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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mhari Aurora Sky News | Excluded | Journalist | Sky News journalist, news reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Mia Breitholtz Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Mia Davis Chief Impact Officer · Ollie | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Impact Officer at Ollie, corporate executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Mia Lehrer Landscape architect | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Landscape architect. | 1 | 1 |
| Mia Törnblom | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mia Wagner Minister · Venstre | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister in office, politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Mia Walther Adviser · SPSM | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Advisor at SPSM, public official. | 1 | 1 |
| Miatta Fahnbulleh Energy Secretary · Labour | Excluded | Serving politician | Energy Secretary in office, politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Micael Säll Lindahl Then police area chief | Excluded | Serving politician | Då police precinct chief, former police chief. | 1 | 1 |
| Micha Augstein Logistics expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Albertus Professor of political science · University of Chicago | Selected | Academic | Professor of political science, University of Chicago. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Amon Reporter · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal, reportage journalist | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Amoruso Assistant professor of religious studies · Occidental College | Selected | Academic | Assistant professor, Occidental College. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Banissy Award-winning professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology at Goldsmiths. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Barenboim Classical violinist and violist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Beißwenger | Selected | Academic | Linguist at Dortmund University of Technology. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Bennet Democratic Senator · Colorado | Excluded | Serving politician | Democratic Senator, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Biesecker Associated Press | Excluded | Journalist | Associated Press reporter, reporting journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Birnbaum Washington Post | Excluded | Journalist | Washington Post Reporter, reporting journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Brendan Dougherty National Review | Excluded | Journalist | National Review, no detail function analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Brendler NZZ science journalist | Excluded | Journalist | NZZ science journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Breus Sleep Expert, clinical psychologist · American Board of Sleep Medicine | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Clinical psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Brian Lee Founder of the Innotivity Institute | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of Innotivity Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Brie Social philosopher · Rosa Luxemburg Foundation | Selected | Academic et Commentator | Professor at Humboldt University, sociologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Bröker Journalist · Table media | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Table media, journalist reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Buchanan Social Affairs Correspondent · BBC News | Excluded | Journalist | Social Affairs Correspondent BBC. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Cairns Former journalist and RAF reservist | Excluded | Journalist | Former journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Carter Dr. | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Cassau Founder · Grover | Excluded | Business executive | Grover founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Chorost Science writer | Selected | Commentator | Science writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Cockerell Political journalist and documentary maker | Excluded | Journalist | Political journalist and documentary maker, reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Crick Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, journalistic reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Crowley | Excluded | Journalist | Empty position, no information on journalistic activity. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael D. Nichols Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Daffinà Ufficio clienti istituzionali · ARCA Fondi SGR | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director of institutional clients, asset management company. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael De Groot Dr · Cornell University | Selected | Academic | Dr. at Cornell University. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Deeg ENT physician | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | ENT physician, physician. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael DeFeo | Selected | Commentator | Progressive commentators. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Diefenbacher Dr, former head of the city archive · Stadtarchiv Nürnberg | Selected | Former official | Former head of Nuremberg City Archives. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Dinerstein University of Chicago | Selected | Academic | Economist at University of Chicago. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Donnellan Archaeologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Douglas Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Dowling Managing Director at Michael Dowling Mortgage and Financial Services | Excluded | Business executive | Managing Director, owner. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Feinstein Singer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Feller Editor · BZ/Bund | Excluded | Journalist | Editor BZ/Bund, media information editor | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Fienberg | Excluded | Journalist | Empty position, no information on journalistic activity. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Fisher Content creator | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Flacks President · Flacks Group | Excluded | Business executive | Presidente Flacks Group. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Flueckiger Emergency physician | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Emergency room doctor. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Frank Director of the Association of Swiss Electricity Companies (VSE) · Verbands Schweizerischer Elektrizitätsunternehmen | Excluded | Business executive | Director of electricity association, not a think tank. | 1 | 1 |