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
Edward Luce US national editor and columnist · Financial Times	Selected	Commentator	US national editor and columnist at Financial Times.	6	7
Franklin Foer Writer at The Atlantic	Selected	Commentator	Writer at The Atlantic, analysis essayist.	6	7
Giuliano da Empoli	Selected	Commentator	Essayist and nonfiction author.	6	7
Heino Falcke Astrophysicist · Radboud-Universität Nijmegen	Selected	Academic	Astrophysicist Radboud University Nijmegen.	6	7
Jakub Wiech Expert · Energetyka24, Elektryfikacja	Selected	Commentator	Polish essayist journalist, energy and electrification analyst.	6	7
Javier Cercas Writer	Selected	Commentator	Writer and essayist, main activity.	6	7
John McWhorter	Selected	Academic	Professor at Columbia University.	6	7
Kieran Setiya Professor · MIT	Selected	Academic	Professor, MIT.	6	7
Maggie Aderin-Pocock Space scientist and science educator	Selected	Academic	Space researcher at University College London.	6	7
Malcolm Harris Journalist, critic and author	Selected	Commentator	Journalist, critic and author.	6	7
Marcus du Sautoy Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science · University of Oxford	Selected	Academic	Professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford.	6	7
Marjan Slob Thinker of the Fatherland	Selected	Commentator	Thinker of the Nation, philosophical thinker.	6	7
Marlene Laruelle Stanford UP	Selected	Academic	Historian, political scientist at Elliott School.	6	7
Musa al-Gharbi Assistant professor · Stony Brook University	Selected	Academic	Assistant professor, Stony Brook University.	6	7
Philipp Blom Historian	Selected	Commentator	Journalist, historian, cultural historian analyzing history and culture.	6	7
Polly Toynbee Columnist · The Guardian	Selected	Commentator	Columnist for The Guardian, analyst.	6	7
Rob Oudkerk	Selected	Former official	Former politician.	6	7
Rune Østgård Author and lawyer	Selected	Lawyer	Author and lawyer.	6	7
Sal Mercogliano Professor · Campbell University	Selected	Academic	Professor at Campbell University.	6	7
Dilan Yeşilgöz Political leader and parliamentary group leader · VVD	Excluded	Serving politician	Minister of Defense Netherlands and VVD leader in office.	5	7
Jens Stoltenberg Finance minister · NATO	Excluded	Serving politician	Minister of Finance Norway in office.	5	7
Magdalena Andersson Party leader · Socialdemokraterna	Excluded	Serving politician	Leader of Social Democratic Party, politician in office.	5	7
Michael Shellenberger Founder · Public.News	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Investigative journalist, journalism profession.	5	7
Ro Khanna Congressman · House of Representatives	Excluded	Serving politician	Congressman at the House of Representatives.	5	7
Vicente Garrido Criminologist · University of Valencia	Selected	Academic	Professor of criminology, Université de Valence.	5	7
Andrzej Kohut Expert · OSW	Selected	Think tank	Expert at OSW.	5	7
Brad Klontz Psychologist · Creighton University's Heider College of Business	Selected	Academic	Associate professor Creighton University.	5	7
Muriel Domenach Former French ambassador to OTAN	Selected	Former official	Former Ambassador of France to NATO.	5	7
Ángeles Caballero Columnist · El País	Selected	Commentator	Columnist for El País.	5	7
Jan Rotmans Professor	Selected	Academic	Professor of transition science at university.	5	7
Maciej Pawłowski Expert on migration, economy and policy · Instytut Nowej Europy	Selected	Think tank	Political and economics expert at Institute for a New Europe.	5	7
Mark Urban Journalist · The Sunday Times	Selected	Commentator	Columnist and editorialist.	5	7
Andreas Bergh Associate Professor of Economics · Lund University	Selected	Academic	Associate Professor of Economics at Lund University.	5	7
Gawain Towler Former Reform UK strategist	Selected	Commentator	Strategist and party spokesperson, no public position.	5	7
Jason Burke Author · The Guardian	Selected	Commentator	Author and international security analyst, The Guardian, essayist.	5	7
Rita Verdonk Former asylum minister	Selected	Former official	Former Asylum Minister (former minister).	5	7
Rüdiger Bachmann Economist	Selected	Academic	Economist, university professor.	5	7
Cornell Belcher	Selected	Commentator	Pollster and political commentator, not an economist.	5	7
Elias Omberg Psychology student, influencer, public debater, poet and speaker	Selected	Commentator	Psychology student, influencer and social debater.	5	7
Max Bergmann Director · CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program	Selected	Think tank	Director of CSIS Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program.	5	7
Peter Gärdenfors Philosopher · Suède	Selected	Academic	Cognitive scientist and university teacher.	5	7
Veronica De Romanis Economist · Stanford University Firenze	Selected	Academic	Economist at Stanford University, Florence, and Luiss Università.	5	7
Amelie Ferey Head of the defence research laboratory · IFRI	Selected	Think tank	Defense research lab director at IFRI.	5	7
Barbara Blaha Momentum Institute	Selected	Think tank	Momentum Institute Austrian.	5	7
Bjørn Erik Savings economist	Selected	Economist or consultant	Savings economist, financial analyst.	5	7
Diana Buttu Palestinian scholar	Selected	Academic	Jurist affiliated with Birzeit University.	5	7
Emérito Quintana Manager · Numantia Patrimonio Global	Selected	Economist or consultant	Wealth management manager.	5	7
Glory Liu Assistant professor · Georgetown University	Selected	Academic	Assistant professor at Georgetown University.	5	7
Hal Hershfield Professor of marketing, behavioral decision making and psychology · Anderson School of Management at UCLA	Selected	Academic	Professor of Marketing, UCLA.	5	7
Hanna Notte Expert on Russian foreign and security policy	Selected	Think tank	Political scientist at Center for Strategic and International Studies.	5	7

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