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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Silva Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology · King's University College at Western University | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor at King's University College. | 1 | 1 |
| Derek Sivers Founder et author · CD Baby | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of CD Baby. | 1 | 1 |
| Derek Thompson Staff writer · The Atlantic | Selected | Commentator | Staff writer at The Atlantic. | 20 | 290 |
| Derin Karim | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Derk Boswijk CDA MP | Excluded | Serving politician | Secretary of State for Defense of Netherlands. | 2 | 4 |
| Derk Sauer Founder of The Moscow Times | Excluded | Journalist | Founder of The Moscow Times. | 1 | 1 |
| Derk Stokmans Investigative journalist · NRC | Excluded | Journalist | Investigative journalist. | 2 | 5 |
| Derk Walters Editor · NRC | Excluded | Journalist | Middle East editor, foreign correspondent. | 3 | 7 |
| Derk-Jan Dijk Expert in sleep and Professor · University of Surrey | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Surrey. | 1 | 1 |
| Dermot Bannon Registered Architect · RIAI | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Architect registered with RIAI. | 2 | 2 |
| Dermot Goode Health insurance expert · healthinsuranceireland.ie | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Expert at health insurance comparison site. | 1 | 3 |
| Dermot O'Leary General Secretary · National Bus and Rail Union | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Dermot Turing Writer and speaker | Selected | Lawyer | English solicitor lawyer. | 1 | 1 |
| Dermot Twomey President · Irish Pharmacy Union | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | President of the pharmacists' union. | 1 | 1 |
| Deroy Murdock Political commentator | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator. | 1 | 1 |
| Derrick DeMelo Comedian · The Portuguese Kids | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Derrick Flakoll Bloomberg | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Political expert at Bloomberg, vague role. | 1 | 1 |
| Derya Incedursun Nordea | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position at Nordea not specified. | 1 | 1 |
| Des Traynor Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer · Intercom | Excluded | Business executive | Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Intercom. | 1 | 1 |
| Désanne van Brederode Writer and philosopher | Selected | Commentator | Writer and philosopher. | 2 | 2 |
| Desidério Murcho Professor of philosophy | Selected | Academic | Professor of philosophy. | 2 | 2 |
| Desiree Fixler Senior executive · Deutsche Bank | Excluded | Business executive | Senior executive at Deutsche Bank. | 1 | 1 |
| Desiree Tims Innovation Ohio | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Politician, currently in office (Ohio state representative). | 1 | 1 |
| Desmond Dinan Jean Monnet Professor · George Mason School of Public Policy | Selected | Academic | Jean Monnet Professor at George Mason. | 1 | 1 |
| Desmond O'Neill Special agent · US Secret Service | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Special agent Secret Service. | 1 | 1 |
| Desmond Shum Tycoon | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Desy Forato | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Detlef D. Soost | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Detlef Haberland Professor | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Only announced as Professor Dr. in a Kaempfer Japan episode; the Germanist profile shows no link to the topic, and namesakes exist. | 1 | 1 |
| Detlef Jantzen Dr, archaeologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Archaeologist in state service. | 1 | 1 |
| Detlef Pollack Sociologist of religion · University of Münster | Selected | Academic | Sociologist of religions at Universität Münster. | 1 | 1 |
| Dev Ittycheria CEO of MongoDB | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of MongoDB. | 1 | 1 |
| Devi Boerema Correspondent · NRC | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent. | 2 | 2 |
| Deviant Ollam Physical penetration specialist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Cybersecurity specialist. | 1 | 1 |
| Devin Goure Scholar | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Devin Nunes CEO · Truth Social | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Truth Social. | 2 | 2 |
| Devin O'Connor Senior fellow · Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow at Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. | 1 | 1 |
| Devina Gupta BBC | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at BBC Delhi office. | 1 | 1 |
| Devindra Hardawar Editor · Engadget | Excluded | Journalist | Engadget editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Devon Ryan Johnson Investor and entrepreneur | Excluded | Business executive | Investor and entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Dharshini David Chief economics correspondent · BBC News | Selected | Commentator | Chief Economics correspondent at BBC, economic analyst. | 2 | 8 |
| Diamant Salihu Famous Swedish journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Famous Swedish journalist, journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Diamantis Koukouvinos Founder · Doctor Diamantis | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Doctor Diamantis. | 1 | 2 |
| Diamond Dallas Page Wrestling Legend | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Belan Linguist, candidate of philological sciences · PROинтеллект | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Buttu Palestinian scholar | Selected | Academic | Jurist affiliated with Birzeit University. | 5 | 7 |
| Diana Cucuz Dr | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Deutsch Emeritus professor · University of California, San Diego | Selected | Academic | Emeritus Professor at UC San Diego. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Díaz Health and wellbeing expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Evans | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Female novelist. | 1 | 1 |