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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacek Krawczyk Director · Google | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director at Google (business executive). | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Lempart | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Individual investor and content creator. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Leociak | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Debate on inherited historical guilt with no stated profession; the profile is a Polish literary historian, which fits broadly but nothing precise confirms it. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Łukasik Junior aspirant · Polska Policja | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Mańko Kozminski University | Selected | Academic | Leon Koźmiński Academy (university position). | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Protasiewicz Former MEP · PO | Selected | Former official | Former member of European Parliament. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Prusinowski Journalist · Kanał Zero | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Kanał Zero. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Raubo | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Guest is a Dr defence analyst; the profile only lists Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, with no field, so nothing precise ties them. | 2 | 5 |
| Jacek Ręka Stove maker | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Tile maker (Zdun), craftsperson. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Saryusz-Wolski Adviser to the President on international affairs | Excluded | Serving politician | Presidential adviser (political position). | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Siewiera | Excluded | Serving politician | Polish army officer and politician with multiple roles (soldier, physician, jurist). | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Śpiewak | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Szczypiorski Expert · STRATPOINT | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Tarociński Expert · OSW | Selected | Think tank | Expert at OSW (Eastern Studies Center). | 1 | 3 |
| Jacek Tebinka Professor · Universytet Gdański | Selected | Academic | Prof, historian and political scientist at Gdańsk University. | 1 | 3 |
| Jacek Waliszewski Green Beret US Army Special Forces Warrant Officer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Green Beret US Army Special Forces (military). | 1 | 1 |
| Jacek Walkiewicz Psychologist, lecturer, trainer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist outside named university affiliation. | 2 | 2 |
| Jack Altman Uncapped | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of startup Uncapped. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Ashby Assistant Director · University Museum of Zoology | Selected | Academic | Assistant Director of University Museum of Zoology. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Beard Professor of Law and Director of the Space, Cyber, and National Security Law Program · University of Nebraska College of Law | Selected | Academic | Professor of law at the University of Nebraska. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Beaumont Author · DGSE | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author of detective novels, fiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Blackburn History Correspondent · The Times | Excluded | Journalist | History correspondent for The Times. | 1 | 2 |
| Jack Blanchard Politico | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Politico. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Brand Aquatic ecologist at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Selected | Academic | Aquatic ecologist at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Brewer Former NFL player | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Carr New York Times best-selling author | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Jack Ciattarelli Republican Candidate | Excluded | Serving politician | Republican political candidate. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Cloonan FBI agent | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | FBI agent. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Clover News reporter · The Sunday Times | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter and editor The Times | 1 | 3 |
| Jack Crangle | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Devine Acting Director and Associate Director of CIA operations | Selected | Former official | Former CIA director and associate director of operations. | 2 | 15 |
| Jack Farchy Senior Correspondent for Commodities · Bloomberg | Excluded | Journalist | Commodities correspondent for Bloomberg. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Fowler | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Jack Grandcolas Husband | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Hidary Boss · Sandbox AQ | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of startup Sandbox AQ. | 1 | 2 |
| Jack Horgan Jones Political Correspondent · The Irish Times | Excluded | Journalist | Political correspondent for Irish Times. | 3 | 3 |
| Jack Horgan-Jones Journalist · The Irish Times | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist and correspondent at Irish Times. | 3 | 17 |
| Jack Kornfield Meditation teacher | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Professor of meditation, wellness coach. | 2 | 2 |
| Jack Lohmann Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack McCullagh | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack McCullough Founder and President · CFO Leadership Council | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder and president of CFO Leadership Council. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Morris AI researcher · Nomic | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | AI researcher at Nomic company. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Murphy Former Green Beret, author · The Team House Podcast | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Former soldier (Green Beret), now author. | 3 | 3 |
| Jack Phillips | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Pitcher WSJ reporter · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Financial markets reporter WSJ | 2 | 2 |
| Jack Posobiec Author · Turning Point USA | Selected | Commentator | Author analyst and contributor Turning Point USA. | 17 | 106 |
| Jack Power Europe correspondent · The Irish Times | Excluded | Journalist | Europe correspondent for Irish Times. | 4 | 6 |
| Jack Thorne Co-creator · Netflix | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Co-creator of Netflix film, artistic creation. | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Watling Dr | Selected | Think tank et Academic | Researcher at RUSI, military analyst (Ukraine). | 7 | 12 |
| Jack Whitehall | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |