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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Maxwell | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew McDonagh Registered Migration Agent | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Registered Migration Agent | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew McPhee OT Security Solution Architect · Cisco | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | OT Security Solution Architect. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Michal Professor · Atlantic Council | Selected | Think tank | Profesor at Atlantic Council. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Miller Back Story columnist · The Economist | Selected | Commentator | Back Story columnist The Economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Montague Former Cllr | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Pask Chief Biology officer · Colossal | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chief Biology Officer. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Restuccia WSJ reporter · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Roberts Historian and biographer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Historian, peer in the House of Lords, currently in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Rosenheim | Selected | Commentator | American writer and publisher, cultural analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Rotter Emeritus Professor of History · Colgate University | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor at Colgate University. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Sanford Television and film writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Television and film writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Sissons Director, Sustainable Future Mission · NESTA | Selected | Think tank | Director at NESTA. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Smith Archaeologist · University of Cape Town | Selected | Academic | Archaeologist at University of Cape Town. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Sorensen Archaeologist · Universität Leiden | Selected | Academic | Archaeologist at University of Leiden. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Tangel WSJ reporter | Excluded | Journalist | WSJ Reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Ti | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Tilton Chief Asia Pacific economist · Goldman Sachs Research | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Asia Pacific Economist at Goldman Sachs. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Walworth RealClearPolitics | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | RealClearPolitics. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Wang Co-founder and CEO of Valon | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder and CEO of Valon. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Watts | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Wilson | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Wong Materials Scientist · Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Selected | Academic | Materials Scientist at Lawrence Livermore. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Yang | Excluded | Serving politician | American entrepreneur and political candidate. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Zimmern Former host of Bizarre Foods | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrey Gurkov Russian journalist and economic expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Russian journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrij Melnyk Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany | Excluded | Serving politician | Ukrainian diplomat in office (ambassador to Brazil). | 1 | 1 |
| Andrijan Möcker c't Magazin | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | C't Magazin contributor. | 1 | 1 |
| Andros Lozano Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Brzeziecki Publicist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Publicist. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Cechnicki Professor | Selected | Academic | Polish professor psychiatrist, Jagiellonian University. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Domański Minister of finance | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Finance in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Drzymała | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Dybczyński Science manager, former president · Łukasiewicz Research Network | Selected | Academic | Science Manager at Research Network. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Friszke Prof. dr. hab. · Instytut Studiów Politycznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk | Selected | Academic | Prof at Institute of Political Studies PAN. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Goworski Gazeta Wyborcza | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Gazeta Wyborcza, no analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Grabowski Driving instructor | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Gutowski Ronson | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Gwiżdż Portu | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Investing podcast guest from Portu in 2025; the linked Polish jurist died in 1998. Namesake. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Gąsiorowski President and co-founder of the FOTA4Climate initiative, lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Janisz Sports journalist and commentator | Excluded | Journalist | Sports journalist and commentator. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Krzywda Founder, guru Ruby on Rails · Arkency | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Arkency. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Lukaszewski Credipass | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Poniedzielski | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Powierża | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Skalimowski Dr · Instytut Historii Nauki Polskiej Akademii Nauk | Selected | Academic | Dr. at Institute of the History of Science PAN. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Strojny Author of the report · Warsaw Enterprise Institute | Selected | Think tank | Author of report, Warsaw Enterprise Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Szeptycki Deputy minister of science and higher education · Ministère de la Science et l'Enseignement Supérieur | Excluded | Serving politician | Vice-Minister of Science and Higher Education in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Trautman Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, explicit academic title. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Śliwka Member of parliament · PiS | Excluded | Serving politician | PiS deputy, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |