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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Hasson | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Henry Digital marketing entrepreneur · GetClients.com | Excluded | Business executive | Digital marketing entrepreneur GetClients.com (entrepreneur). | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Horowitz | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Guest discusses political prosecutions on a 2023 political commentary show, but the linked Israeli sociologist died in 1991, so a namesake. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Ivascyn Chief investment officer · Pimco | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Investment Officer at Pimco, investment manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Korn | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Levy | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Mapes | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Martell | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Entrepreneur and investor (AI Strategies in Business), no 6-role match. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Millman Author | Selected | Commentator | Author (main activity is analytical). | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Olson Creator of Folding Ideas YouTube channel | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Creator YouTube Folding Ideas (content creator, not political analyst). | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Primack Business editor · Axios | Excluded | Journalist | Business editor Axios. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Richards DeDunking the Past | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor · The Guardian | Excluded | Journalist | Defence and security editor Guardian. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Schlund Rocketbelt pilot | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Schreiber Host · We Can Be Weirdos | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Host of We Can Be Weirdos podcast. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Sherrard-Smith Founder and CEO of MotherTree | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of MotherTree. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Smalls Independent concert promoter · DSP | Excluded | Business executive | Independent concert promoter DSP. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Turrentine | Excluded | Journalist | Co-host of podcast. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Wakeford Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Wertman Co-founder and CEO · Noetica | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder and CEO of Noetica. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Wetterborg Psychologist and researcher | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Karolinska Institutet. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan-Tage Augustsson Live editor · GP | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dana al-Kurd Dr | Selected | Academic | Professor of Political Science at University of Richmond. | 1 | 1 |
| Dana Burchardt Dr. | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction on international courts. | 1 | 1 |
| Dana Chivvis Producer · This American Life | Excluded | Journalist | Producer This American Life. | 1 | 1 |
| Dana Grant Transformational coach and author | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Transformational coach and author (coach, not political analyst). | 1 | 1 |
| Dana Hajek Data journalist · DIE ZEIT | Excluded | Journalist | Data journalist ZEIT. | 1 | 1 |
| Dana Merwin Professional clown and performer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dana Sinclair Psychologist, clinical assistant professor · University of British Columbia | Selected | Academic | Psychologist, clinical assistant professor at University of British Columbia. | 1 | 1 |
| Dana Suskind Professor of surgery and pediatrics at the University of Chicago | Selected | Academic | Professor of surgery and pediatrics, University of Chicago. | 1 | 1 |
| Dana White President and CEO · Ultimate Fighting Championship | Excluded | Business executive | President and CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship (business executive). | 1 | 1 |
| Danaele Puechmaille Computer systems engineer · EUMETSAT | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | IT systems engineer at EUMETSAT. | 1 | 1 |
| Dandan Zhu Founder · DG Recruit et Dandan Global | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of DG Recruit and Dandan Global. | 1 | 1 |
| Dani Bensky Survivor | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dani Cela elDiario.es | Excluded | Journalist | Regional correspondent for elDiario.es. | 1 | 1 |
| Dani Clode Prosthetic designer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Prosthetic designer (designer). | 1 | 1 |
| Dania Schiftan Clinical sexologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Clinical sexologist, healthcare. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Adrião Candidate · Partido Socialista | Excluded | Serving politician | Socialist Party candidate, active politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Alling Germany correspondent · Sveriges Radio | Excluded | Journalist | Germany correspondent, ordinary reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Anker Alpine historian | Selected | Commentator | Alpine history historian (alpinism historian, author). | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Baal President · Crédit Mutuel et Fédération bancaire française | Excluded | Business executive | President of Credit Mutuel and French Banking Federation. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Bentzon Student and junior civil servant | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Bourrion Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Brolin | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Brunner Ex FBI | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Former FBI agent (field agent, not former executive). | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Castro Vice president · Information Technology and Innovation Foundation | Selected | Think tank | Vice President Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Corbett Ex-military operator for hire · Navy SEAL Teams 5, 6, 17 | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Davis Col | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Colonel, active military officer. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Dennett | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Philosopher, deceased 2024. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Estrin NPR correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | NPR correspondent. | 1 | 1 |