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 institution4,334 Think tankNamed position at a think tank or public policy institute730 Former officialHeld a position in a public authority: ministry, regulator, central bank, parliament531 LawyerPractices law, in a firm, in-house or at the bar251 Economist or consultantEconomist, analyst or adviser, in a firm or independent865 CommentatorAnalyzes 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
Baki Irmak Digital Leaders Fund	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Activity outside the six roles.	2	2
Barry Ward TD · Fine Gael	Excluded	Serving politician	TD and Senator in office.	2	2
Bart De Wever Belgian Prime Minister · Belgium	Excluded	Serving politician	Belgian prime minister in office.	2	2
Bart Moeyaert Writer	Excluded	Fiction or entertainment	Author (fiction writer), does not match any role.	2	2
Bartosz Cichocki	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Beatrix von Storch Bundestag member · AfD	Excluded	Serving politician	Member of Bundestag, in office.	2	2
Ben Carlson Ritholtz Wealth Management	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Ritholtz Wealth Management (wealth manager).	2	2
Ben Elton Writer and comedian	Excluded	Artist	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Ben Meiselas Co-founder of MeidasTouch	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Ben Terris Author · New York Magazine	Excluded	Fiction or entertainment	Author and journalist at New York Magazine.	2	2
Benjamin Dousa Minister	Excluded	Serving politician	Minister in office, foreign trade and development.	2	2
Bernhard Ellefsen Culture editor · Morgenbladet	Excluded	Journalist	Culture editor, Morgenbladet.	2	2
Bernhard Lang Theologian and religious scholar · Schweizer Armee, Verbandsmanagement Institut	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Military officer in office, Swiss Army.	2	2
Bernie Sanders Senator · Senato USA	Excluded	Serving politician	United States senator in office.	2	2
Bertrand Piccard Explorer, chair of the foundation · Solar Impulse	Excluded	Business executive	Explorer and founder of Solar Impulse.	2	2
Bijan Djir-Sarai Former FDP general secretary	Excluded	Serving politician	General Secretary FDP in office, former secretary.	2	2
Bill Ackman CEO · Pershing Square	Excluded	Business executive	CEO of Pershing Square.	2	2
Billy Kelleher MEP · Fianna Fáil	Excluded	Serving politician	Irish MEP in office.	2	2
Birgit Van Mol Presenter · VTM	Excluded	Journalist	VTM presenter.	2	2
Bisan Owda Filmmaker and journalist	Excluded	Personal testimony	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Boris Herrmann Sailor · Team Malizia	Excluded	Personal testimony	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Brad Gerstner Founder, chairman, and CEO · Altimeter Capital	Excluded	Business executive	Founder, chairman, CEO of Altimeter Capital.	2	2
Brad Jacobs Executive Chairman of XPO	Excluded	Business executive	Executive Chairman of XPO, business executive.	2	2
Bram Vermeulen Correspondent	Excluded	Journalist	Journalistic correspondent, reporter without editorial analysis.	2	2
Brendan Hayes Guest	Excluded	Personal testimony	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Bridget Maasland Presenter, model and animal rights activist	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Bridget Phillipson Education Secretary · Gouvernement UK	Excluded	Serving politician	Minister of Education United Kingdom in office.	2	2
Bruno Le Maire Minister of economy, finance and industrial and digital sovereignty	Excluded	Serving politician	Minister of Economy-Finance currently.	2	2
Bryan Johnson Tech entrepreneur	Excluded	Business executive	Tech entrepreneur, company founder.	2	2
Bryon Hargis Founder · Castelion	Excluded	Business executive	Founder of Castelion.	2	2
Byron Donalds Congressman · État de Floride	Excluded	Serving politician	Congressman, active politician.	2	2
Bärbel Bas President of the Bundestag · SPD	Excluded	Serving politician	Bundestag president in office.	2	2
Carl Haglund Sidekick · Veritas Eläkevakuutusyhtiö	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Carlos Blanco	Excluded	Business executive	Entrepreneur/entrepreneur director homonym Wikidata.	2	2
Carlos Val-Carreres Investor · Value School	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Investor, not an economist by definition.	2	2
Carmelo Jordá	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Caroline Lucas Green MP · Green Party	Excluded	Serving politician	Green MP Brighton, political official in office.	2	2
Catherine Connolly Independent presidential candidate	Excluded	Serving politician	Independent TD presidential candidate.	2	2
Cecilia Uddén Middle East correspondent	Excluded	Journalist	Middle East correspondent.	2	2
Cem Özdemir Outgoing agriculture minister · Grüne	Excluded	Serving politician	Politician in office (minister-president of Baden-Württemberg or member).	2	2
Charles Hall UFO Whistleblower · Nellis Air Force Base	Excluded	Personal testimony	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Charlotte Denamur Hollywood nanny	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Chris Bledsoe Author and former construction contractor	Excluded	Personal testimony	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Chris Hansen Journalist	Excluded	Journalist	Investigative journalist, true crime expert.	2	2
Chris Hayes MSNBC	Excluded	Journalist	News presenter at MSNBC, not an analyst.	2	2
Chris Lunday POLITICO	Excluded	Journalist	Journalist at POLITICO, no analysis.	2	2
Chris Power Founder · Hadrian	Excluded	Business executive	Founder of Hadrian.	2	2
Chris Rufo Journalist and author	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Journalist and author.	2	2
Christian Angermayer	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Christian Calgie Senior political correspondent · Daily Express	Excluded	Journalist	Senior Political Correspondent Daily Express.	2	2

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