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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Falconer Labour peer, former cabinet minister · London Drugs Commission | Selected | Former official | Former cabinet minister, Labour peer. | 2 | 7 |
| Charlotte Borgerud Historian and archivist | Selected | Academic | Historian and archivist at Uppsala University. | 2 | 3 |
| Charlotte de Montpellier Senior economist · ING | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Economist at ING. | 2 | 2 |
| Chietigj Bajpaee Senior research fellow · Chatham House | Selected | Think tank | Senior Research Fellow at Chatham House. | 2 | 2 |
| Chloé Morin Political scientist and writer | Selected | Commentator | Essayist and political scientist, analysis specialist. | 2 | 2 |
| Chris Buskirk Founder, editor, publisher · American Greatness | Selected | Commentator | Founder, editor, publisher of American Greatness. | 2 | 3 |
| Chris Frueh Psychologist and professor | Selected | Academic | Psychologist and professor. | 2 | 3 |
| Chris Griswold Policy Director · American Compass | Selected | Think tank | Policy Director at American Compass. | 2 | 2 |
| Chris Krebs Cybersecurity official · Department of Homeland Security | Selected | Former official | Former top cybersecurity official at DHS. | 2 | 2 |
| Chrissy Houlahan | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. Representative in Congress (end 2025). | 2 | 2 |
| Christian Hanelt Middle East expert | Selected | Think tank | Middle East expert at Bertelsmann Foundation. | 2 | 4 |
| Christian Rainer Publisher and editor-in-chief · profil | Selected | Commentator | Editor and Editor-in-Chief of profil magazine. | 2 | 9 |
| Christian von Soest | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at German Institute for International Studies. | 2 | 3 |
| Christina Lutter Professor · University of Vienna | Selected | Academic | Professor Universität Vienna. | 2 | 3 |
| Christina Röcke Developmental psychologist · Healthy Longevity Center der Universität Zürich | Selected | Academic | Developmental psychologist at University of Zurich. | 2 | 2 |
| Christina Thompson Editor of the Harvard Review, author | Selected | Commentator | Harvard Review editor, non-fiction author. | 2 | 3 |
| Christina Toldbo Astrophysicist, head of the Round Tower Observatory · Rundetaarns Observatorium | Selected | Academic | Astrophysicist leading Rundetaarns Observatory. | 2 | 2 |
| Christoph Schaltegger Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof. university title. | 2 | 3 |
| Christophe Busch Director · Hannah Arendt-instituut | Selected | Think tank | Director of Hannah Arendt Institute. | 2 | 2 |
| Christopher J. Ferguson Professor of psychology · Stetson University | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology at Stetson University. | 2 | 2 |
| Cilia Holmes Indahl Head of the EQT Foundation | Selected | Think tank | Leader of EQT Foundation. | 2 | 2 |
| Claire Judde de Larivière Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian at University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès and Birkbeck, University of London. | 2 | 2 |
| Claire Miot Associate professor · Sciences Po Aix | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer at Sciences Po Aix. | 2 | 2 |
| Clare Mulley Author and historian | Selected | Commentator | Author of history, writes nonfiction historical books. | 2 | 3 |
| Claude Longchamp Political scientist | Selected | Academic | Political scientist (university teacher) at University of Zurich and St. Gallen. | 2 | 2 |
| Claudia Chwalisz Founder and CEO · DemocracyNext | Selected | Think tank | Founder and CEO of DemocracyNext think tank. | 2 | 2 |
| Claudine Cohen | Selected | Academic | Philosopher and historian of science at École pratique des hautes études. | 2 | 2 |
| Claudio Feijoo Engineer, economist | Selected | Academic | Engineer, economist, full professor at Technical University of Madrid. | 2 | 2 |
| Claus Normann Managing senior physician at the Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy · University Medical Center Freiburg | Selected | Academic | Professor and clinical director at Freiburg University. | 2 | 2 |
| Clayton Critcher Berkeley Haas Professor · UC Berkeley Haas | Selected | Academic | Berkeley Haas professor at UC Berkeley. | 2 | 2 |
| Clotilde Champeyrache Economist · CNAM | Selected | Academic | Economist at CNAM, higher education institution. | 2 | 8 |
| Clément Viktorovitch PhD in political science · professeur, auteur | Selected | Commentator | Doctor of Political Science, professor, streamer and author, public analysis activities. | 2 | 2 |
| Cochav Elkayam-Levy Founder and chair of the Commission | Selected | Academic | Legal scholar and international law scholar at Hebrew University and Reichman University. | 2 | 2 |
| Corentin Sellin Agrégé professor of history and US specialist | Selected | Academic | Agrégé professor of history. | 2 | 2 |
| Corinna Budras F.A.Z. columnist · Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung | Selected | Commentator | F.A.Z. columnist, analyst. | 2 | 27 |
| Craig Gent | Selected | Commentator | Cyberboss: The Rise of Algorithmic Management, analysis author. | 2 | 2 |
| Cristo Vega Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer, tech-savvy attorney. | 2 | 2 |
| Crystal Hefner NYT best selling Author, American model | Selected | Commentator | NYT best-selling author. | 2 | 2 |
| Cécile Alduy Professor of French literature | Selected | Academic | Professor of French Literature at Stanford. | 2 | 2 |
| Damian Thompson Writer | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and author at Spectator (opinion magazine), analysis journalist. | 2 | 38 |
| Damien Vandermeersch Advocate general at the Cour de cassation, emeritus professor at UCLouvain | Selected | Academic et Former official | Emeritus professor, UCLouvain, Advocate General at the Court of Cassation (current principal). | 2 | 2 |
| Dan Froomkin Media critic | Selected | Commentator | Media critic, media analyst. | 2 | 2 |
| danah boyd Partner Researcher at Microsoft Research | Selected | Academic et Think tank | Partner, Researcher at Microsoft Research, founder of Data & Society. | 2 | 2 |
| Dane Cekov Senior strategist · SB1 Markets | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Strategist SB1 Markets, financial strategist. | 2 | 2 |
| Daniel Aquillué Expert in 19th-century history, author | Selected | Commentator | 19th century history expert, author of War and knife. | 2 | 2 |
| Daniel Brook Journalist | Selected | Commentator | Journalist Daniel Brook, Hirschfeld non-fiction author. | 2 | 2 |
| Daniel Kostecki Financial markets analyst · CMC Markets | Selected | Economist or consultant | Financial markets analyst at CMC Markets, financial analyst. | 2 | 4 |
| Daniel Mügge UvA | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr. at UvA (University of Amsterdam). | 2 | 3 |
| Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins Assistant Professor · Wesleyan University | Selected | Academic | Assistant Professor at Wesleyan University. | 2 | 2 |
| Daniel Traça Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of book Ambição about Portugal, non-fiction. | 2 | 2 |