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 Stepek Bloomberg senior reporter | Selected | Commentator | Money Distilled newsletter author. | 2 | 25 |
| Peter Bennesved Intellectual historian · Umeå University | Selected | Academic | Historian of ideas at Umeå University. | 2 | 12 |
| Sébastien Lalevée Chief executive officer · Financière Arbevel | Selected | Economist or consultant | General director of Financiere Arbevel. | 2 | 12 |
| Céline Antonin Economist · OFCE | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at OFCE. | 2 | 11 |
| Hildo Laman IEX analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | House analyst at IEX, fundamental analyst. | 2 | 43 |
| Lars Persson Technical analyst · Aktierådet | Selected | Economist or consultant | Technical analyst in stock market Aktierådet. | 2 | 11 |
| Thomas Röper Commentator · apolut | Selected | Commentator | Commentator. | 2 | 11 |
| Benaouda Abdeddaïm International columnist · BFM Business | Selected | Commentator | International columnist at BFM Business. | 2 | 397 |
| Gianluca Pastori Senior associate fellow and professor · ISPI, Università Cattolica di Milano | Selected | Academic | Professor at ISPI and Catholic University. | 2 | 70 |
| Hermann Ploppa Commentator · apolut | Selected | Commentator | Commentator analyzing news and political issues. | 2 | 9 |
| Lau Svenssen Chief analyst · Svenssen & Tudborg | Selected | Economist or consultant | Founder analyst Svenssen & Tudborg. | 2 | 9 |
| Roland Oliphant Senior Foreign Correspondent · The Telegraph | Selected | Commentator | Chief Foreign Analyst at Telegraph, analyst. | 2 | 29 |
| André Loesekrug-Pietri President · JEDI | Selected | Think tank | President of JEDI think tank. | 2 | 8 |
| Jade McGlynn War Studies Department · King's College London | Selected | Academic | Dr. at War Studies Department, King's College London. | 2 | 8 |
| Philip Scholtzé Savings economist · Placera | Selected | Economist or consultant | Savings economist, Fondbolagens förening (financial association). | 2 | 8 |
| Anna Souakri Affiliate professor · ESCP Business School | Selected | Academic | Affiliate Professor, ESCP Business School. | 2 | 7 |
| Svitlana Morenets Staff Writer · The Spectator | Selected | Commentator | Staff Writer The Spectator, analyst. | 2 | 7 |
| Wolfgang Effenberger Commentator | Selected | Commentator | Commentator. | 2 | 7 |
| Ben Parker Founder · Runna | Selected | Commentator | The Bulwark, political analysis, analyst and commentator. | 2 | 6 |
| Eve MacDonald Dr · Cardiff University | Selected | Academic | Dr. at Cardiff University. | 2 | 9 |
| Hans Jacob Orning Professor · University of Oslo | Selected | Academic | Professor of history at the University of Oslo. | 2 | 6 |
| Michelle Nørgaard Equity strategist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Independent stock strategist. | 2 | 6 |
| Thomas Grjebine Head of the International Macroeconomics and Finance program · CEPII | Selected | Think tank | Macroeconomics program director, CEPII. | 2 | 6 |
| Abel Mestre Journalist · Monde | Selected | Commentator | Political columnist at Le Monde. | 2 | 5 |
| Didier Fassin Professor · Collège de France | Selected | Academic | Professor at Princeton and Collège de France. | 2 | 5 |
| Janine Beicht apolut | Selected | Commentator | Female commentator (current events analysis). | 2 | 5 |
| Lars Hytting Investment strategist · Arthascope | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investment strategist. | 2 | 5 |
| Magnus Helgerud Author | Selected | Commentator | Author and historian of ideas, analysis of ideas and history. | 2 | 5 |
| Xavier Vidal-Folch Analyst | Selected | Commentator | Explicit analyst, El analysis of Xavier Vidal-Folch. | 2 | 41 |
| Ana França Journalist · Expresso | Selected | Commentator | Commentator for Expresso. | 2 | 12 |
| Astrid DE Villaines Journalist, producer · France Culture | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and producer of L'esprit public (ideas program). | 2 | 4 |
| Bent Lindow Paleontologist and geologist · Natural History Museum of Denmark | Selected | Academic | Paleontologist at Danish Natural History Museum. | 2 | 4 |
| Bent Winther Political commentator · Berlingske | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator for Berlingske. | 2 | 4 |
| David Revault d'Allonnes Editor-in-chief of the journal L'Hémicycle, columnist · L'Hémicycle, LCI, Radio J | Selected | Commentator | Editor-in-chief, L'Hemicycle, editorialist. | 2 | 4 |
| Edith Hall Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor (implicit academic institution). | 2 | 5 |
| Giuseppe Mayer Entrepreneur, university lecturer, author | Selected | Academic | University docent. | 2 | 25 |
| Helena Ferro Gouveia Geopolitics expert | Selected | Commentator | Geopolitics expert, journalist. | 2 | 4 |
| Isabelle Job-Bazille Director of economic studies · Crédit-Agricole SA | Selected | Economist or consultant | Director of economic studies at Credit Agricole. | 2 | 4 |
| Jacques Follorou Journalist · Le Monde | Selected | Commentator | Specialist journalist in security and intelligence. | 2 | 4 |
| Kristina Ekero Eriksson The archaeologist | Selected | Commentator | Archaeologist and non-fiction history author. | 2 | 16 |
| Krzysztof Nieczypor Expert · OSW | Selected | Think tank | Expert at Eastern Studies Center, think tank. | 2 | 4 |
| Lars Bangert Struwe Secretary general · Atlantsammenslutningen | Selected | Think tank | General Secretary of Atlantsammenslutningen. | 2 | 4 |
| Louise Olifent Journalist · Ingeniøren | Selected | Commentator | Tech journalist Ingeniøren, domain analyst. | 2 | 4 |
| Mikael Milhøj Chief strategist · Sterna Capital | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief strategist and partner at Sterna Capital. | 2 | 4 |
| Nathalie Benatia Senior economist · BNP Paribas Asset Management | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Economist BNP Paribas Asset Management. | 2 | 4 |
| Niels Thulesen Dahl Political analyst · Jyllands-Posten | Selected | Commentator | Political analyst and commentator Jyllands-Posten. | 2 | 4 |
| Roe McDermott Movies editor · Hot Press | Selected | Commentator | Sex and relationships columnist Irish Times. | 2 | 4 |
| Roisin Murphy Architect, college lecturer and artist · TU Dublin | Selected | Academic | Architect and lecturer at TU Dublin. | 2 | 4 |
| Stijn Decock Journalist · De Standaard | Selected | Commentator | Economy journalist, specialized analyst. | 2 | 13 |
| Thibaud Mulier Constitutional law scholar, associate professor · Paris Nanterre University | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer in public law at University Paris Nanterre. | 2 | 4 |