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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Curran Psychologist | Selected | Academic | Psychologist at London School of Economics. | 5 | 5 |
| Álvaro de María Author of La filosofía Bitcoin | Selected | Commentator | Author of La filosofía Bitcoin, nonfiction book. | 5 | 5 |
| Aaron David Miller | Selected | Think tank et Former official | Senior researcher at foreign policy think tank. | 5 | 5 |
| Alain Minc Economist | Selected | Commentator | Economist essayist author writing analysis for the public. | 5 | 5 |
| Alison Fragale Professor of organizational behavior · University of North Carolina's business school | Selected | Academic | Professor of organizational behavior, University of North Carolina. | 5 | 5 |
| Alison Gopnik APS President · University of California, Berkeley | Selected | Academic | APS President, studies at University of California Berkeley. | 5 | 5 |
| Annie Lööf | Selected | Former official | Former Minister for Enterprise (ended 2014). | 5 | 5 |
| Ara Kharazian Lead Economist at Ramp | Selected | Economist or consultant | Lead economist at Ramp. | 5 | 5 |
| Benjamin Moser | Selected | Commentator | Biographer and writer, nonfiction author. | 5 | 5 |
| Bernard Lahire Sociologist | Selected | Academic | Sociologist ENS Lyon and Lumière University, university teacher. | 5 | 5 |
| Bijan Moini Lawyer · Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte | Selected | Think tank | Jurist, Society for Freedom Rights. | 5 | 5 |
| Christiana Figueres Chief negotiator · Paris Agreement | Selected | Former official | Former executive secretary of UNFCCC (end 2016). | 5 | 5 |
| Coltan Scrivner Leading expert on morbid curiosity | Selected | Academic | Leading expert on morbid curiosity, researcher and psychologist at Aarhus University. | 5 | 5 |
| Dahlia Scheindlin Political consultant and researcher · University of Pennsylvania | Selected | Academic | Political consultant and researcher at University of Pennsylvania. | 5 | 5 |
| Dana Stroul Former Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer | Selected | Former official | Former Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer. | 5 | 5 |
| Daniela Gabor Macroeconomist, professor · SOAS, University of London | Selected | Academic | Macroeconomist, professor at SOAS, University of London. | 5 | 5 |
| Dara Massicot | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at RAND Corporation and Carnegie. | 5 | 5 |
| Emily Herring Biographer | Selected | Commentator | Biographer. | 5 | 5 |
| Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof. Legal scientist, Universität Potsdam. | 5 | 5 |
| Jacob Kaarsbo Analyst · Europa | Selected | Think tank | Security analyst at think tank Europa. | 5 | 5 |
| Jonathan Czin Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy · Brookings Institution | Selected | Think tank | Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies at Brookings Institution. | 5 | 5 |
| Jutta Allmendinger Sociologist · Wissenschaftszentrums Berlin für Sozialforschung | Selected | Academic | Sociologist at Scientificscentrum Berlin, social research. | 5 | 5 |
| Kip Thorne Physicist | Selected | Academic | Physicist and professor at Caltech. | 5 | 5 |
| Leslie John Professor · Harvard Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor at Harvard Business School. | 5 | 5 |
| Marques Mendes | Selected | Commentator et Former official | Political commentator, former Portuguese minister. | 5 | 5 |
| Mathias Sundin Former member of the Riksdag · WARP Institute | Selected | Former official | Former member of parliament. | 5 | 5 |
| Michael McConnell Richard and Frances Mallery Professor · Stanford Law School | Selected | Academic | Richard and Frances Mallery Professor, Stanford Law. | 5 | 5 |
| Oana Lungescu Former NATO spokesperson | Selected | Former official | Former NATO spokesperson. | 5 | 5 |
| Oliver Stuenkel Political scientist, writer, professor · Fundação Getulio Vargas | Selected | Academic | Professor at Fundacao Getulio Vargas. Academic position. | 5 | 5 |
| Olivier Alexandre Researcher · CNRS | Selected | Academic | Researcher at CNRS, public research organization. | 5 | 5 |
| Oriana Skylar Mastro Center Fellow · Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies | Selected | Think tank | Fellow at Freeman Spogli Institute Stanford. | 5 | 5 |
| Rashid Khalidi Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies · Columbia University | Selected | Academic | Edward Said Professor at Columbia University. | 5 | 5 |
| Sigrid Kaag Former Dutch deputy prime minister | Selected | Former official | Former Dutch deputy prime minister and finance minister. | 5 | 5 |
| Susan David PHD, psychologist · McLean Hospital / Harvard Medical School | Selected | Academic | PhD psychologist at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School. | 5 | 5 |
| Susana Monsó Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of La zarigüeya de Schrödinger. Main activity as author. | 5 | 5 |
| Tom Wheeler Former FCC Chair | Selected | Former official | Former president of FCC. | 5 | 5 |
| William Ury World-class negotiator | Selected | Commentator | American author and anthropologist affiliated with Harvard Law School. | 5 | 5 |
| Étienne Klein | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher of science, radio personality. | 5 | 5 |
| Antoine Oberdorff Political journalist · L'Opinion | Selected | Commentator | Political journalist at L'Opinion, political analysis. | 4 | 5 |
| Bill McKibben Climate activist and author · Third Act | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Climate activist, matches no role. | 4 | 5 |
| Clas Svahn The author and UFO expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist and UFO expert. | 4 | 5 |
| Dana Mattioli Investigative reporter covering Amazon · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Investigative reporter Wall Street Journal. | 4 | 5 |
| Henk Vermeer Foreign affairs spokesperson · BBB | Excluded | Serving politician | BBB foreign affairs spokesperson, active politician. | 4 | 5 |
| Jimmie Åkesson Party leader · Sverigedemokraterna | Excluded | Serving politician | Sweden Democrats party leader, serving politician. | 4 | 5 |
| Karsten Wildberger Federal minister for digital affairs · CDU | Excluded | Serving politician | Federal digital minister in office. | 4 | 5 |
| Maciej Korowaj Reserve lieutenant colonel, analyst of Eastern military affairs · Instytut bezpieczeństwa i rozwoju międzynarodowego | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Reserve colonel, former military officer. | 4 | 5 |
| Michał Wawrykiewicz Lawyer · Wolne Sądy | Excluded | Serving politician | Member of European Parliament in office, europoslan. | 4 | 5 |
| Mona Keijzer Deputy prime minister · Gouvernement des Pays-Bas | Excluded | Serving politician | Vice-Prime Minister Dutch Government IN OFFICE. | 4 | 5 |
| Nick Timiraos Chief economics correspondent · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Economics correspondent for Wall Street Journal. | 4 | 5 |
| Niels Paarup-Petersen Politician · Centre Party | Excluded | Serving politician | Riksdag politician, politician in office. | 4 | 5 |