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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Patin Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian at Bordeaux Montaigne University. | 3 | 12 |
| Nile Gardiner Heritage Foundation | Selected | Think tank | Heritage Foundation, think tank. | 3 | 3 |
| Ola Innset | Selected | Academic | Historian at European University Institute. | 3 | 3 |
| Ole Hansen Commodities analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | Commodities analyst. | 3 | 12 |
| Oliver Schröm Journalist | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and bestselling author. | 3 | 3 |
| Olivette Otele Professor | Selected | Academic | Historian professor. Explicit university title. | 3 | 7 |
| Olivier Beaumont Senior reporter · Parisien-Aujourd'hui en France | Selected | Commentator | Le Parisien political senior reporter, investigation and analysis. | 3 | 6 |
| Osita Nwanevu | Selected | Commentator | Columnist at The New Yorker. | 3 | 3 |
| Oskar Nordström Skans Professor · Uppsala University | Selected | Academic | Professor Uppsala University. | 3 | 3 |
| Othmar Karas ÖVP representative · Europaparlament | Selected | Former official | ÖVP Member of European Parliament, 25 years (former mandate). | 3 | 3 |
| Paolo Gerbaudo Professor · Universitetet i Madrid | Selected | Academic | Professor, University of Madrid. | 3 | 3 |
| Pasi Havia Portfolio manager · HCP Focus | Selected | Economist or consultant | Portfolio manager. | 3 | 3 |
| Patricia Suárez Financial expert | Selected | Economist or consultant | Financial expert and analyst. | 3 | 4 |
| Patrick Dewayne US stock market expert | Selected | Economist or consultant | US stock market expert. | 3 | 3 |
| Patrick Loobuyck Moral philosopher | Selected | Academic | Moral philosopher and professor at Ghent University. | 3 | 3 |
| Paul Barnhurst FP&A professional | Selected | Economist or consultant | FP&A professional at consulting firm. | 3 | 3 |
| Paul Cullen Health correspondent · The Irish Times | Selected | Commentator | Health correspondent, specialized analyst. | 3 | 6 |
| Paul Hawken Author | Selected | Commentator | Author and environmentalist on sustainability. | 3 | 4 |
| Paul Scharre Former Pentagon defense expert | Selected | Former official | Former Pentagon defense expert. | 3 | 3 |
| Paul Schmidt EU expert | Selected | Think tank | European expert at European policy company. | 3 | 5 |
| Paulo Figueiredo | Selected | Commentator | Brazilian political commentator. | 3 | 7 |
| Paweł Musiałek | Selected | Think tank | Political scientist at Krakow University and Klub Jagielloński. | 3 | 10 |
| Pedro Bravo Researcher and author | Selected | Commentator | Researcher and book author, analysis and non-fiction. | 3 | 4 |
| Pedro Góis University professor and researcher | Selected | Academic | University professor and researcher. | 3 | 4 |
| Pekka Virkki | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and non-fiction writer. | 3 | 4 |
| Percival Everett American writer | Selected | Academic | University teacher at University of Southern California. | 3 | 3 |
| Pete Lunn Head of the ESRI's Behavioural Unit | Selected | Think tank | Head of ESRI's Behavioral Unit, economic think tank. | 3 | 7 |
| Peter Malmqvist Journalist and independent analyst | Selected | Commentator | Independent analyst. | 3 | 5 |
| Peter Norhammar Manager · NRP Anaxo Nordic Real Estate | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager at NRP Anaxo. | 3 | 4 |
| Philip Manow Political scientist | Selected | Academic | Political scientist at University of Bremen. | 3 | 3 |
| Philipp Gassert Professor, historian and author | Selected | Academic | Titular professor of history. | 3 | 3 |
| Philippe Ledent Senior economist · ING | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Economist bank ING. | 3 | 4 |
| Pierre d'Argent Professor of international law · UCLouvain | Selected | Academic | Professor of international law, UCLouvain. | 3 | 3 |
| Pierre Vermeren Professor at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne · Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University | Selected | Academic | Professor Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. | 3 | 4 |
| Piotr Gliński Former deputy prime minister | Selected | Former official | Former vice premier. | 3 | 5 |
| Priya Patel Political commentator | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator, analyst. | 3 | 5 |
| Holger Graf Former Goldman Sachs banker, professor | Selected | Academic | Professor title. | 3 | 199 |
| Przemysław Biskup Analyst | Selected | Academic | Political scientist, university teacher at SGH Warsaw. | 3 | 9 |
| Rachel Hollis Bestselling author, motivational speaker | Selected | Commentator | Bestselling author, motivational speaker. | 3 | 3 |
| Rachel Shabi Journalist and broadcaster | Selected | Commentator | Award-winning journalist author of non-fiction book Off-White. | 3 | 3 |
| Raja Shehadeh Palestinian writer, lawyer and activist | Selected | Lawyer | Palestinian lawyer and writer analyzing politics. | 3 | 4 |
| Ralf Fücks Zentrum Liberale Moderne | Selected | Think tank | Fellow/director at Zentrum Liberale Moderne. | 3 | 4 |
| Ralph Schöllhammer Political scientist | Selected | Academic | Political scientist, university teacher. | 3 | 15 |
| Raphaël Llorca Essayist and co-director · Observatoire at Fondation Jean-Jaurès | Selected | Think tank | Co-Director at Jean-Jaures Foundation. | 3 | 4 |
| Raymond Gradus Prof. dr., economist and waste expert | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr. economist. | 3 | 4 |
| Raymond Johansen Former leader of the city council | Selected | Former official | Former mayor. | 3 | 3 |
| Rebecca Roache Philosopher | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and author of For F*ck's Sake. | 3 | 3 |
| Rebecca Zung Attorney | Selected | Lawyer | Attorney and negotiation expert. | 3 | 3 |
| Remedios Zafra Philosopher | Selected | Academic | Philosopher, Wikidata: reader and professor at Autonomous University of Madrid. | 3 | 4 |
| Richard Cytowic Professor of neurology · George Washington University | Selected | Academic | Professor of neurology at George Washington University. | 3 | 3 |