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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Josefsen Former director · Irma | Excluded | Business executive | Former CEO of company. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfred Mandelburger Local group chair, vida pensioners central service · Gewerkschaft vida | Excluded | Serving politician | Local union leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfred Noll | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfredo Echevarría | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfredo García Reactor operator, supervisor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Reactor operator (technician). | 1 | 1 |
| Alfredo Marcos | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alfredo Povo Icon of Madrid, organ grinder | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ali Esbati | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ali Ghodsi Cofounder and CEO · Databricks | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder and CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Ali Mohammed | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ali Omar | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ali Utlu Blogger | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Augustin Senior reporter · Elle | Excluded | Journalist | Elle magazine senior reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Cathelineau Digital consultant | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Digital consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Cheron | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Cohen Journalist, screenwriter and director · Arte | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist screenwriter director. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice de Rochechouart | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Desbiolles Public health doctor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Public health physician outside university. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Fay Student | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Guy Journalist, former Head of Pensions · Interactive Investor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist, former senior position. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Hasters | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Lascelles Drinks journalist · Financial Times | Excluded | Journalist | Beverage reporter Financial Times | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Loxton Historian | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Historian, TV presenter and author. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Milot Writing and animation | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Modolo Freediver | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Mosconi Molecular paleoanthropologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Pesavento Journalist, NDR verification team | Excluded | Journalist | NDR verification journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Raybaud Journalist · Le Monde | Excluded | Journalist | Le Monde journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Schwarzer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Ter Haar Founder · Badass Unicorn | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of startup Badass Unicorn. | 1 | 1 |
| Alice Weidel Chancellor candidate · AfD | Excluded | Serving politician | AfD chancellor candidate, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Alicia Cruz Acal Health section editor · El Mundo | Excluded | Journalist | Health section editor El Mundo | 1 | 1 |
| Alicia del Río Spokesperson · Sindicato de Inquilinas | Excluded | Serving politician | Spokesman of Tenant Union, association activist. | 1 | 1 |
| Alicia Diaz Reporter · Bloomberg | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Bloomberg | 1 | 1 |
| Alicia González Psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist specialized in mental health. | 1 | 1 |
| Alicia Gutiérrez Journalist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Introduced as periodista with the book Porque me da la gana on a Spanish show; the profile is an Argentine sociologist. Namesake. | 1 | 1 |
| Alicia LeBeouf Head of Industry for Retail and E-commerce · Meta | Excluded | Business executive | Head of Industry at Meta, company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Alicia Prager Business editor · STANDARD | Excluded | Journalist | Economics editor Austrian media | 1 | 1 |
| Alicja Głów Polskie Radio | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist with no demonstrated analytical work. | 1 | 1 |
| Alicja Pyszka-Bazan | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Aliko Dangote Founder and CEO · Dangote Group | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Dangote Group. | 1 | 1 |
| Alina Churikova Presentation and editing · De Standaard | Excluded | Journalist | De Standaard presenter. | 1 | 1 |
| Alina Matei Representative · Ultima Generazione | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alina Selyukh Business correspondent · NPR | Excluded | Journalist | Business correspondent NPR. | 1 | 1 |
| Aline Borhoven Host of the podcast · Sur le fil | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Aline Brosh McKenna Writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer of Fiction Films and TV. | 1 | 1 |
| Aline Castelo Branco | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Aline Leclerc Reporter · service Economie du Monde | Excluded | Journalist | Economics reporter Le Monde | 1 | 1 |
| Alison Healy | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alison Holt BBC's social affairs editor | Excluded | Journalist | Social affairs editor at BBC. | 1 | 1 |