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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uzi Arad Former Head of Mossad Intelligence and National Security Advisor | Selected | Former official | Former Head of Mossad and National Security Advisor. | 2 | 2 |
| Véronique Nahoum-Grappe Anthropologist | Selected | Academic | Anthropologist at School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences. | 2 | 2 |
| Wendy Chang Analyst · Mercator Institute for China Studies (Merics) | Selected | Think tank | Analyst at Mercator Institute for China Studies (think tank). | 2 | 2 |
| Wendy Woloson Associate professor · Rutgers University-Camden | Selected | Academic | Professor and Chair at Rutgers University. | 2 | 2 |
| Wilhelm Agrell Professor of history | Selected | Academic | History professor. | 2 | 4 |
| Wojciech Ganczarek Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction books. | 2 | 5 |
| Xiang Biao Social anthropologist | Selected | Academic | Social anthropologist at Oxford University. | 2 | 2 |
| Yevgeniy Golovchenko Lecturer and researcher · University of Copenhagen | Selected | Academic | Researcher at University of Copenhagen. | 2 | 2 |
| Zeke Hernandez Professor · Wharton School | Selected | Academic | Professor at Wharton School. | 2 | 2 |
| Álex Rovira Writer and speaker · Arpa Editores | Selected | Commentator | Writer and speaker, author. | 2 | 2 |
| Željko Ivezić Director of Rubin Construction, Professor of Astronomy · University of Washington | Selected | Academic | Professor of astronomy at University of Washington. | 2 | 2 |
| Barbara Lefebvre History and geography teacher | Selected | Academic | Professor of history and geography. | 2 | 42 |
| Abnousse Shalmani Commentator · LCI | Selected | Commentator | Commentator for LCI. | 2 | 22 |
| Sofie Frøkjær Fact-checker and political journalist · Radio IIII | Selected | Commentator | Fact-checker and political journalist. | 2 | 124 |
| Cal Thomas Nationally syndicated US columnist | Selected | Commentator | Nationally syndicated columnist. | 2 | 19 |
| Annalisa Cappellini Columnist · BFM Business | Selected | Commentator | Columnist at BFM Business. | 2 | 224 |
| Dominic Nicholls Associate Editor of Defence · The Telegraph | Selected | Commentator | Associate Editor Defence Telegraph, specialized analyst. | 2 | 16 |
| Cécile Cornudet Columnist · Les Échos | Selected | Commentator | Political columnist at Les Échos. | 2 | 14 |
| Gastón Giribet | Selected | Academic | Professor and researcher, University of Buenos Aires. | 2 | 13 |
| Wilfrid Galand Director and strategist · Montpensier Finance | Selected | Economist or consultant | Director and strategist at Montpensier Finance. | 2 | 12 |
| Christian Bito Professor of finance · ESSEC | Selected | Academic | Professor of finance at ESSEC Business School. | 2 | 10 |
| Jean-Hervé Lorenzi Founder · Cercle des Économistes | Selected | Think tank | Founder and president of Economists Circle. | 2 | 10 |
| Quinta Jurecic Senior Editor · Lawfare | Selected | Think tank | Senior Editor at Lawfare/The Lawfare Institute. | 2 | 32 |
| Ray McGovern Former CIA analyst | Selected | Former official | Former CIA analyst. | 2 | 181 |
| Géraldine Woessner Editor-in-chief · Le Point | Selected | Commentator | Editor-in-chief, Le Point, ideas publication editor-in-chief. | 2 | 8 |
| Javier Aroca | Selected | Commentator | Political analyst and debater in Hoy por Hoy. | 2 | 73 |
| Domenico Montanaro Senior political editor and correspondent · NPR | Selected | Commentator | Senior Political Editor NPR, political analyst. | 2 | 7 |
| Gilbert Doctorow Dr. | Selected | Academic | Prof./Professor. | 2 | 135 |
| Nina Horaczek Chief reporter · FALTER | Selected | Commentator | Chief investigative reporter analyzing current events. | 2 | 21 |
| Gemma Venhuizen | Selected | Commentator | Science journalist at NRC. | 2 | 35 |
| Jan Cienski Defense editor · POLITICO | Selected | Commentator | Defense editor and defense expert POLITICO, specialized analyst. | 2 | 6 |
| Jason Buttrill Chief researcher · Glenn Beck | Selected | Commentator | Chief researcher analyzing current events. | 2 | 24 |
| Pepe Escobar | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and geopolitical analyst. | 2 | 101 |
| Estefanía Molina | Selected | Commentator | Political scientist and political columnist. | 2 | 67 |
| Federico Rampini Speaker | Selected | Commentator | Speaker and correspondent, analyzes current events at festivals. | 2 | 12 |
| Hans de Jongh Mobility editor · Het Financieele Dagblad | Selected | Commentator | Mobility editor at Het Financieele Dagblad. | 2 | 13 |
| Kacper Ochman Direction of kaukaz.pl · Kierunek Kaukaz | Selected | Commentator | Author Kierunek Kaukaz, geopolitical analysis. | 2 | 9 |
| Kyle Anzalone | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator and analysis podcast host. | 2 | 28 |
| Renaud Meltz University professor, research director · CNRS | Selected | Academic | Professor, CNRS research director. | 2 | 10 |
| Stefano Montefiori Journalist · Corriere della Sera | Selected | Commentator | Corriere della Sera journalist. | 2 | 6 |
| Sylvain Trinel Journalist · Tech&Co | Selected | Commentator | Tech & Co columnist at BFM. | 2 | 5 |
| Étienne Bracq Market commentator · BFM Business | Selected | Commentator | Markets commentator for BFM Business. | 2 | 11 |
| Charles Grant Director · Centre for European Reform | Selected | Think tank | Director European Reform Center. | 2 | 4 |
| Chris Stringer Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, leading paleoanthropologist. | 2 | 5 |
| Esperance Hakuzwimana Writer | Selected | Commentator | Writer. | 2 | 4 |
| Ewa Pietrzyk-Zieniewicz Dr · UW | Selected | Academic | Prof. Political scientist at University of Warsaw. | 2 | 17 |
| Francesco Saraceno Economist · istituto di studi politici di Parigi | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics at IEP Paris. | 2 | 11 |
| François Lenglet Commentator · LCI | Selected | Commentator | Commentator, economic news analyst. | 2 | 4 |
| Guido Barbujani Geneticist | Selected | Academic | Geneticist at Stony Brook University. | 2 | 10 |
| Hugo Nordland Historian and author · Historiska Media | Selected | Commentator | Historian and author, author activity. | 2 | 11 |