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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archie Hall US economics editor · The Economist | Selected | Commentator | US economics editor at The Economist, economic analyst. | 3 | 5 |
| Ariane van Heijningen Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of the book Goedbedoeld moeilijk maken. | 3 | 3 |
| Arnaud Orain Economist and historian · School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences | Selected | Academic | Economist and historian at EHESS. | 3 | 3 |
| Arthur Laffer | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at USC. | 3 | 4 |
| Arthur Snell Author | Selected | Commentator | Diplomat writer. | 3 | 29 |
| Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of The Cosmopolites, non-fiction analysis book. | 3 | 3 |
| Axel Merk Fed-watcher | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fed-watcher, economic policy analyst. | 3 | 19 |
| Azadeh Zamirirad Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik. | 3 | 4 |
| Baptiste Morizot Writer, philosopher and pisteur, associate professor · Université Aix-Marseille | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer at Aix-Marseille University. | 3 | 3 |
| Barbara Kratiuk University of Warsaw | Selected | Academic | Affiliation University of Warsaw. | 3 | 5 |
| Bartosz Chmielewski OSW analyst · Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich | Selected | Think tank | Analyst OSW (Eastern Studies Center, think tank). | 3 | 3 |
| Beata Javorcik | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics, Wikidata professor of economics. | 3 | 5 |
| Beatriz Villarroel | Selected | Academic | Astronomer Stockholm University, Wikidata university affiliation. | 3 | 6 |
| Benedikt Narodoslawsky Journalist · FALTER | Selected | Commentator | Opinion journalist at FALTER. | 3 | 3 |
| Beth Sanner Former PDB briefer to President Trump · intelligence community | Selected | Former official | Former senior intelligence official under President Trump. | 3 | 4 |
| Bill Burnett Executive director of the Stanford Life Design Lab · Stanford University | Selected | Academic | Director of the Stanford Life Design Lab. | 3 | 5 |
| Bill Cohan Puck | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction books and financial columnist. | 3 | 4 |
| Bjarne Schieldrop Commodities analysis head · SEB | Selected | Economist or consultant | Financial analyst at bank. | 3 | 4 |
| Brendan Greeley Financial historian · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Financial historian at Financial Times, economic analysis. | 3 | 3 |
| Brent Sullivan Independent tax analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | Independent tax analyst. | 3 | 3 |
| Brigitte Röder Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof. Dr. university teacher at University of Hamburg or University of Basel. | 3 | 6 |
| Brooke Gladstone Co-host · On the Media | Selected | Commentator | Co-host of On the Media. | 3 | 9 |
| Bruno Jeudy Deputy managing director and columnist · La Tribune Dimanche | Selected | Commentator | Columnist at La Tribune Dimanche. | 3 | 4 |
| Bryan Clark Senior fellow · Hudson Institute | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow Hudson Institute. | 3 | 9 |
| Caitlin Dickerson Staff writer · The Atlantic | Selected | Commentator | Staff writer The Atlantic. | 3 | 3 |
| Carmen Treml Researcher · Agenda Austria | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at Agenda Austria think tank. | 3 | 3 |
| Casey Dreier Chief of Space Policy · The Planetary Society | Selected | Think tank | Chief Space Policy at The Planetary Society. | 3 | 3 |
| Cecilie Ystenes Myhre Author | Selected | Commentator | Author on business management. | 3 | 6 |
| Chad Bown Senior fellow · Peterson Institute | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow at Peterson Institute. | 3 | 3 |
| Charles Eisenstein Author and philosopher | Selected | Commentator | Author and philosopher. | 3 | 3 |
| Charles Spencer | Selected | Former official et Commentator | Former House of Lords member (end 1999), historian. | 3 | 3 |
| Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Writer and essayist | Selected | Commentator | Writer and essayist. | 3 | 3 |
| Chris Smyth Public policy editor · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Public policy editor at Financial Times, specialized analyst. | 3 | 3 |
| Christian Ingrao Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian, research director at CNRS. | 3 | 4 |
| Christien Brinkgreve Author | Selected | Commentator | Author, writer and Dutch sociologist. | 3 | 4 |
| Christine Stabell Benn Doctor · University of Southern Denmark | Selected | Academic | Professor in global health at University of Southern Denmark. | 3 | 3 |
| Christine Webb Primatologist · NYU | Selected | Academic | Primatologist at NYU. | 3 | 3 |
| Christoffer Ahnemark Manager · Ålandsbanken | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager at Ålandsbanken. | 3 | 4 |
| Claire McCaskill Former Senator | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. Senator. | 3 | 6 |
| Cliff Sloan Professor · Georgetown Law Center | Selected | Academic | Professor, Georgetown Law Center. | 3 | 4 |
| Conny Aerts Astrophysicist | Selected | Academic | Astrophysicist and university teacher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Radboud University. | 3 | 3 |
| Cordelia Fine Professor in the History and Philosophy of Science · University of Melbourne | Selected | Academic | Professor in History and Philosophy of Science at University of Melbourne. | 3 | 4 |
| Corine Pelluchon Philosopher | Selected | Academic | Philosopher and university teacher at Gustave Eiffel University. | 3 | 3 |
| Dag Blanck Professor of North American studies · Svenska institutet för nordamerikastudier | Selected | Academic | Professor of North American Studies, academic professor. | 3 | 4 |
| Dale Bredesen Neurologist · Buck Institute for Research on Aging | Selected | Academic | Neurologist, Buck Institute for Research on Aging (public research organization). | 3 | 4 |
| Damiaan Denys Philosopher and professor of psychiatry · Amsterdam UMC | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychiatry at Amsterdam UMC (university professor). | 3 | 5 |
| Dan Siegel Dr. · UCLA School of Medicine | Selected | Academic | Dr., UCLA School of Medicine (university professor). | 3 | 3 |
| Dana El Kurd | Selected | Academic | Professor of Political Science at University of Richmond. | 3 | 20 |
| Dana R. Fisher Sociologist · American University | Selected | Academic | Sociologist American University (university researcher). | 3 | 3 |
| Daniel Fernández | Selected | Commentator | History of Money author, non-fiction history writer. | 3 | 17 |