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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Sims Deputy Director of National Intelligence | Excluded | Serving politician | Deputy Director National Intelligence, official in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Cliff Sloan Professor · Georgetown Law Center | Selected | Academic | Professor, Georgetown Law Center. | 3 | 4 |
| Cliff Taylor Economics columnist · The Irish Times | Selected | Commentator | Economics columnist at The Irish Times. | 2 | 17 |
| Climent Molins | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Investing podcast on shipping investments; the linked profile is a Catalan civil engineering professor, so a namesake. | 1 | 1 |
| Clinton Verdonschot Philosopher specializing in political theory | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Clíona Purcell Curator · Irish Wake Museum | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Museum curator, collection director. | 1 | 1 |
| Clionadh Raleigh CEO · ACLED | Selected | Think tank | CEO ACLED, conflict research organization. | 1 | 1 |
| Clive Bawden Director · Governance360 | Excluded | Business executive | Director of Governance360. | 1 | 1 |
| Clive Palmer The Arsenal Vision Podcast | Excluded | Journalist | Host of Ruthless podcast. | 1 | 1 |
| Clive Young Dr. | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Former Anglican bishop (Bishop of Dunwich), religious role not in 6 roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Clizia de Rossi | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Clodagh Finn Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Clodagh Tait Historian of the supernatural | Selected | Academic | Historian of the supernatural, 50 publications at Mary Immaculate College. | 1 | 1 |
| Clothilde Chamussy Archaeologist, science communicator and videographer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Archaeologist and YouTuber, content creator, not in 6 roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Clotilde Champeyrache Economist · CNAM | Selected | Academic | Economist at CNAM, higher education institution. | 2 | 8 |
| Cobus van Staden Managing Editor · China Global South Project | Selected | Think tank | Managing Editor China Global South Project. | 1 | 1 |
| Coby van der Linde Dr. | Selected | Think tank | Energy expert, Clingendael Energy Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Cochav Elkayam-Levy Founder and chair of the Commission | Selected | Academic | Legal scholar and international law scholar at Hebrew University and Reichman University. | 2 | 2 |
| Coco Dávez | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Codie Sanchez Money expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Investor and entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Cody Brown College student from Missouri | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Cody Keenan Speech writer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Speechwriter. | 1 | 1 |
| Cody Thompson | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Coen de Mooy | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Coen Elemans Biologist and researcher in voice production | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Voice-production biologist and professor; the profile is a bare researcher with no field, so nothing precise confirms the link. | 1 | 3 |
| Coen Teulings Professor · Utrecht University | Selected | Academic | Prof dr Utrecht University. | 5 | 10 |
| Coen van de Ven Political journalist · Groene Amsterdammer | Excluded | Journalist | Political journalist at Groene Amsterdammer. | 2 | 2 |
| Coen van Oostrom Employers' association chair | Excluded | Business executive | Employers' Chair, employer president. | 1 | 1 |
| Coks Donders Historian · De Telegraaf | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 4 |
| Col Steve Smith COL · 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment | Excluded | Serving politician | COL 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. | 1 | 1 |
| Col. Douglas Macgregor | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Colby Gordon Author · U Chicago Press | Selected | Commentator | Author Glorious Bodies non-fiction work. | 1 | 1 |
| Cole Stangler Independent journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Independent journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Coleman Hughes | Selected | Commentator | Columnist, pundit, podcaster and non-fiction writer. | 16 | 32 |
| Colette Einfeld | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Colette McNicholl Founder · McNicholl Caravans | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of McNicholl Caravans. | 1 | 1 |
| Colette Schmidt Domestic politics editor · DER STANDARD | Excluded | Journalist | Politics editor at STANDARD. | 1 | 2 |
| Colin Baker Technology presenter | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Technology presenter. | 1 | 1 |
| Colin Doherty Head of School of Medicine, Consultant Neurologist · Trinity College Dublin | Selected | Academic | Head of School of Medicine at Trinity College Dublin. | 1 | 1 |
| Colin Fisher Professor · University College London | Selected | Academic | Professor, University College London. | 8 | 8 |
| Colin Freeman Foreign Correspondent · The Telegraph | Excluded | Journalist | Foreign correspondent at The Telegraph. | 2 | 6 |
| Colin Hewitt CEO and Co-founder · Float Cash Flow Forecasting | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and co-founder of Float Cash Flow. | 1 | 1 |
| Colin Kahl Former National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden · Stanford University | Selected | Academic | Former NSA under Biden, currently at Stanford University. | 4 | 4 |
| Colin P Clarke Director of research · Soufan Group | Selected | Think tank | Research director at Soufan Group think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| Colin Ponce Computer Scientist · CIR, LLNL | Selected | Academic | Computer scientist at LLNL federal laboratory. | 1 | 1 |
| Colin Power | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Colin Ross Psychiatrist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychiatrist physician specialist. | 1 | 1 |
| Colin Van Eeckhout Figurehead · Amenra | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Colin Wong Consultant | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Coline Bertrand Co-founder · LA ROSÉE | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of LA ROSÉE startup. | 1 | 1 |