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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Adrião Candidate · Partido Socialista | Excluded | Serving politician | Socialist Party candidate, active politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Alling Germany correspondent · Sveriges Radio | Excluded | Journalist | Germany correspondent, ordinary reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Andersson Journalist · TV4 | Excluded | Journalist | Investigative reporter TV4, not analyst | 2 | 3 |
| Daniel Anker Alpine historian | Selected | Commentator | Alpine history historian (alpinism historian, author). | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Aquillué Expert in 19th-century history, author | Selected | Commentator | 19th century history expert, author of War and knife. | 2 | 2 |
| Daniel Baal President · Crédit Mutuel et Fédération bancaire française | Excluded | Business executive | President of Credit Mutuel and French Banking Federation. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Baeza | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 2 |
| Daniel Bentzon Student and junior civil servant | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Böhm Middle East correspondent · NZZ | Excluded | Journalist | NZZ Middle East correspondent. | 1 | 2 |
| Daniel Bourrion Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Brolin | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Brook Journalist | Selected | Commentator | Journalist Daniel Brook, Hirschfeld non-fiction author. | 2 | 2 |
| Daniel Brunner Ex FBI | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Former FBI agent (field agent, not former executive). | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Bue Lauritzen Journalist · Altinget | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist and editor Altinget, no analysis. | 1 | 2 |
| Daniel Byman CSIS | Selected | Think tank | CSIS, think tank. | 3 | 9 |
| Daniel Castro Vice president · Information Technology and Innovation Foundation | Selected | Think tank | Vice President Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Cela Journalist · elDiario.es Andalucía | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, elDiario.es Andalusia, reporter. | 1 | 2 |
| Daniel Compère | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3. | 1 | 2 |
| Daniel Corbett Ex-military operator for hire · Navy SEAL Teams 5, 6, 17 | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Davis Col | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Colonel, active military officer. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniël de Rijke | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Dennett | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Philosopher, deceased 2024. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Di Martino Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist. | 4 | 4 |
| Daniel Estrin NPR correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | NPR correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Fernández | Selected | Commentator | History of Money author, non-fiction history writer. | 3 | 17 |
| Daniel Finkelstein Lord · Conservatives | Excluded | Serving politician | Lord Conservatives (politician, hereditary position). | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Fiott Head of the Defence and Statecraft Programme · Centre for Security, Diplomacy and Strategy | Selected | Think tank | Head of Defence and Statecraft Programme at Centre for Security, Diplomacy. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Fontanals Private detective | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Private Detective. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Fried Ambassador | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Ambassador in office. | 1 | 2 |
| Daniel García Martínez Director · UCM | Selected | Academic | Director at UCM (university, professor). | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Geey Sports lawyer and Partner · Sheridans | Selected | Lawyer | Sports lawyer and Partner Sheridans. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Gerhardt Culture editor · ZEIT ONLINE | Excluded | Journalist | Culture editor at ZEIT ONLINE, culture reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Gerlach Author, publicist, orientalist, Middle East expert · zenith | Selected | Commentator | Author, Publizist, Middle East expert, zenith (political commentator). | 7 | 13 |
| Daniel Glasman | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Gómez Aragonés Licentiate in humanities · Real Academia de Bellas Artes y Ciencias Históricas de Toledo | Selected | Academic | Licenciado in humanities, Real Academia, academic historian. | 3 | 4 |
| Daniel Gros Director · Institute for European Policymaking Università Bocconi | Selected | Think tank et Academic | Director of Institute for European Policymaking at Universita Bocconi (principal think tank). | 3 | 3 |
| Daniel Günther | Excluded | Serving politician | Politician in office, minister-president. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Hearn | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Helldén Spokesperson · Miljöpartiet | Excluded | Serving politician | Language representative of Green Party, party official in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Ho Founding director · Stanford RegLab | Selected | Academic | Professor Daniel Ho, founding director of Stanford RegLab. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Immerwahr Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of How To Hide An Empire, non-fiction book. | 7 | 8 |
| Daniel Imwinkelried Eastern Europe business correspondent · NZZ | Excluded | Journalist | Economics Correspondent Eastern Europe NZZ. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Ingmo | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Israeli Speaker | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Daniel Jenks | Selected | Academic | Researcher at University of Pennsylvania. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Kahneman Professor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Daniel Kahneman died in 2024. | 3 | 3 |
| Daniel Kalder Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of The Infernal Library, non-fiction book. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Karbler Former Commander · U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense | Selected | Former official | Former Commander of U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Karlgren Investment chief · Captor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Head of investment at Captor, wealth manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Daniel Kimerling Founder and Managing Partner · Deciens Capital | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital. | 1 | 1 |