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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Agan Financial planner · FC Advice | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Financial planner, not economist. | 1 | 1 |
| George Bardissi Founder at Bardissi Enterprises and BVoIP | Excluded | Business executive | Founder at Bardissi Enterprises. | 1 | 1 |
| George Barros Geospatial Intelligence Team Lead and Russia Analyst · Institute for the Study of War | Selected | Think tank | Team Lead at Institute for the Study of War. | 2 | 4 |
| George Baylon Radics Dr. | Selected | Commentator | Author of 'Emotional Filipinos'. | 1 | 1 |
| George Blair-West Psychiatrist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychiatrist, physician. | 1 | 1 |
| George Bonanno Psychologist | Selected | Academic | Psychologist at Columbia University. | 4 | 4 |
| George Boudreaux Founder · Pelican Roofing | Excluded | Business executive | Founder at Pelican Roofing. | 1 | 1 |
| George Clooney Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| George Cole Head of European Rates Strategy · Goldman Sachs | Selected | Economist or consultant | Head of European Rates Strategy at Goldman Sachs. | 1 | 1 |
| George Conway Congressional candidate | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer according to functions. | 16 | 29 |
| George DeMartino Economics professor · University of Denver | Selected | Academic | Economics professor at University of Denver. | 1 | 1 |
| George Gammon Macro analyst | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Investor and YouTube content creator. | 1 | 1 |
| George Grylls Defence Correspondent · The Times | Excluded | Journalist | Defence Correspondent The Times, correspondent. | 1 | 2 |
| George Hammond Venture capital correspondent · Financial Times | Excluded | Journalist | Venture Capital Correspondent Financial Times. | 1 | 1 |
| George Hotz Programmer, hacker, founder · comma-ai and tiny corp | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Programmer, founder of comma-ai. | 1 | 1 |
| George Ingram Brookings Institution | Selected | Think tank | Brookings Institution. | 1 | 1 |
| George Kamel Expert · Ramsey Network | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Ramsey Solutions business coach. | 2 | 4 |
| George Knapp | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist radio and television, presenter. | 1 | 1 |
| George Lucas Filmmaker | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| George Mashour Robert B. Sweet Professor and Chair · University of Michigan Department of Anesthesiology | Selected | Academic | Professor and Chair at University of Michigan. | 2 | 2 |
| George Monbiot Writer and environmental activist | Selected | Commentator | Writer and Environmental Activist. | 15 | 19 |
| George Packer The Atlantic | Selected | Commentator | The Atlantic, analysis essayist. | 7 | 11 |
| George Parker Political editor · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Political editor at Financial Times, political analyst. | 5 | 39 |
| George Saunders Author · The New Yorker | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Stories at New Yorker, novelist. | 1 | 1 |
| George Steer Correspondent · Financial Times | Excluded | Journalist | Financial Times correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| George Trantas Avalara | Excluded | Business executive | Executive at Avalara. | 1 | 1 |
| George van Hal | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Generalist journalist without analytical specialization. | 1 | 3 |
| George van Houts Actor, cabaret performer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| George Wilson English and School Education Country Lead · British Council France | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | English and School Education Country Lead. | 1 | 1 |
| Georges Malbrunot Journalist, senior reporter · Figaro | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist and senior reporter at Figaro, reporter. | 1 | 2 |
| Georges Salinas Head of security · Élysée | Excluded | Serving politician | Head of Elysée Palace security in office. | 1 | 2 |
| Georges-Louis Bouchez Chair of MR | Excluded | Serving politician | Chair of MR in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Georges-Olivier Reymond Pasqal | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Entrepreneur and CEO of Pasqal. | 1 | 1 |
| Georgi Ganev CEO · Kinnevik | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Kinnevik. | 1 | 1 |
| Georgi Kantchev WSJ foreign correspondent · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | WSJ Foreign Correspondent, correspondent. | 2 | 2 |
| Georgia Banjo Britain correspondent · The Economist | Excluded | Journalist | Britain correspondent The Economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Georgia Ede Psychiatrist and nutrition expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychiatrist and nutrition expert. | 1 | 1 |
| Georgia Kousoulou TOWIE star · The Only Way Is Essex | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Georgia Wells Reporter · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal, reporter | 1 | 1 |
| Georgie Brayshaw Gold medal winning rower · Team GB | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Georgina Mermod Lieutenant | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Georgina Verbaan Actress | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Georgio Piacenza Translator/Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently clear role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Georgiy Kassianov Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently clear role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Ger Baron Former director of Digitalisation and Innovation and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) · gemeente Amsterdam | Selected | Former official | Former Director, former government official. | 1 | 1 |
| Gérald Andrieu Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of political essay. | 2 | 2 |
| Gérald Arboit Intelligence historian | Selected | Academic | Historian at the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts. | 1 | 2 |
| Gérald Darmanin Minister of the interior and overseas territories · Gouvernement français | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Interior in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Gerald Grosz | Excluded | Serving politician | Member of Austrian National Council. | 1 | 7 |
| Gerald Heidegger ORF journalist | Excluded | Journalist | ORF journalist. | 1 | 1 |