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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dario Fiorentino Deep-sea diver | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Deep-sea diver specialist. | 1 | 1 |
| Dario Nardella MEP · Partito Democratico | Excluded | Serving politician | MEP in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Darius Afchar Deezer researcher | Selected | Think tank | Deezer researcher. | 1 | 1 |
| Dariusz Godawa Painter | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dariusz Korneluk Deputy National Prosecutor · Prokuratura Krajowa | Excluded | Serving politician | Deputy prosecutor general in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Dariusz Libionka Professor · Institut de Philosophie et Sociologie, Académie Polonaise des Sciences | Selected | Academic | Profesor at Polish Academy of Sciences. | 1 | 1 |
| Dariusz Misiuna Sociologist · Wydawnictwo Okultura | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Sociologist with no specified university. | 1 | 1 |
| Dariusz Rosiak Journalist, reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter journalist, ordinary reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Dariusz Stola Director · POLIN | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Dyrektor of POLIN museum. | 1 | 1 |
| Dariusz Szymczak Journalist · Rally And Race, ŚwiatWyścigów.pl | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at Rally And Race. | 1 | 1 |
| Darko Perić Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Darragh Dalton | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Darragh McCullough Farmer & presenter of Ear to the Ground | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Darragh McGee Author, academic | Selected | Academic | Author and academic. | 1 | 1 |
| Darrell Blocker Former deputy director of the CIA Counterterrorism Center | Selected | Former official | Former deputy director of CIA Counterterrorism. | 1 | 1 |
| Darren Straker Aviation accident investigator | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Accident investigator. | 1 | 1 |
| Darren Walker CEO · Ford Foundation | Excluded | Business executive | Ford Foundation CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Darryl Cooper | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Darwin Guevarra Professor of psychology · Miami University | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology, Miami University. | 1 | 1 |
| Darya Dolzikova Royal United Services Institute | Selected | Think tank | Royal United Services Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Darya Shut Political scientist | Selected | Commentator | Political scientist and author. | 1 | 1 |
| Darío Adanti Cartoonist, comics writer · Mongolia | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dasha Nekrasova Host · Red Scare podcast | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Dase Global Co-Head of Sports Investment Banking · Goldman Sachs | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Investment banker Goldman Sachs. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Gascon Los Angeles police officer (LAPD) · Los Angeles Police Department | Excluded | Serving politician | Police officer, LAPD. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Gorman Comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Karpf Expert | Selected | Academic | Professor at George Washington University, media specialist. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Kimbell CEO · Ulta Beauty | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Ulta Beauty. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Komendat Chief Security Officer · The Boeing Company | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Kopeny Author · ASAP Community | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Author, private detective and founder of a community. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Liniger Co-founder · RE/MAX | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of RE/MAX. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave McCormick Pennsylvania Senate candidate | Excluded | Serving politician | Pennsylvania Senate candidate. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Michaels Covers corporate law enforcement for the Journal · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal | 1 | 1 |
| Dave O'Brien Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries · University of Sheffield | Selected | Academic | Professor of Cultural Industries, University of Sheffield. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave O'Callaghan Host · Here and Back Again podcast | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Paulides Detective | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Detective investigator. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Pearson | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Plummer Programmer, former Microsoft software engineer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Software engineer, former Microsoft. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Roberts Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Historian without specified institution. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Yuan Founder and Partner · Tidemark Capital | Excluded | Business executive | Founder partner of investment capital firm. | 1 | 1 |
| David Abrutat Official Historian, GCHQ | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Official historian of GCHQ. | 1 | 1 |
| David Alan Sklansky Former prosecutor and criminal law expert · Stanford Law School | Selected | Lawyer | Law professor at Stanford Law School. | 1 | 1 |
| David Alemán Journalist | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| David Amsellem Specialist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| David Andrews Co-CEO · Gryphon Investors | Excluded | Business executive | Co-CEO at Gryphon Investors. | 1 | 1 |
| David Annotel Lieutenant-colonel · Fédération nationale des sapeurs-pompiers de France | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Lieutenant-Colonel firefighters federation. | 1 | 1 |
| David Arrowsmith Author | Selected | Commentator | Author. | 1 | 1 |
| David Austin Walsh Historian and author | Selected | Commentator | Historian and author. | 1 | 1 |
| David Baumgartner Founder · Dean & David | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Dean & David restaurant. | 1 | 1 |
| David Beauchemin | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |