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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Ives Managing Director and Global Head of Technology Research · Wedbush Securities | Selected | Economist or consultant | Managing Director Global Head Technology Research Wedbush Securities. | 14 | 35 |
| Dan Jones British historian | Selected | Commentator | British historian, author of biography of Henry V. | 12 | 48 |
| Dan Korn | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan LaRosa Director of Corporate Retirement Plans · Ritholtz Wealth Management | Selected | Economist or consultant | Director of Corporate Retirement Plans at Ritholtz Wealth Management. | 1 | 2 |
| Dan Levy | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Mandis Guest-host · WTN/Nashville | Excluded | Journalist | Host of talk show on WTN Nashville. | 1 | 6 |
| Dan Mapes | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Martell | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Entrepreneur and investor (AI Strategies in Business), no 6-role match. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan McLaughlin Ukraine-based reporter · The Irish Times | Excluded | Journalist | Europe Correspondent at Irish Times. | 1 | 2 |
| Dan Millman Author | Selected | Commentator | Author (main activity is analytical). | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Olson Creator of Folding Ideas YouTube channel | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Creator YouTube Folding Ideas (content creator, not political analyst). | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Primack Business editor · Axios | Excluded | Journalist | Business editor Axios. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Richards DeDunking the Past | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor · The Guardian | Excluded | Journalist | Defence and security editor Guardian. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Schlund Rocketbelt pilot | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Schreiber Host · We Can Be Weirdos | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Host of We Can Be Weirdos podcast. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Sherrard-Smith Founder and CEO of MotherTree | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of MotherTree. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Siegel Dr. · UCLA School of Medicine | Selected | Academic | Dr., UCLA School of Medicine (university professor). | 3 | 3 |
| Dan Smalls Independent concert promoter · DSP | Excluded | Business executive | Independent concert promoter DSP. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Snow Historian | Selected | Commentator | Historian and broadcaster. | 17 | 33 |
| Dan Turrentine | Excluded | Journalist | Co-host of podcast. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Wakeford Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Wang Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Breakneck (nonfiction author). | 21 | 26 |
| Dan Wertman Co-founder and CEO · Noetica | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder and CEO of Noetica. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Wetterborg Psychologist and researcher | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Karolinska Institutet. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan-Tage Augustsson Live editor · GP | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dana al-Kurd Dr | Selected | Academic | Professor of Political Science at University of Richmond. | 1 | 1 |
| Dana Burchardt Dr. | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction on international courts. | 1 | 1 |
| Dana Chivvis Producer · This American Life | Excluded | Journalist | Producer This American Life. | 1 | 1 |
| Dana El Kurd | Selected | Academic | Professor of Political Science at University of Richmond. | 3 | 20 |
| Dana Grant Transformational coach and author | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Transformational coach and author (coach, not political analyst). | 1 | 1 |
| Dana Hajek Data journalist · DIE ZEIT | Excluded | Journalist | Data journalist ZEIT. | 1 | 1 |
| Dana Heide Capital correspondent · Handelsblatt | Excluded | Journalist | Handelsblatt correspondent. | 1 | 2 |
| Dana Mattioli Investigative reporter covering Amazon · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Investigative reporter Wall Street Journal. | 4 | 5 |
| Dana Merwin Professional clown and performer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dana Pourkomeylian | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Dana R. Fisher Sociologist · American University | Selected | Academic | Sociologist American University (university researcher). | 3 | 3 |
| Dana Sinclair Psychologist, clinical assistant professor · University of British Columbia | Selected | Academic | Psychologist, clinical assistant professor at University of British Columbia. | 1 | 1 |
| Dana Stroul Former Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer | Selected | Former official | Former Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer. | 5 | 5 |
| Dana Suskind Professor of surgery and pediatrics at the University of Chicago | Selected | Academic | Professor of surgery and pediatrics, University of Chicago. | 1 | 1 |
| Dana White President and CEO · Ultimate Fighting Championship | Excluded | Business executive | President and CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship (business executive). | 1 | 1 |
| Danaele Puechmaille Computer systems engineer · EUMETSAT | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | IT systems engineer at EUMETSAT. | 1 | 1 |
| danah boyd Partner Researcher at Microsoft Research | Selected | Academic et Think tank | Partner, Researcher at Microsoft Research, founder of Data & Society. | 2 | 2 |
| Danby Choi Editor-in-chief of the culture paper Subjekt | Selected | Commentator | Editor-in-Chief of cultural journal Subjekt. | 6 | 6 |
| Dandan Zhu Founder · DG Recruit et Dandan Global | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of DG Recruit and Dandan Global. | 1 | 1 |
| Dane Cekov Senior strategist · SB1 Markets | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Strategist SB1 Markets, financial strategist. | 2 | 2 |
| Dani Bensky Survivor | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dani Cela elDiario.es | Excluded | Journalist | Regional correspondent for elDiario.es. | 1 | 1 |
| Dani Clode Prosthetic designer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Prosthetic designer (designer). | 1 | 1 |
| Dania Schiftan Clinical sexologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Clinical sexologist, healthcare. | 1 | 1 |