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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kecia Ali Scholar · Princeton | Selected | Academic | Scholar at Princeton. | 1 | 1 |
| Keegan Hodges Co-CEO of Best Home Services | Excluded | Business executive | Co-CEO of Best Home Services. | 1 | 1 |
| Kees Brinkman KNRM | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Representative of KNRM | 1 | 1 |
| Kees Buijsrogge Space director · TNO | Selected | Academic | Director Space TNO, research institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Kees Jan Dellebeke Intelligence officer · AIVD | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Intelligence officer at AIVD, field agent. | 1 | 1 |
| Kees Keizer Dr | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Guest introduced only as 'Dr' on a general talk show; plastic recycling loosely fits environmental psychology but proves nothing. | 1 | 1 |
| Kees Marcelis Interior designer and architect | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Interior designer and architect, artist. | 1 | 1 |
| Kees Moeliker Biologist · Natural History Museum Rotterdam | Selected | Academic | Biologist at Rotterdam Museum of Natural History. | 1 | 1 |
| Kees van der Spek | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kees van der Staaij SGP leader | Excluded | Serving politician | Head of SGP party in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Kees van Kooten Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author and humorist (Van Kooten and De Bie). | 1 | 1 |
| Kees Versteegh Reporter · NRC | Excluded | Journalist | NRC correspondent, not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Keeva Baxter Communications and Campaigns Manager · Why Me UK | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Communications Manager of Why Me UK association. | 1 | 1 |
| Kefah Allush Presenter and programme maker | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kegan Gill F/A-18 Super Hornet pilot | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Keith Bell Professor of Future Power systems · University of Strathclyde | Selected | Academic | Professor of energy systems at the University of Strathclyde. | 1 | 1 |
| Keith Ellison | Excluded | Serving politician | Procureur général du Minnesota, serving. | 1 | 1 |
| Keith Macko Woodhouse Professor · Northwestern University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Northwestern University. | 1 | 1 |
| Keith Sant SEOmeetsREI.com | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Self-employed consultant (SEO and real estate). | 1 | 1 |
| Keith Sklarsky Business owner | Excluded | Business executive | Company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Keith Stansell Former Northrop Grumman employee | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kejal Savla | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kejal Vyas WSJ reporter · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter WSJ, not analyst | 1 | 1 |
| Keld Heick | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kelli Copter Ex-Scientologist | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kelli Salter | Excluded | Business executive | Female real estate entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Kelly Bonner BBC Reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter BBC, not analyst | 1 | 1 |
| Kelly Cates Journalist · 5 Live | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist 5 Live, not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Kelly Earley Writer | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Kelly Granat Co-Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director · Lone Pine Capital | Selected | Economist or consultant | Co-Director of investments at Lone Pine Capital. | 1 | 1 |
| Kelly Hebert VP of Design & Media · Robert Hebert Media | Excluded | Business executive | Vice-President Design and Media, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Kelly Mann | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Panelist on accounting innovation with no stated function; the profile is a bare Colorado State University researcher with no field to compare. | 1 | 1 |
| Kelly Shue Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Kelly Weinersmith Author | Selected | Academic | Biologist and professor at Rice University. | 1 | 1 |
| Kelly White Enneagram Type 6 | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Speaks of Enneagram, does not fit any role. | 1 | 1 |
| Kelsey Granger Sinologist · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | Selected | Academic | Sinologist, PhD Ludwig Maximilians University. | 1 | 1 |
| Kelsey Klausing Director of solutions partners · Hogan | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Partner solutions director at Hogan, executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Kelsey Snell Political correspondent · NPR | Excluded | Journalist | Political correspondent for NPR, not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Kemal Üres Founder of the restaurant chain Daily You, shareholder at Eisberg-Seminare · Daily You, Eisberg-Seminare | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of restaurant chain. | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Bruce Radio DJ · Greatest Hits Radio | Excluded | Journalist | Radio host DJ, not news analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Coleman | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Radio host and podcaster, not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Dilanian | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist and war correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Klippenstein | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter, not analyst | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Langone Legendary American businessman, co-founder · Home Depot | Excluded | Business executive | Legendary businessman, co-founder of Home Depot. | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Loach Director | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ken O'Flynn Independent Ireland TD | Excluded | Serving politician | Member of Irish Parliament currently serving. | 1 | 1 |
| Ken O'Malley Shannon Aerospace | Excluded | Business executive | Executive at Shannon Aerospace. | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Paller James Padilla Professor of Psychology · Northwestern University | Selected | Academic | Professor James Padilla of psychology at Northwestern. | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Rideout World's fastest marathoner over 50 | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Robertson Former Head of Mischief at Paddy Power and current CEO of the Tenth Man | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Tenth Man, business executive. | 1 | 1 |