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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damien Leloup Journalist · Le Monde | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Le Monde. | 1 | 4 |
| Damien Licata Caruso Journalist · Parisien | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Parisien. | 1 | 4 |
| Damien Lucas CEO · Scaleway | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Scaleway. | 1 | 1 |
| Damien Neymarc Marketing director · Hisense France | Excluded | Business executive | Marketing director at Hisense France (business executive). | 1 | 1 |
| Damien Ó Dónaill | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Damien Simonneau Senior lecturer · Inalco | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer, Inalco (university). | 1 | 1 |
| Damien Twohig Business owner · Burnt Pizza | Excluded | Business executive | Business owner Burnt Pizza. | 1 | 1 |
| Damien Van Puyvelde Georgetown University Press | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer in intelligence at University of Glasgow. | 1 | 1 |
| Damien Vandermeersch Advocate general at the Cour de cassation, emeritus professor at UCLouvain | Selected | Academic et Former official | Emeritus professor, UCLouvain, Advocate General at the Court of Cassation (current principal). | 2 | 2 |
| Damien Véron | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Damien Viel CEO · Bloom Social Analytics | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Bloom Social Analytics, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Damon Gameau Film director, speaker and author · Regen Studios | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Film director and speaker (filmmaker, not political analyst). | 1 | 1 |
| Damon Scott Dr. | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Damon West Keynote speaker and best-selling author | Selected | Commentator | Keynote speaker and best-selling author. | 5 | 6 |
| Dan Anthony President of Trade Partnership Worldwide | Excluded | Business executive | President of Trade Partnership Worldwide (commercial organization official). | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Baer Acting Director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Europe Program, former U.S. Ambassador | Selected | Think tank et Former official | Acting Director Carnegie Endowment (think tank), former U.S. Ambassador. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Benguigui Partner lawyer · A&O Shearman | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer associated with A&O Shearman (law firm). | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Bernstein Cryptographer | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Guest introduced as a cryptographer on quantum threats; the profile is a bare researcher with a 2007 Weizmann PhD and no cryptography link. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Blakeley Former U.S. Army Special Operations Ranger · 75th Ranger Regiment | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Bloom Politico | Excluded | Journalist | Politico journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Bongino Host | Excluded | Journalist | Podcast host. | 1 | 2 |
| Dan Buettner New York Times bestselling author | Selected | Commentator | New York Times bestselling author, National Geographic Fellow. | 6 | 6 |
| Dan Byman Foreign policy editor · Center for Strategic & International Studies, Lawfare | Selected | Academic et Think tank | Georgetown University professor and CSIS Senior Fellow. | 2 | 3 |
| Dan Caldwell Pentagon | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Carlin Podcaster · Hardcore History | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Carril Podcaster, Hardcore History | Selected | Commentator | Podcaster, Hardcore History (history commentator). | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Cartmill Sr. Global Product Marketing Director · TXOne Networks | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Sr. Global Product Marketing Director TXOne Networks, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Charles Science writer | Excluded | Journalist | Science writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Clays CEO · Omnicom Media Group EMEA | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Omnicom Media Group EMEA. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Cleary Host · Others From Another Mother | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Dan Dailey 15th Sergeant Major of the Army, Vice President · Association of the United States Army | Excluded | Serving politician | 15th Sergeant Major of the Army (active military officer). | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Daly | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Dees Co-heads of Global Banking & Markets business · Goldman Sachs | Excluded | Business executive | Co-heads of Global Banking & Markets at Goldman Sachs. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan DeGolier Financial leader · Ascent CFO Solutions | Selected | Economist or consultant | Financial leader at Ascent CFO Solutions (financial consultant). | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Dreyfus | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Dworkis Chief Medical Officer · The Mission Critical Team Institute | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chief Medical Officer at The Mission Critical Team Institute, chief physician. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan E. Parkes Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Titanic Legacy (nonfiction author). | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Engber Journalist · The Atlantic | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist The Atlantic. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Faggella AI researcher | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of AI research company. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Froomkin Media critic | Selected | Commentator | Media critic, media analyst. | 2 | 2 |
| Dan Girma Producer · NPR's Embedded | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Goerke | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Dan Haile Senior Economist · Institute for Government | Selected | Think tank | Senior Economist Institute for Government (think tank). | 1 | 3 |
| Dan Hancox Author | Selected | Commentator | Author, scientific analysis of crowds (nonfiction author). | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Harris Host of the award-winning 10% Happier podcast | Excluded | Journalist | Host of 10% Happier podcast. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Hasson | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Henry Digital marketing entrepreneur · GetClients.com | Excluded | Business executive | Digital marketing entrepreneur GetClients.com (entrepreneur). | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Hitchens The Spectator | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Dan Horowitz | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Guest discusses political prosecutions on a 2023 political commentary show, but the linked Israeli sociologist died in 1991, so a namesake. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Ivascyn Chief investment officer · Pimco | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Investment Officer at Pimco, investment manager. | 1 | 1 |