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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David McCann Commentator and politics lecturer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| David McRaney Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of How Minds Change. | 3 | 4 |
| David McWilliams Economist, writer and Irish Times columnist | Selected | Commentator | Economist and columnist for Irish Times. | 10 | 13 |
| David Meder Research fellow · Danish Research Centre For Magnetic Resonance | Selected | Academic | Research fellow, research center | 1 | 1 |
| David Meltzer | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur and speaker. | 1 | 1 |
| David Miles Member of the OBR's Budget Responsibility Committee · Office for Budget Responsibility | Selected | Economist or consultant | Member of fiscal responsibility committee. | 3 | 3 |
| David Mitchell | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Science fiction novelist. | 1 | 1 |
| David Murphy Dr · Maynooth University | Selected | Academic | Dr. at Maynooth University. | 1 | 2 |
| David Nasaw American historian specialising in cultural, social and business history | Selected | Academic | Historian at City University of New York. | 2 | 2 |
| David Nauer Ukraine correspondent · SRF | Excluded | Journalist | Ukraine correspondent at SRF. | 1 | 1 |
| David Neagle Founder and President · Life is Now Inc. | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and President. | 1 | 1 |
| David Neyskens America expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 2 |
| David Nicholls Writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Fiction novelist. | 1 | 1 |
| David Noriega Housing journalist · elDiario.es | Excluded | Journalist | Housing journalist, elDiario.es. | 1 | 1 |
| David O'Keefe Professor, Marianopolis College | Selected | Academic | Professor at Marianopolis College. | 1 | 1 |
| David O'Neill Marketing and foresight director · Keolis | Excluded | Business executive | Marketing and foresight director. | 1 | 1 |
| David Ohlsson Reporter · Tredje Statsmakten Media | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Tredje Statsmakten Media | 1 | 1 |
| David Ol-Lars Former operator · Nationella insatsstyrkan | Excluded | Serving politician | Former special police operator. | 1 | 1 |
| David Ovalle Washington Post | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist (reporter) at Washington Post. | 1 | 1 |
| David Pakman Host of The David Pakman Show | Selected | Commentator | Progressive political commentator, host. | 12 | 22 |
| David Palomo World freestyle highline champion | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Pareja | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 3 |
| David Pearce Transhumanist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Transhumanist independent philosopher. | 1 | 1 |
| David Perez Neurologist · Ronquillo | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Neurologist and chef. | 2 | 2 |
| David Petraeus General · United States Army | Selected | Former official | General and former CIA director. | 16 | 21 |
| David Pilling Correspondent · Financial Times | Excluded | Journalist | Financial Times correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| David Plouffe Harris-Walz Campaign | Excluded | Serving politician | Harris-Walz Campaign. | 1 | 1 |
| David Pogue Techno Claus | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| David Powell Andrews Property Group | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Andrews Property Group. | 1 | 1 |
| David Pralong Senior partner and global leader of Transformation Practice · McKinsey & Company | Excluded | Business executive | Senior Partner McKinsey & Company. | 1 | 1 |
| David Puts Professor of Anthropology and Psychology · Penn State University | Selected | Academic | Professor of anthropology at Penn State. | 1 | 1 |
| David Quinn Veteran journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Veteran journalist, reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| David Raleigh Irish Independent | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Irish Independent. | 1 | 1 |
| David Rasmusson Nordic correspondent · Sveriges Radio | Excluded | Journalist | Nordic correspondent at Sveriges Radio. | 1 | 3 |
| David Remnick Editor · The New Yorker | Selected | Commentator | Editor-in-Chief of New Yorker. | 15 | 102 |
| David Rennie Geopolitics editor · The Economist | Excluded | Journalist | Geopolitics editor at The Economist. | 2 | 2 |
| David Renton Barrister and historian | Selected | Lawyer | Barrister and historian. | 2 | 2 |
| David Revault d'Allonnes Editor-in-chief of the journal L'Hémicycle, columnist · L'Hémicycle, LCI, Radio J | Selected | Commentator | Editor-in-chief, L'Hemicycle, editorialist. | 2 | 4 |
| David Rigoulet-Roze Researcher · IFAS | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at French Institute for Strategic Analysis. | 4 | 22 |
| David Risher CEO of Lyft | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Lyft. | 1 | 1 |
| David Ritter Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group | Selected | Economist or consultant | Consultant at Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group. | 1 | 1 |
| David Roas Specialist | Selected | Academic | Professor of literature at Barcelona University. | 1 | 1 |
| David Robson Science writer | Selected | Commentator | Science writer, author of nonfiction books. | 6 | 7 |
| David Rodrigues Culinary creator | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Rolnick Professor · McGill University | Selected | Academic | Prof at McGill University. | 2 | 2 |
| David Roos Street art curator · STRAAT | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Street art curator and creative director. | 1 | 1 |
| David Rosenberg Economist · Rosenberg Research | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at Rosenberg Research. | 10 | 32 |
| David Rothkopf Expert politique · The DSR Network | Selected | Commentator | Political expert, podcast analysis host. | 6 | 238 |
| David Royce Serial entrepreneur | Excluded | Business executive | Serial entrepreneur and founder. | 1 | 1 |
| David Rubenstein Founder and chairman · Carlyle Group | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and chairman of Carlyle Group. | 1 | 1 |