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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melissa Heikkilä AI correspondent · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | AI correspondent Financial Times, specialized analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Melissa Houston Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Cash Confident financial education book. | 1 | 1 |
| Melissa Libertus University of Pittsburgh | Selected | Academic | Melissa Libertus from University of Pittsburgh. | 1 | 1 |
| Melissa Valentine Stanford | Selected | Academic | Stanford affiliation. | 1 | 1 |
| Menno Hurenkamp Political scientist | Selected | Academic | Political scientist. | 1 | 2 |
| Mensje van Keulen Writer | Selected | Commentator | Writer and prose author. | 1 | 1 |
| Mercedes Feriche Geophysics expert | Selected | Academic | Geophysicist, renowned specialist from University of Granada. | 1 | 2 |
| Mercedes Valmisa Author · Oxford University Press | Selected | Commentator | Author All Things Act at Oxford UP, non-fiction book. | 1 | 1 |
| Merici Vinton Former Senior Advisor to IRS Commissioner | Selected | Former official | Former Senior Advisor to IRS Commissioner. | 1 | 1 |
| Merouan Mekouar Full professor of development studies and social sciences · York University | Selected | Academic | Full professor at York University. | 1 | 1 |
| Merve Emre Cultural critic | Selected | Commentator | Cultural critic, cultural critic. | 1 | 1 |
| Mette Højen Business rhetoric expert and author | Selected | Commentator | Business rhetorician and author. | 1 | 12 |
| Mette Skak Emeritus lecturer · Aarhus University | Selected | Academic | Lecturer emerita at Aarhus University. | 1 | 1 |
| Mia Skott Historian and author | Selected | Commentator | Historian and author. | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Albertus Professor of political science · University of Chicago | Selected | Academic | Professor of political science, University of Chicago. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Amoruso Assistant professor of religious studies · Occidental College | Selected | Academic | Assistant professor, Occidental College. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Banissy Award-winning professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology at Goldsmiths. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Beißwenger | Selected | Academic | Linguist at Dortmund University of Technology. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Brie Social philosopher · Rosa Luxemburg Foundation | Selected | Academic et Commentator | Professor at Humboldt University, sociologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Chorost Science writer | Selected | Commentator | Science writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael De Groot Dr · Cornell University | Selected | Academic | Dr. at Cornell University. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael DeFeo | Selected | Commentator | Progressive commentators. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Diefenbacher Dr, former head of the city archive · Stadtarchiv Nürnberg | Selected | Former official | Former head of Nuremberg City Archives. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Dinerstein University of Chicago | Selected | Academic | Economist at University of Chicago. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Ferguson Dr. · Harvard Neurospirituality Research Lab | Selected | Academic | Dr., Harvard Neurospirituality Research Lab. | 1 | 3 |
| Michael Hagner Physician and historian of science | Selected | Academic | Historian of science at ETH Zurich. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Haigh Head of FIC and Commodity Research · Societe Generale | Selected | Economist or consultant | Head of Research at Societe Generale. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Hall Molecular biologist · Biozentrum der Universität Basel | Selected | Academic | Molecular biologist Biozentrum University of Basel. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Hayden General · NSA, CIA | Selected | Former official | Former NSA and CIA director General. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael J. Mauboussin Head of Consilient Research · Counterpoint Global, Morgan Stanley Investment Management | Selected | Economist or consultant | Head of Consilient Research at Morgan Stanley. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael J. Sheridan Author · Routledge | Selected | Commentator | Author, Routledge. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Jones Biographe | Selected | Commentator | Biographer. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Jucker Sports historian, head at «Swiss Sports History» and co-head of the FCZ museum · Swiss Sports History, FCZ-Museum | Selected | Academic | Sports historian Swiss Sports History. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Krings Palaeobotanist · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Selected | Academic | Paleobotanist at Ludwig Maximilians University. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Krüger Writer and former Hanser publisher | Selected | Commentator | Writer, author. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Lauber Former federal prosecutor | Selected | Former official | Former Federal Prosecutor. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Luca Professor · Johns Hopkins Carey Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Mederos y Schnitzler Professor · LMU München | Selected | Academic | Professor at the Institute of Pharmacology at LMU Munich. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Milshtein Israeli former intelligence analyst | Selected | Academic et Former official | Researcher at Tel Aviv University, former intelligence analyst. | 1 | 4 |
| Michael Ohl Wasp researcher | Selected | Academic | Entomologist at Humboldt University. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Pauen Professor · Humboldt-Universität Berlin | Selected | Academic | Professor of philosophy at Humboldt University of Berlin. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Platt Professor · University of Pennsylvania | Selected | Academic | Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Posner Director of the Center for Business and Human Rights · New York University's Stern School of Business | Selected | Academic | Director of research center at NYU Stern School of Business. | 1 | 4 |
| Michael Rapport Reader in Modern European History · University of Glasgow | Selected | Academic | Reader (lecturer) in modern history at University of Glasgow. | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Schmidt-Salomon Philosopher, author, co-founder and board spokesperson · Giordano-Bruno-Stiftung | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher, author and founder of humanist foundation. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Schredl Dream researcher · Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit in Mannheim | Selected | Academic | Dream researcher at public research institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Schwalbe Postdoctoral fellow · Stanford University | Selected | Academic | Postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Stadermann Target Fabrication Program Manager · LLNL | Selected | Academic | Program director at LLNL national laboratory (research organization). | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Stang Author | Selected | Commentator | Science journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Wagner Microbiologist · University of Vienna | Selected | Academic | Microbiologist at University of Vienna. | 1 | 1 |