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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bettina Pause Professor of psychology · Universität Düsseldorf | Selected | Academic | Professor of Psychology, University of Düsseldorf. | 1 | 1 |
| Betty La France Professor of Communication · Northern Illinois University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Communication, Northern Illinois. | 1 | 1 |
| Bianca de Divitiis Full professor of early modern art history · Università di Napoli Federico II | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor in Art History, Naples. | 1 | 1 |
| Bianca Stella Bruschi Legal consultant | Selected | Lawyer | Legal advisor. | 1 | 1 |
| Biko Koenig Assistant Professor · Franklin & Marshall college | Selected | Academic | Assistant professor, Franklin & Marshall College. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Dietz Director · Milken Institute School of Public Health | Selected | Academic | Director of Milken Institute School of Public Health. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgit Mahnkopf Political scientist and emeritus professor · Berlin School of Economics and Law | Selected | Academic | Emeritus Professor of Political Science. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgit Peters European and international law expert | Selected | Academic | Legal scholar university teacher, Wikidata professor. | 1 | 1 |
| Björn Enno Hermans Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof. Dr. cited in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Björn Fägersten Senior researcher · Utrikespolitiska institutet | Selected | Think tank | Senior researcher, Swedish think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| Björn Hurtig Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer in practice. | 1 | 1 |
| Björn Jansson Film reviewer · Kulturnytt | Selected | Commentator | Film critic Kulturnytt. | 1 | 5 |
| Björn Rydell Affärsvärldens casesprutande analytiker | Selected | Commentator | Case analyst business publication. | 1 | 1 |
| Björn Öckert Adjunct professor · Uppsala University | Selected | Academic | Assistant professor Swedish university. | 1 | 1 |
| Bjørn Bandlien Professor · Universitetet I Sør-Øst Norge | Selected | Academic | Professor, Norwegian university. | 1 | 1 |
| Bjørn Bisserup Former chief of defence · PensionDanmark | Selected | Former official | Former military defense chief. | 1 | 1 |
| Bjørn Tangaa Sillemanns Macro analyst · Danske Bank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Macro analyst bank. | 1 | 1 |
| Black Belt Barrister Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer in practice. | 1 | 1 |
| Blair Kelley Distinguished Professor of Law · UC Hastings | Selected | Academic | Professor of law, UC Hastings. | 1 | 1 |
| Blake Flayton Columnist | Selected | Commentator | Columnist. | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Xia Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard | Selected | Academic | Geneticist at research institute university. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Jensen Academic and writer | Selected | Academic | Academic and writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Zachariae Professor · Aarhus University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Aarhus University. | 1 | 1 |
| Boj Hoppe Dr. · Klinikum der LMU München | Selected | Academic | Dr. at LMU Munich Hospital, university. | 1 | 1 |
| Bonni Stachowiak Dean of Teaching and Learning, Professor · Vanguard University | Selected | Academic | Dean of Teaching and Learning, Professor Vanguard University. | 1 | 6 |
| Bonnie Jo Campbell American author | Selected | Academic | Writer affiliated with Pacific University. | 1 | 1 |
| Boris Bondarev Former Russian diplomat | Selected | Former official | Former Russian diplomat Boris Bondarev. | 1 | 1 |
| Boris Groysberg Professor · Harvard Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor, Harvard Business School. | 1 | 1 |
| Borja Bergareche Partner in communication and corporate leadership · Harmon Corporate Affairs | Selected | Economist or consultant | Partner Harmon Corporate Affairs, consulting firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Bort Koelewijn Former mayor · Bunschoten | Selected | Former official | Former mayor of Bunschoten. | 1 | 1 |
| Bosco Ussía Author of the biography | Selected | Commentator | Author of the Antonio Vega biography. | 1 | 1 |
| Brabara Gravendeel Hortus Botanicus Leiden | Selected | Academic | Professor of Biology, Leiden and Radboud. | 1 | 1 |
| Brad Mendelson Senior partner · McKinsey & Company | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Partner McKinsey & Company. | 1 | 1 |
| Bradley Brummel Professor and director · University of Houston | Selected | Academic | Professor and director, University of Houston. | 1 | 2 |
| Bradley Jardine Co-author | Selected | Think tank | Director of the Oxus Society, Central Asia specialist. | 1 | 1 |
| Brady Allen Kruse Master of Public Policy student · Duke University | Selected | Academic | Master of Public Policy student Duke University. | 1 | 1 |
| Bram de Ridder Psychiatrist, lecturer · ISVW | Selected | Academic | Psychiatrist lecturer at ISVW, teacher. | 1 | 1 |
| Bram Nauta Professor of chip design | Selected | Academic | Professor of chip design. | 1 | 1 |
| Bram Sizoo Special professor of Clinical Psychology of Radicalisation · University of Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Associate professor at University of Amsterdam. | 1 | 1 |
| Bram Vervliet Professor · KU Leuven | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr. KU Leuven. | 1 | 1 |
| Brandon Pezely A&M Consumer and Retail Group | Selected | Economist or consultant | A&M Consumer and Retail Group, consulting firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Braulio García Jaén Journalist · EL PAÍS | Selected | Commentator | Ideas supplement journalist at EL PAIS. | 1 | 1 |
| Bregje Deben Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of nonfiction book on the price of coffee. | 1 | 1 |
| Brenda Stevenson | Selected | Academic | Professor of History at UCLA. | 1 | 1 |
| Brendan Burchell Professor · University of Cambridge | Selected | Academic | Professor, University of Cambridge. | 1 | 1 |
| Brendan Kane Managing Partner at Hook Point | Selected | Economist or consultant | Managing Partner Hook Point, consulting firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Brent Neiman Edward Eagle Brown Professor of Economics · University of Chicago's Booth School of Business | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics at the University of Chicago. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Benson Associate Professor of Political Science · Vanderbilt University | Selected | Academic | Associate professor of political science at Vanderbilt. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Finlay Microbiologist | Selected | Academic | Microbiologist university teacher at University of British Columbia. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Goldstein Special Advisor to the Chancellor · Vanderbilt University | Selected | Academic | Special advisor to the chancellor at Vanderbilt. | 1 | 1 |