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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Pilz Founder and publisher · Zackzack | Selected | Commentator | Zackzack founder and editor (editor and analyst). | 2 | 5 |
| Peter Power Executive Director · UNICEF Ireland | Selected | Former official | Irish politician, former Teachta Dála. | 2 | 2 |
| Peter Vermeersch | Selected | Academic | Full professor at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. | 2 | 2 |
| Peter Vuust Brain researcher · Institut for Klinisk Medicin på Aarhus Universitet | Selected | Academic | Neuroscience researcher at university (Aarhus University). | 2 | 10 |
| Petter Bae Brandtzæg Professor at the University of Oslo and chief scientist at Sintef Digital · Universitetet i Oslo, Sintef Digital | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Oslo and researcher at Sintef Digital. | 2 | 2 |
| Peyman Jafari Historian and Iran expert | Selected | Academic | Historian and political scientist. | 2 | 11 |
| Philip Wendt Analyst · Aktiespararna | Selected | Economist or consultant | Analyst at Aktiespararna, stock analyst. | 2 | 2 |
| Philippe Charlier Director of the Anthropology, Archaeology, Biology laboratory · Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University | Selected | Academic | Director of university lab at Versailles-Saint-Quentin. | 2 | 3 |
| Philippe Muntwyler Financial planner · Caveo | Selected | Economist or consultant | Financial planner, financial consultant at Caveo. | 2 | 4 |
| Pierre Haroche Professor of European and international politics · Lille Catholic University | Selected | Academic | Professor of politics, Catholic University of Lille. | 2 | 2 |
| Pierre-Benoît Roumagnou Historian · Sorbonne University | Selected | Academic | Historian at Sorbonne University. | 2 | 2 |
| Pilar Esquinas Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer, practicing attorney. | 2 | 4 |
| Pim Van Vliet Chief quant strategist · Robeco | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief quant strategist at Robeco. | 2 | 3 |
| Piotr Durka Professor in the physics department · Universität Warschau | Selected | Academic | Prof., University of Warsaw. | 2 | 2 |
| Pol Morillas Director · Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) | Selected | Think tank | Director of Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB). | 2 | 3 |
| Poul Nyrup Rasmussen Det Sociale Netværk/headspace Danmark | Selected | Former official | Former prime minister, former minister. | 2 | 2 |
| Predrag Petrovic Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap, Karolinska institutet | Selected | Academic | Institutionen foer klinisk neurovetenskap, Karolinska institutet. | 2 | 3 |
| Jeff Sachs Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor title, explicit university title. | 2 | 3 |
| Maja Soboleva Institut für Philosophie an der Uni Marburg | Selected | Academic | Institut fuer Philosophie Uni Marburg, professor. | 2 | 2 |
| Oliver Bendel Information ethicist | Selected | Academic | Professor and ethicist of information. | 2 | 2 |
| Przemysław Żurawski vel Grajewski | Selected | Academic | Political scientist, academic at University of Łódź. | 2 | 3 |
| Péter Techet Historian | Selected | Commentator | Historian, historical analysis and writing. | 2 | 6 |
| Qaisar Mahmood The author and debater | Selected | Commentator | Author and debater. | 2 | 3 |
| Quita Muis Assistant professor of Sociology · Tilburg University | Selected | Academic | Lecturer in Sociology at Tilburg University. | 2 | 2 |
| Rachel Ziemba Adjunct Senior Fellow · Center for a New American Security | Selected | Think tank | Adjunct Senior Fellow at CNAS. | 2 | 2 |
| Rafael Galán Economist specializing in China and emerging markets | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist expert in China and markets. | 2 | 8 |
| Ragnar Hatlem Political chief and Middle East expert | Selected | Former official | Former police chief. | 2 | 14 |
| Ralf Fayad Technical analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | Technical analyst, economic and financial analyst. | 2 | 4 |
| Ralph Nader Consumer advocate | Selected | Commentator | Consumer advocate, political policy defender. | 2 | 3 |
| Ray Madoff Legal scholar | Selected | Academic | Professor of Law at Boston College. | 2 | 2 |
| Rebecca Ingber Just Security | Selected | Think tank | Affiliated with Just Security. | 2 | 7 |
| Rebecca Nagle Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of By the Fire We Carry. | 2 | 3 |
| Reiner Eichenberger | Selected | Academic | Economist and professor at University of Fribourg. | 2 | 3 |
| Ricardo Pérez-Marco | Selected | Academic | Mathematician and professor at UCLA. | 2 | 3 |
| Richard Curran Columnist · Irish Independent | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for Irish Independent, analysis. | 2 | 4 |
| Rick Stroud Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of history books. | 2 | 2 |
| Rob Kaplan Vice chairman and the former president of the Dallas Fed · Goldman Sachs | Selected | Economist or consultant et Former official | Vice-President Goldman Sachs, former Federal Reserve. | 2 | 3 |
| Robert Sobiech Dr · Univerzytet Civitas | Selected | Academic | Doctor at Civitas University with academic title. | 2 | 8 |
| Roderick Beaton Emeritus Koraes Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature at King's College London | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor of Koraes at King's College London. | 2 | 2 |
| Roger Pérez Physiologist · Duke University | Selected | Academic | Physiologist at Duke University. | 2 | 2 |
| Romano Prodi President of the Foundation for Cooperation Between Peoples · Fondazione per la Collaborazione tra i Popoli | Selected | Former official | Former President of European Commission, former PM of Italy. | 2 | 5 |
| Roos Vonk Social psychologist · Radboud Universiteit | Selected | Academic | Social psychologist at Radboud University. | 2 | 3 |
| Rose Lamy Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of essays and analyses. | 2 | 3 |
| Rosi Braidotti Feminist philosopher | Selected | Academic | Professor at Utrecht University. | 2 | 6 |
| Rudy van Belkom Director · Stichting Toekomstbeeld der Techniek | Selected | Think tank | Foundation director of technology foresight. | 2 | 2 |
| Russell Foster Director · Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, University of Oxford | Selected | Academic | Director of Institute at University of Oxford. | 2 | 2 |
| Russell Miller Constitutional lawyer | Selected | Academic | Constitutionalist, professor of law at Washington and Lee. | 2 | 2 |
| Ryan Berg Analyst · CSIS | Selected | Think tank | Analyst at CSIS, think tank. | 2 | 3 |
| Ryan Hopkins Future of Well-being Leader · Deloitte | Selected | Economist or consultant | Future of Well-being Leader at Deloitte. | 2 | 2 |
| Sabine Dullin Historian · Sciences Po Paris | Selected | Academic | Historian specializing at Sciences Po Paris. | 2 | 8 |