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 institution4,334 Think tankNamed position at a think tank or public policy institute730 Former officialHeld a position in a public authority: ministry, regulator, central bank, parliament531 LawyerPractices law, in a firm, in-house or at the bar251 Economist or consultantEconomist, analyst or adviser, in a firm or independent865 CommentatorAnalyzes 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
Jan Dziedziczak Polskie Radio	Excluded	Personal testimony	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Jan van Aken Die Linke	Excluded	Serving politician	Die Linke politician in office.	2	2
Jan Verheyen Director	Excluded	Artist	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Janne Paavola CEO · Nokian Panimo	Excluded	Business executive	CEO of brewery.	2	2
Janusz Cieszyński Member of parliament · PiS	Excluded	Serving politician	Member currently serving (PiS).	2	2
Jared Diamond Geography professor · University of California, Los Angeles	Selected	Academic et Commentator	Professor UCLA, also historian and commentator.	2	2
Jari Sarasvuo Founder of Trainers' House	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Founder of company.	2	2
Jarosław Kociszewski	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Jarosław Urbański Sociologist, social activist · Inicjatywa Pracownicza	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Sociologist and activist.	2	2
Jason McCarthy GORUCK Founder	Excluded	Business executive	Founder and CEO of GORUCK.	2	2
Javi López	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Javier G. Recuenco President of MENSA, computer engineer	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Javier Santaolalla Physicist and science communicator	Selected	Academic	Physicist at CERN.	2	2
Javier Urra PhD in psychology · Fundación Pequeño Deseo	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Doctor of Psychology, association founder.	2	2
JB Pritzker Governor · Illinois	Excluded	Serving politician	Governor of Illinois in office.	2	2
Jean de la Rochebrochard Partner · Kima Ventures	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Jean-François Corty Associate researcher, vice president · IRIS, Médecins du Monde	Selected	Think tank	Associated researcher, vice president of IRIS.	2	2
Jean-Pierre Farandou Chairman and chief executive officer · SNCF	Excluded	Business executive	Minister of Labor and Social Cohesion in office.	2	2
Jef Neve Pianist	Excluded	Artist	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Jennie Taer Daily Wire reporter · The Daily Wire	Excluded	Journalist	Reporter Daily Wire	2	2
Jens Liljestrand Author, journalist and PhD in literary studies · Expressens kulturredaktion	Excluded	Journalist	Journalist culture and author.	2	2
Jens Orback CEO · Global Challenges Foundation	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	CEO of Global Challenges Foundation.	2	2
Jensen Huang CEO · Nvidia	Excluded	Business executive	CEO and co-founder of Nvidia.	2	2
Jeremy Corbyn Independent Candidate · Islington North	Excluded	Serving politician	Independent Candidate for Islington North.	2	2
Jeremy Hansen Astronaut · NASA	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Jeroen Dijsselbloem Mayor · Eindhoven	Excluded	Serving politician	Mayor of Eindhoven in office.	2	2
Jeroen Lenaers CDA member · EVP-fractie Europees Parlement	Excluded	Serving politician	EVP MEP in office.	2	2
Jeroen Pauw Journalist and presenter	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Jesper Brodin CEO · Ingka Group	Excluded	Business executive	CEO of Ingka Group.	2	2
Jesper Nielsen Lecturer and PhD in Mesoamerican studies · University of Copenhagen	Selected	Academic	Lecturer and Ph.D. in Mesoamerican studies at Copenhagen University.	2	2
Jesús Relinque Writer	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Jim Dethmer Leadership expert	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Leadership coach.	2	2
Jim Himes Congressman · House Intelligence Committee	Excluded	Serving politician	Congressman in office.	2	2
Jim Kwik Brain coach · Kwik Learning	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Brain coach.	2	2
Jingmai O'Connor Paleobiologist and associate curator of reptiles · Field Museum of Chicago	Selected	Academic	Paleobiologist, associate curator at Field Museum of Chicago.	2	2
JJ Benítez Writer and journalist	Excluded	Journalist	Writer and journalist.	2	2
Joachim B. Olsen Commentator · B.T.	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Joakim Bruchmann Pluto.markets	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Founder of Pluto.markets.	2	2
Joana Gama Pianist	Excluded	Artist	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Job Mantz Country Manager · MeDirect	Excluded	Business executive	Country Manager MeDirect.	2	2
Jochen Ott SPD parliamentary group leader · Landtag Nordrhein-Westfalen	Excluded	Serving politician	Head of SPD parliamentary group, NRW regional assembly.	2	2
Joe Barrett National affairs reporter · Wall Street Journal	Excluded	Journalist	National affairs reporter Wall Street Journal.	2	2
Joe Kent Retired 20-year-veteran Special Forces	Excluded	Personal testimony	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Joe Leahy FT reporter · Financial Times	Excluded	Journalist	Reporter Financial Times	2	2
Joe Perticone The Bulwark	Excluded	Journalist	Journalist The Bulwark.	2	2
Joe Twyman Co-founder and director · DeltaPoll	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Co-founder and director of DeltaPoll.	2	2
Johan Op de Beeck Writer	Excluded	Fiction or entertainment	Belgian writer, book author.	2	2
John Andreas Gentlemen's coach	Excluded	Artist	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
John Fetterman Senator	Excluded	Serving politician	Senator, politician in office.	2	2
John Hedberg CEO · Creades	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2

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Academic

Philipp Gassert

Professor, historian and author · Germany

Why this role

Titular professor of history.

Appearances in 24 months3

Appearances in 6 months2

Distinct podcasts3

Last appearanceSep 11, 2026

Criteria

G1 Written voiceNot met
G2 Spoken presenceMet
G3 Commercial offering2 new books since 2023Met
G4 Institutional standingPosition stated on podcastsMet
G5 Recent activityNot met

New books since 2023 (2)

Books with an unknown first publication date (1)

Die bipolare Nation1 edition since 2023Details

Podcasts (3)

Latest appearances

11. September - Der Tag, der Sicherheit neu definierteRadiowissen · Sep 11, 2026
USA unter Trump: Bruch oder Aufbruch? Mit Historiker Philipp GassertTagesanbruch von t-online · Apr 18, 2026
Krieg und Frieden - Was nutzt Pazifismus?Der Rest ist Geschichte · Sep 25, 2025