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 Runciman Podcaster, academic, historian and author | Selected | Academic | Podcaster, academic, historian and author. | 5 | 6 |
| David S. Cloud Reporter · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal | 1 | 1 |
| David Sainz Director | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Film director. | 1 | 1 |
| David Salameh Tunnel boring expert · FLORA Tunneling GmbH | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Tunnel drilling expert, specialized technical expert. | 1 | 1 |
| David Salomoni | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Sanchez iSenaCode | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 3 |
| David Sandalow Inaugural Fellow · Center on Global Energy Policy | Selected | Think tank | Inaugural Fellow at Center on Global Energy Policy. | 2 | 7 |
| David Santos Singer-songwriter, musician | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Saraiva Musician · IPMA | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Sauer US correspondent · ZDF auslandsjournal | Excluded | Journalist | USA correspondent at ZDF. | 1 | 1 |
| David Schmaier President and Chief Product Officer · Salesforce | Excluded | Business executive | President and Chief Product Officer of Salesforce. | 1 | 1 |
| David Schneidman Guest host · Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group | Selected | Economist or consultant | Guest host at Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail Group. | 1 | 3 |
| David Segal | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Business-building podcast guest on creating a $200m company; the linked profile is a newspaper columnist (New York Times, Washington Post). Namesake. | 1 | 1 |
| David Senra Creator and host · Founders Podcast | Selected | Commentator | Creator and host of the Founders Podcast. | 6 | 13 |
| David Shariatmadari | Selected | Commentator | Book editor and ideas columnist at Guardian. | 1 | 1 |
| David Sheppard Whitehall correspondent · Financial Times | Excluded | Journalist | Whitehall Correspondent Financial Times. | 1 | 1 |
| David Shipley Commentator | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Signer Correspondent · NZZ | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent at NZZ. | 1 | 3 |
| David Simmonds MP | Excluded | Serving politician | MP, active politician. | 1 | 1 |
| David Sinclair Professor of Genetics · Harvard Medical School | Selected | Academic | Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School. | 6 | 8 |
| David Singleton Stripe CTO | Excluded | Business executive | Stripe CTO, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| David Sirota Political journalist · The Lever | Selected | Commentator | Founder editor-in-chief of The Lever. | 8 | 9 |
| David Skidmore Cancer surgeon | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Sklansky Professor · Stanford Law School | Selected | Academic et Lawyer | Professor at Stanford Law School. | 1 | 6 |
| David Smeulders Professor of energy technology · Eindhoven University of Technology | Selected | Academic | Professor of Energy Technology at Eindhoven University. | 3 | 6 |
| David Sneath Cambridge anthropologist · Cambridge University | Selected | Academic | Cambridge anthropologist at Cambridge University. | 1 | 1 |
| David Spiegelhalter Emeritus Professor of Statistics · University of Cambridge | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor of statistics at University of Cambridge. | 5 | 6 |
| David Stifter Professor · DIAS | Selected | Academic | Prof at DIAS. | 1 | 1 |
| David Stillman | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Consultants and authors on generations. | 1 | 1 |
| David Stuart Professor of Art History · University of Texas | Selected | Academic | Professor of Art History at University of Texas. | 3 | 3 |
| David Suárez | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Suárez Dorta Expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| David Thompson Leading expert in employer branding, Co-founder · Employer Branding Made Easy | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Co-founder of Employer Branding Made Easy. | 1 | 1 |
| David Thornalley Professor · UCL Department of Geography | Selected | Academic | Professor at UCL Department of Geography. | 1 | 1 |
| David Trads Commentator and author | Selected | Commentator | Commentator and author of books on the USA. | 4 | 12 |
| David Trueba Journalist, writer, screenwriter and film director | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist, writer, screenwriter and film director. | 2 | 2 |
| David Tudiwer Programme coordinator · Stadtbaudirektion | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Program coordinator, City Planning Department. | 1 | 1 |
| David Ulevitch A16z general partner · Andreessen Horowitz | Excluded | Business executive | A16z general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. | 1 | 1 |
| David Unwin Doctor · NHS | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Physician at NHS, no university affiliation. | 1 | 1 |
| David Urban CNN correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | CNN correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| David van de Velde Editor · Het Financieele Dagblad | Excluded | Journalist | Editor Financial Daily | 1 | 2 |
| David van Reybrouck Cultural historian and writer | Selected | Commentator | Cultural historian and writer. | 6 | 8 |
| David van Weel Foreign minister · Gouvernement des Pays-Bas | Excluded | Serving politician | Foreign minister and justice minister in office. | 2 | 5 |
| David Vaquerizo Business consultant | Selected | Economist or consultant | Business consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| David Vargas Psychoneuroimmunology specialist and CEO of Regenera | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | CEO of Regenera. | 1 | 1 |
| David Vestin Senior adviser in the monetary policy department · Sveriges riksbank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Advisor in monetary policy at Sveriges Riksbank. | 1 | 1 |
| David Vigario Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| David W Higgins Independent Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Independent Economist. | 1 | 2 |
| David Wallace Lockhart BBC Scotland | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist BBC Scotland. | 1 | 1 |
| David Warren | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Australian inventor (1925-2010). | 1 | 1 |