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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Stephens Senior Associate Fellow · RUSI | Selected | Think tank | Senior Associate Fellow at RUSI, British security think tank. | 3 | 6 |
| Pierre Haski Journalist, geopolitical columnist · France Inter | Selected | Commentator | Geopolitical columnist at France Inter. | 3 | 4 |
| Piotr Oleksy Doctor · Instytut Boyma | Selected | Think tank | Doctor at Boyma Institute think tank. | 3 | 4 |
| Stefan Millius Journalist · Kontrafunk | Selected | Commentator | Journalist Kontrafunk (political media). | 3 | 12 |
| Søren Sørensen Former fighter pilot · Forsvarsakademiet | Selected | Commentator | Military analyst at Forsvarsakademiet. | 3 | 10 |
| Alberto Puliafito Journalist, director of SlowNews | Selected | Commentator | Director of SlowNews and journalist. | 3 | 17 |
| Anna Materska-Sosnowska Dr · UW | Selected | Academic | Female political scientist, University of Warsaw. | 3 | 9 |
| Atul Gawande Surgeon, professor, public health leader, bestselling author · USAID | Selected | Academic | Surgeon and professor, explicit academic title. | 3 | 3 |
| Birgitte Borup International commentator · Berlingske | Selected | Commentator | International commentator for Berlingske. | 3 | 3 |
| Carl Armfelt Manager · Tin Fonder | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager at Tin Fonder. | 3 | 6 |
| David Jiménez Torres Professor and columnist | Selected | Commentator | Profesor and columnist. | 3 | 3 |
| Davide Tabarelli President · Nomisma Energia | Selected | Think tank | Presidente de Nomisma Energia, energy analysis organization. | 3 | 15 |
| Brian Hanley Co-author of 'The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers Party' | Selected | Commentator | Co-author of 'The Lost Revolution', historian. | 3 | 7 |
| Edel Coffey Novelist | Selected | Commentator | Novelist, columnist and author. | 3 | 5 |
| Esther Palomera Assistant to the director · elDiario.es | Selected | Commentator | Political columnist elDiario.es. | 3 | 18 |
| Fernando Garea Journalist · Cadena SER | Selected | Commentator | Analyst at Cadena SER, current events analyst. | 3 | 10 |
| Julian Lindley-French Professor · Wilton Park | Selected | Think tank | Professor, Wilton Park think tank. | 3 | 4 |
| Justin Rowlatt Climate editor · BBC News | Selected | Commentator | Climate editor-in-chief, BBC News. | 3 | 4 |
| Kacper Rękawek Dr, terrorism expert · Międzynarodowe Centrum Badań na rzecz Zwalczania Terroryzmu | Selected | Think tank | Terrorism expert at Centre for Counter-Terrorism Research. | 3 | 4 |
| Martin Klingst Author · ZEIT-ONLINE | Selected | Commentator | Author and journalist for ZEIT-ONLINE. | 3 | 4 |
| Nicolas Roussellier Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian at Institut d'études politiques de Paris. | 3 | 17 |
| Richard Werly International columnist · Blick | Selected | Commentator | International editorialist journalist at Blick, geopolitical analyst. | 3 | 5 |
| Sylvie Laurent Historian · Sciences Po | Selected | Academic | Historian and teacher at Sciences Po. | 3 | 3 |
| Triestino Mariniello Professor · John Moores University di Liverpool | Selected | Academic | Professor of international criminal law at John Moores University. | 3 | 3 |
| Wojciech Sumliński Psychologist, investigative journalist, publicist, film director | Selected | Commentator | Polish publicist, investigative journalist, essayist. | 3 | 6 |
| Ailbhe Rea Political Editor · Bloomberg | Selected | Commentator | Political Editor at New Statesman, political editor. | 3 | 25 |
| Alexander Roose Montaigne expert · Argenta | Selected | Economist or consultant | Head of Equities at bank (Argenta). | 3 | 3 |
| Amber Rudd Home Secretary | Selected | Former official | Home Secretary 2016-2018, former minister. | 3 | 3 |
| Andreas Utterström US expert | Selected | Commentator | USA expert, political analyst. | 3 | 10 |
| Andrew A. Michta Professor · NATO Defense College | Selected | Academic | Professor at NATO Defense College. | 3 | 6 |
| Anne-Marie Slotboom Scientist and professor · Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Scientist and professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. | 3 | 3 |
| Annika Wallenskog Chief economist at SKR | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief economist, SKR, organization chief economist. | 3 | 4 |
| Arunabha Ghosh President · CEEW | Selected | Think tank | Founder and President of CEEW think tank. | 3 | 3 |
| Augusto Santos Silva Former minister | Selected | Former official | Former Foreign Affairs Minister and ex-president of Portuguese Assembly. | 3 | 3 |
| Bart Van Loo Author | Selected | Commentator | Historian and book author, primary activity is analysis. | 3 | 7 |
| Bernd Raffelhüschen Professor | Selected | Economist or consultant | Professor of economics. | 3 | 5 |
| Brian Finucane Editor · Just Security | Selected | Think tank | Editor of Just Security, political think tank. | 3 | 7 |
| Carlos E. Cué Analyst · EL PAÍS | Selected | Commentator | Analyst Cadena SER. | 3 | 8 |
| Chris Patten Former Governor of Hong Kong | Selected | Former official | Former Governor of Hong Kong. | 3 | 3 |
| Christian Egander Skov Historian | Selected | Commentator | Historian, author and conservative debater. | 3 | 3 |
| Christoph Quarch Philosopher | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and German opinion journalist. | 3 | 22 |
| Cátia Moreira de Carvalho Researcher · University of Porto | Selected | Academic | Researcher at University of Porto. | 3 | 5 |
| Dag Inge Fjeld Analyst and former FrP politician | Selected | Academic et Former official | College lecturer, former Frp politician. | 3 | 3 |
| Daniel Byman CSIS | Selected | Think tank | CSIS, think tank. | 3 | 9 |
| David Smeulders Professor of energy technology · Eindhoven University of Technology | Selected | Academic | Professor of Energy Technology at Eindhoven University. | 3 | 6 |
| David Yeager Professor of psychology · University of Texas at Austin | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology at University of Texas at Austin. | 3 | 4 |
| Eric Cline Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of history. | 3 | 8 |
| Erik Brynjolfsson Economist and Stanford professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics at Stanford University. | 3 | 4 |
| Erik Petersson Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian at University of Linköping. | 3 | 15 |
| Ferdinand von Schirach Writer and lawyer | Selected | Commentator | Writer and lawyer, nonfiction author. | 3 | 3 |