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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Varadkar Former Taoiseach | Selected | Former official | Former Taoiseach, former Irish prime minister. | 12 | 17 |
| Paul Johnson Director · Institute for Fiscal Studies | Selected | Think tank | Director Institute for Fiscal Studies. | 12 | 16 |
| C. Thi Nguyen Philosopher | Selected | Academic | Philosopher, university teacher at University of Utah. | 12 | 16 |
| Peter Atwater President · Financial Insyghts | Selected | Economist or consultant | President of Financial Insyghts, analyst. | 12 | 16 |
| Patrick Radden Keefe Award-winning writer and investigative journalist | Selected | Commentator | Investigative journalist and author. | 12 | 15 |
| Bari Weiss The Free Press | Selected | Commentator | Founder of The Free Press. | 12 | 15 |
| Adam Frank Astrophysicist | Selected | Academic | Astrophysicist and professor at University of Rochester. | 12 | 14 |
| Sebastian Mallaby Two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and senior fellow · Council on Foreign Relations | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow at Council on Foreign Relations. | 12 | 13 |
| Thomas Hertog Cosmologist | Selected | Academic | University teacher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. | 12 | 13 |
| Jon Ronson Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of essays. | 12 | 13 |
| Gabriel Zucman Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist, explicit economist title. | 12 | 12 |
| Anne-Laure Le Cunff Author · Ness | Selected | Commentator | Author with the title How to Live Freely in a Goal Obsessed World. | 12 | 12 |
| Alessandro Barbero Professor · Università del Piemonte Orientale | Selected | Academic | Professor and historian. | 11 | 320 |
| John Mearsheimer Professor · University of Chicago | Selected | Academic | Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at University of Chicago. | 11 | 204 |
| Bernard Hammelburg Foreign affairs commentator · BNR | Selected | Commentator | International commentator for BNR. | 11 | 101 |
| Emily Jashinsky Host · After Party | Selected | Commentator | Host of After Party and Federalist podcasts, analyst. | 11 | 63 |
| Andrew Klavan Author · The Daily Wire | Selected | Commentator | Author and Daily Wire contributor. | 11 | 46 |
| David French | Selected | Commentator et Lawyer | Columnist at New York Times, former lawyer. | 11 | 36 |
| Miles Taylor Former chief of staff at Department for Homeland Security | Selected | Former official | Former DHS chief of staff. | 11 | 35 |
| Gerd Kommer Finance expert | Selected | Economist or consultant | Finance expert and ETF expert. | 11 | 34 |
| Azeem Azhar Investor and author · Exponential View | Selected | Commentator | Author of Exponential View blog. | 11 | 32 |
| Pip Klöckner Tech investor | Selected | Commentator | Tech analyst, tech thought leader analyzing technology news. | 11 | 31 |
| Bridget Phetasy Spectator World contributing editor | Selected | Commentator | Contributing editor at Spectator. | 11 | 30 |
| Franz-Stefan Gady Military expert · International Institute for Strategic Studies | Selected | Think tank | Analyst at International Institute for Strategic Studies. | 11 | 27 |
| Ulrike Franke Senior Policy Fellow · ECFR | Selected | Think tank | Senior Policy Fellow ECFR. | 11 | 27 |
| Leah Litman Legal expert · Michigan University | Selected | Academic | Professor, legal expert. | 11 | 26 |
| Tim Harford Host · Cautionary Tales | Selected | Commentator | Host of Cautionary Tales podcast. | 11 | 26 |
| Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg Former CSU defence minister | Selected | Former official | Former CSU Defense Minister. | 11 | 25 |
| Kenneth Manusama America expert | Selected | Academic | Professor of international law at VU Amsterdam. | 11 | 24 |
| Jérôme Fourquet Director of the Opinion department · Ifop | Selected | Think tank | Opinion director at Ifop, polling institute. | 11 | 23 |
| John Kiriakou Author, journalist and former intelligence officer · CIA | Selected | Former official | Former CIA analyst, case officer and intelligence officer. | 11 | 21 |
| Wolfgang Ischinger Chair · Munich Security Conference | Selected | Think tank | President, Munich Security Conference. | 11 | 21 |
| Matt Goodwin Political scientist, author | Selected | Commentator | Former academic turned political commentator and author. | 11 | 21 |
| Tim Spector Food scientist · King's College London | Selected | Academic | Professor at King's College London. | 11 | 20 |
| Remco Breuker Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor (Hoogleraar). | 11 | 19 |
| Michael Green Chief Strategist and Portfolio Manager · Simplify Asset Management | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Strategist at Simplify Asset Management. | 11 | 18 |
| Gérard Araud Former ambassador | Selected | Former official | Former Ambassador of France. | 11 | 18 |
| Norm Eisen Ambassador · CNN | Selected | Lawyer | CNN legal analyst, former ambassador to Czech Republic. | 11 | 17 |
| Karim Sadjadpour Senior Fellow · Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow Carnegie Endowment. | 11 | 17 |
| Stephanie Ruhle Anchor, Senior Business Analyst · The 11th Hour, MS NOW | Selected | Commentator | Senior Business Analyst, economic analyst. | 11 | 16 |
| Brené Brown Researcher on courage · University of Houston | Selected | Academic | Researcher and author University of Houston | 11 | 16 |
| Robert Kagan | Selected | Academic | Political scientist, writer and historian at Georgetown University. | 11 | 15 |
| Andrew Bustamante Former covert officer · CIA | Selected | Former official | Former covert CIA officer. | 11 | 14 |
| David Brooks New York Times columnist | Selected | Commentator | New York Times columnist. | 11 | 14 |
| Robert J. Waldinger Professor and psychiatrist · Harvard University | Selected | Academic | Study and development director at Harvard. | 11 | 14 |
| Claudia Sahm Economist · Federal Reserve | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at Federal Reserve. | 11 | 14 |
| Zeke Faux Author · Bloomberg | Selected | Commentator | Investigative journalist Bloomberg and author Number Go Up. | 11 | 13 |
| Brian Klaas Political scientist | Selected | Commentator | Political scientist, author of Fluke. | 11 | 13 |
| Noah Smith | Selected | Commentator | Author of Noahpinion economic analysis newsletter. | 11 | 13 |
| Alex Edmans Professor of finance · London Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor of finance at London Business School. | 11 | 13 |