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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Smyth Public policy editor · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Public policy editor at Financial Times, specialized analyst. | 3 | 3 |
| Chris Snyder Professor of economics · Dartmouth College | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics at Dartmouth College. | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Sommer Drinnies | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Spadaccini Materials Engineering Division Leader · LLNL | Selected | Academic | Division Leader at LLNL, public research organization. | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Stark Chief Executive · UK's Climate Change Committee | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chief Executive of UK Climate Change Committee, in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Steele Former head of the Russia Desk at MI6, Author, director of Orbis Business Intelligence · MI6, Orbis Business Intelligence | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Former MI6 officer, now director of Orbis Intelligence. | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Stewart Representative · United States Congress | Excluded | Serving politician | Representative, United States Congress, in office | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Stokel-Walker Journalist · The Times | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and author of TikTok Boom book. | 4 | 7 |
| Chris Stringer Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, leading paleoanthropologist. | 2 | 5 |
| Chris Umé Pioneer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Deepfakes pioneer. | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Van Dusen Investor and managing partner · Solyco Capital | Excluded | Business executive | Investor and managing partner at Solyco Capital. | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Vannini The Athletic | Excluded | Journalist | Sports journalist at The Athletic. | 1 | 1 |
| Chris von Rohr Founder and musician · Krokus | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Voparil | Selected | Academic | Professor of philosophy at Union Institute & University. | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Voss Former Lead FBI Negotiator · Black Swan Group | Selected | Former official | Former Lead FBI Negotiator. | 14 | 16 |
| Chris Weber Vice president of business and products · Amazon Leo | Excluded | Business executive | Vice-President Business and Products at Amazon. | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Whipple Journalist and Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist and Author. | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Wickham Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, historian and author. | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Wiley The New Yorker | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at The New Yorker, no analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Woerts | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Wright Energy Secretary · United States Government | Excluded | Serving politician | Energy Secretary, United States Government, in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Zegers Actor, presenter and singer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Chrisbert van Kooten CFO · Meewind | Excluded | Business executive | CFO of Meewind. | 1 | 1 |
| Chrissi Wilkens | Selected | Commentator | ZEIT author, non-fiction writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Chrissy Houlahan | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. Representative in Congress (end 2025). | 2 | 2 |
| Chrissy Newton Public Relations practitioner and podcaster · The Debrief | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Public relations practitioner and podcaster. | 1 | 1 |
| Christa Kainz Communications and mental training coach | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Communications and mental training coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Christa Zöchling Journalist, author | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and author Christa Zöchling. | 1 | 1 |
| Christel Brigaudeau Crime and justice reporter · Le Parisien | Excluded | Journalist | Police-justice reporter Le Parisien | 1 | 1 |
| Christel Heydemann Chief executive officer · Orange | Excluded | Business executive | General director of Orange. | 1 | 1 |
| Christel Ladegaard | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Coach, trained specialists. | 1 | 1 |
| Christelle Craplet Director of Opinion · IPSOS-BVA | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Opinion director at Ipsos BVA, polling expert. | 1 | 2 |
| Christelle Morançais Vice president of Horizons | Excluded | Serving politician | Vice-President of Horizons, in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Christer Engqvist Presenter · P4 Uppland | Excluded | Journalist | Program presenter, P4 Uppland, radio presenter. | 1 | 1 |
| Christer Fält Environmental chief · SCA | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Head of environment at SCA. | 1 | 1 |
| Christiaan Oldenkamp Director · Forth Global | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Former commando, now director of Forth Global. | 1 | 1 |
| Christiaan Paauwe NOS correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | NOS correspondent Warsaw. | 1 | 2 |
| Christiaan Pelgrim NRC | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at NRC, no analysis. | 1 | 3 |
| Christiaan Vinkers Psychiatrist prof. dr. mr. | Selected | Academic | Psychiatrist professor, university professor. | 2 | 2 |
| Christiaan Zwanikken Artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Christian Angermayer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Christian Anton Smedshaug Chief economist · Landkreditt | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief economist at Landkreditt. | 3 | 10 |
| Christian Baumann | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 3 |
| Christian Benedict Professor, sleep researcher | Selected | Academic | Prof. Sleep researcher, university researcher. | 4 | 7 |
| Christian Bennike | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Christian Bito Professor of finance · ESSEC | Selected | Academic | Professor of finance at ESSEC Business School. | 2 | 10 |
| Christian Bøgelund Christiansen Ship officer, sous chef · Christiansø | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Ship officer, second in command, ship officer. | 1 | 1 |
| Christian Böhmer Journalist · KURIER | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Christian Borch Foreign affairs reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Foreign correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Christian Bresser Entrepreneur | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |