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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippe Aghion Professor · Collège de France | Selected | Academic | Professor Collège de France, economist. | 8 | 10 |
| Pippa Malmgren Dr | Selected | Commentator | Geopolitical analyst, PhD economist. | 8 | 13 |
| Richard David Precht Philosopher and author | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and author, analysis of ideas. | 8 | 19 |
| Steffen Mau Sociologist · HU Berlin | Selected | Academic | Prof. Sociologist HU Berlin. | 8 | 10 |
| Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik Sinologist · University of Vienna | Selected | Academic | Sinologist University of Vienna. | 8 | 15 |
| Suzanne Maloney Brookings senior fellow | Selected | Think tank | Brookings senior fellow. | 8 | 17 |
| Todd Bensman Senior fellow · Center for Immigration Studies | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow at Center for Immigration Studies. | 8 | 23 |
| Franz-Olivier Giesbert Writer, columnist · Esprits Libres | Selected | Commentator | Writer and columnist for Esprits Libres. | 8 | 26 |
| Bill Kristol | Selected | Commentator | Political writer, former White House staffer in late 1993. | 8 | 109 |
| Tim Shipman The Spectator | Selected | Commentator | Journalist at The Spectator, political opinion magazine. | 8 | 169 |
| Darius Dale Macro mind · 42Macro | Selected | Economist or consultant | CEO of 42Macro macro forecasting service. | 8 | 65 |
| Stephen Moore Co-founder · Committee to Unleash Prosperity | Selected | Think tank | Distinguished Fellow at Heritage Foundation. | 8 | 26 |
| Asle Toje Political scientist | Selected | Academic | Researcher, University of Oslo. | 8 | 19 |
| Ben Domenech | Selected | Commentator | Political pundit, Wikidata opinion journalist. | 8 | 8 |
| Lionel Shriver Spectator contributor · The Spectator | Selected | Commentator | Spectator contributor, sociopolitical analysis column. | 8 | 16 |
| Mark Montgomery Former Deputy Director for Plans, Policy, and Strategy · U.S. European Command | Selected | Former official | Former Deputy Director at U.S. European Command. | 8 | 10 |
| Roland Tichy Publicist | Selected | Commentator | Publicist / essayist. | 8 | 42 |
| Alfonso Peccatiello | Selected | Economist or consultant | Macro strategist, founder of Macro Compass. | 8 | 12 |
| Bob Blume Teacher, education influencer and PhD student | Selected | Academic | Doctoral student at German university. | 8 | 10 |
| Colin Fisher Professor · University College London | Selected | Academic | Professor, University College London. | 8 | 8 |
| David Ignatius Washington Post columnist and author | Selected | Commentator | Washington Post Columnist and Author. | 8 | 21 |
| Debra Soh Neuroscientist PhD | Selected | Commentator | Neuroscientist, now columnist and author on gender. | 8 | 11 |
| Dennis Ross Long-time US Middle East advisor | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. advisor on Middle East. | 8 | 8 |
| Donald Hoffman | Selected | Academic | Scientist at University of California, science communicator. | 8 | 10 |
| Eli Lake Host | Selected | Commentator | Host of The ReEducation with Eli Lake, analyst. | 8 | 9 |
| Gilles Gressani Magazine director · Le Grand Continent | Selected | Commentator | Director of journal Le Grand Continent. | 8 | 13 |
| Gita Gopinath Harvard economics professor, former first deputy managing director · Harvard, IMF | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics at Harvard. | 8 | 8 |
| 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 |
| Henrik Zeberg Chief economist · Swissblock | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief economist at Swissblock. | 8 | 12 |
| Inga Strümke | Selected | Academic | AI researcher at University of Bergen. | 8 | 10 |
| Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Former NATO secretary general | Selected | Former official | Former NATO Secretary-General (former). | 8 | 28 |
| Jacob Silverman Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Gilded Rage, nonfiction essayist. | 8 | 17 |
| Jaime Nogueira Pinto Historian | Selected | Commentator | Portuguese historian, historical analyst. | 8 | 12 |
| Jim Al-Khalili | Selected | Academic | Theoretical physicist at University College London and University of Surrey. | 8 | 40 |
| Jon Gordon Leadership author and speaker | Selected | Commentator | Leadership author and speaker. | 8 | 10 |
| Jonathan Rauch Brookings | Selected | Think tank | Brookings Institution, think tank. | 8 | 11 |
| Judith Kohlenberger Researcher | Selected | Academic | Social scientist and university teacher at University of Vienna. | 8 | 11 |
| Julia Wouters Political scientist, spin doctor | Selected | Commentator | Political scientist, spin doctor and writer analyst. | 8 | 43 |
| Julie Bindel Feminist | Selected | Commentator | Feminist writer and radical feminist activist. | 8 | 11 |
| Katy Milkman Professor · Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | Selected | Academic | Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. | 8 | 56 |
| Kim Ghattas Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Black Wave, nonfiction. | 8 | 15 |
| Liz Hoffman Business and finance editor · Semafor | Selected | Commentator | Business and finance editor Semafor. | 8 | 14 |
| Luke Kemp Research Affiliate · Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) | Selected | Academic | Research Affiliate CSER - affiliated researcher | 8 | 12 |
| Matt Duss Author | Selected | Commentator | Author and foreign policy expert. | 8 | 8 |
| Michael Kofman Senior fellow at the Carnegie endowment for International Peace | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow Carnegie Endowment. | 8 | 12 |
| Nicholas Epley Psychologist · University of Chicago | Selected | Academic | Psychologist at University of Chicago. | 8 | 9 |
| Niko Jilch Bitcoin expert | Selected | Economist or consultant | Bitcoin expert, cryptocurrency expert. | 8 | 13 |
| Pablo Simón Political analyst and professor · Universidad Carlos III | Selected | Academic | Profesor at Universidad Carlos III, political analyst. | 8 | 14 |
| Radosław Pyffel Analyst, commentator | Selected | Commentator | Journalist, analyst analyzing current politics. | 8 | 12 |
| Rick Wilson Lincoln Project co-founder | Selected | Commentator | Co-founder of Lincoln Project, political analyst. | 8 | 81 |