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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Kent Retired 20-year-veteran Special Forces | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Joe Laszlo Head of Content & Insights · Shoptalk | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Content director at Shoptalk. | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Leahy FT reporter · Financial Times | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Financial Times | 2 | 2 |
| Joe McLean Managing partner of sports & entertainment · MAI Capital Management | Excluded | Business executive | Managing partner at MAI Capital Management. | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Miller Washington correspondent · Financial Times | Excluded | Journalist | Washington Correspondent Financial Times. | 2 | 3 |
| Joe O'Mahoney Published author, researcher, and leading authority on consulting industry | Selected | Commentator | Author and consulting industry expert. | 1 | 1 |
| Joe O'Shea | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 5 |
| Joe Perticone The Bulwark | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist The Bulwark. | 2 | 2 |
| Joe Pervall CPT · US Army Warrior Fitness Team | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Pike Political correspondent · BBC News | Excluded | Journalist | Political correspondent at BBC News. | 1 | 4 |
| Joe Pyfer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Sacco Cartoonist and journalist | Selected | Commentator | Cartoonist and investigative journalist. | 2 | 2 |
| Joe Scarborough | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist without specified role. | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Schmidt Partner · Andreessen Horowitz | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Partner at Andreessen Horowitz venture capital firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Schwarcz Director of Office for Science and Society · McGill University | Selected | Academic | Director of the Office for Science and Society at McGill. | 1 | 2 |
| Joe Studwell Senior fellow at the United Kingdom's Overseas Development Institute and the Africa Urban Lab | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow at Overseas Development Institute. | 2 | 2 |
| Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent · BBC | Excluded | Journalist | Cyber correspondent BBC. | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Tracy Estate agent · Handelsbanken | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Broker at Handelsbanken. | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Trippi | Excluded | Serving politician | American political campaign consultant, not public official in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Twyman Co-founder and director · DeltaPoll | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Co-founder and director of DeltaPoll. | 2 | 2 |
| Joe van Burik BNR | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist BNR. | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Walsh Former Republican congressman | Selected | Former official | Former Republican congressman. | 6 | 14 |
| Joe Weil UP Phone | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Leader of UP Phone. | 1 | 1 |
| Joel Becker Member of the technical staff · METR | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Technician at METR. | 1 | 1 |
| Joel Braunold Managing Director · S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace | Selected | Think tank | Director of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace. | 1 | 14 |
| Jöel Broekaert Culinary writer | Selected | Commentator | Writer and food critic. | 5 | 5 |
| Joel Budd Social affairs editor · The Economist | Excluded | Journalist | Social affairs editor Economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Joel Cleto Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Introduced as historian on a Porto history show; the linked profile is an archaeologist, a related but different field; nothing else confirms. | 1 | 1 |
| Joel Emery | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Joel Golby Journalist · Guardian | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Guardian. | 1 | 1 |
| Joel Gold Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Selected | Academic | Clinical professor of psychiatry at Mount Sinai. | 1 | 6 |
| Joel Grau Expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Joel Halldorf Professor of church history | Selected | Academic | Professor of religious history. | 9 | 20 |
| Joel Hughes Rightworks | Excluded | Business executive | Leader of Rightworks. | 1 | 1 |
| Joel Ighe | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Joel Kellgren Culture writer and author | Selected | Commentator | Cultural critic and writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Joel Kotkin Chapman University | Selected | Academic | Fellow in urban studies at Chapman University. | 2 | 2 |
| Joel Orrin Excavation leader · Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, Universität Köln | Selected | Academic | Head of archaeological excavations, University of Cologne. | 1 | 1 |
| Joel Pearson Psychologist, Neuroscientist, keynote speaker | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Introduced as psychologist and neuroscientist; the linked profile is only a generic researcher at UNSW with no stated field. | 2 | 3 |
| Joel Rutchman Adviser at SPSM | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Advisor at Swedish pedagogical agency SPSM. | 1 | 1 |
| Joel Salatin Lunatic farmer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Farmer. | 1 | 1 |
| Joël Schnapp Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Joel Tillinghast Portfolio manager · Fidelity Investments | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Portfolio manager at Fidelity Investments. | 1 | 1 |
| Joel Weldon Executive speech coach and keynote speaker · Joel Weldon's Ultimate Speaking System | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Public speaking and oratory coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Joel Zimmerman Music producer and DJ | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Joëlle Dago-Serry Life coach | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Life coach. | 1 | 32 |
| Joëlle Stolz Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Joep Boerboom | Selected | Commentator | Author of biographies. | 1 | 1 |
| Joep van Lieshout Visual artist · Atelier van Lieshout | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Joerg Mueller Head of nature conservation and research unit · Bavarian Forest National Park | Selected | Academic | Professor and researcher at Bavarian Forest Park. | 1 | 1 |