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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yves Jaeglé Journalist on the culture desk · Le Parisien | Excluded | Journalist | Culture section journalist at Le Parisien. | 1 | 3 |
| Mikhail Timoshenko Colonel | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Active military colonel. | 1 | 3 |
| Adam Prokopowicz Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof, explicit title. | 1 | 3 |
| Arne Petimezas Financial markets watcher · AFS Capital | Selected | Economist or consultant | Head of research AFS Interest, financial analyst. | 1 | 3 |
| Audun Kolstad Wiig Geopolitical expert · DNB | Selected | Economist or consultant | Geopolitics expert at DNB, wealth management analyst. | 1 | 3 |
| Claus Bundgård Christensen Lecturer · Roskilde University | Selected | Academic | Lecturer at Roskilde University. | 1 | 3 |
| Dag Sletmo Seafood specialist · DNB | Selected | Economist or consultant | Seafood specialist at DNB. | 1 | 3 |
| David Berger Publicist and theologian · philosophia perennis | Selected | Commentator | Publicist and theologian. | 1 | 3 |
| Douglas Douds Professor, US Army War College | Selected | Academic | Professor at US Army War College. | 1 | 3 |
| Ellinor Hult Manager · Healthinvest | Selected | Economist or consultant | Asset manager at Healthinvest. | 1 | 3 |
| Hans Koster Professor · VU | Selected | Academic | Professor at VU University (Amsterdam). | 1 | 3 |
| Hans Peter Michaelsen Military analyst | Selected | Commentator | Independent military and defense analyst. | 1 | 3 |
| Heinrich Wefing Head of the politics desk · Die ZEIT | Selected | Commentator | Politics section leader at Die ZEIT. | 1 | 3 |
| Jan Kees de Jager Minister of finance | Selected | Former official | Former Minister of Finance, former minister. | 1 | 3 |
| Jan Nowinowski Expert · Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich | Selected | Think tank | Expert at Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich think tank. | 1 | 3 |
| Jérôme Sainte-Marie Political scientist · Rassemblement National | Selected | Think tank | Political scientist at Pollingvox, opinion institute. | 1 | 3 |
| Li Bennich-Björkman Professor of political science · Uppsala University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Political Science at Uppsala University. | 1 | 3 |
| Marco Tullio Giordano Lawyer and partner · 42 Law Firm | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer and partner at 42 Law Firm. | 1 | 3 |
| Noemí Sabugal Writer and journalist | Selected | Commentator | Writer and journalist. | 1 | 3 |
| Stefano Lupieri Journalist · Les Echos | Selected | Commentator | Journalist Les Echos Week-End. | 1 | 3 |
| Taco van Hoek Construction economist and director of the Economic Institute for Construction · Economisch Instituut voor Bouw | Selected | Economist or consultant | Construction economist, EIB director. | 1 | 3 |
| Aart Gerritsen Associate professor of economics · Erasmus University Rotterdam | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer at Erasmus Rotterdam. | 1 | 3 |
| Aldo Spanjer Senior Commodity Strategist · BNP Paribas | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Commodity Strategist BNP Paribas. | 1 | 3 |
| Aleksander Kieronski Economic analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economic analyst at Polityka Insight. | 1 | 3 |
| Alexander Aukner Seafood analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | Seafood analyst. | 1 | 3 |
| Alexis Loeb Former deputy chief · Department of Justice | Selected | Former official | Former deputy chief of January 6 Section. | 1 | 3 |
| Aliona Hlivco Managing Director · Henry Jackson Society | Selected | Think tank | Managing Director at Henry Jackson Society, think tank. | 1 | 3 |
| Angela Glover Blackwell Founder in residence · PolicyLink | Selected | Think tank | Founder in residence at PolicyLink. | 1 | 3 |
| Annamaria Simonazzi Economist | Selected | Academic | Economist, university teacher. | 1 | 3 |
| Antoine Prost Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian, university professor. | 1 | 3 |
| Barbara Törnquist-Plewa Professor · Lund University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Lund University. | 1 | 3 |
| Bryan Lanza Former senior advisor · Donald Trump | Selected | Former official | Former senior advisor to Donald Trump. | 1 | 3 |
| Claire Gantet Professor of early modern history · University of Fribourg | Selected | Academic | Professor of Modern History at University of Fribourg. | 1 | 3 |
| Coen Elemans Biologist and researcher in voice production | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Voice-production biologist and professor; the profile is a bare researcher with no field, so nothing precise confirms the link. | 1 | 3 |
| Dan Haile Senior Economist · Institute for Government | Selected | Think tank | Senior Economist Institute for Government (think tank). | 1 | 3 |
| Daria Zielinska Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich | Selected | Think tank | Center for Eastern Studies, research institute. | 1 | 3 |
| David Deming Economist · Harvard | Selected | Academic | Economist at Harvard. | 1 | 3 |
| Denis Lafay Director of the Ideas unit · La Tribune | Selected | Commentator | Director of ideas section at La Tribune. | 1 | 3 |
| Diana Parra Professor · Washington University in St. Louis | Selected | Academic | Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. | 1 | 3 |
| Robert Person Associate Professor of International Relations · United States Military Academy at West Point | Selected | Academic | Associate professor of international relations at West Point. | 1 | 3 |
| Elena Bacchin | Selected | Academic | Researcher at University of Padua. | 1 | 3 |
| Eugene Volokh Senior fellow · Stanford University's Hoover Institution | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow Hoover Stanford. | 1 | 3 |
| Fabien Conord Professor of contemporary history · University of Clermont Auvergne | Selected | Academic | Professor of history at Clermont Auvergne University. | 1 | 3 |
| François Houdecek Specialist in military affairs · Fondation Napoléon | Selected | Think tank | Military specialist at Napoleon Foundation. | 1 | 3 |
| Friis Arne Petersen Former director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former Danish ambassador in Washington · Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Selected | Former official | Former director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. | 1 | 3 |
| Gerhard Haszprunar Emeritus professor of zoology · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Selected | Academic | Emeritus Professor of Zoology at Ludwig Maximilian University. | 1 | 3 |
| Gideon Koekoek Physicist · Maastricht University | Selected | Academic | Physicist at Maastricht University. | 1 | 3 |
| Gijs Schumacher Political scientist and director of the Hot Politics Lab | Selected | Academic | Political scientist and director of Hot Politics Lab. | 1 | 3 |
| Giovanni Tria Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist. | 1 | 3 |
| Iaroslav Lebedynsky Historian · INALCO | Selected | Academic | Historian teaching at INALCO. | 1 | 3 |