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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Murray Former ambassador | Selected | Former official | Former British ambassador. | 1 | 6 |
| Cristina De Stefano Biographer | Selected | Commentator | Biographer of nonfiction. | 1 | 2 |
| Daan Struyven Co-head of global commodities research, head of oil research · Goldman Sachs Research | Selected | Economist or consultant | Co-head of global commodities research at Goldman Sachs. | 1 | 2 |
| Dag Sletmo Seafood specialist · DNB | Selected | Economist or consultant | Seafood specialist at DNB. | 1 | 3 |
| Dan LaRosa Director of Corporate Retirement Plans · Ritholtz Wealth Management | Selected | Economist or consultant | Director of Corporate Retirement Plans at Ritholtz Wealth Management. | 1 | 2 |
| Daniel Compère | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3. | 1 | 2 |
| Daniela Münkel | Selected | Academic | Historian at Leibniz University Hannover. | 1 | 2 |
| David Berger Publicist and theologian · philosophia perennis | Selected | Commentator | Publicist and theologian. | 1 | 3 |
| Denis Scheck Literary critic | Selected | Commentator | Literary critic. | 1 | 2 |
| Didier Rebut Professor of criminal law and director of the Institute of Criminology · Institut de criminologie de Paris | Selected | Academic | Professor of criminal law in Paris. | 1 | 2 |
| Dmitriy Muravyev Professor · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Selected | Academic | Professor Université Illinois Urbana-Champaign. | 1 | 2 |
| Douglas Douds Professor, US Army War College | Selected | Academic | Professor at US Army War College. | 1 | 3 |
| Zbigniew Nowak Specialist in criminal law and criminology · War Studies Academy | Selected | Academic | Criminal law specialist, lecturer at academies. | 1 | 2 |
| Eemeli Karlsson Economist · Suomen Vuokranantajat | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at Suomen Vuokranantajat. | 1 | 2 |
| Eigil Schjønning Former head of Hærens Officersskole · IMA | Selected | Former official | Former chief of Officers School, retired officer. | 1 | 2 |
| Eirik Sjåholm Knudsen Professor of strategy · NHH | Selected | Academic | Professor of strategy at NHH. | 1 | 2 |
| Ellinor Hult Manager · Healthinvest | Selected | Economist or consultant | Asset manager at Healthinvest. | 1 | 3 |
| Emma Leoty Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer on the show, lawyer. | 1 | 2 |
| Emma Severinsson Lecturer in fashion studies · Lund University | Selected | Academic | Lecturer in fashion studies at Lunds University. | 1 | 2 |
| Enea Maffei Postdoc · ETH Zurich | Selected | Academic | Post-doc at ETH Zurich. | 1 | 2 |
| Eveline Crone Professor · Erasmus University Rotterdam | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr. developmentalist, university researcher. | 1 | 2 |
| Fabian Persson Professor of history · Linnéuniversitet | Selected | Academic | Professor of History at Linnaeus University. | 1 | 2 |
| Felix Straumann Science editor · Tages-Anzeiger | Selected | Commentator | Science Editor, science journalist analyst. | 1 | 2 |
| Fernando Vilches Vivancos Author of Con La Razón bajo el brazo | Selected | Academic | Profesor de Lengua Española. | 1 | 2 |
| Fhallon Ware-Gilmore Mosquito researcher, medical entomologist · CDC | Selected | Academic | Mosquito researcher at CDC research institution. | 1 | 2 |
| Florian Ernotte Lawyer specializing in new technologies | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer specializing in technology law. | 1 | 2 |
| Florian Niederndorfer Journalist · DER STANDARD | Selected | Commentator | STANDARD foreign politics editor, political editor. | 1 | 9 |
| Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist Professor · Stockholm University | Selected | Academic | Professor of History at Stockholm University. | 1 | 7 |
| Fredrik Löjdquist Head of the Centre for East European Studies · UI | Selected | Think tank | Head of Centrum för Östeuropastudier (research center). | 1 | 2 |
| Frédérick Plamondon | Selected | Academic | Teacher at Laval University and Collège d'Alma. | 1 | 7 |
| Gary Hoover Executive Director of the Murphy Institute, Professor of Economics · Tulane University | Selected | Academic | Executive Director and Professor of Economics at Tulane University. | 1 | 2 |
| Gary Ruvkun Nobel laureate | Selected | Academic | Nobel Prize geneticist, Harvard University. | 1 | 2 |
| Gavin Jones Dr., Fire Ecology | Selected | Academic | Dr. in Fire Ecology, explicit academic title. | 1 | 2 |
| Geir Uvsløkk Professor · Universitet i Oslo | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Oslo. | 1 | 2 |
| Gerhard Schröder | Selected | Former official | Former Federal Chancellor of Germany. | 1 | 6 |
| Giancarlo Corsetti | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at University of Cambridge. | 1 | 2 |
| Gianluca Ansalone Analyst · Campus Biomedico di Roma - Università di Roma Tor Vergata | Selected | Academic | Lecturer in Geopolitics at universities. | 1 | 2 |
| Gilles Candar Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian specializing in labor history. | 1 | 8 |
| Giuliano Milani Historian | Selected | Academic | University history professor. | 1 | 7 |
| Hanna Cichy Head of the economic department · Polityka Insight | Selected | Think tank | Head of economics department, Polityka Insight (think tank). | 1 | 15 |
| Hannah Marie Holm Manager | Selected | Economist or consultant | Portfolio manager (forvalter), financial analyst. | 1 | 2 |
| Hanne Østhus Associate professor in history at the University of Oslo | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer in history at University of Oslo. | 1 | 2 |
| Hans Geybels Theologian and historian · KU Leuven | Selected | Academic | Theologian and historian at KU Leuven University. | 1 | 2 |
| Hans Koster Professor · VU | Selected | Academic | Professor at VU University (Amsterdam). | 1 | 3 |
| Hans Peter Michaelsen Military analyst | Selected | Commentator | Independent military and defense analyst. | 1 | 3 |
| Hartmut Gieselmann Editor · c't Magazin | Selected | Commentator | Editor · c't Magazine | 1 | 11 |
| Heinrich Wefing Head of the politics desk · Die ZEIT | Selected | Commentator | Politics section leader at Die ZEIT. | 1 | 3 |
| Heleen Ekker NOS climate editor | Selected | Commentator | NOS climate editor. | 1 | 2 |
| Henning Heitmann Lawyer · SANDS Advokatfirma | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer partner at SANDS Advokatfirma. | 1 | 2 |
| Henrik Rampe | Selected | Commentator | Analysis work identified. | 1 | 2 |