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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Zeigler Founding member · Living Energy Farm | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founding member of cooperative community. | 1 | 1 |
| Alf Ole Ask Correspondent · Energi og Klima | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent Energy and Climate. | 2 | 4 |
| Alfon Arranz Researcher | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | TV presenter and radio host, not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfons Durán-Pich | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfons Haider Actor, singer, cabaret artist, presenter · ORF | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Alfons Mais Army inspector general · Bundeswehr | Excluded | Serving politician | German Army Inspector, Bundeswehr general. | 2 | 2 |
| Alfons Vansteenwegen | Selected | Commentator | Author of bestseller, self-development book. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfonso Cardenal Director of Sofá Sonoro · SER | Excluded | Journalist | Director of radio program Sofá Sonoro. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfonso del Corral Orthopedic surgeon · Real Madrid | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Trauma physician. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfonso Ferrer Editor | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist with no demonstrated analytical work. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfonso Párraga Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfonso Peccatiello | Selected | Economist or consultant | Macro strategist, founder of Macro Compass. | 8 | 12 |
| Alfonso Raimo | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfonso Schroeder Businessman specializing in B2B business · LinkedIn | Excluded | Business executive | Businessman specialist in business. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfonso Trinidad Researcher | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Alfred Birney Writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author (fiction writer). | 1 | 1 |
| Alfred Fidjestøl Author | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and biographer, non-fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfred Font Therapist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Therapist. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfred Hirsch Professor of philosophy · Witten/Herdecke University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Philosophy, university. | 1 | 2 |
| Alfred Josefsen Former director · Irma | Excluded | Business executive | Former CEO of company. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfred Mandelburger Local group chair, vida pensioners central service · Gewerkschaft vida | Excluded | Serving politician | Local union leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfred Noll | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfredo Arense Director and presenter of Backline on Radio 3 Extra | Selected | Academic | Professor, Francisco Vitoria University. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfredo Echevarría | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfredo García Reactor operator, supervisor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Reactor operator (technician). | 1 | 1 |
| Alfredo Marcos | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfredo Povo Icon of Madrid, organ grinder | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ali Ansari Professor · University of St Andrews | Selected | Academic | Professor, University of St Andrews. | 13 | 19 |
| Ali Bracken | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Ali Breland The Atlantic | Selected | Commentator | Journalist The Atlantic, analysis magazine. | 4 | 4 |
| Ali Esbati | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ali Ghodsi Cofounder and CEO · Databricks | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder and CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Ali Horriyat Founder · Compassiviste | Excluded | Business executive | Founder (entrepreneur). | 1 | 2 |
| Ali Mirazimi Virus researcher · Karolinska institutet | Selected | Academic | Virus Researcher at Karolinska Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Ali Mohammed | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ali Omar | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ali Plumb BBC Radio 1's in-house film critic | Selected | Commentator | Film critic BBC Radio 1. | 1 | 1 |
| Ali Utlu Blogger | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ali Vaez Iran Project Director · International Crisis Group | Selected | Think tank | Iran Project Director, International Crisis Group. | 9 | 15 |
| Alice Apostoly Co-director and co-founder · Institut du Genre en Géopolitique | Selected | Think tank | Co-director of Institut du Genre en Géopolitique. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Augustin Senior reporter · Elle | Excluded | Journalist | Elle magazine senior reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Bentinck Co-founder · Entrepreneurs First | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder, entrepreneur. | 1 | 2 |
| Alice Bota Editor in the politics desk · Die Zeit | Excluded | Journalist | Political section editor ZEIT | 1 | 2 |
| Alice Briegleb Doctoral student · ULB | Selected | Academic | Doctoral student at university (ULB). | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Cathelineau Digital consultant | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Digital consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Cheron | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Cohen Journalist, screenwriter and director · Arte | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist screenwriter director. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Dadgostar | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and Swedish writer, non-fiction author. | 1 | 10 |
| Alice de Rochechouart | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Desbiolles Public health doctor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Public health physician outside university. | 1 | 1 |