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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Thibault Asia specialist · Le Monde | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist - standard journalistic role. | 1 | 1 |
| Harold Timans | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently clear role. | 1 | 1 |
| Harold Varmus Prof, Nobel prize winner, former director · National Institutes of Health | Selected | Academic | Prof Nobel prize winner, university professor. | 1 | 1 |
| Harold Walter Azmann Founder and CEO · World Mental Health Forum | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of World Mental Health Forum. | 1 | 1 |
| Haroon Sheikh Philosopher, special professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and senior researcher at the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy · Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Associate professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. | 5 | 10 |
| Harri Gustafsberg | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Police officer, entrepreneur and writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Harri Sieppi CEO · Witted | Excluded | Business executive | CEO at Witted, incumbent CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Harri Syväsalmi Secretary general · World Anti-Doping Agency | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | General Secretary World Anti-Doping Agency: official in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Harriet Harman Labour MP · Labour Party | Excluded | Serving politician | Labour MP in office, politician. | 2 | 2 |
| Harriet Torry Journal economics correspondent · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist - standard journalistic role. | 1 | 1 |
| Harriet Vrana Psychotherapist · FEM Wien | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychotherapist, therapist. | 1 | 1 |
| Harrison Chase Founder · LangChain | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of LangChain. | 1 | 1 |
| Harrison DeStefano CCO · Six One Commodities | Excluded | Business executive | Chief commercial officer Six One Commodities. | 1 | 1 |
| Harry Aponte Dr | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Family therapist. | 1 | 1 |
| Harry Browne Media Lecturer · TU Dublin | Selected | Academic | Media Lecturer at TU Dublin. | 3 | 11 |
| Harry Hill Comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Harry Jowsey Too Hot To Handle | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Harry McGee Political correspondent · The Irish Times | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist - standard journalistic role. | 2 | 10 |
| Harry R. McCarthy Dr. | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently clear role. | 1 | 1 |
| Harry Sisson TikTok influencer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Harry Tordjman MyBox | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of MyBox. | 1 | 1 |
| Harry Turner Documentariste | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Documentary maker, filmmaker. | 1 | 1 |
| Harry van den Brink Commander · Koninklijke Marechaussee | Excluded | Serving politician | Commander of Royal Military Police, active officer. | 2 | 2 |
| Harshita Kamath Professor of Telugu Culture, Literature, and History · Emory University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Emory University. | 1 | 1 |
| Hartmut Gieselmann Editor · c't Magazin | Selected | Commentator | Editor · c't Magazine | 1 | 11 |
| Harvey Mansfield Retired Harvard Professor · Harvard University | Selected | Academic | Retired Harvard professor at Harvard University. | 1 | 2 |
| Harvey Silverglate FIRE | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Co-founder of FIRE: free speech, not primary role. | 1 | 1 |
| Harvey Weinstein | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Hasan Minhaj Comedian · The Daily Show | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Hasan Piker Progressive streamer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Hasni Abidi Political scientist · Cermam | Selected | Think tank | Political scientist at Cermam, research center. | 3 | 6 |
| Hasrat Arjjummend Researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently clear role. | 1 | 1 |
| Hasse Aro Crime journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist - standard journalistic role. | 1 | 1 |
| Hatice Akyün | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist and writer; journalist alone = none. | 1 | 1 |
| Hauke Friederichs Security policy correspondent · ZEIT | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist - standard journalistic role. | 1 | 6 |
| Hava Misimi Financial adviser and blogger | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Financial advisor and blogger. | 1 | 1 |
| Håvard Lilleheie | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Håvard Moe Consultant · KS Konsulent | Selected | Economist or consultant | Consultant at KS Konsulent, consulting analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Haya Diakité President · Rêv'elle toi | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Hayden Taylor Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering · University of California, Berkeley | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor at UC Berkeley. | 1 | 1 |
| Hayley Barton Master of Public Policy and Master of Business Administration student · Duke University | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Master's student. | 1 | 1 |
| Hayley Caronia | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Hazel Behan | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Hazel Brugger Comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Heather Barnes Communications professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of Communication. | 1 | 1 |
| Heather Berlin Neuroscientist | Selected | Academic | Neuroscientist affiliated with State University of New York and Vassar College. | 6 | 15 |
| Heather Cooley Director of the Pacific Institute's Water Program | Selected | Think tank | Director of Pacific Institute: policy institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Heather Cox Richardson Historian and author | Selected | Commentator | Historian and author of political newsletter, analyst. | 24 | 45 |
| Heather Grabbe Senior fellow · Bruegel | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow at Bruegel think tank. | 2 | 12 |
| Heather Kosakowski Cognitive scientist · Harvard University | Selected | Academic | Cognitive scientist at Harvard University. | 1 | 1 |