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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joanna Wiśniowska Journalist · Gazeta Wyborcza | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at Gazeta Wyborcza. | 1 | 1 |
| Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa Former minister of culture, composer and conductor | Selected | Former official | Former culture minister. | 1 | 1 |
| Joanne Freeman Historian · Yale University | Selected | Academic | Historian at Yale University. | 3 | 7 |
| Joanne Harris Author | Selected | Academic | University teacher (novelist) at University of Sheffield. | 1 | 1 |
| Joanne Kellermann PFZW | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Dutch banker, not economist per spec. | 1 | 1 |
| Joanne Slavin Professor · University of Minnesota | Selected | Academic | Professor of food science at the University of Minnesota. | 1 | 1 |
| João Albuquerque International relations specialist | Selected | Former official | Member of European Parliament (until 2024). | 1 | 1 |
| João Almeida | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Member currently serving in Portugal. | 2 | 2 |
| João Baião Presenter | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| João Baptista Leite CEO · Unicre | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Unicre. | 1 | 1 |
| João Basto Father | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Priest. | 2 | 2 |
| João Carreira CEO · Critical Software | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Critical Software. | 1 | 1 |
| João Carvalho Political scientist and researcher · Iscte | Selected | Academic | Political scientist, researcher at ISCTE, university department director. | 1 | 2 |
| João Castanheira Manager · Pastelaria Aloma | Excluded | Business executive | Pastelaria Aloma manager. | 1 | 1 |
| João Cotrim de Figueiredo | Excluded | Serving politician | Portuguese politician and MEP (Member of European Parliament). | 2 | 2 |
| João Cruz Marine biologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Introduced as marine biologist; the linked Aveiro researcher works in biostatistics and computer science, so nothing confirms the match. | 1 | 1 |
| João Diogo Correia | Selected | Commentator | Commentator João Diogo Correia. | 3 | 6 |
| João Duarte Plate tectonics specialist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Guest is a plate tectonics specialist; the linked profile is a generic researcher at Lund and Lausanne with no stated field. | 1 | 1 |
| João Duque Professor · ISEG | Selected | Academic et Commentator | Professor at ISEG and television commentator, SIC. | 2 | 7 |
| João Francisco Gomes Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 2 | 2 |
| João Galamba Minister of infrastructure | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Infrastructure in office. | 1 | 1 |
| João Godinho Journalist · Observador | Selected | Commentator | Analysis with João Godinho. | 1 | 2 |
| João Gonzalez Director | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| João Goulão | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| João Guedes | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Telecom episode with no function or employer named; the linked profile is a generic Porto engineering researcher with no stated field. | 1 | 1 |
| João Jesus Photography professor · Etic | Selected | Academic | Professor of photography at Etic. | 1 | 1 |
| João M. Santos Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| João Macdonald Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| João Magueijo Cosmologist | Selected | Academic | Physicist at Imperial College London and University of Cambridge. | 1 | 1 |
| João Maria Jonet Commentator · SIC | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | SIC commentator and municipal councilor, active. | 2 | 5 |
| João Medeiros Lawyer · Ordem dos Advogados | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer affiliated with the Bar Association. | 1 | 1 |
| João Miguel Salvador Journalist · Expresso | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 3 |
| João Miguel Tavares Columnist · PÚBLICO | Selected | Commentator | Columnist PÚBLICO. | 5 | 5 |
| João Navalho Necton | Excluded | Business executive | Leader of Necton. | 1 | 1 |
| João Oliveira CDU list leader | Excluded | Serving politician | List head CDU, political candidate. | 1 | 1 |
| João Paulo Batalha Vice president of the association Frente Cívica | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Vice-President of Frente Cívica association. | 1 | 1 |
| João Paulo Godinho Journalist · Observador | Excluded | Journalist | Jornalista Observador. | 1 | 3 |
| Joao Paulo Monteiro IST | Selected | Academic | Affiliated with Instituto Superior Técnico (IST). | 1 | 1 |
| João Pedro Henriques | Selected | Commentator | Commentator João Pedro Henriques. | 2 | 18 |
| João Pinhal Journalist · PÚBLICO | Excluded | Journalist | Jornalista PUBLICO. | 1 | 1 |
| João Porfírio Special envoy · Observador | Excluded | Journalist | Special correspondent at Observador. | 1 | 1 |
| João Reis Alves Journalist | Selected | Commentator | Author of the book A segunda volta, 1986. | 1 | 1 |
| João Rio Martins Pediatrician and neonatologist · Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra | Selected | Academic | Pediatrician and neonatologist at University of Coimbra. | 1 | 1 |
| João Ruela Ribeiro Journalist in the International section · PÚBLICO | Excluded | Journalist | International section journalist PUBLICO. | 1 | 2 |
| João Silva Santos CEO · Merytu | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Merytu. | 1 | 1 |
| João Silvestre Economics editor · Expresso | Excluded | Journalist | Economics editor at Expresso. | 2 | 4 |
| João Tiago Martins AI specialist · Noesis | Selected | Economist or consultant | AI specialist at Noesis consulting firm. | 1 | 1 |
| João Vieira Borges Major-General | Excluded | Serving politician | Major-General on active duty. | 2 | 2 |
| João Vieira de Almeida Lawyer | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| João Vitor Tossini | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |