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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel Maddow MSNBC anchor | Excluded | Journalist | MSNBC presenter and podcast host, animator. | 4 | 5 |
| Errin Haines Guest host · The 19th | Selected | Commentator | Editor-at-Large at The 19th, politics analyst. | 4 | 5 |
| Erica Chenoweth Political scientist · Harvard Kennedy School | Selected | Academic | Frank Stanton Professor at Harvard Kennedy School. | 4 | 5 |
| Greg Ip Chief Economics Commentator · WSJ | Selected | Commentator | Chief Economics Commentator at Wall Street Journal. | 4 | 5 |
| Justin Gregg Senior Research Associate & Vice President · Dolphin Communication Project | Selected | Academic | Assistant professor, associate researcher at Dolphin Communication Project. | 4 | 5 |
| Rüdiger von Fritsch Former ambassador | Selected | Former official | Former ambassador to Moscow. | 4 | 5 |
| Eliot A. Cohen Former Counsellor of the United States Department of State · CSIS | Selected | Think tank et Former official | Researcher at CSIS, American think tank. | 4 | 5 |
| Serena Giacomin Climatologist and meteorologist · Italian Climate Network | Selected | Academic | Physicist, meteorologist and climatologist, scientific director. | 4 | 5 |
| Andrew Palmer Senior editor · The Economist | Selected | Commentator | Senior Editor and Bartleby columnist The Economist. | 4 | 5 |
| Ben Wallace Secretary of State for Defence · UK Government | Selected | Former official | Former Secretary of Defense (2019-2023). | 4 | 5 |
| Bogdan Góralczyk Professor · University of Warsaw | Selected | Academic | Profesor at University of Warsaw. | 4 | 5 |
| Catherine Ashton EU foreign policy chief · European Union | Selected | Former official | Former EU commissioner. | 4 | 5 |
| Christine Blume Sleep researcher · Deutschlandfunk Nova | Selected | Academic | Sleep researcher at University of Basel. | 4 | 5 |
| David Albright President · Institute for Science and International Security | Selected | Think tank | President of international science security institute. | 4 | 5 |
| Helen Carr Historian | Selected | Commentator | Historian and author of Sceptred Isle. | 4 | 5 |
| James Kanagasooriam Chief research officer · Focaldata | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief research officer at Focaldata, polling firm. | 4 | 5 |
| John Ganz Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of When the Clock Broke, essayist and analyst. | 4 | 5 |
| Lars Söderfjell Equity strategist · Ålandsbanken | Selected | Economist or consultant | Equity strategist Ålandsbanken. | 4 | 5 |
| Linda Hill Professor · Harvard Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor at Harvard Business School. | 4 | 5 |
| Lorcan Sirr Expert | Selected | Commentator | Housing policy analyst, author of Housing Nation. | 4 | 5 |
| Maurice Obstfeld Peterson Institute for International Economics | Selected | Think tank | Peterson Institute economics, think tank. | 4 | 5 |
| Olle Häggström Guest | Selected | Academic | Mathematician at Chalmers University of Technology. | 4 | 5 |
| Ranjay Gulati | Selected | Academic | Professor at Harvard Business School. | 4 | 5 |
| Rod Blagojevich Former Illinois Governor | Selected | Former official | Former governor of Illinois, 'Former' explicitly indicated. | 4 | 5 |
| Tessa Dunlop Royal historian | Selected | Commentator | Royal historian and author. | 4 | 5 |
| Sam Dalrymple Author | Selected | Commentator | Historian and writer. | 4 | 5 |
| Maarten Boudry Dr | Selected | Academic et Commentator | Philosopher of science, doctorate, author at Ghent University. | 4 | 5 |
| Torkel Brekke Professor of history of religion · Civita | Selected | Academic | Professor of history of religion, explicit academic title. | 4 | 5 |
| Adam Thierer Senior Fellow for the Technology & Innovation team · R Street | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow at R Street. | 4 | 5 |
| Agustín Fuentes Leading biological anthropologist · Princeton University | Selected | Academic | Leading biological anthropologist at Princeton University. | 4 | 5 |
| Alex De Waal Hunger researcher | Selected | Academic | Anthropologist and researcher at Tufts University. | 4 | 5 |
| Amalia Guerrero Economist, businesswoman, investor · Escuela de Tranquilidad Financiera | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist, independent analyst, school founder. | 4 | 5 |
| Ami Ayalon Former director · Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) | Selected | Former official | Former director of Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet). | 4 | 5 |
| Andrzej Duda | Selected | Former official | President of Poland, term ended 2025. | 4 | 5 |
| António Costa Pinto Historian and political scientist | Selected | Academic | Historian, sociologist at Universidade Lusófona. | 4 | 5 |
| Benedikte Moltumyr Høgberg Professor of jurisprudence at the Department of Public Law · University of Oslo | Selected | Academic | Professor of law, University of Oslo. | 4 | 5 |
| Bertrand Badré Former managing director · World Bank | Selected | Former official | Former General Director of World Bank. | 4 | 5 |
| Charles Parton | Selected | Former official | Former diplomat. | 4 | 5 |
| Chris Guillebeau Author, entrepreneur | Selected | Commentator | Writer and Blogger, author. | 4 | 5 |
| Damian Szacawa Dr · UMCS Lublinie, Institut Europy Środkowej | Selected | Academic | Dr., UMCS Lublin, Central Europe Institute (Polish university). | 4 | 5 |
| Diarmaid Ferriter Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of history book. | 4 | 5 |
| Gen Ben Hodges Former Commanding General of US Army Europe | Selected | Former official | Former Commanding General of US Army Europe. | 4 | 5 |
| Geoff Woods Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of 'The AI Driven Leader', essay. | 4 | 5 |
| Gytha Heins Author | Selected | Commentator | Author with Waarom research. | 4 | 5 |
| Henrique Gouveia e Melo Admiral in reserve | Selected | Former official | Admiral retired, former high-ranking military. | 4 | 5 |
| Ignacio Morgado Professor of Psychobiology | Selected | Academic | Professor, explicit university title. | 4 | 5 |
| Isabella Tree Conservationist | Selected | Commentator | Writer, conservationist. | 4 | 5 |
| Jan Jörnmark Lecturer in economic history · Université | Selected | Academic | Docent in economic history at university. | 4 | 5 |
| Jan Longeval Author, adjunct professor · Kounselor Consulting, Vlerick Business School | Selected | Academic | Adjunct professor at Vlerick Business School, author. | 4 | 5 |
| Janne Stigen Drangsholt Professor of English literature · University of Stavanger | Selected | Academic | Professor of English at Universitetet i Stavanger. | 4 | 5 |