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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Dobrindt | Excluded | Serving politician | Politician, context 120 Tage Schwarz-Rot. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Ehrnrooth Major shareholder | Excluded | Business executive | Major shareholder. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Flach Son of the inventor | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Gladstone Reporter · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Graf | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Entrepreneur and investor. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Hagen Head · Ace Digital | Excluded | Business executive | CEO at Ace Digital. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Haneke | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Haydn Dachverband Männerarbeit Österreich | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Dachverband Männerarbeit Österreich. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Hendrickx | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Belgian field hockey player, athlete. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Hoffmann Leader of the CSU Bundestag group | Excluded | Serving politician | Head of CSU parliamentary group in Bundestag, in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Inchbald Climate artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Isacson Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Kauschanski Editor in the foreign desk · ZEIT ONLINE | Excluded | Journalist | Foreign affairs section editor ZEIT Online | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Keberle Economiesuisse | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Economiesuisse. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Klöpping Techexpert and entrepreneur | Excluded | Business executive | Techexpert and entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Krane Chief financial officer · Harbour Energy | Excluded | Business executive | Finance Director at Harbour Energy. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Lacik CEO · Pandora | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Pandora. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Leschik Former AfD member | Excluded | Serving politician | Former member of political party. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Ludwig Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Miller Investment director · Odin | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Investment director at Odin. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Pollak Spokesperson of SOS Mitmensch | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Spokesman of association (SOS Mitmensch). | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Rose Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Church minister, bishop (religious). | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Sandtorv Chemist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Schellong | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Schweitzer Minister-President · Rheinland-Pfalz | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister-president in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Sjöstrand Archaeologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Stein Founder · Monkey47 | Excluded | Business executive | Founder (business leader). | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Strandberg Alcohol and drug therapist | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Tauer COO · Domino's Pizza | Excluded | Business executive | COO, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Teske Freelance journalist, former Tagesschau | Excluded | Journalist | Freelance journalist, former Tagesschau. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Thies | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Film producer or researcher, not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Thom Domestic policy spokesperson for the Union | Excluded | Serving politician | Political spokesman. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander van de Bunt Archaeologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander van den Hil SURF | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander van der Lof CEO · TKH | Excluded | Business executive | CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander van Kessel Parliamentary historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander von zur Mühlen Board member · Deutsche Bank | Excluded | Business executive | Board Member (business executive). | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Weissenburger Yemen expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Wendt Journalist · Tichys Einblick | Excluded | Journalist | Tichys Einblick journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexander Wiedmann CEO · CEO.Table | Excluded | Business executive | CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Arni Managing director · Verein Swiss FS-CSC | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | CEO of association. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Bech Gjørv Chair of the board · Statkraft | Excluded | Business executive | Board chair (president) of Statkraft. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Bensaid Journalist · France Inter | Excluded | Journalist | France Inter journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Churchill Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Fernández Correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Green Curator · British Museum | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Curator (museum curator). | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Holzer Legal officer in the civil service law department of the Upper Austria Education Directorate · Bildungsdirektion Oberösterreich | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Legal advisor (civil servant). | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Kedves Culture editor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Culture editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Lavoie Reporter · Rebel News | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Rebel News | 1 | 1 |
| Alexandra Münch-Beurle Stadt Wien | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Public official (Vienna city). | 1 | 1 |