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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hans Vijlbrief Outgoing state secretary for Mining · Pays-Bas | Excluded | Serving politician | Secretary of State for Mines (resigned), public official in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Hans von der Burchard Europe expert · POLITICO | Selected | Commentator | POLITICO. | 3 | 59 |
| Hans-Christian Hagman Chef · Kansliet för strategisk analys och nationell säkerhetssamordning | Excluded | Serving politician | Head of strategic analysis and national security organization. | 1 | 1 |
| Hans-Erik Lind Head of the business market · Nordea Norge | Excluded | Business executive | Market leader for businesses at Nordea bank, executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Hans-Georg Maaßen Former president of the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution | Selected | Former official | Former president of Federal Constitutional Protection Office (ehem.). | 8 | 25 |
| Hans-Jakob Schindler Senior Director · Counter Extremism Project | Selected | Think tank | Senior Director Counter Extremism Project (think tank). | 3 | 3 |
| Hans-Joachim Watzke | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur and football executive, business owner. | 1 | 1 |
| Hans-Jürgen Papier Former president of the Federal Constitutional Court | Selected | Former official | Former President of Federal Constitutional Court. | 2 | 2 |
| Hans-Jürgen Wirth Psychoanalyst and sociologist | Selected | Academic | University teacher at University of Bremen. | 1 | 1 |
| Hans-Lothar Domröse Retired general | Selected | Former official | Former general (ret.) of the Bundeswehr. | 2 | 3 |
| Hans-Olav Thyvold Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author, program host and journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Hans-Peter Mannes Tonewood dealer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Hans-Petter Nygård-Hansen Speaker | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Hans-Thomas Tillschneider AfD politician | Excluded | Serving politician | AfD politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Hans-Ulrich Wagner Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Selected | Academic | Leibniz Institute for Media Research, public research institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Hansi Lo Wang Voting correspondent · NPR | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist - standard journalistic role. | 1 | 1 |
| Hansmartin Schmid Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently clear role. | 1 | 1 |
| Hanspeter Dill Farmer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Farmer, agriculturalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Harald Benink Professor Banking and Finance · Tilburg University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Banking and Finance at Tilburg University. | 4 | 11 |
| Harald Birkevold Political editor · Stavanger Aftenblad | Selected | Commentator | Politics editor at Stavanger Aftenblad. | 2 | 5 |
| Harald Eia | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Harald Fidler Media journalist · STANDARD | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist - standard journalistic role. | 1 | 1 |
| Harald Hauge Lawyer and tax expert · Wikborg Rein | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer at Wikborg Rein: lawyer in firm. | 2 | 5 |
| Harald Henden The press photographer · VG | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Harald Høiback Lieutenant colonel, research chief · Forsvarshistorisk museum | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Lieutenant Colonel (military officer in office) at Defence History Museum. | 1 | 1 |
| Harald Kujat Inspector general (retired) · Bundeswehr | Selected | Former official | Former Inspector General of the Bundeswehr (retired). | 4 | 20 |
| Harald Magnus Andreassen Chief economist · Sparebank1 Markets | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist at First Securities and SpareBank 1 Markets. | 6 | 38 |
| Harald Martenstein Publicist · Die Welt | Selected | Commentator | Columnist and commentator for Die Welt, columnist. | 5 | 8 |
| Harald Nilssen Chief of staff · Oslo Politidistrikt | Excluded | Serving politician | Chief of staff Oslo Police District, police chief in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Harald Riise-Hanssen Rentenestor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Individual investor. | 1 | 1 |
| Harald S. Klungtveit Editor · Filter Nyheter | Selected | Commentator | Editor · Filter News | 1 | 1 |
| Harald Serck-Hanssen Group director · DNB | Excluded | Business executive | Group director DNB, CEO in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Harald Stolt-Nielsen Crime journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist - standard journalistic role. | 1 | 2 |
| Harald Toksværd | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently clear role. | 1 | 1 |
| Harald Tronsli TikTok creator | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Harald Vodosek Armaments director · Bundesheer | Excluded | Serving politician | Defense director, Bundesheer, incumbent military official. | 1 | 1 |
| Harald von Heyden Head of renewable energy and unlisted infrastructure · NBIM | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Leader at NBIM, executive in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Harki Sidhu Consulting Program Coordinator for India · Rainforest Alliance | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Consulting Program Coordinator: active manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Harlan Coben Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author of fiction novels: novelist. | 3 | 3 |
| Harlem Alexander Hairdresser · Victoria's Secret | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Harley Finkelstein President · Shopify | Excluded | Business executive | President of Shopify: CEO in office. | 4 | 4 |
| Harm Bandholz Professor of economics · Fachhochschule Kiel | Selected | Academic | Professor of Economics at Kiel University of Applied Sciences. | 1 | 1 |
| Harm Edens Presenter | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Harm Teunis Reporter · RTL Nieuws | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist - standard journalistic role. | 1 | 1 |
| Harmeet Dhillon Assistant Attorney General For Civil Rights | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Assistant Attorney General, public official in office. | 2 | 3 |
| Harmony Abayomi Computer science student | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Computer science student. | 1 | 1 |
| Harmony Colangelo Co-host · This Ends at Prom | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Co-host of This Ends at Prom: podcast host. | 1 | 2 |
| Harold James Professor · Princeton University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Princeton University. | 3 | 4 |
| Harold Liebregs Vice admiral · Zeestrijdkrachten | Excluded | Serving politician | Vice-Admiral Navy, naval officer in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Harold Polis | Excluded | Doubtful participation | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |