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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janet Pawelczyk | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Janet Todd | Selected | Academic | British writer and university teacher at University of East Anglia. | 2 | 2 |
| Janet Vähämäki Researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Jani Eloranta Director of the personal customer business · Nordea | Excluded | Business executive | Private company executive (Nordea). | 1 | 1 |
| Jani Kajanoja Doctor specializing in psychiatry | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Physician in training outside university. | 1 | 1 |
| Jani Kokko Historian, doctoral researcher and Social Democrat member of parliament | Excluded | Serving politician | Member currently serving. | 1 | 1 |
| Jani Leinonen Visual artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jani Wiggett I/O psychologist and director · JVR Psychometrics | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist, business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Janice Kai Chen Washington Post | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Washington Post. | 1 | 1 |
| Janice McAfee | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Janice Min Co-founder and CEO of The Ankler | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of company. | 1 | 1 |
| Janice Stucke Chief Financial Officer · Achieving the Dream | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chief Financial Officer of company. | 1 | 1 |
| Janik Fechtelpeter Central Institute of Mental Health | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Zentralinstitut (public organization). | 1 | 1 |
| Janik Nolden Founder · Solago | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of startup. | 1 | 1 |
| Janina Karelly Entrepreneur | Excluded | Business executive | Real estate entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Janina Ramirez Bestselling historian | Selected | Academic | British art historian, lecturer at University of Oxford. | 2 | 2 |
| Janina Werner tagesschau | Excluded | Journalist | Tagesschau journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Janine Beicht apolut | Selected | Commentator | Female commentator (current events analysis). | 2 | 5 |
| Janine Bischops | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Janine di Giovanni Co-founder · The Reckoning Project | Selected | Commentator | Co-founder of The Reckoning Project, investigation and analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Janine Driver Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author and expert on body language. | 1 | 1 |
| Janine Geigele Media expert | Excluded | Business executive | Swiss sports moderator, non-analytical sports presenter. | 1 | 1 |
| Janine Kordes | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Janique Weder Business editor · NZZ | Excluded | Journalist | Economics editor NZZ | 1 | 3 |
| Janis Kluge Economic researcher and Russia expert · Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik. | 4 | 9 |
| Janka Stoker Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr. with explicit university title. | 1 | 1 |
| Janko Gorter DNB | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Janna Coomans | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Janna Cousijn Neuroscientist · Erasmus University Rotterdam | Selected | Academic | Neuroscientist at Erasmus University Rotterdam. | 1 | 1 |
| Janna de Boer Dr · RuG | Selected | Academic | Dr. affiliated with University of Groningen. | 1 | 1 |
| Janna Levin | Selected | Academic | American theoretical cosmologist, physicist at University of Cambridge. | 5 | 27 |
| Jannah Loontjens Philosopher and writer | Selected | Commentator | Dutch poet philosopher, non-fiction essayist. | 2 | 2 |
| Janne Aalto Field chaplain · Puolustusvoimien tutkimuslaitos | Selected | Former official | Municipal councillor Finland, former local political official. | 1 | 1 |
| Janne Andersson The football legend | Excluded | Serving politician | Footballer (athlete). | 1 | 1 |
| Janne Formoe Comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Janne Huhtamäki Head of traffic digitalisation at Traficom | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Public agency executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Janne Johansen Department head for culture and public health · Tjeldsund kommune | Excluded | Serving politician | Local official (municipal department head). | 1 | 1 |
| Janne Känkänen Director general · Huoltovarmuuskeskus | Excluded | Business executive | General director of public organization. | 1 | 1 |
| Janne Knödler BR | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist BR. | 1 | 1 |
| Janne Koistinen Telia | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Telia operator employee. | 1 | 1 |
| Janne Paavola CEO · Nokian Panimo | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of brewery. | 2 | 2 |
| Janne Petterson Northern Ireland expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Janne Stigen Drangsholt Professor of English literature · University of Stavanger | Selected | Academic | Professor of English at Universitetet i Stavanger. | 4 | 5 |
| Janne Wallenius Professor of reactor physics · KTH | Selected | Academic | Professor of nuclear physics, KTH. | 2 | 3 |
| Jannecke Bugge Co-founder of BRAVE Leadership | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Co-founder of company. | 1 | 2 |
| Jannecke Weeden | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jannek K. Sommer Branding expert · SDU | Selected | Academic | Branding expert at university (SDU). | 1 | 2 |
| Janneke Stegeman Theologian | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Dutch theologian (Kerk en Vrede), no university affiliation. | 1 | 1 |
| Jannes de Jong Marine · BBE | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Janni Delér Influencer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |