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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Gillison Reporter · Reuters | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Reuters | 1 | 1 |
| Douglas H. Wise Senior Intelligence Service Officer · CIA | Selected | Former official | Retired from CIA (former official). | 1 | 1 |
| Douglas Hoyos | Excluded | Serving politician | Politician, currently in office (Austrian National Council). | 1 | 1 |
| Douglas Irwin Economist and historian · Dartmouth University | Selected | Academic | Economist and historian at Dartmouth University. | 4 | 4 |
| Douglas Macgregor COL. | Excluded | Serving politician | Colonel, military officer. | 1 | 4 |
| Douglas Murray Associate editor · The Spectator | Selected | Commentator | Associate editor and columnist at Spectator. | 26 | 52 |
| Douglas Rivlin America's Voice | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Communications director. | 1 | 1 |
| Douglas Ross Tory Leader in Scotland | Excluded | Serving politician | Tory Leader in Scotland, party executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Douglas Smith Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Rasputin biography. | 1 | 1 |
| Douglas Stuart Writer | Selected | Commentator | Writer. | 2 | 2 |
| Douglas Thor Moderate Party youth leader | Excluded | Serving politician | Moderate Party youth leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Douwe Draaisma Psychologist | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology at University of Groningen. | 1 | 1 |
| Douwe Egberts | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dov Morell Lawyer | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dovev Lavie Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of 'The Cooperative Economy'. | 1 | 1 |
| Dragomir Mrsic The actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Drew Carrell CEO · LeadZolo | Excluded | Business executive | CEO at LeadZolo. | 1 | 1 |
| Drew Endy Bioengineer | Selected | Academic | Bioengineering professor at Stanford University. | 2 | 2 |
| Drew Estelle Green Beret | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Drew FitzGerald Defense correspondent · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Defense correspondent WSJ, correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Drew Hash Apprentice Machinist · LLNL | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Apprentice Machinist at LLNL. | 1 | 1 |
| Dries De Smet Expert · De Standaard | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist at De Standaard. | 1 | 2 |
| Dries Vermeulen | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Duaa Eldeib Reporter · ProPublica | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter ProPublica | 1 | 1 |
| Duana Fullwiley Anthropologist · Stanford University | Selected | Academic | Anthropologist at Stanford University. | 1 | 1 |
| Duarte Costa Co-chair of Volt Europa | Excluded | Serving politician | Co-president of Volt Europa, party leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Duarte Rosado Jesuit priest · Sociedade de Jesus | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Duccio Facchini Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Dulce Salzedas SNS | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Duma Qgubule Economist | Selected | Commentator | Economist and journalist (public analyst). | 1 | 1 |
| Duncan Clark Internet consultant | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Internet consultant and author. | 1 | 1 |
| Duncan McIntyre Founder and CEO · Highland Electric Fleets | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Highland Electric Fleets. | 1 | 1 |
| Duncan Simpson | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Duncan Stroik Architect | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Architect. | 1 | 1 |
| Duncan Weldon Economic journalist | Selected | Commentator | Economic journalist, economic analyst. | 3 | 5 |
| Dušan Majer Editor-in-chief of the Kosmonautix site | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Head of server (media editor-in-chief). | 1 | 1 |
| Dustin Hillis Serial entrepreneur and executive coach | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Serial entrepreneur and executive coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Dustin Sims VP of Operations · A1 Garage Door Service | Excluded | Business executive | VP of Operations at A1 Garage Door Service. | 1 | 1 |
| Duy Lap Nguyen Associate Professor in World Cultures and Literatures · University of Houston | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor at University of Houston. | 2 | 2 |
| Düzen Tekkal Activist · Háwar.help | Selected | Commentator | Journalist, author and documentary filmmaker. | 6 | 11 |
| Dwarkesh Patel | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Podcaster. | 1 | 1 |
| Dwayne Johnson | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dwight Gooden Baseball player (retired) | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dylan Borland Former 1N1 geospatial intelligence specialist · United States Air Force | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dylan Gottlieb Professor of history · Bentley University | Selected | Academic | Professor of History at Bentley University. | 1 | 1 |
| Dylan Johnson Dr | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Dylan Parker CEO & Co-Founder · Moment | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and co-founder of Moment. | 1 | 1 |
| Dylan Scott Senior correspondent · Vox | Excluded | Journalist | Senior Correspondent Vox. | 2 | 3 |
| Dylan Tokar WSJ reporter | Excluded | Journalist | WSJ Reporter, reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| E. Elena Songster Panda Nation author | Selected | Commentator | Panda Nation author (non-fiction). | 1 | 1 |