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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Davalos Reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter | 1 | 1 |
| Jackie Fox | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jackie Healy Rae Independent Councillor · Kerry County Council | Excluded | Serving politician | Independent advisor to elected officials, active political function. | 1 | 1 |
| Jackie Higgins Writer, producer and director | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Female filmmaker and audiovisual producer. | 1 | 1 |
| Jackie McCarthy O'Brien Former Irish football international and rugby player | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Former football international and rugby player. | 1 | 1 |
| Jackie Sahm Director of Product Development, Interactive Products · Hogan Assessments | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Product director at Hogan Assessments. | 1 | 1 |
| Jackie Stewart Three-time Formula One World Champion · Race Against Dementia | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Three-time Formula 1 world champion. | 1 | 1 |
| Jackson Olson Baseball player, Savannah Bananas | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacky Coorevits | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jaco Booyens Contributor · BlazeTV | Selected | Commentator | BlazeTV contributor for news analysis. | 6 | 16 |
| Jacob Bloomfield University of Konstanz | Selected | Academic | Affiliation with University of Konstanz mentioned. | 2 | 2 |
| Jacob Bock Axelsen | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Bogage The Washington Post | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Washington Post. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Daniels Stanford UP | Selected | Commentator | Author of book on the history of Jews in Edirne (Stanford UP). | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob de Lichtenberg Country Manager · Niam | Excluded | Business executive | Country Manager of Niam capital fund. | 1 | 2 |
| Jacob Dunne Campaigner | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Ellis Policymaker, civil society leader · Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales | Excluded | Serving politician | Commissioner for Future Generations in Wales, active. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Elordi Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Frey Mayor · Minneapolis | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor of Minneapolis, political function IN OFFICE. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Hård SVT | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist SVT. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Heilbrunn Editor · The National Interest | Selected | Commentator | Editor of The National Interest, geopolitical analysis. | 7 | 14 |
| Jacob Heinel Washington | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Jacob Helberg | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | US State Department undersecretary in office since 2025. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Holst Mouritzen Strategy consultant | Selected | Economist or consultant | Danish strategic consultant in strategic consulting. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Jensen Sweeten Invest | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of investment firm Sweeten Invest. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Johansen MOJO Capitals | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of investment firm MOJO Capitals. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Jordaan Associate professor · Utrecht University | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer at University of Utrecht. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Kaarsbo Analyst · Europa | Selected | Think tank | Security analyst at think tank Europa. | 5 | 5 |
| Jacob Koolstra | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Lund Madsen | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Marcus Associate Partner · McKinsey | Selected | Economist or consultant | Associate Partner consultant at McKinsey. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Mchangama Executive Director · Future of Free Speech Project | Selected | Academic | Executive Director at Vanderbilt, Future of Free Speech. | 6 | 6 |
| Jacob Nyrup Associate professor · Institutt for statsvitenskap ved UiO | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer political science at UiO. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Silverman Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Gilded Rage, nonfiction essayist. | 8 | 17 |
| Jacob Soboroff MS NOW correspondent and bestselling author · MSNBC | Excluded | Journalist | MSNBC correspondent and author. | 3 | 5 |
| Jacob Soll American university professor | Selected | Academic | University professor of philosophy at USC. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Stegenga Professor of philosophy · Nanyang Technological University | Selected | Academic | Professor of philosophy at Nanyang Technological University. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Stjernberg The prodigy | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Svendsen Defense journalist · Politiken | Excluded | Journalist | Defense journalist at Politiken. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Tfelt-Hansen Professor of forensic cardiology, chief physician · Rigshospitalet, Københavns Universitet | Selected | Academic | Professor of forensic cardiology at University of Copenhagen. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob van Velzen Soldier | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacob Voorthuis Art historian and philosopher of architecture · TU Eindhoven | Selected | Academic | Art historian and philosopher at TU Eindhoven. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacopo Barigazzi Senior defense correspondent · POLITICO | Excluded | Journalist | Defense correspondent for POLITICO. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacopo Cardillo Contemporary artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacopo Mocchi Journalist | Selected | Commentator | Journalist with political analysis work. | 1 | 2 |
| Jacopo Turco Text and research · Nova Lectio | Selected | Commentator | Researcher and geopolitics writer at Nova Lectio. | 1 | 3 |
| Jacopo Zanchini Deputy director of Internazionale | Excluded | Journalist | Vice-Director Internazionale. | 1 | 1 |
| Jacqueline Büchi | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 3 |
| Jacqueline Cahill Wilson Research Fellow · Royal Agricultural University | Selected | Academic | Research Fellow at Royal Agricultural University | 1 | 1 |
| Jacqueline Eustache-Brinio Senator · LR Val-d'Oise | Excluded | Serving politician | LR Senator Val-d'Oise, political position IN OFFICE. | 1 | 2 |