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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kees Verhoeven Founder · Bureau Digitale Zaken | Selected | Former official | Former member of parliament (D66 Netherlands). | 5 | 7 |
| Kristian Åström Economics commentator · Sveriges Radio | Selected | Commentator | Economics commentator at Sveriges Radio. | 5 | 7 |
| Kurt Bauer Historian | Selected | Commentator | Austrian historian and non-fiction writer. | 5 | 7 |
| Liam Halligan Columnist · Telegraph | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for Telegraph. | 5 | 7 |
| Maggie Jackson Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of nonfiction essays, journalist and columnist. | 5 | 7 |
| Mhairi Black Former SNP Deputy Leader and MP · Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Selected | Former official | Former SNP Deputy Leader and MP. | 5 | 7 |
| Nejra Macic Chief economist · Prognosesenteret | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist at Prognosesenteret. | 5 | 7 |
| Petri Roininen | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Investor and Investors House chairman; the profile is a Finnish politician and businessperson whose chairperson post names no organization, so no precise tie. | 5 | 7 |
| Sophie Pedder Paris Bureau Chief · The Economist | Selected | Commentator | Paris Bureau Chief, The Economist. | 5 | 7 |
| Szymon Kardaś | Selected | Academic | University teacher at Institute of International Relations. | 5 | 7 |
| Tila Pronk Social psychologist and love scientist · Tilburg University | Selected | Academic | Social psychologist at Tilburg University. | 5 | 7 |
| Tom Baldwin Former Labour Party adviser and author | Selected | Commentator | Former advisor to Labour Party, author. | 5 | 7 |
| Zongyuan Zoe Liu Maurice R. Greenberg Fellow · Council on Foreign Relations | Selected | Think tank | Maurice R. Greenberg Fellow at Council on Foreign Relations. | 5 | 7 |
| Éric Sadin Philosopher and writer | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and essayist. | 5 | 7 |
| Peadar Tóibín Leader · Aontú | Excluded | Serving politician | Party leader in office and TD. | 4 | 7 |
| Sebastião Bugalho Commentator · SIC and Expresso | Excluded | Serving politician | Active political candidate (AD party lead). | 4 | 7 |
| Tomasz Terlikowski Philosopher, publicist | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 4 | 7 |
| Torbjørn Røe Isaksen Society editor · E24 | Excluded | Serving politician | Social affairs editor, E24, journalist. | 4 | 7 |
| Will Sommer Author · The Bulwark | Excluded | Journalist | Author and reporter for The Bulwark, ambiguous role. | 4 | 7 |
| Bernd Ulrich Journalist · ZEIT | Selected | Commentator | Historian and deputy editor at Die Zeit. | 4 | 7 |
| Chris Stokel-Walker Journalist · The Times | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and author of TikTok Boom book. | 4 | 7 |
| Gregorio Hernández Financial popularizer | Selected | Commentator | Financial science communicator, bestselling author. | 4 | 7 |
| Kelefa Sanneh Writer · CBS | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and author of books (The New Yorker, CBS). | 4 | 7 |
| Ana Santos Pinto Researcher · Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais | Selected | Academic | Female professor at Nova University of Lisbon. | 4 | 7 |
| Eddy van Hijum Outgoing deputy prime minister · NSC | Selected | Former official | Demissionair vice-premier (former vice-prime minister). | 4 | 7 |
| Franz Vranitzky Federal chancellor 1986-1997 | Selected | Former official | Former Chancellor of Austria. | 4 | 7 |
| Javier Gil Scientist · CSIC | Selected | Academic | Scientist at CSIC. | 4 | 7 |
| Joost van Dreunen Video game market analyst · Bloomberg | Selected | Economist or consultant | Videogame Market Analyst at Bloomberg. | 4 | 7 |
| Margot Cleveland Lawyer · New Civil Liberties Alliance | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer at New Civil Liberties Alliance. | 4 | 7 |
| Peter Sarris Author · University of Cambridge | Selected | Academic | Professor at the University of Cambridge. | 4 | 7 |
| Vincent Hugeux Africa specialist · ESJ de Lille, Sciences Po | Selected | Academic | Africa specialist at Sciences Po, also journalist. Primary role academic. | 4 | 7 |
| Ben Chu BBC Verify | Selected | Commentator | Economics editor at Newsnight (economic analysis). | 4 | 7 |
| Fionnuala Ní Aoláin Regents Professor · University of Minnesota Law School | Selected | Academic | Regents Professor at University of Minnesota Law School | 4 | 7 |
| Iwona Wiśniewska Expert at OSW | Selected | Think tank | Expert at OSW (Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich). | 4 | 7 |
| Andrea Moccia Geopop | Selected | Commentator | Science communicator, geologist and essayist. | 4 | 7 |
| Boris Heifets Anesthesiologist and psychedelics researcher · Stanford | Selected | Academic | Anesthesiologist and psychedelics researcher at Stanford. | 4 | 7 |
| Christian Benedict Professor, sleep researcher | Selected | Academic | Prof. Sleep researcher, university researcher. | 4 | 7 |
| Flore Vasseur Writer, journalist, director | Selected | Commentator | Writer, journalist (author commentator). | 4 | 7 |
| Guillaume Ancel Writer and author of the blog « Ne Pas Subir » | Selected | Commentator | Writer and author of blog Ne Pas Subir. | 4 | 7 |
| Ilyaz Nasrullah Digital adviser and tech columnist · Trouw | Selected | Commentator | Tech columnist for Trouw. | 4 | 7 |
| Jia Tolentino Writer · The New Yorker | Selected | Commentator | Writer at The New Yorker, author. | 4 | 7 |
| Juliane Schäuble US correspondent for ZEIT | Selected | Commentator | USA political analysis correspondent. | 4 | 7 |
| Klaus von Dohnanyi Witness of the century | Selected | Former official | Former mayor of Hamburg and minister. | 4 | 7 |
| Luis María Pardo Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer. | 4 | 7 |
| Marius Gonsholt Hov Chief economist · Handelsbanken | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist Handelsbanken. | 4 | 7 |
| Mark van Vugt Evolutionary psychologist | Selected | Academic | Evolutionary psychologist, university teacher. | 4 | 7 |
| Markus Brunnermeier Professor of economics · Princeton | Selected | Academic | Economics professor at Princeton University. | 4 | 7 |
| Peter Viggo Jakobsen Lecturer · Forsvarsakademiet | Selected | Academic | Lecturer at Defence Academy (military academy/university). | 4 | 7 |
| Derk Walters Editor · NRC | Excluded | Journalist | Middle East editor, foreign correspondent. | 3 | 7 |
| Fionnán Sheahan Journalist · Belfast Telegraph | Excluded | Journalist | Belfast Telegraph journalist, reporter. | 3 | 7 |