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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Ornstein Expert politique | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Political expert. | 1 | 7 |
| Pietro Minto Technology expert | Selected | Commentator | Writer and journalist, technology and internet specialist. | 1 | 7 |
| Rasmus Bendtsen News editor | Excluded | Journalist | News editor. | 1 | 7 |
| Raúl Piña Editor in charge · EL MUNDO | Excluded | Journalist | Editor-in-charge El Mundo, political correspondent | 1 | 7 |
| Rewert Hoffer Israel correspondent · NZZ | Excluded | Journalist | Israel correspondent NZZ, regional correspondent. | 1 | 7 |
| Rui Pedro Antunes Politics editor · Observador | Excluded | Journalist | Editor of Política at Observador, chief editor. | 1 | 7 |
| Sara Robisco | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 7 |
| Sophie Obadia Lawyer specializing in criminal law | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer specializing in criminal law. | 1 | 7 |
| Stavros Kelepouris | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 7 |
| Susan Davis Political correspondent · NPR | Excluded | Journalist | Political correspondent at NPR, not analyst. | 1 | 7 |
| Sylvain Orebi President · Orientis | Excluded | Business executive | President of Orientis and Kusmi Tea. | 1 | 7 |
| Søs Marie Serup | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 7 |
| Jan Natkański Ambassador | Selected | Former official | Ambassador former public official diplomatic. | 1 | 7 |
| Markus Vahlefeld Essayist · Kontrafunk | Selected | Commentator | Essayist and moderator at Kontrafunk. | 1 | 7 |
| Ivan Van de Cloot Chief economist · Stichting Merito | Selected | Think tank | Chief economist of Stichting Merito think tank. | 1 | 7 |
| Joanna Rangarajan Alvarez & Marsal Consumer & Retail Group | Selected | Economist or consultant | Alvarez & Marsal Consumer & Retail Group, M&A consultant. | 1 | 7 |
| Kathryn Anne Edwards PhD economist · Bloomberg News | Selected | Economist or consultant | Ph.D. economist, labor economist. | 1 | 7 |
| Steffi Hentschke Correspondent · ZEIT ONLINE | Selected | Commentator | Middle East correspondent and author Die Zeit. | 1 | 7 |
| Tore Andre Lysebo Investment director · DNB | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investment director DNB, investment director. | 1 | 7 |
| Richard Monvoisin Science education specialist · France Culture | Selected | Academic | Science education specialist, teaching researcher. | 1 | 7 |
| Solenn Poullennec Journalist · Les Echos | Selected | Commentator | Journalist Les Echos health specialist. | 1 | 7 |
| Stéphane Loignon Journalist in the Tech Medias section of Les Echos | Selected | Commentator | Journalist Tech Medias Les Echos. | 1 | 7 |
| Sven Henrich Technical analyst · NorthmanTrader.com | Selected | Economist or consultant | Technical analyst at NorthmanTrader.com. | 1 | 7 |
| Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist Professor · Stockholm University | Selected | Academic | Professor of History at Stockholm University. | 1 | 7 |
| Frédérick Plamondon | Selected | Academic | Teacher at Laval University and Collège d'Alma. | 1 | 7 |
| Giuliano Milani Historian | Selected | Academic | University history professor. | 1 | 7 |
| Morgane Besson Neuroscience researcher · Institut Pasteur | Selected | Academic | Neuroscience researcher at Pasteur Institute. | 1 | 7 |
| Fabrizio Maronta | Selected | Commentator | Editor, Limes magazine. | 1 | 7 |
| Giorgio Cuscito Limes | Selected | Commentator | Geopolitical analyst for Limes magazine. | 1 | 7 |
| Hugues Fulchiron | Selected | Academic | University teacher, jurist. | 1 | 7 |
| Paul Morgan-Bentley Award-winning investigative journalist and author | Selected | Commentator | Award-winning author-journalist. | 1 | 7 |
| Miranda Melcher Dr | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 6 | 6 |
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Cabinet secretary · US Government | Excluded | Serving politician | Secretary of Health United States, in office. | 6 | 6 |
| Zohran Mamdani Mayoral candidate · New York City | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor of New York in office. | 6 | 6 |
| Hannes Heynderickx Journalist · Nieuwsblad | Selected | Commentator | Journalist. | 6 | 6 |
| Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen Emeritus professor of psychology | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor of psychology. | 6 | 6 |
| Abigail Marsh Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience · Georgetown | Selected | Academic | Professor of Psychology, Georgetown University. | 6 | 6 |
| Daniel Susskind Research Professor in Economics · King's College London | Selected | Academic | Research Professor in Economics at King's College London | 6 | 6 |
| Daryl Fairweather Economist · University of Chicago | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist at Redfin. | 6 | 6 |
| Hannah Prins Lawyer, writer and climate activist · Extinction Rebellion, Advocates for the Future | Selected | Commentator | Jurist and writer, climate analysis and environmental policy. | 6 | 6 |
| Jacob Mchangama Executive Director · Future of Free Speech Project | Selected | Academic | Executive Director at Vanderbilt, Future of Free Speech. | 6 | 6 |
| Joseph Torigian Author | Selected | Academic | American academic political scientist. | 6 | 6 |
| Manuel Martín-Loeches Professor of psychobiology · Complutense University of Madrid | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychobiology, Universidad Complutense. | 6 | 6 |
| Marion Koopmans Virologist | Selected | Academic | Virologist, virologist. | 6 | 6 |
| Michael Morris Professor at Columbia Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor at Columbia Business School. | 6 | 6 |
| Michael Norton Professor at Harvard Business school | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology at Harvard Business School. | 6 | 6 |
| Tony Blair Former Prime Minister | Selected | Former official | Former Prime Minister of Great Britain. | 6 | 6 |
| Ann Pettifor Economist, author | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist who predicted the 2008 crisis. | 6 | 6 |
| Bill George Executive fellow · Harvard Business School | Selected | Academic | Executive fellow at Harvard Business School. | 6 | 6 |
| Dan Buettner New York Times bestselling author | Selected | Commentator | New York Times bestselling author, National Geographic Fellow. | 6 | 6 |