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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michał Potocki Dziennika Gazety Prawnej | Excluded | Journalist | Dziennik Gazety Prawnej reporter, legal journalism. | 2 | 2 |
| Michiel Driebergen Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, reporter journalist. | 2 | 2 |
| Mick Clifford Special Correspondent · Irish Examiner | Excluded | Journalist | Special correspondent reporter. | 2 | 2 |
| Micky Beisenherz Author, podcaster, presenter | Excluded | Journalist | Podcaster and content creator, not analyst. | 2 | 2 |
| Miguel Labrador Pilot | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Miguel López Nutritionist | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Miguel Ángel Pérez Journalist · Acción Contra el Hambre | Excluded | Journalist | NGO marketing spokesman. | 2 | 2 |
| Mikaa Blugeon-Mered Specialist in overseas geopolitics | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 2 | 2 |
| Mike Green AI researcher and CTO · AI Alpha Lab | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | AI researcher outside university. | 2 | 2 |
| Mikko Alasaarela Founder · Agion | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of startup Agion. | 2 | 2 |
| Milou Brand Doctor's assistant | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Mo Gilligan Comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Morten Astrup Renowned investor | Excluded | Business executive | Recognized investor (Anerkjent investor). | 2 | 2 |
| Muriel Wilkins Founder and CEO · Paravis Partners | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder and CEO of Paravis Partners, executive coach. | 2 | 2 |
| Mustafa Suleyman CEO of Microsoft AI | Excluded | Business executive | CEO Microsoft AI and Inflection AI. | 2 | 2 |
| Márcio Resende Correspondent · Expresso | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent Expresso. | 2 | 2 |
| Máximo Huerta Journalist and writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist and writer, journalist. | 2 | 2 |
| Natalia Junquera Journalist · El País | Excluded | Journalist | Generalist journalist in politics section. | 2 | 2 |
| Natalie Amiri Presenter of Weltspiegel · ARD Weltspiegel | Excluded | Journalist | Host of Weltspiegel, presenter. | 2 | 2 |
| Neil Kinnock Former Labour leader · Parti travailliste | Excluded | Serving politician | Member of House of Lords, parliamentary member in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Neil Shastri-Hurst Conservative health spokesman | Excluded | Serving politician | Conservative health spokesman and Tory MP, active politician. | 2 | 2 |
| Nena Brockhaus Presenter | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Moderator and journalist, media. | 2 | 2 |
| Nicolai Tangen Chief Executive of Norges Bank Investment Management | Excluded | Business executive | Norges Bank Investment Management CEO. | 2 | 2 |
| Nicolas Vaujour Admiral, chief of staff · Marine nationale | Excluded | Serving politician | Admiral, chief of naval staff in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Nicole Vignola Neuroscientist and ADHD expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Neuroscientist and organizational consultant. | 2 | 2 |
| Nikesh Arora CEO · Palo Alto Networks | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Palo Alto Networks. | 2 | 2 |
| Noora Fagerström Successful entrepreneur, investor, National Coalition member of parliament and mother of three | Excluded | Serving politician | Female member from Finland in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Nuseir Yassin Video creator and entrepreneur · Nas Daily | Excluded | Business executive | Video Creator and Entrepreneur, Nas Daily. | 2 | 2 |
| Nuño Domínguez | Excluded | Journalist | Vague position, journalist. | 2 | 2 |
| Núria Coll Journalist · Soycomocomo | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist and writer (non-analyzing author role). | 2 | 2 |
| Ole Birk Olesen Mayor · Liberal Alliance | Excluded | Serving politician | Party leader in office, politician. | 2 | 2 |
| Ole Toft Health policy analyst · Altinget | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Ambassador to Poland in office. Public official. | 2 | 2 |
| Olga Givernet Member of parliament · Ensemble Pour la République | Excluded | Serving politician | Female member currently serving. Politician. | 2 | 2 |
| Olivier Falorni Member of parliament · Les démocrates | Excluded | Serving politician | Member currently serving. | 2 | 2 |
| Orla Comerford Paralympian Irish runner | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Orla Ryan News correspondent · TheJournal.ie | Excluded | Journalist | News correspondent and Irish Times reporter. | 2 | 2 |
| Oskar Westerlin Influencer and founder | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Oz Pearlman World's Greatest Mentalist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Pablo Torre Sports podcast host | Excluded | Journalist | Sports podcast host. | 2 | 2 |
| Pablo Tovar Value School | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Paco Debonnaire Creator of Investisseurs 4.0 | Excluded | Business executive | Creator Investisseurs 4.0 platform. | 2 | 2 |
| Paolo Nori Writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer, probably fiction. | 2 | 2 |
| Paprika Steen Actor and director | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Pasi Flinkman CEO · Raisio | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Raisio. | 2 | 2 |
| Paterson Joseph Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Patricia Heaton Emmy Award-winning actress | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Patrick Martens Actor and presenter | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Patrick Soon-Shiong Chairman of the Los Angeles Times | Excluded | Business executive | Chairman of Los Angeles Times, CEO. | 2 | 2 |
| Patrik Kronqvist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist. | 2 | 2 |
| Paul Lawford Founder · Small Change | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Small Change. | 2 | 2 |