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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katja Hofmann Researcher in video games and AI · Microsoft | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | AI researcher at Microsoft, not academic. | 1 | 1 |
| Katja Larsen Top executive | Excluded | Business executive | Top CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Katja Retsin Presenter at Relax | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Katja Schlegel Psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Katja Schuurman | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Katja Witzel Researcher · Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Leibniz Institute for Vegetables. | 1 | 1 |
| Katja Wolf BSW | Excluded | Serving politician | BSW, political party officer. | 1 | 1 |
| Katlyn Gao CEO · LOVB (League One Volleyball) | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of LOVB. | 1 | 1 |
| Katri Kolesnik Leader · Business Technology Forum | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Leader of Business Technology Forum. | 1 | 1 |
| Katri Pynnöniemi Associate professor · Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu | Selected | Academic | Assistant professor at Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu. | 1 | 1 |
| Katrien Struyven Educator · UHasselt | Selected | Academic | Pedagogue, UHasselt. | 1 | 1 |
| Katrin Bannach Friedrich Naumann Stiftung | Selected | Think tank | Friedrich Naumann Foundation. | 1 | 1 |
| Katrin Bekes Head of paediatric dentistry, Universitätszahnklinik Wien | Selected | Academic | Leader of University Dental Clinic Vienna. | 1 | 1 |
| Katrin Birr Managing partner · Gebrüder Friedrich GmbH & Co. KG | Excluded | Business executive | Managing partner, owner. | 1 | 1 |
| Katrin Breitbach Physician | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Physician, doctor. | 1 | 1 |
| Katrin Göring-Eckardt Vice president of the Bundestag · Bündnis 90/Die Grünen | Excluded | Serving politician | Vice-President Bundestag, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Katrin Paehler Professor, Illinois State University | Selected | Academic | Professor, Illinois State University. | 1 | 1 |
| Katrin Wellmann Organizational Change & Leadership Coach, Professional Scrum Trainer · consulting company, Scrum.org | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Organizational change coach, consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Katrin Zeug Editor · ZEIT WISSEN | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Katrina vanden Heuvel The Nation | Selected | Commentator | The Nation ideas magazine editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Katrine Blystad Head of Energy · DNB | Excluded | Business executive | Head of Energy at DNB, executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Katrine Engberg Crime writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Crime fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Katrine Øyvåg Employer Branding Manager · Telenor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Employer Branding Manager at Telenor. | 1 | 1 |
| Katy Garner Women Changing the World Awards | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Katy Hessel Art historian | Selected | Commentator | Art historian who analyzes for the public. | 1 | 1 |
| Katy McQue | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter who covered Meta, not analyst | 1 | 1 |
| Katy Roewer Board member for finance, controlling and HR · Otto Group | Excluded | Business executive | Financial director of Otto group, business. | 1 | 1 |
| Kauko Storbacka Finland managing director · PwC | Excluded | Business executive | General director of PwC Sweden, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Kauto Huopio KTK | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Kaveh Madani Director of the UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health | Selected | Academic | Director of the Institute of the University for Peace. | 1 | 1 |
| Kaveh Rashidi Doctor and author | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Physician and author, health professional. | 1 | 1 |
| Kavita Puri BBC World Service | Excluded | Journalist | Documentary journalist at BBC, not an analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Kay Bandermann WDR | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kay Haigh Co-CIO of Fixed Income · Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management | Selected | Economist or consultant | Co-Director of fixed income at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. | 1 | 1 |
| Kay Pollak The film director | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Filmmaker and film director, artist. | 1 | 1 |
| Kay Tönnes | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Kay Voges Director | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kaya Bouma Psyche & brain editor · de Volkskrant | Excluded | Journalist | Psychology editor, Volkskrant, not an analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Kaya Burgess Science and religious affairs correspondent · The Times | Excluded | Journalist | Science correspondent for The Times, not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Kayed Hammad | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kaylee Bell Country artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kayvan Soufi-Siavash | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator in news podcast. | 1 | 1 |
| Kazik Staszewski Musician | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kazimierz Barczyk | Excluded | Doubtful participation | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kazimierz Dudek | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kazimierz Felczyński | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kazimierz Gajowy | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist with no analytical function. | 1 | 1 |
| Kazimierz Szpak Fund manager of Beta ETF, president of a Polish ETF provider | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager and president of ETF provider. | 1 | 1 |
| KC Johnson Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of critical work on university politics. | 1 | 1 |
| Keach Hagey WSJ reporter · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter WSJ, not analyst | 1 | 1 |