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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah McBride Congressman | Excluded | Serving politician | Representative at Congress in office | 3 | 3 |
| Ted Sarandos Co-CEO · Netflix | Excluded | Business executive | Co-CEO at Netflix. | 3 | 3 |
| Thomas Massie U.S. Representative | Excluded | Serving politician | U.S. Representative, incumbent politician. | 3 | 3 |
| Tijs van den Brink | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 3 | 3 |
| Tim Cook CEO · Apple | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Apple. | 3 | 3 |
| Tobias Singelnstein Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof. Dr. Criminologist. | 3 | 3 |
| Tomasz Pindel Dr | Selected | Commentator | Translator and journalist, author. | 3 | 3 |
| Veronika Dorman Journalist · Libération | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Libération Russia specialist. | 3 | 3 |
| Wojciech Jakóbik Energy expert | Selected | Commentator | Polish journalist and energy expert/analyst specializing in energy. | 3 | 3 |
| Øyunn Krogh Dancer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 3 | 3 |
| Atul Gawande Surgeon, professor, public health leader, bestselling author · USAID | Selected | Academic | Surgeon and professor, explicit academic title. | 3 | 3 |
| Birgitte Borup International commentator · Berlingske | Selected | Commentator | International commentator for Berlingske. | 3 | 3 |
| David Jiménez Torres Professor and columnist | Selected | Commentator | Profesor and columnist. | 3 | 3 |
| Sylvie Laurent Historian · Sciences Po | Selected | Academic | Historian and teacher at Sciences Po. | 3 | 3 |
| Triestino Mariniello Professor · John Moores University di Liverpool | Selected | Academic | Professor of international criminal law at John Moores University. | 3 | 3 |
| Alexander Roose Montaigne expert · Argenta | Selected | Economist or consultant | Head of Equities at bank (Argenta). | 3 | 3 |
| Amber Rudd Home Secretary | Selected | Former official | Home Secretary 2016-2018, former minister. | 3 | 3 |
| Anne-Marie Slotboom Scientist and professor · Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Scientist and professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. | 3 | 3 |
| Arunabha Ghosh President · CEEW | Selected | Think tank | Founder and President of CEEW think tank. | 3 | 3 |
| Augusto Santos Silva Former minister | Selected | Former official | Former Foreign Affairs Minister and ex-president of Portuguese Assembly. | 3 | 3 |
| Chris Patten Former Governor of Hong Kong | Selected | Former official | Former Governor of Hong Kong. | 3 | 3 |
| Christian Egander Skov Historian | Selected | Commentator | Historian, author and conservative debater. | 3 | 3 |
| Dag Inge Fjeld Analyst and former FrP politician | Selected | Academic et Former official | College lecturer, former Frp politician. | 3 | 3 |
| Ferdinand von Schirach Writer and lawyer | Selected | Commentator | Writer and lawyer, nonfiction author. | 3 | 3 |
| Frauke Rostalski Lawyer and legal philosopher · University of Cologne | Selected | Academic | Philosopher and jurist at University of Cologne. | 3 | 3 |
| Hans-Jakob Schindler Senior Director · Counter Extremism Project | Selected | Think tank | Senior Director Counter Extremism Project (think tank). | 3 | 3 |
| Higinio Marín Professor · Thenomba | Selected | Academic | Philosopher, professor at Universidad CEU. | 3 | 3 |
| Holly Dagres Senior Fellow · Washington Institute | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow Washington Institute. | 3 | 3 |
| Ian Goldin Oxford professor · Université d'Oxford | Selected | Academic | Oxford professor, University of Oxford professor. | 3 | 3 |
| Inge Heydorn Manager · Chelverton | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager at Chelverton Asset Management. | 3 | 3 |
| Irène Kilubi University lecturer · JOINTGENERATIONS | Selected | Academic | Lecturer and entrepreneur. | 3 | 3 |
| Isak Svensson Professor · Uppsala University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. | 3 | 3 |
| Johan Ling Researcher | Selected | Academic | Professor and researcher, university position. | 3 | 3 |
| Jude Blanchette Freeman Chair in China Studies · CSIS | Selected | Think tank | Freeman Chair in China Studies at CSIS. | 3 | 3 |
| Justin Garcia Evolutionary biologist | Selected | Academic | Evolutionary biologist, professor at Indiana University. | 3 | 3 |
| Lídia Jorge Writer and Councillor of State | Selected | Commentator | Portuguese non-fiction writer. | 3 | 3 |
| Marina Hyde Columnist · The Guardian | Selected | Commentator | Guardian columnist, author. | 3 | 3 |
| Melissa Lane Classics scholar | Selected | Academic | Classics scholar at Princeton University. | 3 | 3 |
| Nils Rune Langeland Author | Selected | Commentator | Author-historian, former university professor. | 3 | 3 |
| Rachel Karten Social media consultant | Selected | Commentator | Social media consultant, author Link in Bio. | 3 | 3 |
| Rob Ford Professor | Selected | Academic | Political scientist professor. | 3 | 3 |
| Ronald-Peter Stöferle Fund manager · Incrementum | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager at Incrementum. | 3 | 3 |
| Stijn Baert Professor of economics · Ghent University | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics at university. | 3 | 3 |
| Svend Brinkmann Professor · Aalborg University | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology at Aalborg University. | 3 | 3 |
| Søren Pind Minister | Selected | Former official | Former Danish minister. | 3 | 3 |
| Therese Persson Macro analyst · Danske Bank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Macro analyst at Danske Bank, manager. | 3 | 3 |
| Abdelkader Benali Writer | Selected | Commentator | Columnist writer analyst. | 3 | 3 |
| Daniel Gros Director · Institute for European Policymaking Università Bocconi | Selected | Think tank et Academic | Director of Institute for European Policymaking at Universita Bocconi (principal think tank). | 3 | 3 |
| Soumaya Sahla Deradicalisation expert · Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Doctoral student doing thesis at University of Leiden. | 3 | 3 |
| Alondra Nelson Member · UN advisory body on AI | Selected | Academic | Sociologist, Columbia affiliation and research. | 3 | 3 |