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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deroy Murdock Political commentator | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator. | 1 | 1 |
| Derrick DeMelo Comedian · The Portuguese Kids | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Derrick Flakoll Bloomberg | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Political expert at Bloomberg, vague role. | 1 | 1 |
| Derya Incedursun Nordea | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position at Nordea not specified. | 1 | 1 |
| Des Traynor Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer · Intercom | Excluded | Business executive | Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Intercom. | 1 | 1 |
| Desiree Fixler Senior executive · Deutsche Bank | Excluded | Business executive | Senior executive at Deutsche Bank. | 1 | 1 |
| Desiree Tims Innovation Ohio | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Politician, currently in office (Ohio state representative). | 1 | 1 |
| Desmond Dinan Jean Monnet Professor · George Mason School of Public Policy | Selected | Academic | Jean Monnet Professor at George Mason. | 1 | 1 |
| Desmond O'Neill Special agent · US Secret Service | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Special agent Secret Service. | 1 | 1 |
| Desmond Shum Tycoon | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Desy Forato | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Detlef Haberland Professor | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Only announced as Professor Dr. in a Kaempfer Japan episode; the Germanist profile shows no link to the topic, and namesakes exist. | 1 | 1 |
| Detlef Jantzen Dr, archaeologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Archaeologist in state service. | 1 | 1 |
| Detlef Pollack Sociologist of religion · University of Münster | Selected | Academic | Sociologist of religions at Universität Münster. | 1 | 1 |
| Dev Ittycheria CEO of MongoDB | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of MongoDB. | 1 | 1 |
| Deviant Ollam Physical penetration specialist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Cybersecurity specialist. | 1 | 1 |
| Devin Goure Scholar | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Devin O'Connor Senior fellow · Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow at Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. | 1 | 1 |
| Devina Gupta BBC | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at BBC Delhi office. | 1 | 1 |
| Devindra Hardawar Editor · Engadget | Excluded | Journalist | Engadget editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Devon Ryan Johnson Investor and entrepreneur | Excluded | Business executive | Investor and entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Diamant Salihu Famous Swedish journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Famous Swedish journalist, journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Diamond Dallas Page Wrestling Legend | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Cucuz Dr | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Deutsch Emeritus professor · University of California, San Diego | Selected | Academic | Emeritus Professor at UC San Diego. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Díaz Health and wellbeing expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Evans | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Female novelist. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Filippova Essayist and novelist | Selected | Commentator | Essayist and novelist. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Krieger CEO · Soverin | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Soverin. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Morant Minister of science and innovation · Government of Spain | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Science Spain in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Scherer Artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Svennevig | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Villegas Associate professor of private law and criminal sciences · Université Panthéon-Assas | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer at University Pantheon-Assas. | 1 | 1 |
| Diane Bernard Professor · UCLouvain Saint-Louis | Selected | Academic | Professor at UCLouvain Saint-Louis. | 1 | 1 |
| Diane Davis Diversity & Inclusion Champion · Minority Recognition Awards NI | Excluded | Business executive | Diversity and inclusion director. | 1 | 1 |
| Diane Mazloum Writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Female novelist. | 1 | 1 |
| Diane Morgan Actress | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Diane Tempel Spokesperson · Volksbund | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dide Vonk Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Podcaster and presenter. | 1 | 1 |
| Didi Hamann Sky expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Sky expert, former football player. | 1 | 1 |
| Didier Chaudet Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Didier Eribon Author, philosopher and historian | Selected | Academic et Commentator | Professor at Picardie University, opinion journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Didier François War reporter · Le Matin de Paris, Libération, Europe 1 | Excluded | Journalist | War reporter, reporter | 1 | 1 |
| Didier Leschi Director of the French Office for Immigration and Integration (OFII) | Excluded | Serving politician | Director of the French Immigration Office. | 1 | 1 |
| Didier Maus Constitutional law expert and honorary president of the French Association of Constitutional Law · Association française de droit constitutionnel | Selected | Former official | Mayor of Samois-sur-Seine (end of 2020). | 1 | 1 |
| Didier Rykner Editor-in-chief · La Tribune de l'Art | Selected | Commentator | Editorial director of art publication. | 1 | 1 |
| Diederick Huszár APG | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Diederik Baazil Investigative journalist · Bloomberg | Excluded | Journalist | Investigative journalist at Bloomberg. | 1 | 1 |
| Diederik Brink America expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Diederik Nomden Singer-songwriter | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |