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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olexandra Matwijtschuk | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Human rights activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate. | 1 | 1 |
| Olga Butkevych President · Ukrainian Association of International Law | Excluded | Position not verifiable | President of an association, academic role not established. | 1 | 1 |
| Olga Cronin Senior Policy Officer · Irish Council for Civil Liberties | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Policy director, civil liberties association. | 1 | 1 |
| Olga Fateeva Forensic medical expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Forensic medical expert, medical legal expert, not academic. | 1 | 1 |
| Olga Flor | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Olga Lohman | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Olga Malinkiewicz Co-founder of Saule, scientist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Co-Founder Saule, scientist. Start-up co-founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Olga McAteer Small Business of the Year · McAteer Solutions Ltd | Excluded | Business executive | Small business owner. | 1 | 1 |
| Olga Merino Psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist. Non-university psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Olga Popowycz Fundacja Ukraiński Dom | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Olga R. Sanmartín | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist at El Mundo daily. | 1 | 1 |
| Olga Ruin Editor-in-chief · filmtidskriften FLM | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Editor-in-chief, filmtidskriften magazine. Media leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Olga Stavrova Researcher and professor · Tilburg University | Selected | Academic | Researcher and professor at Tilburg University | 1 | 1 |
| Olga Tokarczuk | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Novelist and writer of fiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Olga Woźniak Linguist, science journalist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Guest is a linguist and science journalist; the profile is only a journalist and non-fiction writer with no field, and a namesake exists. | 1 | 1 |
| Olga Zuiderhoek Theater maker and actress | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Olgierd Annusewicz Political scientist, dr hab. · UW | Selected | Academic | Political scientist, doctor at UW. University doctorate. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Anthony Singer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Berben Film producer · Constantin Film | Excluded | Business executive | Film producer. Business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Binkhorst Initiator & founder · DutchTechX | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and founder of an organization. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Blume CEO · Porsche & Volkswagen | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Porsche & Volkswagen. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Brendel Media guy | Excluded | Journalist | Media person (youtuber, not analysis journalist). | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Breum P1 host | Excluded | Journalist | P1 host (radio presenter). | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Browne Lecturer in Accounting · University College Cork | Selected | Academic | Lecturer in accounting at University College Cork. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Callan | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Coppard South Yorkshire Mayor | Excluded | Serving politician | South Yorkshire Mayor in office. Politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Fröschke Designer and operator of the record label Le Pop | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Gorus Publisher and editor · Der Sandwirt | Excluded | Business executive | Publisher and magazine editor, media executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Heer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Kelz Head of Data & Analytics · Congstar | Excluded | Business executive | Head of Data & Analytics at telecom. Executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Letwin | Selected | Former official | Former UK minister, ended posts in 2015. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Li AI researcher and PhD · Uppsala University | Selected | Academic | AI researcher and doctor at Uppsala University. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Lorz Professor of international economic relations · RWTH Aachen | Selected | Academic | Professor of International Economic Relations, RWTH Aachen. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Lou Physiotherapist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Physiotherapist, caregiver. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Moody Berlin correspondent · The Times and The Sunday Times | Excluded | Journalist | Berlin correspondent The Times. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Moran Green Party Councillor · Cork City North East | Excluded | Serving politician | Green Party Councillor in office. Politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Neuroth Journalist at the ARD Berlin studio | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist ARD-Hauptstadtstudio. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Peter Loew Head · Deutschen Polen-Institut | Selected | Academic | Professor, Director of the German Institute of Poland. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Pink Die Presse | Excluded | Journalist | Die Presse (unspecified position). | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Pocher Comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Polak | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Roeder Senior data journalist · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Senior Data Journalist FT, specialized analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Scheibenbogen Health psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Health psychologist. Psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Schwarz Dr, chief physician, specialist in psychiatry · Kirinus Alpenpark Klinik | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Dr., senior physician. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Sears Founder · Holocaust Awareness Ireland | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of NGO. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Shah Journalist · The Sunday Times, Newcome Advisory | Excluded | Journalist | Former journalist, now runs advisory firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Stone Academy Award-winning film director | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Weimann CEO and co-founder · Quantum Cybersecurity Group | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | CEO and co-founder of startup. | 1 | 1 |
| Oliver Winter CEO · A&O Hostels | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of A&O Hostels. | 1 | 1 |
| Olivera Stajic-Fidler Head of the STANDARD news team | Excluded | Journalist | Leader of STANDARD News teams (managerial). | 1 | 1 |