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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alison Healy | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alison Holt BBC's social affairs editor | Excluded | Journalist | Social affairs editor at BBC. | 1 | 1 |
| Alison Killing Financial Times | Excluded | Journalist | Architect and urban planner, not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Alison Luchs Museum curator · Washington museum | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Museum curator at Washington museum. | 1 | 1 |
| Alison Mass Chairman of Goldman Sachs Investment Banking | Excluded | Business executive | Chairman of Goldman Sachs Investment Banking, company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Alison McGovern Shadow Employment Minister | Excluded | Serving politician | Shadow Employment Minister, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Alison Morris Security correspondent · Belfast Telegraph | Excluded | Journalist | Security correspondent Belfast Telegraph. | 1 | 1 |
| Alison Sider WSJ reporter · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal | 2 | 3 |
| Alison Taylor Associate professor · New York University | Selected | Academic | Associate professor at New York University. | 4 | 4 |
| Alison Wood Brooks Professor · Harvard | Selected | Academic | Professor at Harvard Business School. | 6 | 8 |
| Alison Yorita Staff Engineer · Lawrence Livermore | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Staff Engineer at Lawrence Livermore, engineer. | 1 | 1 |
| Alissa Pavia Associate Director · Atlantic Council | Selected | Think tank | Associate Director at Atlantic Council, think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| Alissa Walker Editor · Torched | Selected | Commentator | Writer and podcaster, urban planning analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Alisse Waterston Professor Emerita of Anthropology · John Jay College | Selected | Academic | Professor Emerita of Anthropology, John Jay College. | 1 | 1 |
| Alistair Bunkal Correspondant Moyen-Orient · Sky | Excluded | Journalist | Middle East correspondent Sky. | 1 | 1 |
| Alistair Bunkhall Middle East Correspondent · Sky News | Excluded | Journalist | Middle East correspondent Sky News. | 1 | 1 |
| Alistair Dawber Washington Correspondent · The Times and Sunday Times | Excluded | Journalist | Washington correspondent Times. | 1 | 1 |
| Alistair MacDonald WSJ reporter · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal | 1 | 1 |
| Alister McGrath Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof, theologian, C.S. Lewis expert (explicit title). | 2 | 3 |
| Alix Earle | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Aliyya Swaby ProPublica | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist with no demonstrated analytical work. | 1 | 1 |
| Aliza Pressman Developmental psychologist · Mount Sinai Parenting Center | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Developmental psychologist at Mount Sinai. | 1 | 1 |
| Alizée Delpierre PhD in sociology · Sciences Po Paris | Selected | Academic | Doctor of Sociology at Sciences Po Paris. | 4 | 4 |
| Allak Camara Content creator | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Allan C. Stam Professor of Public Policy and Politics · University of Virginia | Selected | Academic | Professor of Public Policy and Politics, University of Virginia. | 1 | 1 |
| Allan Church PhD | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Allan Klynne | Selected | Academic | Archaeologist at Swedish Institute at Athens. | 3 | 15 |
| Allan Linnér Psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist Allan Linnér. | 1 | 1 |
| Allan Pacey Professor · University of Manchester | Selected | Academic | Professor at the University of Manchester. | 2 | 2 |
| Allan Starsky Set designer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Allard Jakobs Boss and founder · All Options | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Boss and founder, business founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Allegra Mendelson Asia correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent Asia. | 1 | 1 |
| Allen Ault Former commissioner of corrections · state of Georgia | Selected | Former official | Former commissioner of corrections for Georgia. | 1 | 1 |
| Allen Nejah Founder and CEO of SunMan Engineering | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of SunMan Engineering. | 1 | 1 |
| Alli Webb Co-founder · Drybar | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of Drybar. | 1 | 1 |
| Allie Beth Stuckey BlazeTV host | Excluded | Journalist | BlazeTV host. | 3 | 5 |
| Allison Agsten Director of USC Annenberg's Center for Climate Journalism and Communication | Selected | Academic | Director of Climate and Journalism Center at USC. | 1 | 2 |
| Allison Carnegie Professor · Columbia University | Selected | Academic | Professor of political science, Columbia University. | 1 | 1 |
| Allison Howell CEO · Hogan Assessments | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Hogan Assessments. | 1 | 1 |
| Allison J. Pugh Researcher · Johns Hopkins University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Princeton University. | 4 | 4 |
| Allison MacFarlane Professor · University of British Columbia | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of British Columbia. | 1 | 1 |
| Allison Morris Crime correspondent · Belfast Telegraph | Excluded | Journalist | News correspondent Belfast Telegraph. | 3 | 16 |
| Allison Morrow Journalist · CNN | Excluded | Journalist | CNN journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Allison Nathan Goldman Sachs | Selected | Economist or consultant | Strategist at Goldman Sachs. | 1 | 24 |
| Allison Schrager Bloomberg Opinion columnist | Selected | Think tank et Commentator | Senior Fellow Manhattan Institute, columnist. | 2 | 2 |
| Allison Sweet Grant Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author of fiction debut novel. | 1 | 1 |
| Ally Sullivan Centenary College of Louisiana | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Allyson Grey Painter | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Allyson McCabe | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alma Alejandro Marketing Director for Global Intimate Health and Wellness Brands · Kimberley Clark | Excluded | Business executive | Marketing Director at Kimberly Clark, executive. | 1 | 1 |