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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benoit Faucon Middle East correspondent · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Middle East correspondent for Wall Street Journal. | 1 | 1 |
| Benoit Pelopidas | Selected | Academic | Research teacher at Paris Institute of Political Studies. | 1 | 1 |
| Benoit Serre HR director, co-chair · Cercle Humania | Excluded | Business executive | DRH and co-president, human resources executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Benoît Labrousse President · Randstad France | Excluded | Business executive | President of Randstad France, business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Benoît Morenne Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal | 1 | 1 |
| Benoît Payan PS mayor · Marseille | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor of Marseille in office, elective position. | 1 | 1 |
| Bent Blüdnikow History book reviewer, journalist and historian · Berlingske | Selected | Commentator | Book critic, journalist and historian. | 1 | 1 |
| Bent Dalager Nordic head of New Tech · KPMG | Selected | Economist or consultant | Head of New Tech, KPMG consulting firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Bent Lønrusten | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bent Nielsen Member of the Explorers Club, senior researcher at the Danish Arctic Institute | Selected | Academic | Senior researcher at Arctic Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Bent Van Looy | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bente Andersen Hotel Romantik | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bente Birkeland Public affairs reporter · Colorado Public Radio | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter public affairs Colorado Public Radio | 1 | 1 |
| Bente Kristiansen Norwegian | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bente Müller | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Beppe Scienza Author | Selected | Academic | Professor of financial mathematics at the University of Turin. | 1 | 1 |
| Berend Aukema Entomologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Berend Nieuwhof | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bergita Ganse | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Interviewee in a space history episode; the profile is a Saarland University researcher with no field, and another same-name doctor exists. | 1 | 1 |
| Berit Ullestad | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernadette Reiterlechner University of Vienna | Selected | Academic | Law institute at University of Vienna. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernard Brogan Tech founder · PepTalk | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of tech startup PepTalk. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernard Delcros Union Centriste senator · Cantal | Excluded | Serving politician | Centrist Union Senator in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernard Drescher Bund deutscher EinsatzVeteranen | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Military veterans association. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernard Jomier Senator | Excluded | Serving politician | Senator in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernard Lavallé Emeritus professor of Hispanic-American civilisation · Sorbonne | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor of Hispanic-American civilization at the Sorbonne. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernard Phelan | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernardo Fernandez Bling Energy | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Bling Energy. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernardo Gutiérrez Writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Hispanic-Brazilian writer, fiction author or undetermined. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernardo Kastrup Dutch philosopher and computer scientist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernardo Seixas CEO · Granter | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and founder of Granter. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernd Baumann Parliamentary business manager · AfD | Excluded | Serving politician | Parliamentary Secretary of AfD, political party. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernd Breiter | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernd Greiner Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, University of Hamburg, university teacher (Wikidata). | 1 | 1 |
| Bernd Knöller Star chef · Valencia | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Michelin-starred chef in Valencia. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernd Sommer First mayor · Klosterstadt Waldsassen | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor in office of Waldsassen. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernd Theiss Head of testing and technology · connect | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Media executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernhard Meyer Neurosurgeon | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Neurosurgeon. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernhard Schlink Legal philosopher and writer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Novelist and lawyer, fiction writer, former positions. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernhard Weidinger Political scientist · Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstands | Selected | Think tank | Political scientist at Austrian Resistance Archives. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernice Notenboom Polar traveler and climate journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Climate journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernie Moreno Candidate | Excluded | Serving politician | Political candidate. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernt Børnich NEO | Excluded | Business executive | NEO executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Bert De Backer Professional cyclist | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bert De Kock | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bert Engelaar ABVV leader | Excluded | Serving politician | Union director, ABVV. | 1 | 1 |
| Bert Kleine Schaars UNIFIL veteran | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bert van der Horst Sleep expert · Erasmus MC | Selected | Academic | Sleep expert at Erasmus MC. | 1 | 1 |
| Bert-Arjan Millenaar Founder · NLC Health | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of NLC Health. | 1 | 1 |
| Berta García Faet | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |