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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Anderson Animal communicator | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Animal communicator. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Ash | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction book on China. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Bazzell President and Co-Founder · Unrivaled Basketball | Excluded | Business executive | President and Co-Founder of Unrivaled Basketball. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Bellini Explorer and popularizer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Explorer and science communicator, not political analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Berger Producer · TOP-The Originals Productions | Excluded | Business executive | Franco-American producer. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Birks | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Blumberg Producer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Burghart MP · Conservative | Excluded | Serving politician | Active Conservative MP. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Castellanos Republican Party strategist | Excluded | Serving politician | Republican Party strategist | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Chalk Justice secretary | Excluded | Serving politician | Justice secretary in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Cizmic Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter journalist from Abidjan. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Clark Host | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Cooney Chief Executive · CyberSafeKids | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chief Executive at CyberSafeKids. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Cooper Podcaster | Excluded | Business executive | Podcaster, host. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Cosmas Partner · McKinsey | Selected | Economist or consultant | Partner at McKinsey. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Cotoia | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Cranz Freelance writer | Excluded | Journalist | Freelance writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Crawford Special Correspondent · Sky News | Excluded | Journalist | Special Correspondent Sky News. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex D'Amico Senior partner · McKinsey & Company | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Dang Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex De Waal Hunger researcher | Selected | Academic | Anthropologist and researcher at Tufts University. | 4 | 5 |
| Alex Depledge Tech entrepreneur | Excluded | Business executive | Tech entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Dietrich Retired US Navy Pilot Lt. Cmdr | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Retired US Navy pilot. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Drost | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Edlich Senior partner · McKinsey & Company | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Edmans Professor of finance · London Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor of finance at London Business School. | 11 | 13 |
| Alex Escolá Gascón | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Álex Escolà-Gascón Dr. | Selected | Academic | Affiliated researcher, Universitat Ramon Llull and Comillas. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Forsyth BBC News expert | Excluded | Journalist | BBC News expert, role unspecified. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Frangos Markets editor · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Markets editor Wall Street Journal. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex G. Calvet | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Gibney Director | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Gladstein Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chief Strategy Officer at Human Rights Foundation. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Grey Visual artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Günsberg Doctoral researcher · Hanken School of Economics | Selected | Academic | Doctoral Researcher (PhD student) at Hanken. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Hallbom Registered Professional Planner in British Columbia | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Registered Professional Planner | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Harvey | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Hase Mirakl | Excluded | Business executive | Executive at Mirakl. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Heath Author of The Verge's Sources newsletter | Selected | Commentator | Author of technology newsletter The Verge. | 5 | 18 |
| Alex Honnold Freestyle rock climber | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Hormozi | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Hutchinson Columnist for Outside magazine | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for Outside magazine. | 5 | 6 |
| Alex Iftimie Deputy General Counsel · OpenAI | Selected | Lawyer | Deputy General Counsel at OpenAI. | 1 | 4 |
| Alex il Coglionazzo | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Imas Professor of behavioral science and economics · University of Chicago Booth School of Business | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Chicago Booth. | 8 | 10 |
| Alex J. Kay Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Janin Health and wellness reporter · WSJ | Excluded | Journalist | Health reporter Wall Street Journal | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Joner | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Kane Commentator | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 3 |
| Alex Kantrowitz Author of the Big Technology newsletter and host of the Big Technology Podcast | Selected | Commentator | Author of Big Technology newsletter. | 4 | 11 |