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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnieszka Holland Director | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Film director. | 2 | 2 |
| Aksel Lund Svindal Investor | Excluded | Business executive | Investor and alpine champion Aksel Lund Svindal. | 2 | 2 |
| Alan Purcell CloudAccounts | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | CloudAccounts, entrepreneur. | 2 | 2 |
| Alba Flores Actress | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Albert Verlinde | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Alberto Retana Broadcaster · Community Coalition | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Albrecht Vorster Sleep researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 2 | 2 |
| Aldo Linares Psychic · Grupo Hepta | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Alejandro Polanco Science communicator | Selected | Commentator | Science communicator and book author. | 2 | 2 |
| Alev Doğan | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | German journalist, not explicitly political analyst. | 2 | 2 |
| Alex Wagner Guest host | Excluded | Journalist | Guest host. | 2 | 2 |
| Alexander Busch South America correspondent · Handelsblatt | Excluded | Journalist | South America correspondent Handelsblatt. | 2 | 2 |
| Alexander Kissler Journalist · NIUS | Excluded | Journalist | NIUS journalist. | 2 | 2 |
| Alexander Pröll State secretary for digitalisation · Bundeskanzleramt | Excluded | Serving politician | Secretary of State (civil servant in office). | 2 | 2 |
| Alexandra Schwartzbrod Deputy editor · Libération | Excluded | Journalist | Director of Libération newsroom. | 2 | 2 |
| Alexandre Bompard Chairman and chief executive officer · groupe Carrefour | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Carrefour group. | 2 | 2 |
| Alfons Haider Actor, singer, cabaret artist, presenter · ORF | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Alfons Mais Army inspector general · Bundeswehr | Excluded | Serving politician | German Army Inspector, Bundeswehr general. | 2 | 2 |
| Alfonso Trinidad Researcher | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Alice Stenlöf Entrepreneur and influencer · A-DSGN | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Alicia Lyttle CEO · AI InnoVision | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of AI InnoVision. | 2 | 2 |
| Allison Schrager Bloomberg Opinion columnist | Selected | Think tank et Commentator | Senior Fellow Manhattan Institute, columnist. | 2 | 2 |
| Amanda Litman President and co-founder · Run for Something | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | President and co-founder of Run for Something, political organization. | 2 | 2 |
| Amjad Masad Tech entrepreneur · Replit | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Replit. | 2 | 2 |
| Amy Morin Psychotherapist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychotherapist and mental strength expert. | 2 | 2 |
| Ana Sofia Antunes Secretary of State | Excluded | Serving politician | Secretary of State in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Anders Fomsgaard Adjunct professor · University of Southern Denmark | Selected | Academic | Associate professor at Southern Denmark University. | 2 | 2 |
| Anders Giæver Journalist · VG | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Anders Jerichow Senior correspondent · Politiken | Selected | Commentator | Foreign policy commentator at Politiken, commentator. | 2 | 2 |
| Andrea Aguilar Expert in female orgasm · EL PAÍS | Selected | Commentator | Journalist, EL PAÍS news analyst. | 2 | 2 |
| Andrea Brem Frauenhäuser | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director, women's rights organization (Frauenhäuser). | 2 | 2 |
| Andreas Danzer Business editor · STANDARD | Excluded | Journalist | Economics Editor Standard. | 2 | 2 |
| Andreas Rasch Christensen Research director · Via University College | Selected | Academic | Research director at Via University College. | 2 | 2 |
| Andrew Doyle Journalist & comedian · GB News | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist and comedian, humorist. | 2 | 2 |
| Andrew Griffith Minister for Science, Innovation, and Technology | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister for Science in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Andrew Przybylski Professor of human behavior and technology · University of Oxford | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Oxford. | 2 | 2 |
| Andrius Kubilius Defense commissioner · EU | Excluded | Serving politician | Defense commissioner EU. | 2 | 2 |
| Andrzej Poczobut Activist of the Union of Poles in Belarus and correspondent · Związku Polaków na Białorusi | Excluded | Serving politician | Journalist. | 2 | 2 |
| Ane Cortzen Journalist and architect | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Angel Martín Comedian | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Anja Meulenbelt Writer and feminist | Selected | Commentator et Former official | Dutch writer and feminist, former Senate member 2011. | 2 | 2 |
| Anjney Midha Founder · AMP PBC | Excluded | Business executive | Founder AMP, general partner at a16z. | 2 | 2 |
| Anna Bache-Wiig Screenwriters | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Screenwriter (writer) of films. | 2 | 2 |
| Anna Holligan Journalist · BBC | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, correspondent BBC. | 2 | 2 |
| Anna Lehmann Journalist · taz | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at taz. | 2 | 2 |
| Anna Maria Żukowska MP · Lewica | Excluded | Serving politician | Female deputy, political official in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Anna Rotkirch Research professor · Väestöliitto | Selected | Academic | Research professor (university title). | 2 | 2 |
| Anna Zafesova Journalist · Stampa | Excluded | Journalist | Stampa journalist, expert on post-Soviet space. | 2 | 2 |
| Annelieke Mooij Lawyer and economist · Tilburg University | Selected | Academic | Jurist and economist at Tilburg University. | 2 | 2 |
| Annelies Verlinden Minister of justice | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Justice in office. | 2 | 2 |