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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobias Bunde MSC research director · Munich Security Conference | Selected | Think tank | MSC Research Director (Munich Security Conference). | 3 | 3 |
| Twan Huijsmans PhD researcher · UvA | Selected | Academic | Ph.D. researcher at UvA. | 3 | 3 |
| Ty Wiggins Lead of Russell Reynolds Associates' CEO & Transitions Practice | Selected | Economist or consultant | Lead at Russell Reynolds Associates practice. | 3 | 3 |
| Uri Gneezy Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist. | 3 | 3 |
| Ursula Plassnik Former foreign minister | Selected | Former official | Former Foreign Minister. | 3 | 3 |
| Valter Longo Biochemist and longevity expert | Selected | Commentator | Biochemist expert in longevity, book author. | 3 | 3 |
| Vibe Termansen Eastern Europe expert | Selected | Commentator | Eastern Europe expert, analysis book author. | 3 | 3 |
| Vibeke Schou Tjalve Research Fellow · Dronning Mary Centeret på Københavns Universitet | Selected | Academic | Research Fellow at Dronning Mary Center, University Copenhagen | 3 | 3 |
| Victor Pereira Researcher · Instituto de História Contemporânea da Universidade Nova de Lisboa | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Instituto de Historia Contemporanea, Universidade Nova. | 3 | 3 |
| Vincent Martigny Historian, professor of political science · université de Nice, Ecole Polytechnique | Selected | Academic | Professor of political science at Nice and Polytechnique Universities. | 3 | 3 |
| Walter Siti | Selected | Academic | University teacher (professor) at University of Pisa. | 3 | 3 |
| Wilhelm Schmid Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof. Dr. (philosophy professor). | 3 | 3 |
| Willy Pedersen Russia researcher | Selected | Academic | Norwegian sociologist, professor, and researcher. | 3 | 3 |
| Wolfgang Streeck Sociologist | Selected | Academic | Economic sociologist, professor at Cologne. | 3 | 3 |
| Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz | Selected | Former official | Former Prime Minister of Poland (ended 1997). | 3 | 3 |
| Benaouda Abdeddaïm International columnist · BFM Business | Selected | Commentator | International columnist at BFM Business. | 2 | 397 |
| Annalisa Cappellini Columnist · BFM Business | Selected | Commentator | Columnist at BFM Business. | 2 | 224 |
| Ray McGovern Former CIA analyst | Selected | Former official | Former CIA analyst. | 2 | 181 |
| Raphaël Legendre Columnist · BFM Business | Selected | Commentator | Columnist at BFM Business. | 2 | 177 |
| Hallgeir Kvadsheim Consumer economist · Dine Penger, Luksusfellen | Selected | Economist or consultant | Consumer economist at Dine Penger. | 2 | 168 |
| Gilbert Doctorow Dr. | Selected | Academic | Prof./Professor. | 2 | 135 |
| Frédéric Hermel Journalist and writer | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and writer, author of analysis. | 2 | 125 |
| Sofie Frøkjær Fact-checker and political journalist · Radio IIII | Selected | Commentator | Fact-checker and political journalist. | 2 | 124 |
| Pepe Escobar | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and geopolitical analyst. | 2 | 101 |
| Mariola Urrea | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Spanish politics radio analyst with no stated role; a La Rioja jurist is plausible, but nothing precise ties them. | 2 | 98 |
| Javier Aroca | Selected | Commentator | Political analyst and debater in Hoy por Hoy. | 2 | 73 |
| Gianluca Pastori Senior associate fellow and professor · ISPI, Università Cattolica di Milano | Selected | Academic | Professor at ISPI and Catholic University. | 2 | 70 |
| Michał Kolanko Publicist · Rzeczpospolita | Selected | Commentator | Rzeczpospolita columnist, Polish analyst columnist. | 2 | 68 |
| Estefanía Molina | Selected | Commentator | Political scientist and political columnist. | 2 | 67 |
| Jean-Loup Bonnamy Philosophy professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of philosophy. | 2 | 62 |
| Bartosz Węglarczyk Editor-in-chief · Onet | Selected | Commentator | Editor-in-Chief (redactor naczelny) Onet | 2 | 57 |
| Justin Haskins Co-author · Our Republic | Selected | Commentator | Co-author of The Great Reset and Dark Future essays. | 2 | 46 |
| Maria Wetterstrand | Selected | Former official | Former member of Swedish Riksdag, positions ended 2010. | 2 | 44 |
| Hildo Laman IEX analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | House analyst at IEX, fundamental analyst. | 2 | 43 |
| Rich Lowry Editor of National Review | Selected | Commentator | Editor of National Review, ideas journal editor. | 2 | 43 |
| Barbara Lefebvre History and geography teacher | Selected | Academic | Professor of history and geography. | 2 | 42 |
| Xavier Vidal-Folch Analyst | Selected | Commentator | Explicit analyst, El analysis of Xavier Vidal-Folch. | 2 | 41 |
| Roar Valderhaug Market commentator · E24 | Selected | Commentator | Markets commentator for E24. | 2 | 41 |
| Kent Andersen Author, writer and musician | Selected | Commentator | Author, writer and musician, public analytical activity. | 2 | 40 |
| Josep Ramoneda | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Panelist on Spanish news commentary shows with no function named and general topics; nothing precise ties him to this philosopher and journalist. | 2 | 39 |
| Damian Thompson Writer | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and author at Spectator (opinion magazine), analysis journalist. | 2 | 38 |
| Kalle Moene Economics professor · UiO | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics, University of Oslo. | 2 | 38 |
| Gemma Venhuizen | Selected | Commentator | Science journalist at NRC. | 2 | 35 |
| Sarah Ditum Writer · The Times and The Sunday Times | Selected | Commentator | Writer The Times and Sunday Times, essayist. | 2 | 35 |
| Stephanie Pomboy Expert | Selected | Economist or consultant | Independent macro strategist. | 2 | 33 |
| Quinta Jurecic Senior Editor · Lawfare | Selected | Think tank | Senior Editor at Lawfare/The Lawfare Institute. | 2 | 32 |
| Giuseppe Dentice | Selected | Think tank | Middle East analyst of international studies center. | 2 | 30 |
| Giles Wilkes | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at Institute for Government. | 2 | 30 |
| Roland Oliphant Senior Foreign Correspondent · The Telegraph | Selected | Commentator | Chief Foreign Analyst at Telegraph, analyst. | 2 | 29 |
| Josh Glancy News Review Editor · The Sunday Times | Selected | Commentator | News Review editor at Sunday Times. | 2 | 29 |