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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Loeb Former deputy chief · Department of Justice | Selected | Former official | Former deputy chief of January 6 Section. | 1 | 3 |
| Alexis Maxwell Senior analyst · Bloomberg Intelligence | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfons Vansteenwegen | Selected | Commentator | Author of bestseller, self-development book. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfred Fidjestøl Author | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and biographer, non-fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfred Hirsch Professor of philosophy · Witten/Herdecke University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Philosophy, university. | 1 | 2 |
| Alfredo Arense Director and presenter of Backline on Radio 3 Extra | Selected | Academic | Professor, Francisco Vitoria University. | 1 | 1 |
| Ali Mirazimi Virus researcher · Karolinska institutet | Selected | Academic | Virus Researcher at Karolinska Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Ali Plumb BBC Radio 1's in-house film critic | Selected | Commentator | Film critic BBC Radio 1. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Apostoly Co-director and co-founder · Institut du Genre en Géopolitique | Selected | Think tank | Co-director of Institut du Genre en Géopolitique. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Briegleb Doctoral student · ULB | Selected | Academic | Doctoral student at university (ULB). | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Gorman | Selected | Academic | Archaeologist and university teacher at Flinders University. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Picard Sociologist, lecturer with the agrégation · Arènes (UMR 6051) | Selected | Academic | Aggregated teacher, sociologist at Arènes (UMR 6051). | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Randall Author and songwriter | Selected | Commentator | Author of the history of country music, nonfiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Alin Albu-Schäffer Institut für Robotik und Mechatronik, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR) | Selected | Academic | Institut fuer Robotik, Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt (public organization). | 1 | 1 |
| Aline Cateux PhD in anthropology · University of Ottawa | Selected | Academic | Doctor of Anthropology at University of Ottawa. | 1 | 1 |
| Aliona Hlivco Managing Director · Henry Jackson Society | Selected | Think tank | Managing Director at Henry Jackson Society, think tank. | 1 | 3 |
| Aliona Hvlicvo Managing Director · The Henry Jackson Society | Selected | Think tank | Managing Director at Henry Jackson Society, think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| Alioscia Hamma Professor · Università Federico II di Napoli | Selected | Academic | Prof at Università Federico II di Napoli. | 1 | 1 |
| Alisa Kessel Political theorist · University of Puget Sound | Selected | Academic | Political theorist at University of Puget Sound. | 1 | 1 |
| Alissa Pavia Associate Director · Atlantic Council | Selected | Think tank | Associate Director at Atlantic Council, think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| Alissa Walker Editor · Torched | Selected | Commentator | Writer and podcaster, urban planning analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Alisse Waterston Professor Emerita of Anthropology · John Jay College | Selected | Academic | Professor Emerita of Anthropology, John Jay College. | 1 | 1 |
| Allan C. Stam Professor of Public Policy and Politics · University of Virginia | Selected | Academic | Professor of Public Policy and Politics, University of Virginia. | 1 | 1 |
| Allen Ault Former commissioner of corrections · state of Georgia | Selected | Former official | Former commissioner of corrections for Georgia. | 1 | 1 |
| Allison Carnegie Professor · Columbia University | Selected | Academic | Professor of political science, Columbia University. | 1 | 1 |
| Allison MacFarlane Professor · University of British Columbia | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of British Columbia. | 1 | 1 |
| Allison Nathan Goldman Sachs | Selected | Economist or consultant | Strategist at Goldman Sachs. | 1 | 24 |
| Alojzy Nowak Professor · University of Warsaw | Selected | Academic | Profesor at University of Warsaw, rector. | 1 | 1 |
| Aloys Winterling Historian · Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | Selected | Academic | Historian at Humboldt University Berlin. | 1 | 1 |
| Altaf Kassam State Street | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investment strategy director at State Street. | 1 | 1 |
| Alya Aglan Professor of contemporary history · Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University | Selected | Academic | Professor of History, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University. | 1 | 1 |
| Alyssa Carson Pilot and astrobiologist · NASA | Selected | Academic | Pilot and astrobiologist, NASA training. | 1 | 1 |
| Amade M'charek Professor of science anthropology · Université | Selected | Academic | Professor, university professor of anthropology. | 1 | 1 |
| Amalie Trangbæk Lecturer · Institut for Statskundskab | Selected | Academic | Teaching assistant at Institute of Political Science. | 1 | 1 |
| Amanda Goodall Professor · City University of London | Selected | Academic | Professor at City University of London, Bayes Business School. | 1 | 1 |
| Amanda Hollis-Brusky | Selected | Commentator | Author of Ideas with Consequences, nonfiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Amanda Maycock Climate scientist | Selected | Academic | Climatologist at University of Leeds. | 1 | 1 |
| Amanda Paul European Policy Centre | Selected | Think tank | European Policy Centre, public policy institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Amanda Sundström Senior macro strategist · SEB | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior macroeconomic strategist at bank (SEB). | 1 | 1 |
| Amanda Vincent Professor · University of British Columbia | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of British Columbia. | 1 | 1 |
| Amandine Marshall Egyptologist and archaeologist | Selected | Academic | Egyptologist, explicit academic title. | 1 | 1 |
| Amaury Martin Director of resources and innovation · Institut Curie | Selected | Academic | Resources director at Institut Curie, public research organization. | 1 | 1 |
| Amaya Barahona Marín Author of the book | Selected | Commentator | Author of nonfiction book (El mito genital). | 1 | 1 |
| Amelia Wilson Assistant law professor · Pace University | Selected | Academic | Assistant law professor at Pace University. | 1 | 1 |
| Amir Ali Executive director · MacArthur Justice Center | Selected | Think tank | Executive director of MacArthur Justice Center. | 1 | 1 |
| Amir Zadpoor Professor of biomaterials · Delft University of Technology | Selected | Academic | Professor of biomaterials at TU Delft. | 1 | 1 |
| Amit Joshi Professor · IMD Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor, IMD Business School. | 1 | 1 |
| Ammon Hillman Professor of Classical Languages · University of Wisconsin Madison | Selected | Academic | Professor of Classical Languages, University of Wisconsin-Madison. | 1 | 4 |
| Amos Winter MIT professor | Selected | Academic | MIT professor. | 1 | 1 |
| Amparo Lasen | Selected | Academic | Sociologist and professor, title explicit. | 1 | 1 |