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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJ Benza Celebrity guru | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Celebrity guru, entertainment commentator. | 1 | 1 |
| AJ Odudu Host · Big Brother | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| AJ Osborne Entrepreneur, businessman, and investor · Cedar Creek Capital, Bitterroot Holdings, Clearwater Benefits | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur, businessman, investor. | 1 | 1 |
| AJ Pasciuti Marine Scout Sniper · US Marine Corps | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ajantha Subramanian Professor of Anthropology · CUNY Graduate Center | Selected | Academic | Professor of Anthropology at CUNY Graduate Center. | 1 | 1 |
| Ajay Bam Vyrill | Excluded | Business executive | Vyrill, CEO company. | 1 | 1 |
| Ajmal Shinwari Special Forces commander · NDS | Excluded | Serving politician | Commander of Special Forces NDS, active military. | 1 | 1 |
| Akila Radhakrishnan President · Global Justice Center | Selected | Think tank | President of Global Justice Center. | 1 | 1 |
| Akke Boere Operations director · Artsen zonder Grenzen Nederland | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Operational director of Doctors Without Borders. | 1 | 1 |
| Aksel Braanen Sterri Political scientist and philosopher | Selected | Academic | Political scientist and researcher affiliated with Harvard and Oxford. | 1 | 1 |
| Aksel Heine Mortensen Journalist · Finans | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at Finans. | 1 | 1 |
| Aku Kallonen Wolt, Kiekko-Espoo | Excluded | Business executive | Wolt and Kiekko-Espoo, entrepreneur/sports. | 1 | 1 |
| Al Elliott Business owner | Excluded | Business executive | Business owner. | 1 | 1 |
| Al Levi Consultant and CEO · 7-Power Contractor | Excluded | Business executive | Consultant and CEO of 7-Power Contractor. | 1 | 1 |
| Al Murray Pub Landlord, host · We Have Ways of Making You Talk | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Al Pacino Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alaa Tartir | Selected | Academic | University researcher, former student at LSE and Utrecht. | 1 | 1 |
| Alae El Arnouki Personal trainer · Fuerza Explosiva | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Personal trainer at Fuerza Explosiva. | 1 | 1 |
| Alain Bloeykens Wine expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Wine Connoisseur, wine expert without institution. | 1 | 1 |
| Alain Damasio | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Novelist. | 1 | 1 |
| Alain Franchon Columnist · Le Monde | Selected | Commentator | Le Monde columnist, international relations specialist. | 1 | 1 |
| Alain Gresh Journalist, founder and director of Orient XXI | Selected | Commentator | Founder and director of Orient XXI. | 1 | 1 |
| Alain Joubert | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alain Lam CFO · Xiaomi | Excluded | Business executive | CFO of Xiaomi, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Alain Némarq CEO and artistic director · Mauboussin | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and artistic director of Mauboussin. | 1 | 1 |
| Alain Richard Former Minister of Defence | Selected | Former official | Former Defense Minister. | 1 | 1 |
| Alain Zucker Editor · NZZ | Selected | Commentator | Editor NZZ, editor | 1 | 1 |
| Alaina Winters Professor emeritus of communication | Selected | Academic | Professor emeritus of Communication. | 1 | 1 |
| Alam Khan | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Andrews Owner of The Old Barracks Coffee Roastery in Tipperary and of Guji Coffees Bars in Limerick and Cork | Excluded | Business executive | Owner of cafes, entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Auerbach University of California, Berkeley | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of California, Berkeley. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Bailey | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Baratz President · D-Wave Systems | Excluded | Business executive | President and CEO of D-Wave Systems, CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Bradley Documentary filmmaker and author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Documentary filmmaker, not political or social commentator. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Coleman Wolfgang Digital | Excluded | Business executive | Wolfgang Digital, CEO/entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Frei | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur and economist, company founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Garber 31st president · Harvard University | Selected | Academic | 31st president Harvard University. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Goffinskiwith Reporter · Radiolab | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Radiolab, reporter | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Johnson Minister | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Kohler Assistant Director · Counterintelligence Division at the FBI | Excluded | Serving politician | Assistant Director FBI, official in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan McCall Sports performance consultant | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Sports performance consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Moore Comic book author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Comic book author, fiction writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Stein Founder and CEO · Kadima Careers | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Kadima Careers. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Watts Philosopher | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Philosopher, deceased. | 1 | 1 |
| Alana Moceri International relations professor · IE University | Selected | Academic | International relations professor IE University. | 1 | 1 |
| Alana S. Portero | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Alasdair Gill Chef and journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Chef and journalist, not a political or economic analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Alasdair Roberts Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of political analysis book Superstates. | 1 | 1 |
| Alastair Ford Meaningful Coaching | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Meaningful Coaching, professional coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Alastair Green McKinsey partner · McKinsey & Company | Selected | Economist or consultant | McKinsey partner, strategy analyst consulting firm. | 1 | 1 |