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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Ceder Parliamentarian · ChristenUnie | Excluded | Serving politician | Parliamentarian in office (ChristenUnie). | 1 | 1 |
| Don Davis Representative · US House of Representatives | Excluded | Serving politician | Representative at US House of Representatives | 1 | 1 |
| Don Henley Co-founder · Eagles | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Don Layman Professor emeritus of nutrition | Selected | Academic | Professor emeritus of Nutrition. | 1 | 1 |
| Don Lehtinen Journalist · Aamulehti | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at Aamulehti. | 1 | 1 |
| Don Lemon | Selected | Commentator | Opinion journalist at CNN. | 16 | 33 |
| Don McKinney | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Don Tapscott Digital trend watcher | Selected | Economist or consultant et Academic | Economist and consultant, teacher at University of Toronto. | 1 | 1 |
| Don van Elst CTO · Firefly Sensing | Excluded | Business executive | CTO of Firefly Sensing. | 1 | 1 |
| Donal Adams Nocomed | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Nocomed. | 1 | 1 |
| Donal Cronin Communications expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Donal Macintyre Irish Investigative Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Irish Investigative Journalist, investigation journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Donal O'Donovan | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 3 |
| Donal Ryan Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Irish novelist. | 1 | 1 |
| Donald Bruce Dingwell Professor · Universität München | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Munich. | 1 | 1 |
| Donald G. Nieman Author · Anthem Press | Selected | Commentator | Author of The Path to Paralysis (political nonfiction). | 1 | 1 |
| Donald Hoffman | Selected | Academic | Scientist at University of California, science communicator. | 8 | 10 |
| Donald Miller CEO · StoryBrand, Business Made Simple | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | CEO of StoryBrand. | 1 | 1 |
| Donald Trump President · The Trump Organization | Excluded | Serving politician | President of the United States (serving). | 7 | 11 |
| Donata Columbro Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Donatella Della Porta Sociologist · Center on social movement studies | Selected | Academic | Sociologist, director of Center on social movement studies. | 2 | 4 |
| Donatella Prampolini Vice president · Confcommercio | Excluded | Business executive | Vice-President of Confcommercio, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Donatella Zaccagnini Romito | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Donato Giannico Head for Italy · Raiffeisen | Selected | Economist or consultant | Italy Manager, Raiffeisen Bank. | 1 | 1 |
| Donia Necib Journalist · Lefebvre Dalloz | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Lefebvre Dalloz. | 1 | 1 |
| Donica Hudson Co-founder · First Landing 1607 Project | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Donna Cabrera Independent researcher, international migration lecturer · Pontificia Universidad Javeriana | Selected | Academic | Independent researcher and lecturer at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. | 1 | 1 |
| Donna Gilchrist | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Donna Hayes | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Donna Lee Nardo Nightcrawler Research | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Independent amateur researcher. | 1 | 1 |
| Donna Murch Historian | Selected | Commentator | Historian analyzing the political agenda of the Panthers. | 1 | 1 |
| Donnacha Ó Beacháin Professor of Politics · DCU | Selected | Academic | Professor at Dublin City University. | 5 | 9 |
| Donnchad Ó Ceallacháin Curator · Irish Wake Museum | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Curator of Irish Wake Museum. | 1 | 1 |
| Donner Bakker | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Donnie Wahlberg Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Donny Roelvink | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Donny Ronny | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Donny Shimamoto Founder of IntrapriseTechKnowlogies LLC | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of IntrapriseTechKnowlogies LLC. | 1 | 1 |
| Donovan Kerssenberg Mobile editor · Tweakers | Excluded | Journalist | Mobile editor Tweakers, editor | 1 | 1 |
| Doogie Sandtiger Croc King | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dora Thorhallsdottir Therapist and comedian | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dora Wallays Management trainee · ING | Excluded | Business executive | Management trainee at ING, junior company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Doreen Reinhard ZEIT ONLINE author · ZEIT-ONLINE | Excluded | Journalist | ZEIT ONLINE author. | 1 | 1 |
| Doreen Werner Research group leader · Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) | Selected | Academic | Research group leader at Leibniz-Zentrum (public research). | 1 | 1 |
| Dorenda van Dijken Gynecologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Gynecologist, physician. | 1 | 1 |
| Dorien Emmers Sinologist · KU Leuven | Selected | Academic | Sinologist at KU Leuven. | 1 | 1 |
| Dorien Nuyts | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dorien van Dolderen Industrial designer · Delft University of Technology | Selected | Academic | Industrial designer at TU Delft. | 1 | 1 |
| Dorine Schenk | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Doris Birkhofer President · Siemens France | Excluded | Business executive | President of Siemens France, leader. | 1 | 1 |