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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Bardella President · Rassemblement national | Excluded | Serving politician | President of National Rally, politician in office. | 1 | 2 |
| Jordan Harbinger | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Jordi Mercader CEO · Inbestme | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Inbestme. | 1 | 2 |
| Jorge Benítez Editor · El Mundo | Excluded | Journalist | Editor, El Mundo. | 1 | 2 |
| Jorge Linares Traveler and documentary producer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Documentary producer and traveler. | 1 | 2 |
| Jorgos Brouzos Business chief | Excluded | Business executive | Economics Chief, head of economics team. | 1 | 2 |
| Jose Gomez Chief Development Officer · ETAM Group | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Development Officer at ETAM Group. | 1 | 2 |
| Josef Gebhard | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Josh Crosbie Reporter · Newstalk | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Newstalk | 1 | 2 |
| Josh Holmes Host of the Ruthless podcast | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Podcast host. | 1 | 2 |
| Josh Kushner Founder and managing partner of venture firm Thrive Capital | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Thrive Capital. | 1 | 2 |
| Joshua Robinson WSJ reporter · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal | 1 | 2 |
| José Miguel Júdice | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Joséphine Boone Journalist · Les Echos | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Les Echos. | 1 | 2 |
| Jovanka Steele Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Generalist journalist. | 1 | 2 |
| João Ruela Ribeiro Journalist in the International section · PÚBLICO | Excluded | Journalist | International section journalist PUBLICO. | 1 | 2 |
| Juan Bordera Member of parliament for Compromís | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Juan Navarro Journalist · El País | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist El Pais. | 1 | 2 |
| Juan Uribarri Culture officer · gobierno de Aragón | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Cultural technician in Aragon government (public official). | 1 | 2 |
| Juan Vinuesa Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Juha Karilainen Journalist · Aamulehti | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Aamulehti. | 1 | 2 |
| Juha Saarela CEO · Puuilo | Excluded | Business executive | CEO at Puuilo. | 1 | 2 |
| Juho Saarinen Business Manager · DNA | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Business manager DNA (telecommunications executive). | 1 | 2 |
| Jukka Pahta CEO · Koskinen | Excluded | Business executive | CEO at Koskinen. | 1 | 2 |
| Jukka Tapaninen CEO · Aiforia | Excluded | Business executive | CEO at Aiforia. | 1 | 2 |
| Juli Zeh Writer, lawyer, lay judge · Verfassungsgericht des Landes Brandenburg | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Honorary judge at Constitutional Court (judge). | 1 | 2 |
| Julia Cornelissen Retail editor · Het Financieele Dagblad | Excluded | Journalist | Retail editor, Het Financieele Dagblad. | 1 | 2 |
| Julia Demann Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 2 |
| Julian Trauthig Property editor · Handelsblatt | Excluded | Journalist | Real estate reporter Handelsblatt | 1 | 2 |
| Juliane Snekkestad | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Julie Kelly Journalist | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Julián Macías Tovar Director · Pandemia Digital | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Jussi Ahokas Expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 2 |
| Justina Schreiber Author · Bayerischer Rundfunk | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Author and radio producer at Bayerischer Rundfunk. | 1 | 2 |
| Jérôme Bouloton Founder and managing director · SCOP Intis | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and manager of SCOP Intis. | 1 | 2 |
| Jérôme Lefilliâtre Journalist · Le Monde | Excluded | Journalist | Society section journalist at Le Monde. | 1 | 2 |
| Jörg Lau Foreign policy correspondent · ZEIT | Excluded | Journalist | Foreign policy correspondent for Die Zeit. | 1 | 2 |
| Jörg Thadeusz Das Wort zum Sonntag | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Jürgen Becker Cabaret artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Kaarle Hurtig Entrepreneur, podcast host · Vasemmistoliitto | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur, political candidate for Vasemmistoliitto. | 1 | 2 |
| Karel Verhoeven Editor-in-chief · De Standaard | Excluded | Journalist | Editor-in-chief, De Standaard. | 1 | 2 |
| Karina Rothoff Brix State head · Firi | Excluded | Business executive | Country manager at Firi, crypto company executive. | 1 | 2 |
| Karl Emil Frost The culture editor · Altinget | Excluded | Journalist | Culture editor, Altinget Ethics and Faith section. | 1 | 2 |
| Katarzyna Czajka-Kominiarczuk | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Katarzyna Skrzydłowska-Kalukin Publicist · Kultura Liberalna | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Kathrin Witsch Head of the energy team · Handelsblatt | Excluded | Journalist | Director of editorial team at Handelsblatt, not analyst. | 1 | 2 |
| Katrin Büchenbacher Foreign editor · NZZ | Excluded | Journalist | Foreign correspondent, NZZ, not an analyst. | 1 | 2 |
| Kaveh Hoda Dr. | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 2 |
| Keith Broni Emoji translator · Emojipedia | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | First emoji translator and editor-in-chief at Emojipedia. | 1 | 2 |
| Ken Paxton Attorney General · Texas | Excluded | Serving politician | Procureur général du Texas, serving. | 1 | 2 |