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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dieter Helm Professor of economic policy · University of Oxford | Selected | Academic | Professor of political economy at Oxford University. | 5 | 6 |
| Dieter Kranzlmüller Leibnitz Rechenzentrum München | Selected | Academic | Leibniz Computing Center, public research center in Munich. | 2 | 2 |
| Dieter Scholz Aviation experts · HAW Hamburg | Selected | Academic | Aviation expert at HAW Hamburg (university). | 1 | 1 |
| Dieter Schulz Prof. Dr., English studies · Universität Heidelberg | Selected | Academic | Prof. Dr. English studies at Universität Heidelberg. | 1 | 1 |
| Dieter Stein Founder, managing director and editor-in-chief · Jungen Freiheit | Excluded | Journalist | Jungen Freiheit founder and editor-in-chief, editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Dieter Vandebroeck Sociologist · VUB | Selected | Academic | Sociologist at VUB (university). | 1 | 1 |
| Dieter Voigt Dr. | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Interviewed as Dr. on late medieval Augsburg prices; the profile is a social scientist professor born 1936, with no clear link. | 1 | 1 |
| Dietmar Bartsch Former parliamentary group leader · Die Linke | Selected | Former official | Former leader (former) of The Left faction. | 5 | 6 |
| Dietmar Neuerer Reporter · Handelsblatt | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter at Handelsblatt | 1 | 1 |
| Dietmar Woidke Brandenburg Minister-President | Excluded | Serving politician | State premier (minister-president) Brandenburg in office | 1 | 1 |
| Dietrich Creutzburg Berlin correspondent for social policy | Excluded | Journalist | Berlin correspondent for social policy. | 1 | 1 |
| Dieuwertje Kuijpers Dr., researcher at Follow the Money | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Investigative journalist (Follow the Money). | 1 | 1 |
| Dilan Yeşilgöz Political leader and parliamentary group leader · VVD | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Defense Netherlands and VVD leader in office. | 5 | 7 |
| Dilan Yurdakul Writer and actress | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer and actress (fiction). | 1 | 1 |
| Diletta Olliario PhD in computer science | Selected | Academic | Doctoral student in computer science. | 1 | 1 |
| Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara CEO · Temasek | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Temasek. | 1 | 1 |
| Dilip Kumar VP of AWS Applications · Amazon | Excluded | Business executive | VP Amazon Web Services (business executive). | 1 | 1 |
| Dimf Ghijsels-Kerkhoff | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dimitri De Béco | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dimitri de Vreeze CEO · DSM-Firmenich | Excluded | Business executive | DSM-Firmenich CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Dimitri Gałkowski | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dimitri Roden Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Credited as author of a book on post-war executions; the profile is a bare historian entry with no detail to confirm the link. | 1 | 1 |
| Dimitri Vayanos Professor of Finance · London School of Economics | Selected | Academic | Professor of finance at London School of Economics. | 1 | 1 |
| Dina Reit Managing director · SK Laser | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of SK Laser. | 1 | 1 |
| Dinny Galvin Dairy farmer | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dino Busalachi CTO · Velta Technology | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | CTO and co-founder of Velta Technology. | 1 | 7 |
| Diogo Cardoso Oliveira Special envoy · PUBLICO | Excluded | Journalist | Special correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Diogo Faro Comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Diogo Ferreira Nunes Sustainable transport specialist · Universidade de Molde | Selected | Academic | Sustainable transport specialist at Molde University. | 1 | 1 |
| Diogo Noivo Political scientist · Complutense University of Madrid | Selected | Academic | Political scientist at Universidad Complutense Madrid. | 3 | 5 |
| Dion Nissenbaum Middle East Correspondent · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Middle East Correspondent WSJ. | 1 | 1 |
| Diona Doherty Comedian, actress, writer and podcaster | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dipesh Gadher Home Affairs Correspondent · The Sunday Times | Excluded | Journalist | Home Affairs correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Dipo Faloyin Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Africa Is Not A Country, political non-fiction analysis. | 1 | 6 |
| Dirk Asendorpf SWR | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist (reporter). | 1 | 1 |
| Dirk Beljaarts Minister · Economische Zaken, PVV | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Economic Affairs Netherlands in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Dirk Breitenbach Former police officer and police poet | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dirk De Wachter Psychiatrist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Practicing psychiatrist (physician). | 1 | 1 |
| Dirk Frettlöh Mathematician, University of Bielefeld · Bielefeld University | Selected | Academic | Mathematician at Bielefeld University. | 1 | 1 |
| Dirk Gotink MEP · NSC | Excluded | Serving politician | NSC MEP in office. | 3 | 3 |
| Dirk Hebel Architect and professor of sustainable building · KIT | Selected | Academic | Professor of sustainable construction at KIT Karlsruhe. | 1 | 1 |
| Dirk Hilbers Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Co-author of naturalist guide. | 1 | 1 |
| Dirk Hilbert Lord Mayor of Dresden | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor of Dresden in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Dirk Klee BlackRock | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Dirk Lachenmeier Food chemist and toxicologist, director of department of plant-based foods · CVUA Karlsruhe | Selected | Academic | Department director at public research organization CVUA. | 1 | 1 |
| Dirk Lewandowski Professor of information research & information retrieval · HAW Hamburg | Selected | Academic | Professor of information retrieval, HAW Hamburg. | 1 | 1 |
| Dirk Luyten Author | Selected | Academic | Professor of history at university. | 1 | 1 |
| Dirk Pohlmann Filmmaker and journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Filmmaker and journalist, filmmaker and journalist. | 1 | 2 |
| Dirk Roßmann Entrepreneur · Rossmann | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur and founder of Rossmann (CEO). | 1 | 1 |
| Dirk van Asseldonk Program manager · Battery | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Program director in company. | 1 | 1 |