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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davine Perik | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Davy De Sutter BBQ academy | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | BBQ academy, specialized training. | 1 | 1 |
| Dawid Fazowski YouTuber | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dawid Krawczyk | Excluded | Journalist | Author of reportage. | 1 | 1 |
| Dawid Kujawa Literary critic, essayist | Selected | Commentator | Literary critic and essayist. | 1 | 1 |
| Dawid Sporysz Noho Investment | Excluded | Business executive | Noho Investment investor. | 1 | 1 |
| Dawid Zieliński President, investor · Columbus Energy | Excluded | Business executive | Prezes et inwestor de Columbus Energy. | 1 | 1 |
| Dawid Łasiński Teacher | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Secondary school teacher. | 1 | 1 |
| Dawn French Actor, comedian and bestselling author | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dawn Hill Senior Machinist · LLNL | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Senior Machinist at LLNL. | 1 | 1 |
| Dayna Bowen Matthew Dean of the George Washington University Law School | Selected | Academic | Dean of George Washington University Law School. | 1 | 1 |
| Dean Leitersdorf CEO · Decart | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Decart. | 1 | 1 |
| Dean Phillips Presidential candidate | Excluded | Serving politician | Presidential candidate, serving politician. | 1 | 1 |
| DeAndre James Executive Director · Community Health Trust | Excluded | Business executive | Executive Director at Community Health Trust. | 1 | 1 |
| Deb Mashek PhD · Myco Consulting LLC | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist and consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Debbie Gordon CEO · Cloud Range Cyber | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Cloud Range Cyber. | 1 | 1 |
| Debbie Lay TXOne Networks | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | TXOne Networks, company expert. | 1 | 1 |
| Debbie Mucarsel-Powell Representative | Excluded | Serving politician | Representative, female politician in office | 1 | 1 |
| Deboki Chakravarti | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Science editor and science communicator. | 1 | 1 |
| Debora Spar Professor · Harvard Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor at Harvard Business School. | 1 | 1 |
| Deborah Acosta WSJ reporter · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | WSJ Reporter, reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Deborah Byrne Councillor · The Labour Party | Excluded | Serving politician | Councillor of The Labour Party, active politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Deborah Lee Senior director of global talent management · PepsiCo | Excluded | Business executive | Senior Director of global talent management at PepsiCo. | 1 | 1 |
| Debra Fine Author | Selected | Commentator | Author and expert in small talk. | 1 | 1 |
| Debra Silverman Astrologer, psychotherapist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Astrologer and psychotherapist. | 1 | 1 |
| Debra Ward Live, Love, Learn | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of Live, Love, Learn. | 1 | 1 |
| Declan Flanagan Line dancing teacher | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Declan Lynch Journalist · Irish Independent | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at Irish Independent, reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Dee Kundra Managing Director, Americas · Bayern Munich | Excluded | Business executive | Managing Director at Bayern Munich. | 1 | 1 |
| Deep Acharya PhD student · University of Wisconsin-Madison | Selected | Academic | Ph.D. student at University of Wisconsin-Madison. | 1 | 1 |
| Deep Prasad Tech entrepreneur, physicist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Tech entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Deepa Shiviram White House correspondent · NPR | Excluded | Journalist | White House Correspondent, correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Deepakshi Singh University of Groningen | Selected | Academic | Researcher at University of Groningen. | 1 | 1 |
| Deirdre de Bhailís General Manager · The Dingle Hub | Excluded | Business executive | General Manager of The Dingle Hub. | 1 | 1 |
| Deirdre Duffy CEO · Friends of the Earth | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | CEO of Friends of the Earth. | 1 | 1 |
| Deirdre Gogarty Boxing legend | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Deirdre Lester CEO · Teton Ridge | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Teton Ridge. | 1 | 1 |
| Deirdre O'Keeffe Bookkeeper and mentor · burdy.ie | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Bookkeeper and mentor. | 1 | 1 |
| Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Editor · Irish Examiner | Excluded | Journalist | Editor at Irish Examiner, newspaper editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Deirdre Reynolds Features writer · Irish Independent | Excluded | Journalist | Features writer at Irish Independent, features writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Dejan Jovicevic | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Deka Mohamed Osman Co-director | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Delbert Roll Former Army officer and CIA operations officer | Selected | Former official | Former Army officer and CIA operations officer. | 1 | 1 |
| Delia Ramirez Rep. · Illinois | Excluded | Serving politician | Rep., female politician in office | 1 | 1 |
| Delia Rodríguez Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Delia Smith Cookery writer | Selected | Commentator | Cookery writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Delian Asparouhov Cofounder · Varda Space | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Varda Space. | 1 | 1 |
| Della Valle | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Delphine Horvilleur Rabbi and philosopher | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Rabbi and philosopher. | 1 | 1 |
| Delphine Kargayan Correspondent · Le Parisien | Excluded | Journalist | Le Parisien correspondent. | 1 | 1 |