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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomasz Trela Member of parliament · Lewica | Excluded | Serving politician | Deputy in office. | 2 | 3 |
| Valentina Nappi Actor, writer and provocateur | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 3 |
| Vera Lúcia Arreigoso Journalist · Expresso | Excluded | Journalist | Jornalista Expresso. | 2 | 3 |
| Ville Tolvanen Digitalisation pioneer · Aura Boards | Excluded | Business executive | Leader of Aura Boards, digitalization pioneer, business leader. | 2 | 3 |
| Vincent Tourret Associate researcher, PhD candidate · FRS, UQAM | Selected | Think tank et Academic | Researcher at FRS/IFRI, doctoral candidate, strategic research organizations. | 2 | 3 |
| Vincenzo Latronico Writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer, fiction. | 2 | 3 |
| Vinod Khosla Founder of Khosla Ventures | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Khosla Ventures. | 2 | 3 |
| Wafa Al Ali Justice editor · NRC | Excluded | Journalist | Justice editor NRC, justice editor | 2 | 3 |
| Witold Rodkiewicz Expert · OSW | Selected | Think tank | Expert, OSW (think tank). | 2 | 3 |
| Wopke Hoekstra European commissioner | Excluded | Serving politician | EU Commissioner, active. | 2 | 3 |
| Xander van der Wulp Explainer · NOS | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 3 |
| Zoé Mohl Investor · Balderton Capital | Excluded | Business executive | Investor at Balderton Capital. | 2 | 3 |
| Álvaro Anula | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 3 |
| Anders Søgaard Professor of artificial intelligence · Institut for Datalogi på Københavns Universitet | Selected | Academic | Professor of Artificial Intelligence, KU. | 2 | 3 |
| Andrés Malamud Political scientist | Selected | Academic | Political scientist, political scientist at University of Lisbon. | 2 | 3 |
| Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Chair of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation | Selected | Think tank et Former official | President of Konrad Adenauer Foundation (political foundation). | 2 | 3 |
| Barbascura X Chemist and writer | Selected | Commentator | Chemist and writer, science communicator. | 2 | 3 |
| Bartosz Wójcik Teaching lecturer · Maria Curie-Skłodowska University | Selected | Academic | Teaching assistant at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University. | 2 | 3 |
| Bogusław Samol Lieutenant general · Wojsko Polskie | Selected | Former official | Polish army general in retirement. | 2 | 3 |
| Cathrine Thorleifsson Researcher · University of Oslo | Selected | Academic | Researcher at University of Oslo. | 2 | 3 |
| Celia Huber Senior partner · McKinsey & Company | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior associate at McKinsey & Company. | 2 | 3 |
| Christophe Jaffrelot Research director · CNRS | Selected | Academic | Research director at CNRS. | 2 | 3 |
| Ernesto Castañeda Director of the Centre for Latin American and Latino Studies and its Immigration Lab · American University | Selected | Academic | Director of Centre for Latin American Studies at American University. | 2 | 3 |
| Giovanni Savino Professor · Università Federico II di Napoli | Selected | Academic | Professor at Federico II University. | 2 | 3 |
| Henrik Chetan Aspengren Senior analyst and project manager · Asienprogrammet UI | Selected | Think tank | Senior Analyst at Swedish Institute for Foreign Affairs. | 2 | 3 |
| Håkon Astrup Analyst · DNB Markets | Selected | Economist or consultant | Analyst DNB Markets bank. | 2 | 3 |
| Iga Magda Associate professor · Warsaw School of Economics | Selected | Academic | Associate professor Warsaw School of Economics. | 2 | 3 |
| Johan Edberg Real estate analyst · Handelsbanken | Selected | Economist or consultant | Analyst at Handelsbanken, banking and financial analysis. | 2 | 3 |
| Johan Sundberg Market commentator · E24 | Selected | Academic et Commentator | Guest professor at KTH, primarily academic position. | 2 | 3 |
| Jorge Dezcallar Former director of the National Intelligence Centre (CNI) | Selected | Former official | Former director of National Intelligence Center. | 2 | 3 |
| Julia Schneidawind Dr. · Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities | Selected | Academic | Dr. at Bavarian Academy of Sciences and LMU. | 2 | 3 |
| Katarzyna Szymielewicz Lawyer and president · Fundacja Panoptykon | Selected | Think tank | Prezeska Fundacja Panoptykon, rights think tank. | 2 | 3 |
| Kostas Kampourakis Scholar · Oxford University Press | Selected | Academic | Researcher and university professor. | 2 | 3 |
| Kristin Neff Psychologist · University of Texas at Austin | Selected | Academic | Psychologist at University of Texas at Austin. | 2 | 3 |
| Kyrre M. Knudsen Chief economist · SpareBank 1 Sør-Norge | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief economist at SpareBank 1. | 2 | 3 |
| Laurent Karila Professor of psychiatry | Selected | Academic | Professor, Professor of psychiatry. | 2 | 3 |
| Mark Maslin Climate scientist · University College London | Selected | Academic | Professor at University College London. | 2 | 3 |
| Piotr Szymański | Selected | Think tank | Expert, Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich think tank. | 2 | 3 |
| Sara Russell Merit Researcher · Cosmic Mineralogy and Planetary Science | Selected | Academic | Planetary scientist, Natural History Museum. | 2 | 3 |
| Sławomir Sowiński Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof, political scientist at Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University. | 2 | 3 |
| Terje Tvedt Professor at UiB | Selected | Academic | Professor at UiB. | 2 | 3 |
| Tom-Oliver Regenauer Author | Selected | Commentator | Author apolut Standpunkte, commentator. | 2 | 3 |
| J. Stephen Morrison Senior Vice President · CSIS Global Health Policy Center | Selected | Think tank | Senior Vice President CSIS Global Health Policy Center. | 2 | 3 |
| Jezabel Couppey-Soubeyran Senior lecturer · Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer at University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. | 2 | 3 |
| Joyce Roodnat Journalist and author | Selected | Commentator | Journalist, author, film critic and columnist. | 2 | 3 |
| Peter Lindvall Manager · Kavaljer | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager at Kavaljer. | 2 | 3 |
| Sonny Motké Investigative journalist · Het Financieele Dagblad | Selected | Commentator | Investigative journalist. | 2 | 3 |
| Vincent Crouzet Former spy · DGSE | Selected | Former official | Former DGSE spy, former public official. | 2 | 3 |
| Xavier Jaravel Professor · London School of Economics | Selected | Academic et Economist or consultant | Professor at LSE and president of the CAE. | 2 | 3 |
| Yangwen Zheng Professor | Selected | Academic | Female history professor. | 2 | 3 |