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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Chesters | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Connolly BBC foreign correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | Foreign correspondent for BBC, not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Cunningham | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Curran Cinematographer and director | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Daisey Entrepreneur · Array Digital | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur and founder of Array Digital. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Daly Co-head of CEEMEA Economics · Goldman Sachs | Selected | Economist or consultant | Co-head of CEEMEA Economics at Goldman Sachs. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Donegan Vice Admiral · USN | Selected | Former official | Vice Admiral USN, retired. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Garvey Head of Member Relations · National Housing Federation | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Head of Member Relations at National Housing Federation. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Gordon Director and senior investment strategist · Charles Schwab | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Investment strategist director at Charles Schwab. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Hand Astrobiologist and planetary scientist | Selected | Academic | Planetologist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Hart Comedian, actor, producer · Hartbeat | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Hiney Communications director · Airlines for Europe | Excluded | Business executive | Communications Director for Airlines for Europe. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Hollinrake Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister Enterprise Markets Small Business, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Hymel American historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Kiley Congressman · U.S. Congress | Excluded | Serving politician | U.S. Congressman, incumbent politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Lötscher Former ice hockey player | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin MacDonald Doctor | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Ancient history podcast guest introduced only as Doctor; the linked profile is an American psychologist with no history link, so a namesake. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Maurer Founder · PAMO Cars | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of PAMO Cars. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Mitchell Talent in Organizational Development Manager · MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Talent Manager MIT Lincoln Laboratory, executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Murphy CEO and Founder · 2GoCup | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and Founder of 2GoCup. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Newton Founder and CEO · Honest Abe Roofing | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Honest Abe Roofing. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin O'Leary Mr. Wonderful, Shark Tank | Excluded | Business executive | Mr. Wonderful Shark Tank, investor. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Peranio Chief Lending Officer and Partner · PRMG | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Lending Officer at Partner PRMG. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Power Novelist | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Novelist, fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Roldan | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Ryan Consumer insurance expert and analyst · Bloomberg Intelligence | Selected | Economist or consultant | Consumer insurance expert analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Scott | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Shakir Investigative journalist · DR Verificerer | Excluded | Journalist | Investigative journalist DR, not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Smokler Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction book on cinema. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Spacey Two-time Oscar-winning actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Stitt Governor · Oklahoma | Excluded | Serving politician | Governor of Oklahoma, political official in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Trapp Goalkeeper and entrepreneur | Excluded | Business executive | Goalkeeper and entrepreneur, athlete. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Vacher Sociologist and practitioner of popular education | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin van Dessel Sijoituskästi | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin van Vliet Journalist and writer | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist and foreign correspondent, not an analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Wang Researcher · Princeton | Selected | Academic | Researcher, Princeton. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Warren President and CEO · Chicago Bears | Excluded | Business executive | President and CEO of Chicago Bears, sports executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Keyvan Nilforoushan Co-founder · Virgil | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of Virgil. | 1 | 1 |
| Kezia Dugdale Stonewall | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Interviewed as Stonewall's new chair; the profile is a former Scottish Labour leader with no stated link to Stonewall or LGBTQ+ causes. | 1 | 1 |
| KG Hammar Archbishop · Svenska kyrkan | Excluded | Serving politician | Archbishop, Swedish Church, religious leader. | 1 | 1 |
| KG Holm Witness | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Khadija Amin | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Khalil Gibran Muhammad Professor · Princeton University | Selected | Academic | Professor, Princeton University. | 1 | 1 |
| Khanyisile Ngcobo Reporter · BBC Africa | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter BBC Africa, not analyst | 1 | 1 |
| Khaouter Ben Hania Director | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kharyton Matveyev Co-founder · Skypro | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of Skypro. | 1 | 1 |
| Khir-Drin Grid Producer · La Nouvelle Toile | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Khrystyna Hevchuk Campaigner | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ki Kyung-eun | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Kia Sødergren Sikringen | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |