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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christina Pletten Commentator | Selected | Commentator | International journalist commentator, explicit commentator. | 4 | 72 |
| Santiago Alba Rico | Selected | Commentator | Essayist, political analysis columnist. | 4 | 72 |
| Morgan Housel Bestselling author | Selected | Commentator | Bestselling author of The Psychology of Money. | 38 | 71 |
| Andrew Ross Sorkin | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and author New York Times, economic analyst. | 32 | 71 |
| Kevin Frazier Lawfare Tarbell Fellow · Lawfare Institute | Selected | Academic | Assistant Professor St. Thomas University College of Law. | 3 | 71 |
| Gianluca Pastori Senior associate fellow and professor · ISPI, Università Cattolica di Milano | Selected | Academic | Professor at ISPI and Catholic University. | 2 | 70 |
| Ash Sarkar Contributing Editor at Novara Media | Selected | Commentator | Contributing editor at Novara Media and author, analyst. | 12 | 68 |
| Michał Kolanko Publicist · Rzeczpospolita | Selected | Commentator | Rzeczpospolita columnist, Polish analyst columnist. | 2 | 68 |
| Hans Petter Sjøli Debate editor and commentator · VG | Selected | Commentator | Debate editor and commentator, VG. | 4 | 67 |
| Estefanía Molina | Selected | Commentator | Political scientist and political columnist. | 2 | 67 |
| Peter Schweizer Author · The Drill Down | Selected | Commentator | Author and host of The Drill Down (analyst and investigator). | 14 | 66 |
| Alex Von Tunzelmann Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Blood and Sand. | 4 | 66 |
| Frédéric Simottel Journalist · BFM Business | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist BFM Business, generalist journalist. | 1 | 66 |
| Darius Dale Macro mind · 42Macro | Selected | Economist or consultant | CEO of 42Macro macro forecasting service. | 8 | 65 |
| Nicolas Baverez Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist and historian. | 7 | 65 |
| Carlo Masala Military expert · Bundeswehr University Munich | Selected | Academic | Prof. Dr. for International Politics. | 27 | 64 |
| Newt Gingrich Author | Selected | Commentator | Political author of March to the Majority, political analyst. | 13 | 64 |
| Kari Elisabeth Kaski The Storting representatives · SV | Selected | Former official | Former Storting politician. | 8 | 64 |
| Larry Donnelly Law lecturer · University of Galway | Selected | Academic | Law lecturer at University of Galway. | 6 | 64 |
| Dario Fabbri Author · Limes | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and geopolitical analyst author. | 4 | 64 |
| Helge Lurås Editor · iNyheter | Selected | Commentator | Editor · iNews | 3 | 64 |
| Glenn Greenwald Journalist | Selected | Commentator | Investigative journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner and author. | 18 | 63 |
| Emily Jashinsky Host · After Party | Selected | Commentator | Host of After Party and Federalist podcasts, analyst. | 11 | 63 |
| Marc Polymeropoulos CIA leader | Selected | Former official | Retired CIA officer, former public official. | 6 | 63 |
| Kate Andrews Economics editor · The Spectator | Selected | Commentator | Economics editor, Spectator magazine. | 3 | 63 |
| Arthur C. Brooks William Henry Bloomberg Professor · Harvard Kennedy School | Selected | Academic | Professor, Harvard University. | 34 | 62 |
| Erik Joly Chief economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Belgian economist. | 4 | 62 |
| Jean-Loup Bonnamy Philosophy professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of philosophy. | 2 | 62 |
| Mario Del Pero Professor of international history · SciencesPo | Selected | Academic | Professor of history, Sciences Po, ISPI researcher. | 8 | 61 |
| Sindre Heyerdahl | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator and pundit. | 5 | 61 |
| Steve Baker Investigative reporter · Blaze Media | Selected | Former official | Former Conservative MP. | 13 | 60 |
| Paul Harper Equity strategist · DNB Markets | Selected | Economist or consultant | Stock strategist DNB Markets, analyst. | 5 | 60 |
| Freddy Gray Host · The Spectator | Selected | Commentator | Deputy editor The Spectator, editor-in-chief of ideas journal. | 5 | 60 |
| Anne Applebaum Staff writer · The Atlantic | Selected | Commentator | Staff writer The Atlantic, author, historian journalist. | 35 | 59 |
| Piergiorgio Odifreddi | Selected | Academic | Mathematician, university teacher at University of Turin. | 5 | 59 |
| Hans von der Burchard Europe expert · POLITICO | Selected | Commentator | POLITICO. | 3 | 59 |
| Alex Thomas Institute for Government | Selected | Think tank | Associate at Institute for Government. | 3 | 59 |
| Pascal Boniface Geopolitical scientist · IRIS | Selected | Think tank | Geopolitologist director-founder of IRIS (think tank). | 5 | 58 |
| Sean Spicer Former White House Press Secretary | Selected | Former official | Former White House spokesperson under Trump. | 23 | 57 |
| Mart de Kruif Former commander of the Land Forces | Selected | Former official | Retired general, former commander. | 16 | 57 |
| Bartosz Węglarczyk Editor-in-chief · Onet | Selected | Commentator | Editor-in-Chief (redactor naczelny) Onet | 2 | 57 |
| Katy Milkman Professor · Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | Selected | Academic | Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. | 8 | 56 |
| Konstanty Gebert Opposition activist under the People's Republic of Poland, journalist · Kultura Liberalna | Selected | Commentator | Author of books and contributor to ideas journal. | 5 | 56 |
| Agnes Wold | Selected | Academic | Bacteriologist and professor at University of Gothenburg. | 5 | 56 |
| Roger Parloff Senior Editor · The Lawfare Institute | Selected | Think tank | Senior Editor of Lawfare Institute, think tank. | 3 | 56 |
| Batya Ungar-Sargon Columnist · The Free Press | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for The Free Press. | 21 | 55 |
| Claudia Major Security expert · German Marshall Fund | Selected | Think tank | Security expert at German Marshall Fund, think tank. | 19 | 55 |
| Matthew Parris Columnist for the Times, former MP | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for Times, former MP. | 4 | 55 |
| Douglas Murray Associate editor · The Spectator | Selected | Commentator | Associate editor and columnist at Spectator. | 26 | 52 |
| Ivo Daalder Former United States Permanent Representative to NATO | Selected | Think tank | President of Chicago Council on Global Affairs, former ambassador. | 9 | 52 |