientist, female university professor. | 5 | 9 |
| Yasmina Asrarguis Associate researcher · Princeton University | Selected | Academic | Researcher associated with Princeton University. | 5 | 9 |
| Andrew Gallimore Neurobiologist | Selected | Academic | Neurobiologist, chemist and pharmacologist. | 5 | 9 |
| Jens Nordvig Goldman Sachs | Selected | Economist or consultant | Top economist at Goldman Sachs. | 5 | 9 |
| Johann Chapoutot Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian at Sorbonne University, specialist in Nazism. | 5 | 9 |
| Monika Rosen Stock market expert | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief analyst of a bank. | 5 | 9 |
| Tiffany Aliche | Selected | Commentator | Award-winning financial education teacher. | 5 | 9 |
| Torbjørn Kjus Chief economist · Aker BP | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist Aker BP. | 5 | 9 |
| Ueli Maurer Former Federal Councillor | Selected | Former official | Former Federal Councilor, former councilor. | 5 | 9 |
| Wendy Suzuki Professor and neuroscientist | Selected | Academic | Professor and neuroscientist (professor). | 5 | 9 |
| Åsa Wikforss Professor · Stockholm University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Stockholm University. | 5 | 9 |
| 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 |
| Christoph Drösser Journalist for science topics · SWR | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist for science topics. | 3 | 9 |
| Conor Pope Consumer Affairs Correspondent · The Irish Times | Excluded | Journalist | Consumer affairs correspondent for Irish Times. | 3 | 9 |
| Ignasi Guardans Analyst · Cadena SER | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 3 | 9 |
| Ricardo Moure Popularizer · SER | Selected | Academic | Science communicator and biologist, researcher and science communicator at University of Barcelona. | 3 | 9 |
| Zbigniew Parafianowicz Journalist · Onet | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 3 | 9 |
| Marek Budzisz Strategy&Future | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Introduced as Strategy&Future analyst on security and Russia; the profile is a Polish publicist and historian with no stated field or think tank. | 3 | 9 |
| Henri Vanhanen Non-fiction writer | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction and geopolitics expert. | 3 | 9 |
| Jean-François Colosimo Chief executive officer · éditions du Cerf | Selected | Commentator | Editor, philosopher and theologian, essayist. | 3 | 9 |
| Máriam Martínez-Bascuñán Analyst · SER Podcast | Selected | Commentator | Analyst SER Podcast, opinion and current events analysis. | 3 | 9 |
| Florian Louis Historian · EHESS | Selected | Academic | Historian with PhD from EHESS. | 3 | 9 |
| Anna Materska-Sosnowska Dr · UW | Selected | Academic | Female political scientist, University of Warsaw. | 3 | 9 |
| Daniel Byman CSIS | Selected | Think tank | CSIS, think tank. | 3 | 9 |
| Thierry Pech Managing director · Terra Nova | Selected | Think tank | General director of think tank Terra Nova. | 3 | 9 |
| Erik Holstein Political commentator · Altinget | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator at Altinget. | 3 | 9 |
| Gilles Raveaud Senior lecturer · Institut d'Études Européennes de Paris-8 Saint-Denis | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer at university. | 3 | 9 |
| John C. McManus Author | Selected | Academic | Military historian, university professor. | 3 | 9 |
| Kevin Muir Founder and editor of The Macro Tourist | Selected | Commentator | Founder editor of The Macro Tourist. | 3 | 9 |
| Skjalg Stokke Hougen Political scientist · Civita | Selected | Think tank | Political scientist at Swedish think tank Civita. | 3 | 9 |
| Adjiedj Bakas Trend watcher | Selected | Commentator | Trendwatcher and futurologist analyzing social trends. | 3 | 9 |
| Brooke Gladstone Co-host · On the Media | Selected | Commentator | Co-host of On the Media. | 3 | 9 |