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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Cotterill Acting defence editor · The Telegraph | Excluded | Journalist | Defence editor Telegraph. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom De Cock MNM, Q-MUSIC, JOE | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Deliens Sports and exercise scientist · VUB | Selected | Academic | Sports and movement science researcher at VUB. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Doherty | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Elfmont Former LAPD captain | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Erik Holmen Business developer · Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace | Excluded | Business executive | Business developer at Kongsberg Defence. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Fassaert Filmmaker | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Faulkner Furniture designer | Excluded | Business executive | Furniture designer and founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Fletcher Former ambassador and No10 adviser | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | UN undersecretary-general in office (humanitarian affairs). | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Ginsburg Professor · University of Chicago Law School | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Chicago Law School. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Goffus NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations | Excluded | Serving politician | NATO Assistant Secretary General in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Gordon Liberal Democrat MP · Harrogate and Knaresborough | Excluded | Serving politician | MP Liberal Democrat in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Hardin Known as Tipper X | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Hayes Former trader | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Hofland Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Guest is a historian on a Dutch history show; the linked profile is a researcher at Francis Crick Institute and Amsterdam UMC. Namesake. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Howard | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Ireland Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of 'The Good Virus', essayist. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom J. Wellbrock | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Jackson Group Director, Content · DP World Tour | Excluded | Business executive | Group Director Content at DP World Tour, company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Jensen Editor-in-chief · Berlingske | Excluded | Journalist | Editor-in-chief, Berlingske. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Kreling Investigative journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Investigative journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Leon Zacharek c't Magazin | Selected | Commentator | Editor, c't Magazin, tech analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Louwerse Political scientist | Selected | Academic | Associate professor of political science at Leiden University. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom McGee CEO of the International Council of Shopping Centers | Excluded | Business executive | International Council of Shopping Centers CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Mueller Founder · Impulse Space | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Impulse Space, entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Nancollas Conservationist and author | Selected | Commentator | Conservationist and author of 'The Ship Asunder'. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Newton Dunn Covering the US election for The Times | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter covering US election | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Ottmar Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Pakkanen Forensic psychologist · Åbo Akademi University | Selected | Academic | Forensic psychologist at Åbo University. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Peacock Virologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Pearson Anthropologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Petch | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent · The Guardian | Excluded | Journalist | Latin America correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Reed Vice President of China Crude · Argus Media | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Vice President Argus Media, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Rees Reporter · Bloomberg | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Robertson Wharton marketing professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of marketing at Wharton. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Rosenthal | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Roth Utrecht University | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Utrecht University. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Satterly Command SGT Major | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Sharp Former Royal Navy officer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Former Royal Navy officer. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Sietas Freediving legend, 22-time apnea world record holder | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Freediving champion, athlete. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Smith Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Staal | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Stepien CEO · Amprius Technologies | Excluded | Business executive | Amprius Technologies CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Steyer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Stubbs Open University | Selected | Academic | Evolutionary biologist at Open University. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Sykes Host · The Royalist | Excluded | Journalist | Podcast host. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Symonds BBC's political correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | Political correspondent for BBC. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Szaky Founder and CEO of TerraCycle | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of TerraCycle, entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Toftenes | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |