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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Cohan Puck | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction books and financial columnist. | 3 | 4 |
| Bjarne Schieldrop Commodities analysis head · SEB | Selected | Economist or consultant | Financial analyst at bank. | 3 | 4 |
| Bruno Jeudy Deputy managing director and columnist · La Tribune Dimanche | Selected | Commentator | Columnist at La Tribune Dimanche. | 3 | 4 |
| Christian Ingrao Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian, research director at CNRS. | 3 | 4 |
| Christien Brinkgreve Author | Selected | Commentator | Author, writer and Dutch sociologist. | 3 | 4 |
| Christoffer Ahnemark Manager · Ålandsbanken | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager at Ålandsbanken. | 3 | 4 |
| Cliff Sloan Professor · Georgetown Law Center | Selected | Academic | Professor, Georgetown Law Center. | 3 | 4 |
| Cordelia Fine Professor in the History and Philosophy of Science · University of Melbourne | Selected | Academic | Professor in History and Philosophy of Science at University of Melbourne. | 3 | 4 |
| Dag Blanck Professor of North American studies · Svenska institutet för nordamerikastudier | Selected | Academic | Professor of North American Studies, academic professor. | 3 | 4 |
| Dale Bredesen Neurologist · Buck Institute for Research on Aging | Selected | Academic | Neurologist, Buck Institute for Research on Aging (public research organization). | 3 | 4 |
| David McRaney Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of How Minds Change. | 3 | 4 |
| Johannes Gerschewski WZB Berlin Social Science Center | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung. | 3 | 4 |
| Eugene Fama Nobel Laureate | Selected | Economist or consultant | Nobel Prize economist, professor at University of Chicago. | 3 | 4 |
| Fernando López-Mirones Biologist, science communicator and researcher | Selected | Commentator | Biologist and science communicator. | 3 | 4 |
| Flemming Splidsboel Senior researcher · DIIS | Selected | Think tank | Senior Researcher at DIIS (think tank). | 3 | 4 |
| Fredrik Nyström Doctor, professor of internal medicine and researcher | Selected | Academic | Professor of Internal Medicine, academic title. | 3 | 4 |
| Gene Kim Author | Selected | Commentator | Author and researcher, nonfiction writer. | 3 | 4 |
| Gerard Baker Columnist · The Times | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for The Times. | 3 | 4 |
| Gillian Kenny Dr. | Selected | Academic | Dr., academic degree. | 3 | 4 |
| Gouke Moes Outgoing minister of Education, Culture and Science · Gobierno de Países Bajos | Selected | Former official | Resigned Minister of Education. | 3 | 4 |
| Gunnar Lindstedt Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of the book Northvolt-fallet. | 3 | 4 |
| Harold James Professor · Princeton University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Princeton University. | 3 | 4 |
| Heather Radke Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Butts: A Backstory, nonfiction. | 3 | 4 |
| Hugh Newman Author and documentarian | Selected | Commentator | Author and documentarian. | 3 | 4 |
| Hélène MIARD-DELACROIX Professor of German history and civilisation · Sorbonne University | Selected | Academic | Professor of History, Sorbonne University. | 3 | 4 |
| Ilona Gizińska Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich | Selected | Think tank | Center for Eastern Studies, think tank. | 3 | 4 |
| Imran Rashid Physician and bestselling author | Selected | Commentator | Doctor and bestselling author. | 3 | 4 |
| Insaff El Hassini Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of the book 50 phrases to negotiate. | 3 | 4 |
| Ismael López Author of the book Sables al viento | Selected | Commentator | Author of the book Sands in the Wind. | 3 | 4 |
| Jakob Augstein Writer and publisher | Selected | Commentator | German writer and publisher, literary analysis. | 3 | 4 |
| James Palmer Deputy editor · Foreign Policy | Selected | Commentator | Deputy editor at Foreign Policy (analysis journal). | 3 | 4 |
| Javier del Valle Investor, macroeconomic analyst · JF Partners | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investor, macroeconomic analyst at JF Partners. | 3 | 4 |
| Jesús Fernández Úbeda Writer, journalist | Selected | Commentator | Writer and journalist. | 3 | 4 |
| Joakim Lamotte Journalist | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and social debater. | 3 | 4 |
| John Sellars Reader in philosophy · Royal Holloway, University of London | Selected | Academic | Reader in philosophy at Royal Holloway University of London. | 3 | 4 |
| Jon Kabat-Zinn Molecular biologist | Selected | Academic | Professor emeritus at University of Massachusetts. | 3 | 4 |
| José Pedro Teixeira Fernandes University professor · Instituto Português de relações Internacionais | Selected | Academic | Professor at the Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais. | 3 | 4 |
| Jörg Rocholl President of ESMT | Selected | Academic | President of ESMT business school. | 3 | 4 |
| Karim Lakhani Professor · Harvard Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor, Harvard Business School. | 3 | 4 |
| Keith Houston Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction book on emoji history. | 3 | 4 |
| Kjetil Martinsen Chief economist · Swedbank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist Swedbank analyst. | 3 | 4 |
| Laetitia Bucaille Professor of political sociology · INALCO | Selected | Academic | Professor of Political Sociology at INALCO. | 3 | 4 |
| Ludivine Bantigny Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian professor at University of Rouen Normandy. | 3 | 4 |
| Marco Pastors Former politician | Selected | Former official | Former Dutch politician. | 3 | 4 |
| Marjorie Ingall Co-author | Selected | Commentator | Co-author of Sorry, Sorry, Sorry. | 3 | 4 |
| Mark Cancian CSIS | Selected | Think tank | CSIS, think tank. | 3 | 4 |
| Martin Kolk Lecturer in demography | Selected | Academic | Docent in demography. | 3 | 4 |
| Mathias Clasen Director · The Recreational Fear Lab | Selected | Academic | Director of Recreational Fear Lab. | 3 | 4 |
| Małgorzata Bonikowska Centrum Studiów Międzynarodowych | Selected | Think tank | Political scientist at Centre for International Studies (think tank). | 3 | 4 |
| Michel Dijkstra Writer, philosopher and lecturer | Selected | Academic | Writer, philosopher and docent (teacher) at an institution. | 3 | 4 |