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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reinhard Heinisch US expert and university professor · Universität Salzburg | Selected | Academic | University professor at University of Salzburg. | 4 | 12 |
| René ten Bos | Selected | Academic | Professor of philosophy at Radboud University. | 4 | 4 |
| Richard Gowan UN director · International Crisis Group | Selected | Think tank | UN Director of think tank International Crisis Group. | 4 | 9 |
| Richard Layard Professor · LSE | Selected | Academic | Professor at LSE (London School of Economics). | 4 | 4 |
| Richard Tellström Lecturer in food studies | Selected | Academic | Docent in food science, teacher-researcher. | 4 | 4 |
| Richard Werner Economist · Oxford | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist affiliated with Oxford. | 4 | 11 |
| Rob Briner Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of organizational psychology at Queen Mary. | 4 | 4 |
| Robin Sharma Author | Selected | Commentator | Author, Wikidata: self-help writer (nonfiction). | 4 | 5 |
| Roger Moorhouse Author | Selected | Commentator | Historian author of non-fiction books. | 4 | 15 |
| Rohit Chopra Former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · CFPB | Selected | Former official | Former director of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. | 4 | 4 |
| Roselyne Bachelot Former minister | Selected | Former official | Former minister. | 4 | 6 |
| Rémi Lefebvre Professor of political science · University of Lille | Selected | Academic | Professor of political science at the University of Lille. | 4 | 5 |
| Samira Rafaela Former MEP | Selected | Former official | Former Member of European Parliament, former government official. | 4 | 5 |
| Santiago Armesilla PhD in Economics and geopolitical analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | Doctor of Economics, geopolitical analyst. | 4 | 4 |
| Sebastian Sons Dr. | Selected | Think tank | Islamologist, Gulf researcher in research center. | 4 | 8 |
| Shane Ross Former TD, minister and journalist | Selected | Former official | Former TD and minister, former Irish politician. | 4 | 10 |
| Simon Daragon PhD in tax law, senior lecturer · université catholique de Lille, université Nice Côte d'Azur | Selected | Academic | Doctor, senior lecturer at Universities of Lille and Nice. | 4 | 4 |
| Sir Anthony Seldon Historian and author | Selected | Commentator | Historian and author, providing historical analysis for the public. | 4 | 4 |
| Sophie Scott Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience · UCL | Selected | Academic | Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL. | 4 | 5 |
| Stephen Breyer Former Supreme Court Justice | Selected | Former official | Former Supreme Court Justice. | 4 | 5 |
| Stephen Walt Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs · Harvard Kennedy School | Selected | Academic | Robert and Renee Belfer Professor, Harvard Kennedy School. | 4 | 5 |
| Steve Hou Quant Researcher · Bloomberg Indices | Selected | Economist or consultant | Quant researcher at a bank. | 4 | 6 |
| Steve Webb Sir | Selected | Former official | Former minister and British MP until 2015. | 4 | 5 |
| Stine Jensen Philosopher | Selected | Commentator | Columnist and philosopher. | 4 | 4 |
| Sucharit Bhakdi Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof. Dr., researcher. | 4 | 4 |
| Sylvie Matelly Director of the Jacques Delors Institute · Institut Jacques Delors | Selected | Think tank | Director of Jacques Delors Institute. | 4 | 5 |
| Theresa Kuhn Professor of modern European history and politics · University of Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Professor of modern European history and politics, University of Amsterdam. | 4 | 4 |
| Thilo Mischke Journalist, Author | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and author. | 4 | 6 |
| Thomas Levenson MIT professor | Selected | Academic | MIT professor. | 4 | 4 |
| Toby Nangle Asset manager | Selected | Economist or consultant | Asset manager and FT contributor. | 4 | 5 |
| Tom Karako Director of the Missile Defense Project · CSIS | Selected | Think tank | Director of Missile Defense Project at CSIS. | 4 | 6 |
| Urs Koenig Leadership expert, Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, leadership expert. | 4 | 4 |
| Valérie Niquet China specialist · Foundation for Strategic Research | Selected | Think tank | China specialist Foundation for Strategic Research. | 4 | 6 |
| Vanessa Patrick Associate Dean for Research, Bauer Professor of Marketing · Bauer School of Business, University of Houston | Selected | Academic | Bauer professor of marketing, University of Houston. | 4 | 4 |
| Vincent Icke Astronomer | Selected | Academic | Astronomer and physicist at Utrecht University and Leiden University. | 4 | 11 |
| Vinciane Despret Philosopher | Selected | Academic | Philosopher at University of Liège and Université libre de Bruxelles. | 4 | 4 |
| William von Hippel Former professor of psychology · Ohio State University | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology, formerly at Ohio State, active in university. | 4 | 5 |
| Wojciech Hermeliński Former chair of the State Election Commission · Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza | Selected | Former official | Former chief of Electoral Commission. | 4 | 6 |
| Yves Léonard Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian, professor at Paris Institute of Political Studies. | 4 | 11 |
| Zuzanną Krzyżanowska Expert · OSW | Selected | Think tank | Expert at OSW (Polish think tank). | 4 | 11 |
| Álvaro Martín Popularizer | Selected | Commentator | Science communicator. | 4 | 5 |
| Édouard Louis Author | Selected | Commentator | Author, French political and intellectual figure. | 4 | 8 |
| Charles Consigny Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer. | 3 | 209 |
| Ruth Elkrief Journalist · LCI | Selected | Commentator | Political columnist and commentator. | 3 | 27 |
| Martin Hårdstedt Professor of history · Umeå University | Selected | Academic | Professor of History at Umeå University. | 3 | 48 |
| Fernando Medina Former Minister of Finance · PS | Selected | Former official | Former or ex-Finance Minister, former minister. | 3 | 13 |
| Ricardo Moure Popularizer · SER | Selected | Academic | Science communicator and biologist, researcher and science communicator at University of Barcelona. | 3 | 9 |
| Béatrice Mathieu Editor-in-chief · L'Express | Selected | Commentator | Editor-in-chief and senior specialist correspondent. | 3 | 33 |
| Paul Goodman Conservative peer and journalist · Conservative Home | Selected | Commentator | Conservative Home editor, opinion magazine. | 3 | 6 |
| Sébastien Abis Director · Club Déméter, Iris | Selected | Think tank | Director of the Demeter Club and associate researcher at IRIS. | 3 | 8 |