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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Edward Grant Serial entrepreneur, polymath, prolific inventor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Entrepreneur and inventor. | 1 | 2 |
| Robert Englebretson Linguist | Selected | Academic | Linguist, professor at Rice University. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Epstein Research psychologist · Harvard | Selected | Academic | Psychologist researcher at Harvard. | 6 | 10 |
| Robert Evans Behind The Bastards | Excluded | Journalist | Behind The Bastards host and podcast producer. | 1 | 2 |
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Cabinet secretary · US Government | Excluded | Serving politician | Secretary of Health United States, in office. | 6 | 6 |
| Robert Finger Professor of agricultural economics and policy · ETH Zürich | Selected | Academic | Professor agroeconomy ETH Zurich. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Fleischer Well-known face · Ancient aliens | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Television series personality. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Francis Author · Bird History Substack | Selected | Commentator | Author of ornithological history. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Friedland Founder and executive co-chairman of Ivanhoe Mines | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Ivanhoe Mines. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Gaal CEO · Vesper | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of startup Vesper. | 2 | 2 |
| Robert Garry Professor and scientist | Selected | Academic | Professor and scientist, Tulane University. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Glazer Founder and CEO · Acceleration Partners | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Greene American author | Selected | Commentator | Author and essayist on strategy and power. | 15 | 19 |
| Robert Guest Deputy editor | Excluded | Journalist | Deputy editor The Economist = editor-in-chief. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Gwiazdowski Professor, lawyer · Uczelnia Łazarskiego | Selected | Academic et Lawyer | Professor and lawyer, Uczelnia Lazarskiego. | 1 | 29 |
| Robert Habeck Minister | Selected | Former official | Former German Vice Chancellor. | 15 | 18 |
| Robert Halver Head of capital markets analysis · Baader Bank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Market Analysis Director Baader Bank. | 4 | 6 |
| Robert Harris Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Novelist, author of Conclave. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Hoffmann Entrepreneur | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Hogan Founder & President · Hogan Assessments | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of Hogan Assessments consulting firm. | 1 | 3 |
| Robert Holzmann Governor · Austrian National Bank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Central bank governor Austria. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Horster Global Sustainability Director Agricultural Supply Chain and Head of Environmental Markets · Cargill | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Sustainability director at Cargill. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Hutchinson Intelligence historian | Selected | Commentator | Intelligence historian, Wikidata: author and popular history essayist. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert J. Waldinger Professor and psychiatrist · Harvard University | Selected | Academic | Study and development director at Harvard. | 11 | 14 |
| Robert Jenrick | Excluded | Serving politician | British politician, MP and Secretary of State (late 2021). | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Kagan | Selected | Academic | Political scientist, writer and historian at Georgetown University. | 11 | 15 |
| Robert Karjel Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Fiction writer and former military officer. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Kempe ARD football expert | Selected | Commentator | Football commentator at ARD. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Kenyon Reform UK | Excluded | Serving politician | Reform UK politician in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Robert Kerschbaumer Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Kirsch | Selected | Commentator | Political theorist, author. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Kloosterman Professor of economic geography · UvA | Selected | Academic | Professor of economic geography, UvA. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Kowalczyk Psychologist, sexologist, psychotherapist · Europejskie Towarzystwo Medycyny Seksualnej | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist and psychotherapist. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Kubica Formula 1 driver | Excluded | Business executive | Formula 1 pilot. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Laul Football columnist | Excluded | Journalist | Football columnist, sports reporter. | 1 | 3 |
| Robert Lis | Excluded | Doubtful participation | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Lustig Dr. · UCSF | Selected | Academic | Endocrinologist at UCSF. | 5 | 5 |
| Robert Malenka Nancy Friend Pritzker Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · Stanford | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychiatry, Stanford. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Malley Veteran Middle East peace negotiator | Selected | Former official | Former diplomatic advisor. | 11 | 12 |
| Robert Marbut | Selected | Former official | Former director of U.S. federal council on homelessness. | 2 | 2 |
| Robert McMillan Reporter · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal = reporter | 2 | 2 |
| Robert Ménard RN mayor of Béziers | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor of Beziers in office. | 1 | 3 |
| Robert Misik Bruno Kreisky Forum | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 4 |
| Robert Mood Lieutenant general · FN | Selected | Former official | United Nations retired general. | 2 | 9 |
| Robert Næss Investment director · Nordea | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investment director at Nordea. | 10 | 28 |
| Robert Napieraj | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Nowacki Profond | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert O. Mendelsohn Professor · Yale School of the Environment | Selected | Academic | Professor at Yale School of the Environment. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Offner Prof. Dr., head of transfusion medicine · Uniklinikum Regensburg | Selected | Academic | Prof. Dr., head of transfusion medicine at Uniklinikum Regensburg. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Oldstrand Equity strategist · Swedbank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Stock analyst at Swedbank, stock strategist. | 1 | 9 |