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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Reynolds Journalist · BBC | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist BBC. | 1 | 1 |
| James Romm Dr. | Selected | Academic | American classical scholar, university teacher at Bard College. | 4 | 4 |
| James Rothwell Berlin Correspondent · The Telegraph | Excluded | Journalist | Berlin correspondent for The Telegraph. | 1 | 1 |
| James Savage Panelist · The Local | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 5 |
| James Shields Restaurant entrepreneur · Xeno's Pizza | Excluded | Business executive | Restaurant entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| James Simpson Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Manufactured Crisis. | 2 | 2 |
| James Stock Harvard University | Selected | Academic | American economist, university teacher at Harvard University. | 1 | 1 |
| James Stout Author of Against the State | Selected | Commentator | Author of 'Against the State'. | 3 | 16 |
| James Talarico State Representative · Texas House | Excluded | Serving politician | State Representative at Texas House IN OFFICE. | 2 | 2 |
| James Timpson CEO · Timpson | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Timpson. | 1 | 1 |
| James W. Keyes Former CEO | Selected | Former official | Former CEO of 7-Eleven and Blockbuster. | 1 | 1 |
| James Waterhouse Ukraine correspondent · BBC News | Excluded | Journalist | Ukraine correspondent for BBC. | 2 | 3 |
| James Wong RHS Ambassador · Royal Horticultural Society | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | British ethnobotanist, horticulturist, presenter. | 1 | 1 |
| James Woods Actor and musician | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| James Zimring Professor of Experimental Pathology · University of Virginia | Selected | Academic | Professor of Experimental Pathology at University of Virginia. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Butler Media | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Dettmer Opinion Editor · POLITICO | Selected | Commentator | Opinion editor at POLITICO. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Dimon CEO · JPMorgan Chase | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of JPMorgan Chase. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Dornan Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Greene MSP West of Scotland region · Liberal Democrats | Excluded | Serving politician | MSP West of Scotland region, Liberal Democrats. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Hord Professional organizer · Horderly | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Professional organizer, does not correspond to any of the 6 roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Jarrad Former Deputy Commanding General · U.S. Army Pacific | Selected | Former official | LTG (Ret.) Deputy Commanding General U.S. Army Pacific. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Koenig Co-leader of Global Separations Practice · McKinsey & Company | Selected | Economist or consultant | Co-leader of Global Separations Practice at McKinsey & Company. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Loeb Professional tennis player | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Loftus Historian | Selected | Commentator | Historian essayist for analysis podcasts. | 5 | 31 |
| Jamie Oliver Chef cuisinier | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Jamie Ramsden Former CEO and executive leadership coach and author | Excluded | Business executive | Former CEO, executive coach, no current matching role. | 1 | 2 |
| Jamie Redknapp | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Siminoff Inventor · Ring | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and inventor of Ring. | 2 | 2 |
| Jamie Smyth Energy Editor · Financial Times | Excluded | Journalist | Energy section editor at Financial Times. | 2 | 2 |
| Jamie Tahsin Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Tarabay Reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Documentary reporter | 1 | 1 |
| Jamil Anderlini Editor-in-Chief · POLITICO | Selected | Commentator | Editor-in-Chief of POLITICO. | 2 | 8 |
| Jamil Jaffer Former Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer | Selected | Former official | Former Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamil Zaki Professor of psychology · Stanford University | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology, Stanford University. | 10 | 11 |
| Jamila Meischke NRC editor | Excluded | Journalist | Dutch media editor | 1 | 1 |
| Jamy Gourmaud | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | French journalist and science communicator. | 1 | 1 |
| Jan Altmann Director of investment strategies · ETC Group | Selected | Economist or consultant | Director of Investment Strategies at ETC Group. | 1 | 2 |
| Jan Andersson Reporter · Ekot | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Ekot and TV critic, cultural journalist | 2 | 4 |
| Jan Arild Snoen Author and writer | Selected | Commentator | Author and commentator. | 2 | 2 |
| Jan Artem Henriksson IDG | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Jan Balliauw | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jan Blomgren Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, explicit title. | 4 | 18 |
| Jan Bogatko | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Radio guest on current German politics in 2026; the linked profile is an old Commonwealth Sejm deputy, so a namesake. | 1 | 1 |
| Jan Bolliger Trainee journalist at Tages-Anzeiger | Excluded | Journalist | Volunteer Intern Tages-Anzeiger. | 1 | 1 |
| Jan Bommerez | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Jan Bor Guest lecturer | Selected | Academic | Guest lecturer at university. | 1 | 1 |
| Jan Bouwe van den Berg Mathematician · Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Mathematician Free University Amsterdam. | 1 | 1 |
| Jan Braaksma Retail editor · Het Financieele Dagblad | Excluded | Journalist | Commerce sections editor Financial Daily | 1 | 2 |
| Jan Broberg | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |