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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berten Vanderbruggen | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Berth Milton | Excluded | Business executive | Swedish company executive, entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Bertil Bengtsson Professor of law and Supreme Court justice · Uppsala | Selected | Academic | Professor of law and judge at Uppsala University. | 1 | 1 |
| Bertil Ekerlid Publisher · Ekerlids Förlag | Excluded | Business executive | Editor and owner of Ekerlids Förlag. | 1 | 1 |
| Bertil Fruelund | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bertil Kuhlemann | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bertille Bayart Editor-in-chief · Figaro | Selected | Commentator | Editor-in-chief, Figaro. | 1 | 1 |
| Bertrand Benoit WSJ reporter · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal | 1 | 1 |
| Bertrand Besancenot Middle East expert | Selected | Former official | Former Ambassador, Middle East expert. | 1 | 1 |
| Bertrand Métayer Journalist · Parisien | Excluded | Journalist | Sports section journalist at Le Parisien. | 1 | 1 |
| Bertrand Rambaud Chairman of Groupe Siparex | Excluded | Business executive | President of Siparex Group. | 1 | 1 |
| Bertrand Uzeel Co-founder · Welcome to the Jungle | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of Welcome to the Jungle. | 1 | 1 |
| Bertrand-Léo Combrade Professor of public law · University of Poitiers | Selected | Academic | Professor of public law, University of Poitiers. | 1 | 1 |
| Besfort Behrami Growth Marketer, Paid Ads & Lead Generation Expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Growth marketer and marketing consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Besnik Barani Software developer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Beth Barrett-Wild Director of Women's Professional Game · ECB | Excluded | Business executive | Women's Game Director at ECB. | 1 | 1 |
| Beth Ford CEO · Land O'Lakes | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Land O'Lakes. | 1 | 1 |
| Beth Hammack Co-head of the Global Financing Group · Goldman Sachs | Excluded | Business executive | Senior executive at Goldman Sachs. | 1 | 1 |
| Beth McKigney Ovative | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Beth Weinstein | Selected | Commentator | Author of work on architecture and choreography. | 1 | 1 |
| Beth Williams PCLOB | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bethany Davis Barcode Group | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bethany Samson People Director · Investors in People | Selected | Think tank | Director of people at Investors in People. | 1 | 1 |
| Betsy Flores | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Betsy Olim Export Stories Podcast | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bettina Braunschmidt Researcher and author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bettina Emmerling Neos | Excluded | Serving politician | Member of Neos, Austrian political party. | 1 | 1 |
| Bettina Fuhrmann University professor · Vienna University of Economics and Business | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Economics Vienna. | 1 | 1 |
| Bettina Göring Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Bettina Ng'weno Professor of African American and African Studies · University of California, Davis | Selected | Academic | Professor of African American Studies, UC Davis. | 1 | 1 |
| Bettina Pause Professor of psychology · Universität Düsseldorf | Selected | Academic | Professor of Psychology, University of Düsseldorf. | 1 | 1 |
| Bettina Pfluger STANDARD-Wirtschaftsredaktion | Excluded | Journalist | Economic section STANDARD. | 1 | 1 |
| Bettina Rühl SWR | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist or media executive at SWR. | 1 | 1 |
| Bettina Schulz Reports · ZEIT | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter ZEIT and ZEIT ONLINE | 1 | 1 |
| Bettina Stark-Watzinger Deputy chair of the FDP, former education minister | Excluded | Serving politician | Vice-President FDP in office, former minister. | 1 | 1 |
| Betty La France Professor of Communication · Northern Illinois University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Communication, Northern Illinois. | 1 | 1 |
| Bev Turner Host of GB News The Late Show Live | Excluded | Journalist | GB News presenter. | 1 | 1 |
| Bezwada Wilson Activist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Activist. | 1 | 1 |
| Bharat Pulgam Co-Founder and CEO · Buncha | Excluded | Business executive | Co-Founder and CEO of Buncha. | 1 | 1 |
| Biagio Antonacci Singer-songwriter | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bianca de Divitiis Full professor of early modern art history · Università di Napoli Federico II | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor in Art History, Naples. | 1 | 1 |
| Bianca Kronlöf The actor and feminist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bianca Maria Cavallini | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bianca Meyer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bianca Stella Bruschi Legal consultant | Selected | Lawyer | Legal advisor. | 1 | 1 |
| Bianca van Leeuwen | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bianca Vos-Monster | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bianca Zwart Chief strategy officer · bunq | Excluded | Business executive | Strategic director at bunq. | 1 | 1 |
| Biancamaria Cavallini Occupational psychologist · Mindwork | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Occupational psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Biko Koenig Assistant Professor · Franklin & Marshall college | Selected | Academic | Assistant professor, Franklin & Marshall College. | 1 | 1 |