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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxim Hartman Television and podcast maker | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Małgorzata Paprocka Head of the Chancellery of the President of Poland · Kancelarii Prezydenta | Excluded | Serving politician | Head of Presidential Chancellery, public official. | 2 | 2 |
| Megan Bock COO · insurance technology company | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Operating Officer, corporate executive. | 2 | 2 |
| Mehdi Hasan | Excluded | Journalist | Empty position, no clarity on journalistic analysis work. | 2 | 2 |
| Mel Stride Shadow Chancellor · UK Government | Excluded | Serving politician | Shadow Chancellor, government official in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Melanie Amann Deputy editor-in-chief · DER SPIEGEL | Excluded | Journalist | Editor-in-chief, SPIEGEL, general information media. | 2 | 2 |
| Mercedes Pullman Researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 2 | 2 |
| Mette Frederiksen Prime minister | Excluded | Serving politician | Prime minister in office, minister. | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Collins Leader of Independent Ireland | Excluded | Serving politician | Independent Ireland leader, politician. | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Gervais High-performance psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | High-performance psychologist. | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Gill Associate professor · University of Oxford Saïd Business School | Selected | Academic | Associate professor University of Oxford. | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Houghton Host of The Irish Fire Podcast · Irish Independent | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Safi Journalist · The Guardian | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist The Guardian, reporting journalist. | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Sauga Author · DER SPIEGEL | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist and author for Der Spiegel, journalist profession. | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Schmidt | Excluded | Journalist | Empty position, no information on journalistic activity. | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Shurkin Scholar · Atlantic Council | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow at Atlantic Council, foreign policy think tank. | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Slepian Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics · Columbia University | Selected | Academic | Associate professor at Columbia University. | 2 | 2 |
| Michał Piegzik Doctor | Selected | Academic | University jurist at Yokohama. | 2 | 2 |
| Michał Potocki Dziennika Gazety Prawnej | Excluded | Journalist | Dziennik Gazety Prawnej reporter, legal journalism. | 2 | 2 |
| Michele Gelfand Professor of Organizational Behavior · Stanford Graduate School of Business | Selected | Academic | Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business. | 2 | 2 |
| Michiel Driebergen Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, reporter journalist. | 2 | 2 |
| Mick Clifford Special Correspondent · Irish Examiner | Excluded | Journalist | Special correspondent reporter. | 2 | 2 |
| Micky Beisenherz Author, podcaster, presenter | Excluded | Journalist | Podcaster and content creator, not analyst. | 2 | 2 |
| Miguel Labrador Pilot | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Miguel López Nutritionist | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Miguel Ángel Pérez Journalist · Acción Contra el Hambre | Excluded | Journalist | NGO marketing spokesman. | 2 | 2 |
| Mijntje Lückerath | Selected | Academic | Professor of Corporate Governance, university researcher. | 2 | 2 |
| Mikaa Blugeon-Mered Specialist in overseas geopolitics | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 2 | 2 |
| Mikael Hedman Author | Selected | Commentator et Former official | Author, former officer (main author). | 2 | 2 |
| Mikael Tiger Chief physician and depression researcher · Karolinska Institute | Selected | Academic | Docent and researcher at Karolinska Institutet. | 2 | 2 |
| Mike Green AI researcher and CTO · AI Alpha Lab | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | AI researcher outside university. | 2 | 2 |
| Mike Schmidt Distinguished visitor at Princeton University's Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies | Selected | Academic | Distinguished Visitor at Princeton University. | 2 | 2 |
| Mikko Alasaarela Founder · Agion | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of startup Agion. | 2 | 2 |
| Milou Brand Doctor's assistant | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Minna Kuusisto Chief economist · Danske Bank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief economist at Danske Bank. | 2 | 2 |
| Mo Gilligan Comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Morten Astrup Renowned investor | Excluded | Business executive | Recognized investor (Anerkjent investor). | 2 | 2 |
| Muriel Wilkins Founder and CEO · Paravis Partners | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder and CEO of Paravis Partners, executive coach. | 2 | 2 |
| Mustafa Suleyman CEO of Microsoft AI | Excluded | Business executive | CEO Microsoft AI and Inflection AI. | 2 | 2 |
| Márcio Resende Correspondent · Expresso | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent Expresso. | 2 | 2 |
| Máximo Huerta Journalist and writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist and writer, journalist. | 2 | 2 |
| Natalia Junquera Journalist · El País | Excluded | Journalist | Generalist journalist in politics section. | 2 | 2 |
| Natalie Amiri Presenter of Weltspiegel · ARD Weltspiegel | Excluded | Journalist | Host of Weltspiegel, presenter. | 2 | 2 |
| Nathalie Heinich Sociologist | Selected | Academic | Sociologist at National Center for Scientific Research. | 2 | 2 |
| Neil Kinnock Former Labour leader · Parti travailliste | Excluded | Serving politician | Member of House of Lords, parliamentary member in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Neil Shastri-Hurst Conservative health spokesman | Excluded | Serving politician | Conservative health spokesman and Tory MP, active politician. | 2 | 2 |
| Nena Brockhaus Presenter | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Moderator and journalist, media. | 2 | 2 |
| Nicolai Tangen Chief Executive of Norges Bank Investment Management | Excluded | Business executive | Norges Bank Investment Management CEO. | 2 | 2 |
| Nicolas Vaujour Admiral, chief of staff · Marine nationale | Excluded | Serving politician | Admiral, chief of naval staff in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Nicole Vignola Neuroscientist and ADHD expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Neuroscientist and organizational consultant. | 2 | 2 |