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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danby Choi Editor-in-chief of the culture paper Subjekt | Selected | Commentator | Editor-in-Chief of cultural journal Subjekt. | 6 | 6 |
| Eugenia Cheng Mathematician and author | Selected | Academic | Mathematician, Dr, university researcher. | 6 | 6 |
| Elif Shafak Turkish-British author | Selected | Commentator | Turkish-British author of fiction and essays. | 6 | 6 |
| Ellen Langer Harvard psychologist | Selected | Academic | Psychologist at Harvard, university psychologist. | 6 | 6 |
| Grzegorz Motyka Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof., explicit university title. | 6 | 6 |
| John Bew Global policy advisor | Selected | Academic | British historian at King's College London. | 6 | 6 |
| John Yoo Law professor · University of California, Berkeley | Selected | Academic | Law professor at UC Berkeley. | 6 | 6 |
| Kathryn Paige Harden Geneticist | Selected | Academic | Researcher in behavioral genetics at University of Texas. | 6 | 6 |
| Kevin Evers Senior Editor · Harvard Business Review | Selected | Commentator | Senior Editor Harvard Business Review, business analyst. | 6 | 6 |
| Margaret MacMillan Historian | Selected | Academic | Canadian historian affiliated with multiple universities. | 6 | 6 |
| Maria Varteressian Former state secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Selected | Former official | Former Secretary of State at the Foreign Office. | 6 | 6 |
| May Mailman Independent Women's Forum | Selected | Think tank | Independent Women's Forum, think tank. | 6 | 6 |
| Meron Mendel F.A.Z. columnist | Selected | Commentator | F.A.Z. columnist, daily columnist. | 6 | 6 |
| Robin Dunbar Evolutionary psychologist | Selected | Academic | Evolutionary psychologist and professor at University College London. | 6 | 6 |
| Sander van der Linden Professor · Universiteit van Cambridge | Selected | Academic | Professor, Cambridge University. | 6 | 6 |
| Sheila Bair Former FDIC Chair | Selected | Former official | Former FDIC Chair. | 6 | 6 |
| Steven Levitsky Professor of Government · Harvard University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Government at Harvard University. | 6 | 6 |
| Suzy Welch Professor at NYU's Stern School of Business | Selected | Academic | Professor, NYU Stern School of Business. | 6 | 6 |
| Thina Saltvedt Chief analyst · Nordea | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Analyst Nordea. | 6 | 6 |
| Vincent Karremans Outgoing minister of Economic Affairs · VVD | Selected | Former official | Resigned Minister of Economy (VVD). | 6 | 6 |
| André Ventura Chega | Excluded | Serving politician | Founder politician Chega in office. | 5 | 6 |
| Keir Starmer Prime Minister · UK Government | Excluded | Serving politician | Prime Minister of United Kingdom in office. | 5 | 6 |
| Paul Ronzheimer Journalist · BILD | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist BILD. | 5 | 6 |
| Reid Hoffman Co-founder · LinkedIn | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of LinkedIn and PayPal. | 5 | 6 |
| Michio Kaku Theoretical physicist, bestselling author · City College of New York | Selected | Academic | Professor at City College of New York, physicist. | 5 | 6 |
| Steve Rosenberg Russia Editor · BBC | Selected | Commentator | Russia editor, BBC, domain specialist analyst. | 5 | 6 |
| Cris Carrascosa Lawyer and CEO · ATH21 | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer and CEO of ATH21. | 5 | 6 |
| Brad Wilcox Professor of Sociology · University of Virginia | Selected | Academic | Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia. | 5 | 6 |
| Christina Boutrup Journalist | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and China expert and author. | 5 | 6 |
| David Spiegelhalter Emeritus Professor of Statistics · University of Cambridge | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor of statistics at University of Cambridge. | 5 | 6 |
| Dieter Helm Professor of economic policy · University of Oxford | Selected | Academic | Professor of political economy at Oxford University. | 5 | 6 |
| Gerhard Conrad Intelligence expert · BND | Selected | Former official | Former Bundesnachrichtendienst agent. | 5 | 6 |
| Maarten Van Rossum Top negotiator | Selected | Former official | Former diplomat, oud-diplomaat. | 5 | 6 |
| Marian Donner Author | Selected | Commentator | Writer and cultural critic, Dutch writer and critic. | 5 | 6 |
| Marion Gibson Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, author of books on Witchcraft. | 5 | 6 |
| Priya Parker Facilitator | Selected | Commentator | Bestselling author of The Art of Gathering. | 5 | 6 |
| Rüdiger Frank Professor · University of Vienna | Selected | Academic | Professor, University of Vienna. | 5 | 6 |
| Sergio Fernández Writer, popularizer, founder · IPP | Selected | Commentator | Writer and science communicator, founder of IPP. | 5 | 6 |
| Ulf Ellervik Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of Chemistry, chemist. | 5 | 6 |
| Justyna Gotkowska | Selected | Think tank | Analyst at Centre for Eastern Studies (Polish think tank). | 5 | 6 |
| Steve Peters Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor explicitly mentioned in the excerpts. | 5 | 6 |
| Alex Hutchinson Columnist for Outside magazine | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for Outside magazine. | 5 | 6 |
| Amie Parnes Co-author | Selected | Commentator | Co-author of political non-fiction book. | 5 | 6 |
| Antonio Turiel | Selected | Academic | Physicist, marine sciences institute. | 5 | 6 |
| Bent Flyvbjerg Professor · Oxford | Selected | Academic | Professor at Oxford University. | 5 | 6 |
| Bitte Hammargren Associate senior employee · Utrikespolitiska institutet | Selected | Think tank | Senior Member Swedish political institute. | 5 | 6 |
| Bogusław Pacek Lieutenant general, professor · Jagiellonian University | Selected | Academic | Profesor at Jagiellonian University, retired general. | 5 | 6 |
| Christine Kinealy Professor · Quinnipiac University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Quinnipiac University. | 5 | 6 |
| Claire Marin | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and essayist. | 5 | 6 |
| Damon West Keynote speaker and best-selling author | Selected | Commentator | Keynote speaker and best-selling author. | 5 | 6 |