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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellen Kountz Professor · INSEEC | Selected | Academic | Professor at INSEEC Paris. | 2 | 2 |
| Elyamine Settoul Sociologist · IRSEM | Selected | Think tank | Defense and society domain director at IRSEM. | 2 | 2 |
| Emma Dabiri Broadcaster, historian, and bestselling author · SOAS | Selected | Academic | Writer and Academic, SOAS explicitly mentioned. | 2 | 2 |
| Eric Lamarre Senior partner · McKinsey & Company | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company. | 2 | 2 |
| Erica Bailey Professor · UC Berkeley Haas School of Business | Selected | Academic | Professor at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. | 2 | 4 |
| Esa Suominen Consultant · Rud Pedersen | Selected | Economist or consultant | Consultant at Rud Pedersen. | 2 | 2 |
| Estanislao Nistal Professor of Microbiology · Universidad CEU San Pablo | Selected | Academic | Professor of microbiology, university. | 2 | 2 |
| Femmetje de Wind Writer | Selected | Commentator | Author whose activity is writing and analysis. | 2 | 2 |
| Fernando Gómez Writer | Selected | Commentator | Writer, Non-fiction Author. | 2 | 2 |
| Fernando Vilches Author | Selected | Academic | Profesor and philologist. | 2 | 4 |
| Frank Jensen Former head of the Forensic Department | Selected | Former official | Former chief of criminal police unit. | 2 | 2 |
| Gavin Barwell Conservative peer | Selected | Former official | Former Chief of Staff to Theresa May. | 2 | 2 |
| Giorgia Valente Journalist · theGeoview | Selected | Commentator | Journalist specialized in geopolitics (theGeoview). | 2 | 2 |
| Giovanni Carbone Professor of political science · Università Statale di Milano, ISPI | Selected | Academic | Professor of Political Science. | 2 | 5 |
| Giovanni Savino Professor · Università Federico II di Napoli | Selected | Academic | Professor at Federico II University. | 2 | 3 |
| Giuseppe De Ruvo Limes | Selected | Commentator | Geopolitical analyst for Limes magazine. | 2 | 9 |
| Gustaf von Sivers Fund manager · Sivers Urban Fonder | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager at Sivers Urban Fonder. | 2 | 2 |
| Hank Greely Bioethics and law expert · Stanford Law School | Selected | Academic | Professor of law and bioethics at Stanford University. | 2 | 2 |
| Hans Petter Graver Professor of law · UiO | Selected | Academic | Professor of law at the University of Oslo. | 2 | 2 |
| Heather Grabbe Senior fellow · Bruegel | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow at Bruegel think tank. | 2 | 12 |
| Heinz Bude Sociologist and psychologist · Universidad de Kassel | Selected | Academic | Profesor de Macrosociología at Universidad de Kassel. | 2 | 2 |
| Helena Gissén Political commentator · Ekot | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator at Ekot, commentator. | 2 | 9 |
| Henrik Chetan Aspengren Senior analyst and project manager · Asienprogrammet UI | Selected | Think tank | Senior Analyst at Swedish Institute for Foreign Affairs. | 2 | 3 |
| Henrik Karlsen Investment chief · Horizon3 | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investment Director at Horizon3 fund. | 2 | 2 |
| Hieronim Gral Professor · Université de Varsovie | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Warsaw. | 2 | 2 |
| Håkon Astrup Analyst · DNB Markets | Selected | Economist or consultant | Analyst DNB Markets bank. | 2 | 3 |
| Ida Östenberg Professor · University of Gothenburg | Selected | Academic | Professor at Gothenburg University. | 2 | 8 |
| Iga Magda Associate professor · Warsaw School of Economics | Selected | Academic | Associate professor Warsaw School of Economics. | 2 | 3 |
| Ignacio Cabria Anthropologist | Selected | Commentator | Anthropologist and essay author. | 2 | 2 |
| Ingemar Bengtsson Professor of physics · Stockholm University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Physics at Stockholm University. | 2 | 2 |
| Jacques de Saint Victor Professor of legal history | Selected | Academic et Commentator | Professor of legal history, also literary critic. | 2 | 2 |
| Jagjit S. Chadha Professor of Economics · University of Cambridge | Selected | Academic et Think tank | Professor of economics at Cambridge University. | 2 | 2 |
| Jared Diamond Geography professor · University of California, Los Angeles | Selected | Academic et Commentator | Professor UCLA, also historian and commentator. | 2 | 2 |
| Javier Santaolalla Physicist and science communicator | Selected | Academic | Physicist at CERN. | 2 | 2 |
| Jean-François Corty Associate researcher, vice president · IRIS, Médecins du Monde | Selected | Think tank | Associated researcher, vice president of IRIS. | 2 | 2 |
| Jesper Dammeyer Professor · Institut for Psykologi Københavns Universitet | Selected | Academic | Professor at the Institute of Psychology of Copenhagen University. | 2 | 4 |
| Jesper Nielsen Lecturer and PhD in Mesoamerican studies · University of Copenhagen | Selected | Academic | Lecturer and Ph.D. in Mesoamerican studies at Copenhagen University. | 2 | 2 |
| Jingmai O'Connor Paleobiologist and associate curator of reptiles · Field Museum of Chicago | Selected | Academic | Paleobiologist, associate curator at Field Museum of Chicago. | 2 | 2 |
| Johan Edberg Real estate analyst · Handelsbanken | Selected | Economist or consultant | Analyst at Handelsbanken, banking and financial analysis. | 2 | 3 |
| Johan Sundberg Market commentator · E24 | Selected | Academic et Commentator | Guest professor at KTH, primarily academic position. | 2 | 3 |
| John List Economist · Becker Friedman Institute | Selected | Academic | Professor of Economics and Director, Becker Friedman Institute. | 2 | 2 |
| John-Christopher Rolland Constitutional law scholar · Paris Nanterre University | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer at University Paris-Nanterre. | 2 | 5 |
| Jon B. Alterman CSIS | Selected | Think tank | Center for Strategic and International Studies. | 2 | 23 |
| Jon Georg Dale Former minister | Selected | Former official | Former state councillor. | 2 | 2 |
| Jon Hyltner Manager · Pareto AM | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager at Pareto AM. | 2 | 2 |
| Jonathan Daly Professor of History · University of Illinois Chicago | Selected | Academic | Professor of History at University of Illinois Chicago. | 2 | 2 |
| Jonathan Powell British national security advisor | Selected | Former official | Former British national security advisor. | 2 | 2 |
| Jorge Dezcallar Former director of the National Intelligence Centre (CNI) | Selected | Former official | Former director of National Intelligence Center. | 2 | 3 |
| José Eduardo Martins Commentator | Selected | Commentator | Explicit commentator. | 2 | 6 |
| Joyce Tyldesley Historian | Selected | Academic | Archaeologist and Egyptologist at University of Manchester. | 2 | 4 |