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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kate Williams Historian | Selected | Academic | Professor of History and broadcaster. | 6 | 8 |
| Rik Torfs Professor of canon law, church lawyer | Selected | Academic | Professor of canon law. | 6 | 8 |
| Nicklas Andersson Manager · Montrose | Selected | Economist or consultant | Savings economist at Montrose. | 6 | 8 |
| Dick Berlijn Former Commander of the Armed Forces | Selected | Former official | Former commander of armed forces. | 6 | 8 |
| Jason Zweig Reporter · WSJ | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for Wall Street Journal. | 6 | 8 |
| Brett Christophers Professor at Uppsala University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Uppsala University, non-fiction author. | 6 | 8 |
| Peer Steinbrück Former federal finance minister · SPD | Selected | Former official | Former Federal Finance Minister, ex-finance minister. | 6 | 8 |
| Peter Heather Professor | Selected | Academic | British historian and university teacher. | 6 | 8 |
| Jakub Jakóbowski Deputy director · OSW | Selected | Think tank | Vice-Director (vice-director) of OSW (think tank). | 6 | 8 |
| Jana Hensel Author · ZEIT und ZEIT ONLINE | Selected | Commentator | Author at ZEIT, expert analyzing East Germany. | 6 | 8 |
| Michel Paradis Professor · Columbia Law | Selected | Academic | Professor at Columbia Law School. | 6 | 8 |
| Alexander Gabuev Director · Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center | Selected | Think tank | Director of Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center. | 6 | 8 |
| Angela de Jong | Selected | Commentator | Dutch journalist, television critic and columnist. | 6 | 8 |
| Arancha González Laya Former foreign minister | Selected | Former official | Former Foreign Minister. | 6 | 8 |
| David Sinclair Professor of Genetics · Harvard Medical School | Selected | Academic | Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School. | 6 | 8 |
| David van Reybrouck Cultural historian and writer | Selected | Commentator | Cultural historian and writer. | 6 | 8 |
| Diana Pasulka Professor of religious studies · University of North Carolina Wilmington | Selected | Academic | Professor of Religious Studies at UNC Wilmington. | 6 | 8 |
| Eddie Glaude | Selected | Academic | Professor at Princeton University. | 6 | 8 |
| Geert Mak | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and non-fiction author, historian. | 6 | 8 |
| Helen Toner Executive Director at Georgetown's Center for Security and Emerging Technology | Selected | Think tank | Executive Director at Georgetown Center for Security Technology. | 6 | 8 |
| Mike Madrid Veteran political consultant | Selected | Commentator | Author of thirty years of research and political campaign. | 6 | 8 |
| Naomi Oreskes Professor of the History of Science · Harvard University | Selected | Academic | Professor of History of Science, Harvard University. | 6 | 8 |
| Nicole Lapin Bestselling author | Selected | Commentator | Bestselling author and financial expert, current affairs analysis. | 6 | 8 |
| Phillips O'Brien Professor of Strategic Studies · University of St Andrews | Selected | Academic | Professor of Strategic Studies, University of St Andrews. | 6 | 8 |
| Sander Schimmelpenninck Journalist, columnist, podcast maker | Selected | Commentator | Journalist, columnist and podcast maker. | 6 | 8 |
| Sherry Turkle Psychologist and sociologist | Selected | Academic | Psychologist, sociologist, university teacher at MIT. | 6 | 8 |
| Dave Hanratty Producer · Irish Independent | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 5 | 8 |
| John Sweeney Emeritus professor · Maynooth University | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor at Maynooth University. | 5 | 8 |
| Hamish de Bretton-Gordon Chemical Weapons Expert and Former Tank Commander | Selected | Former official | Former commander of Royal Tank Regiment (indication: former). | 5 | 8 |
| Tom van der Meer Professor · Université | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr. political scientist at UvA. | 5 | 8 |
| Bart Ehrman New Testament scholar | Selected | Academic | Biblical scholar UNC. | 5 | 8 |
| Sabine Mengelberg Researcher · Nederlandse Defensie Academie | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Dutch Defence Academy. | 5 | 8 |
| Dennis Nørmark Anthropologist, author and speaker | Selected | Commentator | Danish anthropologist and author. | 5 | 8 |
| Raphaël Doan Normalien and agrégé in classics, ancient historian and author | Selected | Commentator | Essayist and former senior civil servant. | 5 | 8 |
| Stephen Dubner Coautore di Freakonomics, host del Freakonomics podcast | Selected | Commentator | Co-author of Freakonomics, economic analyst. | 5 | 8 |
| Tommy Wieringa Writer | Selected | Commentator | Essay writer, analysis writer. | 5 | 8 |
| Harald Martenstein Publicist · Die Welt | Selected | Commentator | Columnist and commentator for Die Welt, columnist. | 5 | 8 |
| Marc Touati | Selected | Economist or consultant | French economist. | 5 | 8 |
| Aleksander Olech Defence24 | Selected | Commentator | Defense analyst for Defence24. | 5 | 8 |
| Bart Wallet Professor of Jewish Studies · University of Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Professor of Jewish Studies at University of Amsterdam. | 5 | 8 |
| Bertrand Périer Lawyer specializing in oratory | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer specializing in eloquence. | 5 | 8 |
| Daniel Lieberman Evolutionary biologist and author | Selected | Academic | Paleoanthropologist at Harvard University. | 5 | 8 |
| Dennis Kucinich Mayor of Cleveland, U.S. Congressman, Democratic presidential candidate | Selected | Former official | Former mayor and U.S. Representative. | 5 | 8 |
| Erick Erickson Author | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator and radio host. | 5 | 8 |
| Kate Adamala Bioengineer | Selected | Academic | Synthetic biologist at University of Minnesota. | 5 | 8 |
| Magnus Henrekson | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at Stockholm School of Economics. | 5 | 8 |
| Maria Libura Dr | Selected | Academic | Public health specialist, university employee. | 5 | 8 |
| Mogens Lykketoft Former foreign minister | Selected | Former official | Former foreign minister. | 5 | 8 |
| Steen Jakobsen Investor and economic commentator | Selected | Commentator | Investor and economic commentator. | 5 | 8 |
| Steven Cook | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow at Council on Foreign Relations. | 5 | 8 |