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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Manuel García Bautista | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 9 |
| Lionel Costa Head of the Fnac Lab | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director, Fnac Lab (company executive). | 1 | 9 |
| Ludovic Desautez Deputy editor-in-chief · La Tribune | Excluded | Journalist | Deputy editorial director at Tribune. | 1 | 9 |
| Mado Martínez Anthropologist | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 9 |
| Matt Hoh Captain | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 9 |
| Mick Mulroy Special operations veteran · Lobo Institute | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Special operations veteran, former soldier. | 1 | 9 |
| Morten Crone Sejersbøl | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 9 |
| Mourad Boudjellal Comic book publisher | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 9 |
| Roberto Casado Economics correspondent · EXPANSIÓN | Excluded | Journalist | Economic correspondent Expansión = correspondent. | 1 | 9 |
| Ronan Le Moal Founder · Epopée Gestion | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Épopée Gestion. | 1 | 9 |
| Stéphanie Maugey Portfolio manager · la Financière d'Uzès | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Portfolio manager at Financière d'Uzès. | 1 | 9 |
| Trine Larsen Royal household expert, author, journalist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Royal house expert, author and journalist. | 1 | 9 |
| Tyler McBrien Managing Editor · Lawfare | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Managing Editor of Lawfare, journalist. | 1 | 9 |
| Marcin Mastalerek Former head of the President's Cabinet | Selected | Former official | Former chief of staff to Polish President. | 1 | 9 |
| Inês Rogeiro Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Well-known lawyer. | 1 | 9 |
| Sander Boon Political scientist · Geotrendlines | Selected | Economist or consultant | Political scientist at Geotrendlines, consulting firm. | 1 | 9 |
| Adam Vaughan Environment Editor · The Times | Selected | Commentator | Environment Editor at The Times, specialized analyst. | 1 | 9 |
| Florian Niederndorfer Journalist · DER STANDARD | Selected | Commentator | STANDARD foreign politics editor, political editor. | 1 | 9 |
| Howard Blum Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of the book When the Night Comes Falling. | 1 | 9 |
| Robert Oldstrand Equity strategist · Swedbank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Stock analyst at Swedbank, stock strategist. | 1 | 9 |
| Roberta Carlini Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist. | 1 | 9 |
| Shane O'Mara Professor of Neuroscience | Selected | Academic | Professor of Neuroscience. | 1 | 9 |
| Ben Domenech | Selected | Commentator | Political pundit, Wikidata opinion journalist. | 8 | 8 |
| Colin Fisher Professor · University College London | Selected | Academic | Professor, University College London. | 8 | 8 |
| Dennis Ross Long-time US Middle East advisor | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. advisor on Middle East. | 8 | 8 |
| Gita Gopinath Harvard economics professor, former first deputy managing director · Harvard, IMF | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics at Harvard. | 8 | 8 |
| Matt Duss Author | Selected | Commentator | Author and foreign policy expert. | 8 | 8 |
| Robin Hanson Economist | Selected | Academic | Economist, Wikidata: economist and professor at George Mason University. | 8 | 8 |
| Nicola Sturgeon Former First Minister · Écosse | Selected | Former official | Former First Minister of Scotland. | 7 | 8 |
| Brian Cox Physicist, professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of physics at Columbia, author and science communicator. | 7 | 8 |
| Angela Merkel Former federal chancellor | Selected | Former official | Former German Chancellor. | 7 | 8 |
| Eva Asselmann Psychology professor · HMU Health and Medical University | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology, HMU. | 7 | 8 |
| James A. Robinson Professor of Global Conflict Studies · University of Chicago | Selected | Academic | Professor of Global Conflict Studies at University of Chicago. | 7 | 8 |
| Susan Rice Former ambassador · ONU | Selected | Former official | Former UN Ambassador and National Security Adviser. | 7 | 8 |
| Amy Webb Futurist and CEO of the Future Today Strategy Group | Selected | Commentator | Futurist strategist and author. | 7 | 8 |
| Andreas Krieg Military expert · King's College | Selected | Academic | Military expert at King's College, university affiliation. | 7 | 8 |
| Bernhard Pörksen Media and communication scholar | Selected | Academic | Professor Universität Tübingen, university teacher. | 7 | 8 |
| Charles Moore Biographer | Selected | Commentator | Columnist and Margaret Thatcher biographer. | 7 | 8 |
| Daniel Immerwahr Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of How To Hide An Empire, non-fiction book. | 7 | 8 |
| David Goodhart | Selected | Commentator | Editorialist journalist at Financial Times. | 7 | 8 |
| Lisa Feldman Barrett Professor of Psychology | Selected | Academic | Professor of Psychology, explicit academic title. | 7 | 8 |
| Hendrik Vos Professor of political science | Selected | Academic | Professor of political science. | 7 | 8 |
| Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk Historian | Selected | Commentator | Historian, German writer. | 7 | 8 |
| Jay Van Bavel Professor · NYU | Selected | Academic | Professor at NYU. | 7 | 8 |
| Jung Chang Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Wild Swans, nonfiction historical book. | 7 | 8 |
| Rebecca Boyle Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Our Moon: A Human History. | 7 | 8 |
| Sebastian Kurz Former Austrian federal chancellor | Selected | Former official | Former Federal Chancellor of Austria. | 7 | 8 |
| Ellen Coyne Journalist · The Irish Times | Excluded | Journalist | Political correspondent, Irish Times. | 6 | 8 |
| Tucker Carlson Political commentator · Tucker Carlson Network | Excluded | Journalist | Host of The Tucker Carlson Show. | 6 | 8 |
| Alison Wood Brooks Professor · Harvard | Selected | Academic | Professor at Harvard Business School. | 6 | 8 |