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
Karin Thorburn Professor of finance · NHH	Selected	Academic	Professor of Finance, NHH.	2	2
Karl Johnny Hersvik Group CEO · Aker BP	Excluded	Business executive	Group CEO of oil company.	2	2
Karl Lauterbach Former health minister and SPD Bundestag member	Excluded	Serving politician	Deputy in office (politician IN OFFICE).	2	2
Karol Nawrocki President of Poland	Excluded	Serving politician	President of Poland (serving).	2	2
Kate Mosse Bestselling writer	Excluded	Fiction or entertainment	Bestselling novelist.	2	2
Kate Smaje Senior partner · McKinsey & Company	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company.	2	2
Katharina Mittelstaedt Senior domestic politics editor · STANDARD	Excluded	Journalist	Chief domestic politics editor, STANDARD.	2	2
Katty Kay BBC US Special Correspondent	Excluded	Journalist	USA correspondent for BBC, not analyst.	2	2
Kayla Epstein BBC's U.S. reporter	Excluded	Journalist	Reporter BBC, not analyst	2	2
Keith Duggan Washington correspondent · The Irish Times	Excluded	Journalist	Washington correspondent for Irish Times, not analyst.	2	2
Kemi Badenoch Conservative Party leader	Excluded	Serving politician	British Conservative Party leader in office.	2	2
Kerstin Kohlenberg ZEIT foreign policy editor	Excluded	Journalist	Foreign politics editor, ZEIT, not an analyst.	2	2
Kev Adams Comedian	Excluded	Artist	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Kevin Cokley Psychologist	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Psychologist, without university affiliation.	2	2
Kevin O'Sullivan Editor · Irish Times	Excluded	Journalist	Science editor, Irish Times, not an analyst.	2	2
Khadeeja Safdar Reporter · WSJ	Excluded	Journalist	Reporter WSJ, not analyst	2	2
Kim Bergsma Editor · IEX	Excluded	Journalist	Financial markets editor, not an analyst.	2	2
Kim Mathiasen Psychologist and research leader · Center for Digital Psykiatri	Selected	Academic	Psychologist and research leader at Digital Psychiatry Center.	2	2
Kirk Cameron Actor and author	Excluded	Artist	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Kitty Holland Journalist · The Irish Times	Excluded	Journalist	Social affairs correspondent for Irish Times, not analyst.	2	2
Kjetil Hanssen US correspondent	Excluded	Journalist	United States correspondent, not analyst.	2	2
Klara Klingspor Culture writer	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Koen Petersen Senator	Excluded	Serving politician	Senator, political position.	2	2
Koert Debeuf Author	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Konstantin Kisin Co-host of the podcast TRIGGERnometry	Excluded	Artist	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Kristalina Georgieva Managing Director · International Monetary Fund	Excluded	Serving politician	Managing Director of IMF, active public authority.	2	2
Kristian Corfixen Political reporter · Politiken	Excluded	Journalist	Political reporter, not analyst	2	2
Kristin Clemet Head of the think tank Civita	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Kristin Skaug Managing director · AksjeNorge	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Daglig leder of AksjeNorge, CEO.	2	2
Kristof Smeyers Historian · KU Leuven	Selected	Academic	Historian at KU Leuven.	2	2
Kristopher Schau	Excluded	Artist	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Krzesimir Dębski Composer	Excluded	Artist	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Krzysztof Gawkowski Head of the parliamentary club · Lewicy	Excluded	Serving politician	Parliamentary club chief and digitization minister in office.	2	2
Krzysztof Płomiński Amb.	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Krzysztof Śmiszek MEP, former deputy minister of justice · Nowa Lewica	Excluded	Serving politician	MEP and Deputy Justice Minister in office.	2	2
Ksenia Bolchakova Journalist and director · Capa Presse	Excluded	Journalist	Investigative journalist.	2	2
Kurt Gray Psychologist	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Psychologist, without mentioned university affiliation.	2	2
Kurtis Reid	Excluded	Personal testimony	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Laoise de Brún Barrister	Selected	Lawyer	Barrister in practice.	2	2
Lars Dehli Psychologist and podcaster	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Psychologist and podcaster.	2	2
Lars Skovgaard Andersen Investment strategist · Danske Bank	Selected	Economist or consultant	Investment strategist Danske Bank.	2	2
Lars Thorsen Leader of Stop the Islamisation of Norway · SIAN	Excluded	Serving politician	Political organization leader in office.	2	2
Lasse Laaksonen Military historian	Selected	Academic	Military history researcher, docent.	2	2
Laura El Makki Writer and professor · Sciences Po	Selected	Academic	Professor and writer, Sciences Po.	2	2
Laura Falcó Writer	Excluded	Fiction or entertainment	Writer, fiction.	2	2
Laura Harmon Labour Party Senator	Excluded	Serving politician	Senator Labour in office.	2	2
Laura Sicola Cognitive linguist	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Language coach for executives.	2	2
Laurence Rossignol Senator · Val-de-Marne	Excluded	Serving politician	French senator in office.	2	2
Lavinia Meijer Harpist	Excluded	Artist	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Lena Bodewein Journalist, ARD New Delhi studio	Excluded	Journalist	Journalist ARD/NDR.	2	2

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Think tank

Josep Borrell

President · CIDOB Website ↗ · Spain

Why this role

President of division, Achmea (insurance).

Appearances in 24 months2

Appearances in 6 months0

Distinct podcasts3

Last appearanceMar 25, 2026

Criteria

G1 Written voiceNot met
G2 Spoken presenceMet
G3 Commercial offeringNot met
G4 Institutional standingPosition stated on podcastsMet
G5 Recent activityNot met

Podcasts (3)

Latest appearances

Guerre en Iran : L'Espagne sauve-t-elle l’honneur de l'UE ? Avec Josep Borrell | Entretiens géopoComprendre le monde - par Pascal Boniface · Mar 25, 2026
El Abierto | Los retos del presente y el futuro desde el World In Progress de BarcelonaEl Abierto de Hoy por Hoy · Oct 20, 2025
ESPECIAL | Escuche la entrevista completa con Josep BorrellLa Primera de Expansión · May 17, 2024