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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Remnick Editor · The New Yorker | Selected | Commentator | Editor-in-Chief of New Yorker. | 15 | 102 |
| Luke Gromen Financial analyst · FFTT LLC | Selected | Economist or consultant | Financial analyst macro mind, FFTT LLC. | 15 | 46 |
| Robin Wigglesworth Editor · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | FT Alphaville editor, financial analyst. | 15 | 45 |
| Heather Mac Donald Author | Selected | Think tank | Political commentator at Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. | 15 | 43 |
| Justin Wolfers Professor of public policy and economics · University of Michigan | Selected | Academic | Professor of political economy, University of Michigan. | 15 | 42 |
| Tommy Vietor Co-host of Pod Save America, Pod Save the World, and the former National Security Council spokesperson under President Obama | Selected | Commentator | Co-host of Pod Save America, former NSC spokesman. | 15 | 37 |
| Fareed Zakaria CNN political correspondent, author | Selected | Commentator | Geopolitics analyst, CNN host, book author. | 15 | 22 |
| Ben Rhodes | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator at White House, Wikidata political adviser. | 15 | 22 |
| Rory Sutherland | Selected | Commentator | Columnist and opinion journalist. | 15 | 22 |
| George Monbiot Writer and environmental activist | Selected | Commentator | Writer and Environmental Activist. | 15 | 19 |
| Robert Greene American author | Selected | Commentator | Author and essayist on strategy and power. | 15 | 19 |
| Boris Johnson Former PM · The Spectator | Selected | Former official | Former Prime Minister. | 15 | 18 |
| Robert Habeck Minister | Selected | Former official | Former German Vice Chancellor. | 15 | 18 |
| Mary Beard Professor Dame | Selected | Academic | Professor Dame, academic title. | 15 | 18 |
| Ethan Mollick Wharton professor | Selected | Academic | Professor Wharton. | 15 | 17 |
| Candace Owens | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator, analyst at Turning Point USA and Blaze Media. | 14 | 193 |
| Alan Dershowitz Author · Harvard Law School | Selected | Academic | Professor emeritus, Harvard Law School and attorney. | 14 | 97 |
| Matt Abrahams Lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business | Selected | Academic | Lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business. | 14 | 90 |
| Peter Schweizer Author · The Drill Down | Selected | Commentator | Author and host of The Drill Down (analyst and investigator). | 14 | 66 |
| Susan Glasser Columnist · The New Yorker | Selected | Commentator | Columnist and writer for The New Yorker. | 14 | 44 |
| Trita Parsi | Selected | Think tank | Executive Vice-President of Quincy Institute. | 14 | 42 |
| Ed Conway Economics editor · Sky News | Selected | Commentator | Economics editor at Sky News, economic analyst. | 14 | 38 |
| Albrecht von Lucke Political scientist · Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik | Selected | Commentator | Political scientist and publicist analyzing current events. | 14 | 35 |
| Dan Ives Managing Director and Global Head of Technology Research · Wedbush Securities | Selected | Economist or consultant | Managing Director Global Head Technology Research Wedbush Securities. | 14 | 35 |
| David Frum Bloomberg Opinion · The Atlantic | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for Bloomberg and The Atlantic. | 14 | 30 |
| Scott Jennings CNN | Selected | Commentator | Political pundit, conservative political commentator. | 14 | 29 |
| Mark Galeotti Historian and Russia-watcher · RUSI | Selected | Academic | Honorary professor at UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies. | 14 | 28 |
| Jean-Marc Jancovici The Shift Project, Carbone4 | Selected | Think tank | Associate at Shift Project and Carbone4. | 14 | 26 |
| Simon Sinek Author | Selected | Commentator | Bestselling author of leadership analysis. | 14 | 24 |
| Dmitri Alperovitch Silverado Policy Accelerator | Selected | Think tank | Silverado Policy Accelerator (think tank). | 14 | 23 |
| Helen Lewis Staff Writer · Atlantic magazine | Selected | Commentator | Staff Writer · Atlantic magazine. | 14 | 22 |
| Roman Reher Bitcoin strategist and analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | Analyst and independent Bitcoin strategist. | 14 | 21 |
| Brian Stelter Reporter · CNN | Selected | Commentator | Media reporter CNN | 14 | 20 |
| Grace Blakeley | Selected | Think tank | Economist and political analyst at IPPR. | 14 | 20 |
| Gabriel Felbermayr WIFO head | Selected | Academic | Prof. Economist and economic adviser, explicit title. | 14 | 19 |
| Maggie Haberman Authors | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and political historian, author of analytical non-fiction. | 14 | 19 |
| Venki Ramakrishnan Microbiologist | Selected | Academic | Molecular biologist, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge. | 14 | 18 |
| Chris Voss Former Lead FBI Negotiator · Black Swan Group | Selected | Former official | Former Lead FBI Negotiator. | 14 | 16 |
| Maurice Höfgen Finance expert | Selected | Economist or consultant | Finance expert, economist, economic expert. | 13 | 500 |
| Brian Keating Cosmologist, professor of physics | Selected | Academic | Cosmologist, physics professor. | 13 | 235 |
| Carol Roth Investment banker | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investment banker and financial expert. | 13 | 131 |
| Jonathan Martin Senior Political Columnist · POLITICO | Selected | Commentator | Political columnist for POLITICO. | 13 | 75 |
| Newt Gingrich Author | Selected | Commentator | Political author of March to the Majority, political analyst. | 13 | 64 |
| Steve Baker Investigative reporter · Blaze Media | Selected | Former official | Former Conservative MP. | 13 | 60 |
| Gustavo Martínez Financial adviser and wealth manager | Selected | Economist or consultant | Financial advisor and manager. | 13 | 49 |
| Michael Shermer Science historian and professional skeptic | Selected | Commentator | Historian and science commentator. | 13 | 44 |
| Andrew Weissmann Former Mueller prosecutor | Selected | Former official | Former Mueller investigation prosecutor. | 13 | 41 |
| Rob de Wijk Professor · Leiden University | Selected | Academic | Professor of international relations, Leiden. | 13 | 40 |
| Adam Kinzinger Former representative | Selected | Commentator | Former political commentator. | 13 | 34 |
| Kevin Roberts President · Heritage Foundation | Selected | Think tank | President of Heritage Foundation. | 13 | 30 |