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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Street Mayor · West Midlands | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor - West Midlands, active politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Andy Teerlink | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Andy Thomas Researcher, lecturer & author | Selected | Academic | Researcher, lecturer and author, academic title. | 1 | 1 |
| Andy Verity BBC financial investigations correspondent · BBC World Service | Excluded | Journalist | BBC financial investigations correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Aneal Vallurupalli CFO · Airbase | Excluded | Business executive | CFO of Airbase. | 1 | 1 |
| Aneisha Beveridge Head of research at Hamptons | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Head of research at Hamptons, executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Aneta Brzezicka Prof., psychologist · SWPS University | Selected | Academic | Prof. Psychologist at SWPS University. | 1 | 1 |
| Aneta Gabor Hypnotherapist, mentor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Hypnotherapist, mentor, therapeutic coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Aneta Hoffmann Dr · Fundacja Znaki Pamięci | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Aneta Pawłowska-Krać Reporter · Polskie Radio | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Polskie Radio | 1 | 1 |
| Aneta Sobczak General Director · Solano Group | Excluded | Business executive | General Director of Solano Group. | 1 | 1 |
| Anett Pfeiffer Psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist, profession without institution. | 1 | 1 |
| Anette Aasheim Journalist · Aftenposten | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Aftenposten. | 1 | 1 |
| Anette Eriksson | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Anette Hoffmann Sudan expert · Clingendael | Selected | Think tank | Sudan expert · Clingendael, think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| Anette Stenius Detective inspector | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Anezká Marie Sokol | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Angel Strawbridge | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Angela Buchdahl Rabbi | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Rabbi, religious professional outside roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Angela Crenshaw Director · Maryland State Park Service | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director of Maryland State Park Service. | 1 | 1 |
| Angela Ferritto President · Pennsylvania AFL-CIO | Excluded | Serving politician | President of Pennsylvania AFL-CIO. | 1 | 1 |
| Angela Frick | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Angela Last Cultural geographer | Selected | Academic | Cultural geographer, teaching researcher at University of Strathclyde. | 1 | 1 |
| Angela Mudukuti Senior Legal Adviser · Global Justice Center | Selected | Lawyer | Senior jurist at Global Justice Center. | 1 | 1 |
| Angela Napoletano Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Il Mondo journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Angela Sannuti Psychologist and researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Angela Strange General Partner · Andreessen Horowitz | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. | 1 | 1 |
| Angela Zhang | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Angelica Lindén Hirschberg Chief physician · Karolinska University Hospital | Selected | Academic | Professor of Gynecology, Karolinska Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Angelica Norgren Game journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Games journalist, specialized games journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Angelika Eule Entrepreneur · Walterwerk | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur, private business owner. | 1 | 1 |
| Angelika Kren SRF | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Angelique Chrisafis Paris correspondent · The Guardian | Excluded | Journalist | Paris correspondent, The Guardian. | 1 | 1 |
| Angelo Bonelli Member of the Chamber of Deputies · Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra | Excluded | Serving politician | Deputy to Chamber in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Angelo Carusone | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director, Media Matters, advocacy organization. | 1 | 1 |
| Angelo Ciardullo | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Angelo Kramer polon.pl | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist with no demonstrated analytical work. | 1 | 1 |
| Angelo Pintus | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Angie Paglinawan Director of Finance IT · Aristocrat | Excluded | Business executive | Director of Finance IT at Aristocrat. | 1 | 1 |
| Angus Colwell Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Best of the Spectator. | 1 | 1 |
| Angus Lapsley Permanent Representative · UK Delegation to NATO | Excluded | Serving politician | Permanent Representative UK to NATO. | 1 | 1 |
| Angy Fernández Actress | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Angélique Angarni-Filopon | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Anh Hee Soon | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Anh-Tho Chuong Lago | Excluded | Business executive | Leader of startup Lago. | 1 | 1 |
| Anica Immelsjö Insurance claims handler, former police officer and forensic technician | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Insurance manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Anika Lustig Koordinationsstelle für Fledermausschutz, LMU München | Selected | Academic | Coordination office at LMU Munich. | 1 | 1 |
| Anil Menon Indian-American astronaut | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Indian-American astronaut. | 1 | 1 |
| Anis Ayari Artificial intelligence engineer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Artificial intelligence engineer. | 1 | 1 |
| Anis Boumanjal | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |