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 institution4,334 Think tankNamed position at a think tank or public policy institute730 Former officialHeld a position in a public authority: ministry, regulator, central bank, parliament531 LawyerPractices law, in a firm, in-house or at the bar251 Economist or consultantEconomist, analyst or adviser, in a firm or independent865 CommentatorAnalyzes 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
Pauline de Saint Remy Deputy editor-in-chief · Politico	Selected	Commentator	Editorial director at Politico.	1	8
Stefan Homburg Professor, former director · Institut für Öffentliche Finanzen der Universität Hannover	Selected	Academic	Prof. Leibniz-Universität Hanover.	1	8
Stéphanie Benz Deputy editor-in-chief, Science and Health · L'Express	Selected	Commentator	Deputy science editor-in-chief, L'Express.	1	8
Eleonora Tafuro Ambrosetti ISPI analyst and Russia expert	Selected	Think tank	Analyst ISPI and Russia expert.	1	8
Eric-André Martin Former diplomat, Germany specialist	Selected	Former official	Former diplomat.	1	8
Lars Ericson Wolke Historian	Excluded	Deceased	Décès en 2026. Introduced as historian and professor; Wikidata: Swedish historian at Abo Akademi, whose 2026 death does not precede the 2025 episodes.	1	8
Mattias Munter Pensions economist	Selected	Economist or consultant	Pension economist, specialized economist.	1	8
Piotr Semka	Selected	Commentator	Opinion journalist and analyst analyzing current events.	1	8
Pylyp Bilyi Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach	Selected	Academic	Doctoral student at University of Silesia.	1	8
Renata Mieńkowska-Norkiene Political scientist	Selected	Academic	Female political scientist, Wikidata: political scientist and professor at University of Warsaw.	1	8
Robert Schuckink Wijs & van Oostveen	Selected	Economist or consultant	Financial analyst at Wijs & van Oostveen, consulting firm.	1	8
Tim Stolte Quantitative portfolio manager at Amdax	Selected	Economist or consultant	Quantitative portfolio manager at Amdax.	1	8
Adam Galinsky Professor · Columbia University	Selected	Academic	Professor, Columbia Business School.	7	7
Luis Elizondo Former U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent · Pentagon	Selected	Former official	Former U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent.	7	7
Adam Mastroianni Social psychologist	Selected	Commentator	Social psychologist, essayist and author of analysis newsletter.	7	7
Carsten Brzeski Global head of macro at ING Think	Selected	Economist or consultant	Global head of macro at ING Think, macro analyst.	7	7
Danny Shaw Senior fellow - and former BBC home affairs correspondent · Institute for Government	Selected	Think tank	Senior Fellow Institute for Government.	7	7
Helen Castor Historian and author	Selected	Commentator	Historian and author Helen Castor.	7	7
Hélène Landemore Professor of Political Science · Yale University	Selected	Academic	Professor of Political Science, Yale University.	7	7
Alvin Roth Professor · Stanford University	Selected	Academic	Professor at Stanford University, Nobel economist.	7	7
Andrew McAfee Principal research scientist · MIT	Selected	Academic	Principal research scientist at MIT.	7	7
Angela Stent Professor	Selected	Academic	Professor, explicit academic title.	7	7
Kai Bird Pulitzer prize-winning biographer	Selected	Commentator	Biographer, Pulitzer Prize winner.	7	7
Liz Oyer Former Pardon Attorney	Selected	Former official	Former U.S. Pardon Attorney.	7	7
Malcolm Turnbull Former Prime Minister of Australia	Selected	Former official	Former Prime Minister of Australia.	7	7
Nick Gillespie Editor-at-large · Reason	Selected	Commentator	Editor-at-large at Reason magazine.	7	7
Pablo Melchor Author	Selected	Commentator	Author of the book Altruismo racional (nonfiction).	7	7
Susana Peralta	Selected	Economist or consultant	Economist at Nova School of Business and Economics.	7	7
Sven Beckert Historian · Harvard	Selected	Academic	Historian at Harvard.	7	7
Timothy Garton Ash Professor	Selected	Academic	Professor Timothy Garton Ash.	7	7
Yuval Levin Political theorist, director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies · American Enterprise Institute	Selected	Think tank	Political theorist, director at American Enterprise Institute think tank.	7	7
Judith Butler Philosopher	Selected	Academic	Philosopher and university teacher at UC Berkeley.	6	7
Raghuram Rajan Professor · Booth School of Business	Selected	Academic	Professor, Booth School of Business university.	6	7
Richard Barrons General	Selected	Former official	General, former joint forces commander.	6	7
Jon Meacham Presidential historian	Selected	Commentator	Presidential historian, public historian.	6	7
Agnès Levallois Vice president · Iremmo	Selected	Think tank	Vice-President of Iremmo think tank.	6	7
Daniel Waldenström The economist	Selected	Economist or consultant	National economist.	6	7
David Robson Science writer	Selected	Commentator	Science writer, author of nonfiction books.	6	7
Jonna Bornemark Professor of philosophy at Södertörn University	Selected	Academic	Professor of Philosophy at Södertörn University.	6	7
Kristen R. Ghodsee Professor in Russian and East European Studies · University of Pennsylvania	Selected	Academic	Professor in Russian and East European Studies, University of Pennsylvania.	6	7
Thomas Piketty Economist	Selected	Economist or consultant	World-renowned economist, author on inequality.	6	7
Øystein Olsen Social economist · Civita	Selected	Think tank	Economist at Civita, Norwegian think tank.	6	7
Adam Hanieh Palestinian scholar	Selected	Academic	Political scientist and lecturer at SOAS, University of London.	6	7
Arlindo Oliveira President · INESC	Selected	Academic	Presidente INESC, university and research institution.	6	7
Asma Mhalla Political scientist and essayist	Selected	Commentator	Political scientist and essayist, political and social analysis.	6	7
Bryan Caplan Economist · George Mason University	Selected	Academic	Economist professor at George Mason University.	6	7
Charan Ranganath Psychologist and neuroscientist	Selected	Academic	Psychologist and neuroscientist at UC Davis.	6	7
Chris Bailey Author and lecturer	Selected	Commentator	Author and lecturer.	6	7
Christine Rosen	Selected	Commentator	Author-historian analyzing digital and society.	6	7
Dominic Sandbrook	Selected	Academic	Professor at University of Sheffield, historian.	6	7

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