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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanne Skartveit VG | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist - standard journalistic role. | 2 | 2 |
| Hans Claus Prison director · De Huizen | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Prison director, public institution leader. | 2 | 2 |
| Hans Petter Graver Professor of law · UiO | Selected | Academic | Professor of law at the University of Oslo. | 2 | 2 |
| Hans Vijlbrief Outgoing state secretary for Mining · Pays-Bas | Excluded | Serving politician | Secretary of State for Mines (resigned), public official in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Harald Henden The press photographer · VG | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Harm Edens Presenter | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Harriet Harman Labour MP · Labour Party | Excluded | Serving politician | Labour MP in office, politician. | 2 | 2 |
| Harry van den Brink Commander · Koninklijke Marechaussee | Excluded | Serving politician | Commander of Royal Military Police, active officer. | 2 | 2 |
| Hazel Brugger Comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Heinz Bude Sociologist and psychologist · Universidad de Kassel | Selected | Academic | Profesor de Macrosociología at Universidad de Kassel. | 2 | 2 |
| Helen Steele Fashion designer and artist · Dunnes Stores | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Hellmuth Nordwig Science journalist · SWR | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Science Journalist SWR, journalist. | 2 | 2 |
| Henk Rijckaert Comedy value | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Henning Höne FDP leader | Excluded | Serving politician | Head of FDP party in office, politician. | 2 | 2 |
| Henrik Drusebjerg Investor and entrepreneur | Excluded | Business executive | Investor and entrepreneur. | 2 | 2 |
| Henrik Karlsen Investment chief · Horizon3 | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investment Director at Horizon3 fund. | 2 | 2 |
| Hero Brinkman Former PVV MP | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Hieronim Gral Professor · Université de Varsovie | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Warsaw. | 2 | 2 |
| Hildegard Müller President of the German Association of the Automotive Industry · Verband der Automobilindustrie | Excluded | Business executive | President of the Association of the Automotive Industry. | 2 | 2 |
| Hubert Stojanowski | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Hubert Étienne Philosopher · Quintessence AI | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | CEO of Quintessence AI, main role. | 2 | 2 |
| Héctor García Author of the book Futurofobia | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Ignacio Cabria Anthropologist | Selected | Commentator | Anthropologist and essay author. | 2 | 2 |
| Iker Jiménez TV presenter, journalist | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Immo Salo AI guru | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 2 | 2 |
| Ine Eriksen Søreide Chair of the Storting's Foreign Affairs Committee | Excluded | Serving politician | Foreign affairs commission leader. | 2 | 2 |
| Ingemar Bengtsson Professor of physics · Stockholm University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Physics at Stockholm University. | 2 | 2 |
| Irene Waage Basili Shearwater head | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Shearwater. | 2 | 2 |
| Isabel Guerreiro President · Santander | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Santander Portugal. | 2 | 2 |
| Iselin Guttormsen | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Isolde Van den Eynde Political journalist · HLN | Excluded | Journalist | Political journalist. | 2 | 2 |
| Isra Bravo | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Entrepreneur and content creator. | 2 | 2 |
| Ivana Bacik Labour leader | Excluded | Serving politician | Labour leader in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Iván Espinosa de los Monteros Politician and businessman · Vox | Excluded | Serving politician | Politician and businessman, Vox (in office). | 2 | 2 |
| Jacek Walkiewicz Psychologist, lecturer, trainer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist outside named university affiliation. | 2 | 2 |
| Jack Carr New York Times best-selling author | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Jack Kornfield Meditation teacher | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Professor of meditation, wellness coach. | 2 | 2 |
| Jack Pitcher WSJ reporter · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Financial markets reporter WSJ | 2 | 2 |
| Jacques de Saint Victor Professor of legal history | Selected | Academic et Commentator | Professor of legal history, also literary critic. | 2 | 2 |
| Jagjit S. Chadha Professor of Economics · University of Cambridge | Selected | Academic et Think tank | Professor of economics at Cambridge University. | 2 | 2 |
| Jake Tapper Journalist · CNN | Excluded | Journalist | Host of CNN show. | 2 | 2 |
| Jakob Hanke Vela International reporter at POLITICO | Excluded | Journalist | International reporter POLITICO | 2 | 2 |
| James Cook BBC | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist BBC. | 2 | 2 |
| James Fox Documentary filmmaker | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| James Murray Environmental journalist · Labour | Excluded | Serving politician | Labour and environmental journalist. | 2 | 2 |
| James Talarico State Representative · Texas House | Excluded | Serving politician | State Representative at Texas House IN OFFICE. | 2 | 2 |
| Jamie Oliver Chef cuisinier | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Jamie Siminoff Inventor · Ring | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and inventor of Ring. | 2 | 2 |
| Jamie Smyth Energy Editor · Financial Times | Excluded | Journalist | Energy section editor at Financial Times. | 2 | 2 |
| Jan Christian Vestre Health minister | Excluded | Serving politician | Health Minister, Industry Minister, currently in office. | 2 | 2 |