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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.C. Kneale Head of North American Power and Gas Markets for ICE | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Head of Markets at ICE (company executive). | 1 | 1 |
| J.J. Benítez | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author of books on UFOs. | 1 | 1 |
| J.P. Hague Lawyer/Researcher | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer/researcher. | 1 | 1 |
| Jaakko Kangasniemi CEO · Finnfund | Excluded | Business executive | CEO at Finnfund. | 1 | 1 |
| Jaakko Onali UB | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jaakko Parkkali YouTuber | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jaan Praks Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor (male form). | 1 | 1 |
| Jaana Jantola | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jaana Leena Kerola Journalist · Aamulehti | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Aamulehti. | 1 | 1 |
| Jaap de Vlas | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Jaap Gerkes Managing director of Protiviti | Excluded | Business executive | MD Protiviti (consulting company executive). | 1 | 1 |
| Jaap Goudsmit Scientist, virologist and writer · University of Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Scientist, virologist at University of Amsterdam. | 1 | 1 |
| Jaap Scholten Writer · stichting Protect Ukraine | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author (writer/activist). | 1 | 1 |
| Jaap Smit King's Commissioner | Excluded | Serving politician | Commissaris van de Koning, political office. | 1 | 1 |
| Jaap van 't Hek Change experts | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Jaap Velema Mayor · Gemeente Westerwolde | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Jaap-Willem Roozemond Skipper · KNRM Ouddorp | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Skipper at KNRM (rescue captain). | 1 | 1 |
| Jacco Baak | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Banasiak Mathematics professor · Instytut Matematyki Politechniki Łódzkiej | Selected | Academic | Profesor of mathematics at Technical University of Lodz. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Czarnecki War correspondent · Polskie Radio | Excluded | Journalist | War correspondent for Polish Radio. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Dukaj | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Polish science fiction writer, novel author. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Jakubiuk Author of the Finansowy Preppers YouTube channel | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Janowski Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor (male form in Italian). | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Karnowski Deputy minister of funds and regional policy | Excluded | Serving politician | Vice-Minister (vice-minister, politician in office). | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Krawczyk Director · Google | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director at Google (business executive). | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Lempart | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Individual investor and content creator. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Leociak | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Debate on inherited historical guilt with no stated profession; the profile is a Polish literary historian, which fits broadly but nothing precise confirms it. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Mańko Kozminski University | Selected | Academic | Leon Koźmiński Academy (university position). | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Protasiewicz Former MEP · PO | Selected | Former official | Former member of European Parliament. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Prusinowski Journalist · Kanał Zero | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Kanał Zero. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Ręka Stove maker | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Tile maker (Zdun), craftsperson. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Saryusz-Wolski Adviser to the President on international affairs | Excluded | Serving politician | Presidential adviser (political position). | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Siewiera | Excluded | Serving politician | Polish army officer and politician with multiple roles (soldier, physician, jurist). | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Szczypiorski Expert · STRATPOINT | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Waliszewski Green Beret US Army Special Forces Warrant Officer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Green Beret US Army Special Forces (military). | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Łukasik Junior aspirant · Polska Policja | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Śpiewak | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Altman Uncapped | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of startup Uncapped. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Ashby Assistant Director · University Museum of Zoology | Selected | Academic | Assistant Director of University Museum of Zoology. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Beard Professor of Law and Director of the Space, Cyber, and National Security Law Program · University of Nebraska College of Law | Selected | Academic | Professor of law at the University of Nebraska. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Beaumont Author · DGSE | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author of detective novels, fiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Blanchard Politico | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Politico. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Brand Aquatic ecologist at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Selected | Academic | Aquatic ecologist at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Brewer Former NFL player | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Ciattarelli Republican Candidate | Excluded | Serving politician | Republican political candidate. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Cloonan FBI agent | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | FBI agent. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Crangle | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Farchy Senior Correspondent for Commodities · Bloomberg | Excluded | Journalist | Commodities correspondent for Bloomberg. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Grandcolas Husband | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Lohmann Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |