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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikesh Arora CEO · Palo Alto Networks | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Palo Alto Networks. | 2 | 2 |
| Niklas Larsson Manager · Cliens | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager at Cliens Fonder. | 2 | 2 |
| Ning Leng Assistant professor · Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy | Selected | Academic | Assistant professor, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy. | 2 | 2 |
| Noora Fagerström Successful entrepreneur, investor, National Coalition member of parliament and mother of three | Excluded | Serving politician | Female member from Finland in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Nooshi Dadgostar Politician · Vänsterpartiet | Selected | Former official | Member of Swedish Riksdag, ended 2022. | 2 | 2 |
| Nuseir Yassin Video creator and entrepreneur · Nas Daily | Excluded | Business executive | Video Creator and Entrepreneur, Nas Daily. | 2 | 2 |
| Nuño Domínguez | Excluded | Journalist | Vague position, journalist. | 2 | 2 |
| Núria Coll Journalist · Soycomocomo | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist and writer (non-analyzing author role). | 2 | 2 |
| Ole Birk Olesen Mayor · Liberal Alliance | Excluded | Serving politician | Party leader in office, politician. | 2 | 2 |
| Ole Toft Health policy analyst · Altinget | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Ambassador to Poland in office. Public official. | 2 | 2 |
| Olga Givernet Member of parliament · Ensemble Pour la République | Excluded | Serving politician | Female member currently serving. Politician. | 2 | 2 |
| Olivier Falorni Member of parliament · Les démocrates | Excluded | Serving politician | Member currently serving. | 2 | 2 |
| Orla Comerford Paralympian Irish runner | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Orla Ryan News correspondent · TheJournal.ie | Excluded | Journalist | News correspondent and Irish Times reporter. | 2 | 2 |
| Oskar Ehlert Barner Bernhardtsen Investment strategist · Saxo Bank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investment strategist Saxo Bank. | 2 | 2 |
| Oskar Westerlin Influencer and founder | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Oz Pearlman World's Greatest Mentalist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Pablo Torre Sports podcast host | Excluded | Journalist | Sports podcast host. | 2 | 2 |
| Pablo Tovar Value School | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Paco Debonnaire Creator of Investisseurs 4.0 | Excluded | Business executive | Creator Investisseurs 4.0 platform. | 2 | 2 |
| Paolo Nori Writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer, probably fiction. | 2 | 2 |
| Paprika Steen Actor and director | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Pasi Flinkman CEO · Raisio | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Raisio. | 2 | 2 |
| Paterson Joseph Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Patricia Heaton Emmy Award-winning actress | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Patrick Haack Professor of strategy and responsible management · HEC Lausanne | Selected | Academic | Professor of strategy at HEC Lausanne. | 2 | 2 |
| Patrick Martens Actor and presenter | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Patrick Soon-Shiong Chairman of the Los Angeles Times | Excluded | Business executive | Chairman of Los Angeles Times, CEO. | 2 | 2 |
| Patrik Kronqvist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist. | 2 | 2 |
| Paul Duffy Archaeologist · Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte an der Universität Kiel | Selected | Academic | Archaeologist at University of Kiel. | 2 | 2 |
| Paul Lawford Founder · Small Change | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Small Change. | 2 | 2 |
| Paul Nowak Head of TUC · Trades Union Congress | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Paulo Dimas Vice president of innovation, CEO · Unbabel | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Vice-President Innovation and CEO of Unbabel. | 2 | 2 |
| Paweł Jabłoński PiS | Excluded | Serving politician | PiS politician in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Paweł Reszka Reporter · Polityka | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Polityka | 2 | 2 |
| Paweł Rzewuski Writer | Selected | Commentator | Writer historian. | 2 | 2 |
| Pedro Gomes Sanches | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Pedro Morgado Psychiatrist and researcher · University of Minho | Selected | Academic | Psychiatrist and associate professor at University of Minho. | 2 | 2 |
| Peer Swinkels CEO · Royal Swinkels | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Royal Swinkels, business leader. | 2 | 2 |
| Pekka Toveri Member of parliament | Excluded | Serving politician | Deputy in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Pete Hegseth Defense Secretary · USA | Excluded | Serving politician | Defense Secretary USA, minister in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Pete Townshend Musician · The Who | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Peter Benson Stock market legend | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Stock market legend. | 2 | 2 |
| Peter Bergen Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Simple journalist, no analysis. | 2 | 2 |
| Peter Brown Historian · Princeton | Selected | Academic et Economist or consultant | Historian at Princeton, Managing Director of Baggot Investment Partners. | 2 | 2 |
| Peter Frey apolut | Selected | Commentator | Apolut perspective, opinion vector. | 2 | 2 |
| Peter Frølich Høyre politician | Excluded | Serving politician | Conservative politician, currently in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Peter Hajek Pollster | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Pollster. | 2 | 2 |
| Peter Hitchens Journalist and author | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist and author, genre not specified. | 2 | 2 |
| Peter Kyle Labour | Excluded | Serving politician | Labour politician in office. | 2 | 2 |