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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Szydagis Astroparticle physicist | Selected | Academic | Researcher State University New York Albany | 4 | 6 |
| Matthew Yglesias Author · Slow Boring | Selected | Commentator | Author of Slow Boring newsletter. | 4 | 5 |
| Maya Kandel Associate consultant · Sorbonne-Nouvelle | Selected | Academic | Associate consultant at Sorbonne-Nouvelle. | 4 | 10 |
| Maya MacGuineas President · Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget | Selected | Think tank | President of Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. | 4 | 4 |
| Mazda Adli Anxiety researcher · Berlin | Selected | Academic | Anxiety researcher (Angstforscher), university. | 4 | 4 |
| Mehreen Khan Economics Editor · The Times | Selected | Commentator | Economics Editor at The Times, specialized economic analyst. | 4 | 20 |
| Melanie Phillips Columnist · Times of London | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for Times of London, opinion journalist. | 4 | 14 |
| Michael Andrick Philosopher and essayist | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and essayist. | 4 | 4 |
| Michael Hüther Director · IW | Selected | Think tank | Director of IW, German think tank. | 4 | 4 |
| Michael Ignatieff Author, researcher | Selected | Commentator | Author and researcher, writer-scholar. | 4 | 5 |
| Michael Oliver Technical analyst and author · Momentum Structural Analysis | Selected | Economist or consultant | Independent technical analyst specializing in structural analysis. | 4 | 11 |
| Mick Mulvaney Former White House Chief of Staff | Selected | Former official | Former White House Chief of Staff. | 4 | 6 |
| Mike Nellis | Selected | Commentator | Progressive political commentator. | 4 | 11 |
| Morteza Hajizadeh Ph.D. graduate in English · University of Auckland | Selected | Academic | Ph.D. graduate in English, University of Auckland. | 4 | 6 |
| Muriel Asseburg Bruno Kreisky Forum | Selected | Think tank | Bruno Kreisky Forum (Austrian think tank). | 4 | 5 |
| Nathan Labenz Analyst · Cognitive Revolution | Selected | Commentator | Analyst whose main activity is analyzing AI for the public. | 4 | 20 |
| Nazareth Castellanos Neuroscientist, science communicator, author | Selected | Academic | Neuroscientist researcher at Complutense University. | 4 | 5 |
| Nico Inberg Equity analyst · deaandeelhouder.nl | Selected | Economist or consultant | Equity analyst. | 4 | 102 |
| Nicolas Lebourg Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian at University of Montpellier. | 4 | 4 |
| Nicole Hemmer Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian at University of Vanderbilt. | 4 | 6 |
| Nina Schick AI expert | Selected | Commentator | Author and AI expert, analyzes deepfakes. | 4 | 4 |
| Noa Tishby Israel's former Special Envoy for Combatting Anti-Semitism | Selected | Former official | Israel's former Special Envoy for Combatting Anti-Semitism - Israel. | 4 | 5 |
| Norman Ohler Author and screenwriter | Selected | Commentator | Author of nonfiction books. | 4 | 4 |
| Olivier Blanchard Paris School of Economics | Selected | Academic | Paris School of Economics affiliation, university. | 4 | 6 |
| Olivier Hekster | Selected | Academic | University lecturer at Radboud University. | 4 | 4 |
| Oona Hathaway Professor of international law · Yale University | Selected | Academic | Professor of International Law, Yale. | 4 | 4 |
| Orysia Lutsevych Head of the Ukraine Forum · Chatham House | Selected | Think tank | Ukraine Forum director at Chatham House. | 4 | 6 |
| Parmy Olson Technology writer | Selected | Commentator | Technology writer, specialized analyst. | 4 | 4 |
| Patrick Deneen Professor of political science · University of Notre Dame | Selected | Academic | Professor of political science at Notre Dame. | 4 | 4 |
| Patrick Freyne Columnist | Selected | Commentator | Columnist. | 4 | 8 |
| Paul Frissen Professor · Tilburg University | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr. Tilburg University. | 4 | 5 |
| Paul Poast Professor · University of Chicago, Department of Political Science | Selected | Academic | Professor, University of Chicago, Political Science. | 4 | 6 |
| Pete Strzok | Selected | Former official | Former high-ranking FBI official. | 4 | 4 |
| Peter Altmaier Former federal economics minister · CDU | Selected | Former official | Former CDU Minister of Economics. | 4 | 5 |
| Peter Hein van Mulligen Dr. | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist from the Netherlands. | 4 | 6 |
| Peter K Andersson Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian, university researcher. | 4 | 8 |
| Peter Levenda CIA Historian | Selected | Commentator | American writer and historian, essayist/historian. | 4 | 4 |
| Peter Oppenheimer Head of macro research in Europe · Goldman Sachs | Selected | Economist or consultant | Head of macro research in Europe at Goldman Sachs. | 4 | 4 |
| Peter Pomerantsev Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of books on propaganda (analytical nonfiction). | 4 | 4 |
| Peter Schwartzstein Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of the book The Heat and the Fury (nonfiction). | 4 | 4 |
| Peter Viggo Jakobsen Lecturer · Forsvarsakademiet | Selected | Academic | Lecturer at Defence Academy (military academy/university). | 4 | 7 |
| Philip Luck Director of the CSIS Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business | Selected | Think tank | Program director at CSIS, think tank (and former economist). | 4 | 4 |
| Pierre Grosser Historian · Sciences Po | Selected | Academic | Historian at Sciences Po, higher education institution. | 4 | 9 |
| Piotr Arak | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at Polish Economic Institute. | 4 | 9 |
| Piotr Kuczyński | Selected | Economist or consultant | Polish economist and opinion journalist. | 4 | 10 |
| Piotr Skwieciński | Selected | Former official | Ambassador (end of 2024), also opinion journalist. | 4 | 6 |
| Rachel Wolf Founding partner · Public First | Selected | Think tank | Founding partner at Public First. | 4 | 4 |
| Rafael Ortega Author · Value School | Selected | Commentator | Author of economic analysis and strategy books. | 4 | 4 |
| Raj Chetty Professor · Harvard University | Selected | Academic | Professor, Harvard University institution. | 4 | 5 |
| Ramez Naam Writer, speaker, technologist | Selected | Commentator | Writer and Speaker Explaining Clean-Energy Economy. | 4 | 4 |