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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gérard Araud Former ambassador | Selected | Former official | Former Ambassador of France. | 11 | 18 |
| Karim Sadjadpour Senior Fellow · Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow Carnegie Endowment. | 11 | 17 |
| Kenneth Rogoff Former chief economist of the IMF · Harvard | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics at Harvard, former chief economist at the IMF. | 11 | 12 |
| Matt Goodwin Political scientist, author | Selected | Commentator | Former academic turned political commentator and author. | 11 | 21 |
| Robert Kagan | Selected | Academic | Political scientist, writer and historian at Georgetown University. | 11 | 15 |
| Ruth Ben-Ghiat Professor of History · NYU | Selected | Academic | Professor of History, NYU. | 11 | 13 |
| Tim Harford Host · Cautionary Tales | Selected | Commentator | Host of Cautionary Tales podcast. | 11 | 26 |
| Tom Holland The Rest is History | Selected | Commentator | Co-host of 'The Rest is History' podcast, history. | 11 | 11 |
| Andreas Steno Economist and investor | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist and investor, macroeconomic expert. | 10 | 75 |
| Alena Buyx Professor of medical ethics and health technologies · TU München | Selected | Academic | Female professor of Ethics, TU Munich. | 10 | 13 |
| Salena Zito Columnist · Washington Examiner | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for Washington Examiner and author. | 10 | 44 |
| Tom Nichols Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of 'The Death of Expertise'. | 10 | 43 |
| Patrick McGee Author · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Award-winning journalist, author of Apple in China. | 10 | 11 |
| Richard Haass Foreign policy veteran · Council on Foreign Relations | Selected | Think tank | Veteran Diplomat at Council on Foreign Relations. | 10 | 15 |
| Luciano Floridi Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, explicit academic title. | 10 | 16 |
| Wim Voermans Professor · Universiteit | Selected | Academic | Professor, University of Leiden. | 10 | 32 |
| Leszek Miller Former prime minister | Selected | Former official | Former prime minister of Poland. | 10 | 36 |
| Robert Næss Investment director · Nordea | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investment director at Nordea. | 10 | 28 |
| Charlie Sykes Bulwark Podcast | Selected | Commentator | Host of Bulwark Podcast, political analyst. | 10 | 30 |
| Johan Norberg | Selected | Commentator | Author and journalist, editor-in-chief at Timbro think tank. | 10 | 12 |
| Richard Dolan Historian, researcher & author | Selected | Commentator | Historian, researcher and author specializing in analysis. | 10 | 28 |
| Richard Thaler Professor · University of Chicago | Selected | Academic | Professor of behavioral science, University of Chicago. | 10 | 12 |
| Sanam Vakil Director of Middle East and North Africa programme · Chatham House | Selected | Think tank | Director at Chatham House think tank. | 10 | 16 |
| Simon Kuper Columnist · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for Financial Times. | 10 | 10 |
| Steve Keen Economist · UCL | Selected | Academic | Economist, emeritus professor at UCL. | 10 | 11 |
| Volker Wissing Former FDP minister | Selected | Former official | Former FDP Transport Minister. | 10 | 13 |
| Holger Stark Head of the investigations desk · ZEIT | Selected | Commentator | Head of investigative desk, ZEIT and ZEIT ONLINE. | 10 | 12 |
| Dahlia Lithwick Supreme Court expert · Slate | Selected | Commentator | Supreme Court expert Slate, analyst. | 10 | 26 |
| Jason Furman Economist · Harvard | Selected | Academic | Economist at Harvard. | 10 | 17 |
| Nikolaus Blome Head of politics at RTL/ntv | Selected | Commentator | Politics editor, RTL/ntv. | 10 | 27 |
| Rudy Giuliani Former Mayor of New York | Selected | Former official | Former Mayor of New York. | 10 | 26 |
| Victor Haghani Wall Street Legend · Elm Wealth | Selected | Economist or consultant | Wall Street legend, Elm Wealth fund. | 10 | 11 |
| Adam Becker Astrophysicist | Selected | Commentator | Astrophysicist and non-fiction author. | 10 | 12 |
| Clara Mattei Associate Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor of Economics at New School University. | 10 | 19 |
| Daniel Pink Bestselling author | Selected | Commentator | Bestselling author on motivation and timing. | 10 | 10 |
| Danielle DiMartino Booth | Selected | Economist or consultant | Independent macroeconomic analyst, former Fed advisor. | 10 | 50 |
| David McWilliams Economist, writer and Irish Times columnist | Selected | Commentator | Economist and columnist for Irish Times. | 10 | 13 |
| David Rosenberg Economist · Rosenberg Research | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at Rosenberg Research. | 10 | 32 |
| Ed Yardeni Wall Street voice | Selected | Economist or consultant | Wall Street Voice, financial analyst. | 10 | 19 |
| Edward Chancellor Financial historian, columnist · Reuters Breakingviews | Selected | Commentator | Financial historian, columnist. | 10 | 14 |
| Ethan Kross Professor; Director · University of Michigan | Selected | Academic | Professor University of Michigan. | 10 | 10 |
| Hannah Ritchie Data scientist, deputy editor · Our World in Data | Selected | Commentator | Data scientist and editor at Our World in Data, public analysis. | 10 | 11 |
| Helen Thompson Professor of Political Economy · Cambridge | Selected | Academic | Professor of Political Economy, Cambridge. | 10 | 19 |
| Ilan Pappé | Selected | Academic | Historian at University of Exeter. | 10 | 14 |
| Jamil Zaki Professor of psychology · Stanford University | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology, Stanford University. | 10 | 11 |
| Jeremy Carl Author | Selected | Commentator | Commentator, author and non-fiction writer. | 10 | 25 |
| Kim Scott Author and co-founder · Radical Candor | Selected | Commentator | Author and co-founder of Radical Candor, business. | 10 | 10 |
| Maarten van Rossem Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of history at University of Utrecht. | 10 | 22 |
| Martijn Kitzen Professor, former military | Selected | Academic | Professor, university lecturer. | 10 | 13 |
| Mary Roach | Selected | Commentator | American science writer. | 10 | 10 |