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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johan Remkes Former informateur and former minister | Selected | Former official | Former informateur and former minister. | 4 | 6 |
| Johannes Varwick Political scientist | Selected | Academic | Political scientist at Helmut Schmidt University. | 4 | 4 |
| John Harris Guardian columnist · The Guardian | Selected | Commentator | Guardian columnist. | 4 | 6 |
| Jonna Mendez Chief of disguise · CIA | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. spy, CIA's chief of disguise. | 4 | 5 |
| Joschka Fischer Former federal foreign minister | Selected | Former official | Former federal foreign minister. | 4 | 5 |
| José Carlos Ruiz Philosopher specializing in critical thinking, writer and teacher | Selected | Academic | Specialized philosopher, writer and professor. | 4 | 4 |
| Juan Branco Lawyer and doctor of law | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer and doctor of law. | 4 | 11 |
| Julia Gillard Former Australian PM, chair Global Institute for Women's Leadership · King's College London | Selected | Former official et Academic | Former Prime Minister of Australia, now president of institute at King's College London. | 4 | 4 |
| Julian Nida-Rümelin Philosopher and former SPD politician · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Selected | Academic | Philosopher LMU, former SPD politician. | 4 | 11 |
| Juliane Schäuble US correspondent for ZEIT | Selected | Commentator | USA political analysis correspondent. | 4 | 7 |
| Kacper Kita Author | Selected | Commentator | Author Epoka chaosu, political essay. | 4 | 9 |
| Katharina Pistor Law professor · Columbia Law School | Selected | Academic | Law professor at Columbia Law School. | 4 | 4 |
| Katharina Zweig Professor · RPTU Kaiserslautern | Selected | Academic | Prof. at RPTU Kaiserslautern. | 4 | 4 |
| Katherine Richardson Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Copenhagen. | 4 | 4 |
| Kayleigh McEnany | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator, former press secretary. | 4 | 4 |
| Kerry Brown Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of Chinese studies. | 4 | 4 |
| Kimberly Clausing Professor at UCLA | Selected | Academic | Professor at UCLA. | 4 | 5 |
| Kishore Mahbubani | Selected | Academic | Professor of political science at the National University of Singapore. | 4 | 4 |
| Klaus von Dohnanyi Witness of the century | Selected | Former official | Former mayor of Hamburg and minister. | 4 | 7 |
| Kristina Sandklef China analyst | Selected | Commentator | Independent China analyst. | 4 | 4 |
| Kurt Volker Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO. | 4 | 4 |
| Kwasi Kwarteng Former Chancellor of the Exchequer | Selected | Former official | Former Chancellor of the Exchequer. | 4 | 6 |
| Lars Calmfors Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Swedish economist at Stockholm University. | 4 | 18 |
| Laurence Tubiana | Selected | Economist or consultant | French economist, former president. | 4 | 4 |
| Lawrence Douglas James J. Grosfeld Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought · Amherst College | Selected | Academic | Professor James J. Grosfeld Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought, Amherst College. | 4 | 5 |
| Leah Boustan Professor of economics · Princeton University | Selected | Academic | Professor, professor of economics, Princeton University. | 4 | 4 |
| Leo Enright Space commentator, former RTE and BBC correspondent | Selected | Commentator | Space commentator. | 4 | 4 |
| Lewis Dartnell Professor of astrobiology · University of Westminster | Selected | Academic | Professor of astrobiology at University of Westminster. | 4 | 4 |
| Lilliana Mason Political science professor · Johns Hopkins University | Selected | Academic | Political science professor at Johns Hopkins University. | 4 | 4 |
| Lina Khatib Associate fellow · Chatham House | Selected | Think tank | Associate fellow at Chatham House, recognized think tank. | 4 | 6 |
| Linda Duits Dr. | Selected | Academic | Sociologist at Utrecht University. | 4 | 4 |
| Lluís Montoliu | Selected | Academic | Researcher at CSIC, public research organization. | 4 | 5 |
| Lotte Folke Opinion editor · Politiken | Selected | Commentator | Opinion editor at Politiken. | 4 | 6 |
| Luca Perri Astrophysicist · Osservatorio di Merate e Planetario di Milano | Selected | Academic | Astrophysicist at Merate Observatory. | 4 | 6 |
| Ludivine Gilli Director · Observatoire Amérique du Nord à la Fondation Jean Jaurès | Selected | Think tank | Director of Observatory at Fondation Jean-Jaures. | 4 | 16 |
| Luis María Pardo Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer. | 4 | 7 |
| Luísa Lopes Neuroscientist · Instituto de Medicina Molecular | Selected | Academic | Neuroscientist, Instituto de Medicina Molecular. | 4 | 4 |
| Lyndal Roper | Selected | Academic | Professor of history at the University of Oxford. | 4 | 4 |
| Magdalena Bigaj President, essay author · Institut Cyfrowego Obywatelstwa | Selected | Think tank | President of Institute for Digital Citizenship and essay author. | 4 | 4 |
| Mariarosaria Taddeo Lecturer in Digital Ethics and Defense Technologies · University of Oxford | Selected | Academic | Lecturer in Digital Ethics at University of Oxford. | 4 | 4 |
| Marik von Rennenkampff Writer · The Hill | Selected | Commentator | Columnist at The Hill, former government official. | 4 | 6 |
| Marius Gonsholt Hov Chief economist · Handelsbanken | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist Handelsbanken. | 4 | 7 |
| Mark Kimmitt Retired General | Selected | Former official | Retired general, former military official. | 4 | 5 |
| Mark Mahaney Senior managing director · Evercore | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Managing Director and market strategist at Evercore bank. | 4 | 6 |
| Mark van Vugt Evolutionary psychologist | Selected | Academic | Evolutionary psychologist, university teacher. | 4 | 7 |
| Markus Brunnermeier Professor of economics · Princeton | Selected | Academic | Economics professor at Princeton University. | 4 | 7 |
| Martin Griffiths Former UN undersecretary | Selected | Former official | Former UN undersecretary for humanitarian affairs. | 4 | 5 |
| Mary Ziegler Law professor · Yale Law Journal | Selected | Academic | Law professor at Yale Law Journal. | 4 | 5 |
| Matt Levine Bloomberg Opinion | Selected | Commentator | Bloomberg Opinion. | 4 | 5 |
| Matt Stoller | Selected | Think tank | Non-fiction writer at American Economic Liberties Project. | 4 | 11 |