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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayo Holsey Associate Professor · Emory University | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor at Emory University. | 1 | 1 |
| Beata Szydło Former prime minister, MEP · Prawo i Sprawiedliwość | Selected | Former official | Former prime minister. | 1 | 4 |
| Beate Kellner Prof. Dr., chair of medieval studies · LMU München | Selected | Academic | Female professor Dr. Chair of Medieval Studies at LMU Munich. | 1 | 1 |
| Beatriz Duro Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer (female). | 1 | 1 |
| Beatriz Herzog | Selected | Commentator | Co-author of Anarquía Relacional, non-fiction essayist. | 1 | 1 |
| Beatriz Talegón | Selected | Commentator et Former official | Opinion journalist, former politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Bec Ingber International law expert | Selected | Academic | Professor of International Law. | 1 | 1 |
| Begüm Adalet Assistant professor · Cornell University | Selected | Academic | Assistant professor at Cornell University. | 1 | 1 |
| Ben Ellencweig Leads M&A work · McKinsey | Selected | Economist or consultant | Leads M&A work at McKinsey consulting firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Ben Freeman Ph.D | Selected | Think tank | Political scientist at Quincy Institute, Wikidata affiliated. | 1 | 1 |
| Ben Hall FT's Europe editor · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Europe editor at Financial Times (editorial position). | 1 | 1 |
| Ben Hillman Director of the Australian Centre on China in the World · Australian National University | Selected | Academic | Director of Australian Centre, National University. | 1 | 1 |
| Ben Saul Challis Professor of International Law · University of Sydney | Selected | Academic | Professor of international law, University of Sydney. | 1 | 1 |
| Ben Schoenmaker Military historian | Selected | Academic | Professor, Leiden University, university teacher (Wikidata). | 1 | 2 |
| Ben Wood Analyst · CCS Insight | Selected | Economist or consultant | Analyst at CCS Insight, consulting firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Ben Zevenbergen AI ethicist and researcher · Stanford University | Selected | Academic | Researcher and AI expert at Stanford University. | 1 | 2 |
| Ben Zhao Professor of computer science · University of Chicago | Selected | Academic | Professor of computer science, University of Chicago. | 1 | 1 |
| Benaouda Abdedaim International columnist · Les Echos | Selected | Commentator | International columnist at Les Echos. | 1 | 1 |
| Bendik Sagsveen Research leader · FFI | Selected | Think tank | Research leader at FFI, research institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Benedict Eckhardt Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of ancient history. | 1 | 1 |
| Benedikt Löwe Mathematician, University of Hamburg | Selected | Academic | Professor of mathematics, Universität Hamburg. | 1 | 1 |
| Benjamin A. Schupmann Assistant Professor · Yale-NUS College | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer Yale-NUS College. | 1 | 1 |
| Benjamin Couteau Researcher · Institut Jacques Delors | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at Jacques Delors Institute, think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| Benjamin Eysenbach Researcher · Princeton | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Princeton University. | 1 | 1 |
| Benjamin Jensen Director of the CSIS Futures Lab | Selected | Think tank | Director CSIS Futures Lab, think tank CSIS. | 1 | 1 |
| Benjamin Lemoine Research director · CNRS | Selected | Academic | Research director at French CNRS. | 1 | 1 |
| Benjamin Neimark Queen Mary University London | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Queen Mary University London. | 1 | 1 |
| Benjamin Weingarten | Selected | Commentator | American political commentator and essayist. | 1 | 1 |
| Benji Baker Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of environmental non-fiction book. | 1 | 1 |
| Benno Barnard Writer | Selected | Commentator | Columnist and essayist, literary columnist. | 1 | 1 |
| Benoit Pelopidas | Selected | Academic | Research teacher at Paris Institute of Political Studies. | 1 | 1 |
| Bent Blüdnikow History book reviewer, journalist and historian · Berlingske | Selected | Commentator | Book critic, journalist and historian. | 1 | 1 |
| Bent Dalager Nordic head of New Tech · KPMG | Selected | Economist or consultant | Head of New Tech, KPMG consulting firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Bent Nielsen Member of the Explorers Club, senior researcher at the Danish Arctic Institute | Selected | Academic | Senior researcher at Arctic Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Beppe Scienza Author | Selected | Academic | Professor of financial mathematics at the University of Turin. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernadette Reiterlechner University of Vienna | Selected | Academic | Law institute at University of Vienna. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernard Lavallé Emeritus professor of Hispanic-American civilisation · Sorbonne | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor of Hispanic-American civilization at the Sorbonne. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernd Greiner Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, University of Hamburg, university teacher (Wikidata). | 1 | 1 |
| Bernhard Weidinger Political scientist · Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstands | Selected | Think tank | Political scientist at Austrian Resistance Archives. | 1 | 1 |
| Bert van der Horst Sleep expert · Erasmus MC | Selected | Academic | Sleep expert at Erasmus MC. | 1 | 1 |
| Bertil Bengtsson Professor of law and Supreme Court justice · Uppsala | Selected | Academic | Professor of law and judge at Uppsala University. | 1 | 1 |
| Bertille Bayart Editor-in-chief · Figaro | Selected | Commentator | Editor-in-chief, Figaro. | 1 | 1 |
| Bertrand Besancenot Middle East expert | Selected | Former official | Former Ambassador, Middle East expert. | 1 | 1 |
| Bertrand Joly University professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, historian. | 1 | 4 |
| Bertrand Schnerb Emeritus professor · University of Lille | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor of the University of Lille. | 1 | 2 |
| Bertrand-Léo Combrade Professor of public law · University of Poitiers | Selected | Academic | Professor of public law, University of Poitiers. | 1 | 1 |
| Beth Weinstein | Selected | Commentator | Author of work on architecture and choreography. | 1 | 1 |
| Bethany Samson People Director · Investors in People | Selected | Think tank | Director of people at Investors in People. | 1 | 1 |
| Bettina Fuhrmann University professor · Vienna University of Economics and Business | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Economics Vienna. | 1 | 1 |
| Bettina Ng'weno Professor of African American and African Studies · University of California, Davis | Selected | Academic | Professor of African American Studies, UC Davis. | 1 | 1 |