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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alán Barroso Political scientist, contributor | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Bradley Documentary filmmaker and author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Documentary filmmaker, not political or social commentator. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Coleman Wolfgang Digital | Excluded | Business executive | Wolfgang Digital, CEO/entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Dershowitz Author · Harvard Law School | Selected | Academic | Professor emeritus, Harvard Law School and attorney. | 14 | 97 |
| Alan Frei | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur and economist, company founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Garber 31st president · Harvard University | Selected | Academic | 31st president Harvard University. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Goffinskiwith Reporter · Radiolab | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Radiolab, reporter | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Johnson Minister | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Kohler Assistant Director · Counterintelligence Division at the FBI | Excluded | Serving politician | Assistant Director FBI, official in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan McCall Sports performance consultant | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Sports performance consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Moore Comic book author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Comic book author, fiction writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Purcell CloudAccounts | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | CloudAccounts, entrepreneur. | 2 | 2 |
| Alan Rozenshtein Senior Editor · Lawfare | Selected | Commentator | Senior Editor Lawfare, public policy analyst. | 3 | 28 |
| Alan Rozensztein Senior Editor · Lawfare | Selected | Commentator | Senior Editor Lawfare, public policy analyst. | 1 | 2 |
| Alan Shatter Former minister for justice | Selected | Former official | Former minister for justice. | 1 | 5 |
| Alan Stein Founder and CEO · Kadima Careers | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Kadima Careers. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Watts Philosopher | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Philosopher, deceased. | 1 | 1 |
| Alana Moceri International relations professor · IE University | Selected | Academic | International relations professor IE University. | 1 | 1 |
| Alana Newhouse Editor-in-chief · Tablet | Selected | Commentator | Editor-in-chief of Tablet magazine. | 4 | 6 |
| Alana S. Portero | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Alasdair Gill Chef and journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Chef and journalist, not a political or economic analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Alasdair Roberts Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of political analysis book Superstates. | 1 | 1 |
| Alastair Campbell | Selected | Former official | Director of communications at 10 Downing Street (end of 2003). | 13 | 25 |
| Alastair Crooke Ambassador | Selected | Former official | Former British ambassador. | 5 | 188 |
| Alastair Ford Meaningful Coaching | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Meaningful Coaching, professional coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Alastair Green McKinsey partner · McKinsey & Company | Selected | Economist or consultant | McKinsey partner, strategy analyst consulting firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Alastair McLellan Editor-in-chief · Health Service Journal | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Editor-in-chief of Health Service Journal. | 1 | 1 |
| Alauda Ruiz de Azúa Director | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Director, filmmaker. | 1 | 1 |
| Alba Cardalda Psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Alba Flores Actress | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Alba Lambás Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alba Leiva El Orden Mundial | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 6 |
| Alba Puerro Trader | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Trader by profession. | 1 | 1 |
| Alban Ivanov | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Albano Fernandes AMF | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and president of AMF. | 1 | 1 |
| Alberic Mongrenier Executive director · European Initiative for Energy Security | Selected | Think tank | Executive director of a European energy initiative. | 1 | 1 |
| Albert Azout Managing Partner · Level Ventures | Excluded | Business executive | Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures. | 1 | 1 |
| Albert Bastian Boysen | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Albert Deasey Councillor | Excluded | Serving politician | Councillor in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Albert Edwards Global strategist · Société Générale | Selected | Economist or consultant | Global strategist at Societe Generale. | 1 | 1 |
| Albert Gjedde Professor emeritus · University of Copenhagen | Selected | Academic | Professor emeritus and professor at universities. | 1 | 5 |
| Albert Holskjær | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Albert Hude Representative | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Albert Llambrich | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Albert Millán Los Locos de Wall Street | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Investor and podcaster. | 1 | 1 |
| Albert Moukheiber Clinical psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Clinical psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Albert Preciado CEO · The Mortgage Guys, Ambiance Realty, Driven Enterprises | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of companies. | 1 | 1 |
| Albert Read Former managing director of Condé Nast Britain | Excluded | Business executive | Former managing director of company. | 1 | 1 |
| Albert Świdziński | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 3 |
| Albert van Dijk Professor · Australian National University | Selected | Academic | Professor of water science at Australian National University. | 1 | 1 |