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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Caddell | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 6 |
| John Downing Belfast Telegraph | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 6 |
| Laura Wismans Science editor · NRC | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Science editor at NRC. | 2 | 6 |
| Luc Julia Scientific director · Renault Group | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Scientific director at Renault, business executive. | 2 | 6 |
| Marko de Haan Political journalist · NRC | Excluded | Journalist | Political journalist at NRC. | 2 | 6 |
| Megan Basham Author · Daily Wire | Excluded | Journalist | Daily Wire culture reporter, general cultural reporting. | 2 | 6 |
| Michelle Nørgaard Equity strategist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Independent stock strategist. | 2 | 6 |
| Molly Ball Reporter · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal | 2 | 6 |
| Peter Ernstved Rasmussen Journalist and defense expert · Olfi | Excluded | Journalist | Editor-in-chief, no explicit analysis. | 2 | 6 |
| Pim van den Dool Political journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Political journalist, political reporter. | 2 | 6 |
| René Pfister Washington bureau chief of SPIEGEL · DER SPIEGEL | Excluded | Journalist | SPIEGEL Washington bureau chief and correspondent. | 2 | 6 |
| Sophia Yan Senior Foreign Correspondent · The Telegraph | Excluded | Journalist | Senior Foreign Correspondent The Telegraph. | 2 | 6 |
| Thomas Grjebine Head of the International Macroeconomics and Finance program · CEPII | Selected | Think tank | Macroeconomics program director, CEPII. | 2 | 6 |
| Victor Vlam America expert | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 6 |
| Jan Oleszczuk-Zygmuntowski Co-chair · Polska Sieć Ekonomii | Selected | Think tank | Co-Chair Poland Economics Network Think Tank. | 2 | 6 |
| José Eduardo Martins Commentator | Selected | Commentator | Explicit commentator. | 2 | 6 |
| Jan Cienski Defense editor · POLITICO | Selected | Commentator | Defense editor and defense expert POLITICO, specialized analyst. | 2 | 6 |
| Stefano Montefiori Journalist · Corriere della Sera | Selected | Commentator | Corriere della Sera journalist. | 2 | 6 |
| Michael Meyen Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of communications at Munich. | 2 | 6 |
| Ophélie Roque Literature teacher and essayist | Selected | Commentator | Essayist and literature professor. | 2 | 6 |
| Diana Soller Researcher · Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais da Universidade Nova de Lisbia | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Portuguese university institute. | 2 | 6 |
| Guido Tonelli Particle physicist, professor at the University of Pisa, spokesperson for the CMS experiment at CERN · Università di Pisa, CERN | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Pisa. | 2 | 6 |
| Léo Péria-Peigné Researcher · IFRI | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at IFRI, think tank institute. | 2 | 6 |
| Anabel Schunke Columnist | Selected | Commentator | Columnist analyzing current events in Weltwoche. | 2 | 6 |
| Borja Barragué Professor of Philosophy of Law | Selected | Academic | Profesor de Filosofía del Derecho. | 2 | 6 |
| Cait Donovan Culture and leadership keynote speaker, host of Fried: The Burnout Podcast, author | Selected | Commentator | Culture and leadership keynote speaker, author. | 2 | 6 |
| Daniela Nunes Researcher · Instituto de Estudos Políticos da Universidade Católica | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Institute of Political Studies of a university. | 2 | 6 |
| Dario Guarascio Associate professor of economics and innovation policy · università Sapienza di Roma | Selected | Academic | Associate professor of economics, Sapienza Rome. | 2 | 6 |
| Elsa Fornero Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant et Former official | Economist at University of Turin. | 2 | 6 |
| Helen MacNamara Former top civil servant | Selected | Former official | Former top civil servant. | 2 | 6 |
| Hugo von Essen Analyst · Centrum för Östeuropastudier, UI | Selected | Think tank | Analyst Center for Eastern European Studies UI. | 2 | 6 |
| James Levy Analyst of US politics · Merrill Lynch | Selected | Economist or consultant | US policy analyst at Merrill Lynch (bank). | 2 | 6 |
| Josep Martí Blanch | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and analysis columnist. | 2 | 6 |
| Martin Brunt Sky News Crime Commentator | Selected | Commentator | Legal commentator for Sky News. | 2 | 6 |
| Péter Techet Historian | Selected | Commentator | Historian, historical analysis and writing. | 2 | 6 |
| Rosi Braidotti Feminist philosopher | Selected | Academic | Professor at Utrecht University. | 2 | 6 |
| Sophie Eastaugh BBC's The Climate Question podcast | Selected | Commentator | BBC's The Climate Question podcast. | 2 | 6 |
| Sören Holst Theoretical physicist · Stockholm University | Selected | Academic | Theoretical physicist at Stockholm University. | 2 | 6 |
| Thomas Erikson Author, leadership coach | Selected | Commentator | Author and Leadership Coach. | 2 | 6 |
| Thomas Hoenig | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist, Federal Reserve and Mercatus Center. | 2 | 6 |
| Tomas Eneroth | Selected | Former official | Former Swedish Infrastructure Minister (end 2022). | 2 | 6 |
| Victoria Gill Science Correspondent · BBC | Selected | Commentator | BBC science correspondent, science analysis. | 2 | 6 |
| Yonah Freemark Principal research associate · Urban Institute | Selected | Think tank | Principal research associate at Urban Institute, think tank. | 2 | 6 |
| Łukasz Ogrodnik Analyst · PISM | Selected | Think tank | Analyst PISM. | 2 | 6 |
| Aiden Reiter New Unhedged newsletter reporter · Financial Times | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 6 |
| Alba Leiva El Orden Mundial | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 6 |
| Alberto Gusmeroli Chair of the Chamber Productive Activities Committee · Lega | Excluded | Serving politician | Presidente della Commissione Attività Produttive, serving. | 1 | 6 |
| Alejandro Pelayo Musician | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 6 |
| Ambre Rosala Reporter · Le Parisien | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter at Parisien | 1 | 6 |
| Anders Heide Mortensen Communications adviser | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 6 |