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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Eriksson Former police officer and author | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Field agent (police investigator). | 3 | 3 |
| Kim Leadbeater Labour MP | Excluded | Serving politician | Labour MP, politician in office. | 3 | 3 |
| Klaus Müller President of the Federal Network Agency | Excluded | Serving politician | President, regulator in position. | 3 | 3 |
| Kyösti Kakkonen Self-made entrepreneur · Tokmanni | Excluded | Business executive | Self-made entrepreneur and founder of Tokmanni. | 3 | 3 |
| Lasse Kristoffersen Group CEO · Wallenius Wilhelmsen | Excluded | Business executive | General director of Wallenius Wilhelmsen. | 3 | 3 |
| Laurent Jacobelli RN member of parliament for Moselle · Rassemblement National | Excluded | Serving politician | Politician in office. | 3 | 3 |
| Leonardo Bianchi Journalist · Internazionale | Excluded | Journalist | Internazionale journalist. | 3 | 3 |
| Lucy Fisher Whitehall editor · Financial Times | Excluded | Journalist | Whitehall Editor Financial Times. | 3 | 3 |
| Luís Montenegro Leader of AD | Excluded | Serving politician | Primeiro-ministro, serving prime minister. | 3 | 3 |
| Malala Yousafzai Activist · Malala Fund | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Education activist, activist/advocate at NGO. | 3 | 3 |
| Manuel Hagel CDU parliamentary group leader in Baden-Württemberg | Excluded | Serving politician | CDU faction leader Baden-Württemberg, in office. | 3 | 3 |
| Manuel Sans Segarra Dr. | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Surgeon and writer, practicing physician. | 3 | 3 |
| Marek Magierowski Author · Polonia, Israele, USA | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 3 | 3 |
| Marek Wałkuski Correspondent · Polskie Radio | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent at Polish Radio Washington. | 3 | 3 |
| Mark Carney Prime Minister · Canada | Excluded | Serving politician | Prime Minister of Canada in office. | 3 | 3 |
| Mark Cuban Billionaire entrepreneur · Dallas Mavericks | Excluded | Business executive | Billionaire entrepreneur, owner of Dallas Mavericks. | 3 | 3 |
| Mark Rutte Prime Minister and VVD leader · Nato | Excluded | Serving politician | Secretary-General of NATO, current public office holder. | 3 | 3 |
| Michel-Édouard Leclerc President · Comité strategique des centres Leclerc | Excluded | Business executive | President of the strategic committee of a distribution chain. | 3 | 3 |
| Mika Aaltola MEP · European Parliament | Excluded | Serving politician | MEP, politician in office. | 3 | 3 |
| Muharrem Demirok Party leader · Centerpartiet | Excluded | Serving politician | Centerpartiet party leader, serving. | 3 | 3 |
| Mónica García Minister of health · Gobierno Espana | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Health of Spanish Government (politician in office). | 3 | 3 |
| Nick Thomas-Symonds Cabinet member | Excluded | Serving politician | MP and minister (Shadow Cabinet). | 3 | 3 |
| Nora Akachar Actress, theatre maker and presenter | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 3 | 3 |
| Olaf Scholz Federal chancellor · Allemagne | Excluded | Serving politician | German chancellor in office. | 3 | 3 |
| Olcay Gulsen TV personality | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 3 | 3 |
| Omid Nouripour Greens co-leader · Die Grünen | Excluded | Serving politician | Co-Chair of the Greens, in office. | 3 | 3 |
| Paolo Gentiloni Economy commissioner · European Union | Excluded | Serving politician | European Commission economy commissioner in office. | 3 | 3 |
| Paul Tang European Parliament member | Excluded | Serving politician | Member of European Parliament in office. | 3 | 3 |
| Paulina Matysiak Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland · Razem | Excluded | Serving politician | Female member of Sejm currently serving. | 3 | 3 |
| Pedro Baños Colonel · Ejército de Tierra | Excluded | Serving politician | Colonel in French Army, active. | 3 | 3 |
| Pedro Nuno Santos Leader of the PS · Partido Socialista | Excluded | Serving politician | Socialist Party leader, active politician. | 3 | 3 |
| Pedro Sánchez Prime Minister · Government of Spain | Excluded | Serving politician | Presidente del Gobierno de España, serving politician. | 3 | 3 |
| Piers Morgan Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Broadcaster and presenter. | 3 | 3 |
| Pieter Omtzigt Politician · NSC | Excluded | Serving politician | NSC leader, politician in office. | 3 | 3 |
| Polly Mackenzie Chief Social Purpose Officer · University of Arts London | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 3 | 3 |
| Ramiro Iglesias CEO · Crescenta | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and founder of Crescenta. | 3 | 3 |
| Ricarda Lang Federal chair, Bundestag member · BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN | Excluded | Serving politician | Federal party chair and member of parliament in office. | 3 | 3 |
| Richard Bråse Fund manager · Protean | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 3 | 3 |
| Rui Rocha Professor · Iniciativa Liberal | Excluded | Serving politician | Iniciativa Liberal political leader, politician in office. | 3 | 3 |
| Sadiq Khan London Mayor · City of London | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor of London, active politician. | 3 | 3 |
| Sahra Wagenknecht BSW | Excluded | Serving politician | Leader of BSW, serving party leader. | 3 | 3 |
| Sarah McBride Congressman | Excluded | Serving politician | Representative at Congress in office | 3 | 3 |
| Ted Sarandos Co-CEO · Netflix | Excluded | Business executive | Co-CEO at Netflix. | 3 | 3 |
| Thomas Massie U.S. Representative | Excluded | Serving politician | U.S. Representative, incumbent politician. | 3 | 3 |
| Tijs van den Brink | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 3 | 3 |
| Tim Cook CEO · Apple | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Apple. | 3 | 3 |
| Veronika Dorman Journalist · Libération | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Libération Russia specialist. | 3 | 3 |
| Øyunn Krogh Dancer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 3 | 3 |
| Marwan Mery Negotiator and expert on deception | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : French negotiator who also wrote books; the profile is only a generic writer born 1975, so nothing precise links them. | 3 | 5 |
| Christine Emba Writer | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Announced only as a writer and guest host on social topics; the American writer profile fits but nothing precise ties them. | 3 | 10 |