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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Kammerdiner Head of XR · SXSW | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director, XR Events. | 1 | 1 |
| Blake Scholl Founder and CEO · Boom Supersonic | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Blake Wexler | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Blanca Tejera | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Blanca Virós Librarian and documentalist · Centro de Recursos de Información Enfermeros del COIB | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Information specialist. | 1 | 1 |
| Blanche Sabbah Illustrator and author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Illustrator and author. | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Andersson Sporting director of Djurgårdens IF | Excluded | Business executive | Sports club director. | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Dietl | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Hines | Excluded | Serving politician | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Norström Weile Host of the Ekstra Bladet podcast Bandeland | Excluded | Journalist | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Pettersson Manager · Tellus Fonder | Excluded | Business executive | Fund manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Søndergaard Jensen Psychologist · Klinik for PTSD og Transkulturel Psykiatri, Aarhus Universitetshospital | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Hospital psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Torbjörn Ek Presenter | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Tuts Maker · Bonkers | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Wang Chief AI Scientist · Xaira Therapeutics | Excluded | Business executive | Chief AI Scientist in biotech company. | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Xia Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard | Selected | Academic | Geneticist at research institute university. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Brooks Candidate | Excluded | Serving politician | Political candidate. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Crawford The Road to Now | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Elliot CIO · Unlimited Funds | Excluded | Business executive | CIO of management company. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Elliott Unlimited Funds | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Homan Head of the Investment Office · ING | Excluded | Business executive | Head of Investment Office at bank. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Iger CEO · Disney | Excluded | Business executive | Disney CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Jensen Academic and writer | Selected | Academic | Academic and writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Lewis CEO · The Vision Group | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of The Vision Group. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Mulholland Democratic Party strategist and super-delegate | Excluded | Serving politician | Democratic Party strategist and super-delegate, active politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Parsons Founder · GoDaddy | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of GoDaddy. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Pop Writer and actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Poras CIA | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Rommel State Rep. · Florida | Excluded | Serving politician | Florida state rep., politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Sinclair Artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Sinclar DJ producer · Yellow Production | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob van Luijt CEO · Weaviate | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Weaviate. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Woodward Washington Post reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Washington Post | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Allyn Technology correspondent · NPR | Excluded | Journalist | Technology correspondent for NPR. | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Pinero CEO and Co-Founder · Equals | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and Co-Founder of Equals. | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Zachariae Professor · Aarhus University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Aarhus University. | 1 | 1 |
| Bodil Skovgaard Fan and culture journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Culture journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Bodil Vaagsæther | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bodo Ramelow Vice President of the Bundestag · Die Linke | Excluded | Serving politician | Bundestag vice president Die Linke, in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Bodo Schickentanz Author and commentator · apolut | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bogdan Aurescu Foreign Minister · Romania | Excluded | Serving politician | Foreign Minister of Romania, current minister. | 1 | 1 |
| Bogdan Kozyra | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bogumił Krawczyk | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bogusz Parzyszek Founder and president · Workplace | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Workplace, executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Bogusław Markocki Eng., construction industry expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bogusław Szostkiewicz | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Boj Hoppe Dr. · Klinikum der LMU München | Selected | Academic | Dr. at LMU Munich Hospital, university. | 1 | 1 |
| Bojan Krkic Retired footballer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bonne Reijn Fashion designer and tailor · Bonne Suits | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bonnie Hammer Vice chair · NBCUniversal | Excluded | Business executive | Vice Chair NBCUniversal, business executive. | 1 | 1 |