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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth Elkrief Journalist · LCI | Selected | Commentator | Political columnist and commentator. | 3 | 27 |
| Hans Oudshoorn Investment trainer · Saxo | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investment trainer at Saxo, financial analyst. | 3 | 27 |
| Corinna Budras F.A.Z. columnist · Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung | Selected | Commentator | F.A.Z. columnist, analyst. | 2 | 27 |
| Junko Terao Asia editor · Internazionale | Selected | Commentator | Asia section editor-in-chief, Internazionale. | 1 | 27 |
| Yascha Mounk Political scientist · Persuasion | Selected | Think tank | Political scientist, director of Persuasion. | 23 | 26 |
| Nate Silver Legendary forecaster | Selected | Commentator | Legendary forecaster, analyst and recognized statistics expert. | 23 | 26 |
| Dan Wang Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Breakneck (nonfiction author). | 21 | 26 |
| Carlo Rovelli Physicist and author | Selected | Academic | Physicist, university teacher, Imperial College London Yale. | 18 | 26 |
| Jean-Marc Jancovici The Shift Project, Carbone4 | Selected | Think tank | Associate at Shift Project and Carbone4. | 14 | 26 |
| Steve Vladeck Professor · Georgetown Law | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Texas School of Law. | 13 | 26 |
| Leah Litman Legal expert · Michigan University | Selected | Academic | Professor, legal expert. | 11 | 26 |
| Tim Harford Host · Cautionary Tales | Selected | Commentator | Host of Cautionary Tales podcast. | 11 | 26 |
| Dahlia Lithwick Supreme Court expert · Slate | Selected | Commentator | Supreme Court expert Slate, analyst. | 10 | 26 |
| Rudy Giuliani Former Mayor of New York | Selected | Former official | Former Mayor of New York. | 10 | 26 |
| Dick Harrison Historian · Lund University | Selected | Academic | Professor of history at Lunds universitet. | 9 | 26 |
| Franz-Olivier Giesbert Writer, columnist · Esprits Libres | Selected | Commentator | Writer and columnist for Esprits Libres. | 8 | 26 |
| Stephen Moore Co-founder · Committee to Unleash Prosperity | Selected | Think tank | Distinguished Fellow at Heritage Foundation. | 8 | 26 |
| Austin Hughes | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist, analyst at KBC Ireland bank. | 4 | 26 |
| Didier Giraud Cattle breeder · Saône-et-Loire | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 26 |
| Fatima Aït Bounoua French teacher | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Professor of French. | 1 | 26 |
| Scott R. Anderson Senior Editor · Lawfare | Selected | Think tank | Fellow at Brookings Institution. | 1 | 26 |
| Steven Pinker Psychologist · Harvard University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. | 24 | 25 |
| Amy Edmondson Harvard Business School professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, Harvard Business School. | 24 | 25 |
| Simon Sebag Montefiore Historian | Selected | Commentator | Prize-winning historian author writing on geopolitical issues. | 17 | 25 |
| Cal Newport Author | Selected | Academic | Computer scientist, university teacher at Georgetown, non-fiction writer. | 16 | 25 |
| Alastair Campbell | Selected | Former official | Director of communications at 10 Downing Street (end of 2003). | 13 | 25 |
| Alain De Botton Modern-day philosopher · School of Life | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and author, School of Life, society analyst. | 12 | 25 |
| Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg Former CSU defence minister | Selected | Former official | Former CSU Defense Minister. | 11 | 25 |
| Jeremy Carl Author | Selected | Commentator | Commentator, author and non-fiction writer. | 10 | 25 |
| Hans-Georg Maaßen Former president of the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution | Selected | Former official | Former president of Federal Constitutional Protection Office (ehem.). | 8 | 25 |
| Shona Murray Europe Correspondent · Euronews | Selected | Academic | Professor of Politics at Dublin City University. | 7 | 25 |
| Fredrik Kopsch Economist · Timbro | Selected | Think tank | Chief economist of think tank Timbro. | 7 | 25 |
| Marc Vidal Economic analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economic analyst. | 7 | 25 |
| Bruno Cardoso Reis Geopolitical expert · ISCTE-IUL | Selected | Academic | Professor ISCTE-IUL, historian and geopolitologist. | 6 | 25 |
| Christian Mölling Senior adviser at the European Policy Centre | Selected | Think tank | Senior Advisor European Policy Centre. | 6 | 25 |
| Jan Ludvig Andreassen Chief economist · Eika Gruppen | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist Eika Gruppen. | 5 | 25 |
| Gerald Markel Political blogger and property developer | Selected | Commentator | Political blogger and publicist. | 4 | 25 |
| Ailbhe Rea Political Editor · Bloomberg | Selected | Commentator | Political Editor at New Statesman, political editor. | 3 | 25 |
| Niels Lunde Editor-in-chief · Børsen | Selected | Commentator | Editor-in-chief and commentator, Børsen. | 3 | 25 |
| Arthur Aidala Attorney · AM 970 The Answer | Selected | Lawyer | Attorney, lawyer. | 3 | 25 |
| Valentine Ainouz Head of interest rate strategy · Amundi Institute | Selected | Economist or consultant | Rate strategy director, Amundi Institute. | 2 | 25 |
| John Stepek Bloomberg senior reporter | Selected | Commentator | Money Distilled newsletter author. | 2 | 25 |
| Giuseppe Mayer Entrepreneur, university lecturer, author | Selected | Academic | University docent. | 2 | 25 |
| Marek Świerczyński Polityka Insight | Selected | Think tank | Expert at Polityka Insight (think tank). | 2 | 25 |
| Robert Shrimsley FT correspondent · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Chief political commentator at Financial Times, analyst. | 1 | 25 |
| Francesca Gnetti Middle East editor · Internazionale | Selected | Commentator | Middle East editor at Internazionale. | 1 | 25 |
| Simon Sinek Author | Selected | Commentator | Bestselling author of leadership analysis. | 14 | 24 |
| Sönke Neitzel Military historian · University of Potsdam | Selected | Academic | Military historian at University of Potsdam. | 13 | 24 |
| Simone Pieranni Journalist · Chora Media | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and founder of China Files. | 13 | 24 |
| Katie Phang Lawyer, legal analyst · MeidasTouch | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer and legal analyst at MeidasTouch. | 13 | 24 |