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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Sassen van Elsloo Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Dutch economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Schellong | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Schweitzer Minister-President · Rheinland-Pfalz | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister-president in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Sjöstrand Archaeologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Stein Founder · Monkey47 | Excluded | Business executive | Founder (business leader). | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Strandberg Alcohol and drug therapist | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Stubb Politician and professor · Kansallisen Kokoomuksen | Excluded | Serving politician | President of Finland in office. | 4 | 4 |
| Alexander Tauer COO · Domino's Pizza | Excluded | Business executive | COO, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Teske Freelance journalist, former Tagesschau | Excluded | Journalist | Freelance journalist, former Tagesschau. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Thiel McKinsey Partner · McKinsey & Company | Selected | Economist or consultant | Partner at McKinsey (consulting firm). | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Thies | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Film producer or researcher, not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Thom Domestic policy spokesperson for the Union | Excluded | Serving politician | Political spokesman. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander van de Bunt Archaeologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander van den Hil SURF | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander van der Lof CEO · TKH | Excluded | Business executive | CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander van Kessel Parliamentary historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander von zur Mühlen Board member · Deutsche Bank | Excluded | Business executive | Board Member (business executive). | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Weissenburger Yemen expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Wendt Journalist · Tichys Einblick | Excluded | Journalist | Tichys Einblick journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Wiedmann CEO · CEO.Table | Excluded | Business executive | CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Wimmers Research associate · Technische Universität Berlin | Selected | Academic | Scientific Research Associate at Technical University Berlin. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Wisting Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 2 |
| Alexander With Military analyst · Forsvarsakademiet | Selected | Think tank | Military analyst at Forsvarsakademiet. | 1 | 2 |
| Alexandra Arni Managing director · Verein Swiss FS-CSC | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | CEO of association. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Bech Gjørv Chair of the board · Statkraft | Excluded | Business executive | Board chair (president) of Statkraft. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Bensaid Journalist · France Inter | Excluded | Journalist | France Inter journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Carlsson Tenitskaja riksdagen | Excluded | Serving politician | Member of Riksdagen (parliament). | 1 | 3 |
| Alexandra Churchill Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra De Hoop Scheffer Political scientist, director · German Marshall Fund | Selected | Think tank | Director of German Marshall Fund. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Fernández Correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Green Curator · British Museum | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Curator (museum curator). | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Holzer Legal officer in the civil service law department of the Upper Austria Education Directorate · Bildungsdirektion Oberösterreich | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Legal advisor (civil servant). | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Kedves Culture editor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Culture editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Lavoie Reporter · Rebel News | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Rebel News | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Machado Economics editor · Observador | Excluded | Journalist | Economics editor at Observador. | 1 | 2 |
| Alexandra Martins Higher education professor | Selected | Academic | Female professor of Higher Education. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Münch-Beurle Stadt Wien | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Public official (Vienna city). | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Norris HR leadership strategist · Strategic Culture Partners | Selected | Economist or consultant | HR strategist, Strategic Culture Partners. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Prokopenko Fellow · Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center | Selected | Think tank | Fellow, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Rank Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 2 |
| Alexandra Rapaport The actor and producer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Alexandra Roulet Professor · Insead | Selected | Academic | Professor at INSEAD. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra S. Penn | Selected | Academic | Researcher in complexity at University of Surrey. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Sakaki Political scientist · SWP | Selected | Think tank | Female political scientist at SWP. | 2 | 2 |
| Alexandra Sandels Producer · Radiokorrespondenterna Mellanöstern | Excluded | Journalist | Producer Radiokorrespondenterna. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Saviana Journalist · L'Express | Excluded | Journalist | L'Express Society section journalist. | 1 | 5 |
| Alexandra Schwartzbrod Deputy editor · Libération | Excluded | Journalist | Director of Libération newsroom. | 2 | 2 |
| Alexandra Solomon Licensed clinical psychologist · The Family Institute | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Licensed clinical psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Stråberg Chief economist · Länsförsäkringar | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief economist at Länsförsäkringar. | 3 | 8 |
| Alexandra van Huffelen State secretary for digitalisation · D66 | Excluded | Serving politician | State secretary (public official in office). | 2 | 3 |