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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tania Lombrozo Arthur W. Marks Professor of Psychology · Princeton University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Psychology at Princeton University. | 2 | 2 |
| Teodor de Mas Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of the book El arte de hacer dinero, nonfiction. | 2 | 3 |
| Terry Virts Former US Air Force F-16 pilot, NASA astronaut · National Center for Energy Analytics | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot and NASA astronaut. | 2 | 3 |
| Theodore Tallent PhD student in political science · Sciences-Po | Selected | Academic | Doctoral student in political science at Sciences Po. | 2 | 3 |
| Therese Sollien Commentator | Selected | Commentator | Commentator. | 2 | 5 |
| Thierry de Montbrial Founder and chair · French Institute of International Relations | Selected | Think tank | Founder and president of French Institute for International Relations (IFRI). | 2 | 3 |
| Thomas Erikson Author, leadership coach | Selected | Commentator | Author and Leadership Coach. | 2 | 6 |
| Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen Professor of mobility and migration law · University of Copenhagen | Selected | Academic | Professor of Mobility and Migration Law, University of Copenhagen. | 2 | 4 |
| Thomas Hoenig | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist, Federal Reserve and Mercatus Center. | 2 | 6 |
| Thomas Metzinger German philosopher · University of Mainz | Selected | Academic | German philosopher, professor emeritus at University of Mainz. | 2 | 2 |
| Thomas Thygesen Chief strategist · SEB | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief strategist at SEB (investment bank). | 2 | 2 |
| Tim Cross Senior science writer · The Economist | Selected | Commentator | Senior Science Writer The Economist. | 2 | 3 |
| Tim Naftali Presidential historian | Selected | Commentator | Presidential historian, political history analyst. | 2 | 3 |
| Tim Nijsmans Author of 'De Hangmatbelegger', financial adviser · Arteveldehogeschool | Selected | Commentator | Author of financial essays, financial adviser. | 2 | 2 |
| Timothy Noah Staff writer · New Republic | Selected | Commentator | Staff writer New Republic. | 2 | 2 |
| Tine Choi Danielsen Equity strategist · PFA | Selected | Economist or consultant | Stock strategist at PFA. | 2 | 2 |
| Tom Bevan RealClearPolitics | Selected | Commentator | From RealClearPolitics, political analysis. | 2 | 17 |
| Tom Brzozowski Former counsel for Domestic Terrorism · U.S. Department of Justice | Selected | Former official | Former counsel for Terrorism at Department of Justice. | 2 | 2 |
| Tom Frieden Former Director of the CDC | Selected | Former official | Former director of CDC. | 2 | 2 |
| Tom Gilbert Professor of evolutionary genetics · GLOBE Institute, Københavns Universitet | Selected | Academic | Professor of evolutionary genetics at University of Copenhagen. | 2 | 2 |
| Tom Segev | Selected | Commentator | Historian and journalist at Haaretz. | 2 | 2 |
| Tom Woods Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of book on COVID, essayist. | 2 | 3 |
| Tomas Eneroth | Selected | Former official | Former Swedish Infrastructure Minister (end 2022). | 2 | 6 |
| Tomas Furmark Professor of clinical psychology · Université | Selected | Academic | Professor of clinical psychology. | 2 | 2 |
| Tomasz Bielecki | Selected | Commentator | Journalist at Polityka Insight, political analysis media. | 2 | 14 |
| Tomasz Markiewka Dr | Selected | Academic | Adjunct professor at Nicolaus Copernicus University. | 2 | 2 |
| Tomasz Nałęcz Professor, historian | Selected | Academic | Professor and historian with university affiliation. | 2 | 2 |
| Tony Holohan Dr. | Selected | Academic et Former official | Former Chief Medical Officer of Ireland, professor at Trinity College Dublin. | 2 | 2 |
| Tony Wyss-Coray Director of the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience · Wu Tsai Neuro | Selected | Academic | Director of Knight Initiative, Wu Tsai Neuro. | 2 | 3 |
| Tor Bukkvoll Researcher · Norwegian Defence Research Establishment | Selected | Academic | Researcher, Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt. | 2 | 2 |
| Tor Wallin Andreassen | Selected | Academic | Professor at Norwegian School of Economics. | 2 | 2 |
| Torbjörn Becker Chef · Østekonomiska institutet | Selected | Think tank | Head of Østekonomiska institutet, economics institute. | 2 | 2 |
| Tore Olsson Historian of the United States | Selected | Academic | Professor of United States history at the University of Tennessee. | 2 | 2 |
| Tristan Cabello Historian, associate professor · Johns Hopkins University | Selected | Academic | Historian, lecturer at Johns Hopkins University. | 2 | 4 |
| Tsedal Neeley Professor · Harvard Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor at Harvard Business School. | 2 | 2 |
| Ulf Sverdrup Leader of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs · NUPI | Selected | Think tank | Leader at Norwegian Institute NUPI. | 2 | 2 |
| Urszula Kuczyńska Linguist, economist and publicist · Instytut Sobieskiego | Selected | Commentator | Publicist and non-fiction author on climate. | 2 | 2 |
| Vanda Felbab-Brown Director of the Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors · Brookings Institution | Selected | Think tank | Director of Brookings Institution, think tank. | 2 | 3 |
| Vicente Moreno PhD student in Agriculture and Applied Economics · Universidad de Texas Tech | Selected | Academic | Doctoral student in agriculture and applied economics at Texas Tech. | 2 | 2 |
| Victor Galaz Political scientist | Selected | Think tank | Political scientist researcher at Stockholm Resilience Centre. | 2 | 3 |
| Victor Shih Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of political science. | 2 | 2 |
| Victoria Gill Science Correspondent · BBC | Selected | Commentator | BBC science correspondent, science analysis. | 2 | 6 |
| Victoria Hislop Bestselling author | Selected | Commentator | Author of bestsellers. | 2 | 2 |
| Vladimir Fédorovski Former diplomat | Selected | Former official | Former Russian diplomat. | 2 | 2 |
| Vladislav Zubok Professor · London School of Economics | Selected | Academic | Professor at the London School of Economics. | 2 | 2 |
| Walter Thurnherr Former federal chancellor | Selected | Former official | Former Federal Chancellor (former Swiss chancellor). | 2 | 2 |
| Widar Andersson | Selected | Former official | Former member of Swedish Riksdag (ended 1998). | 2 | 3 |
| Will Tiemeijer Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr. (associate professor). | 2 | 2 |
| Willemijn Kadijk Researcher of political extremism · NTA | Selected | Think tank | Researcher on political extremism at NTA. | 2 | 2 |
| William Evanina Former NCSC Director | Selected | Former official | Former NCSC director. | 2 | 2 |