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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alison Killing Financial Times | Excluded | Journalist | Architect and urban planner, not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Alison Luchs Museum curator · Washington museum | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Museum curator at Washington museum. | 1 | 1 |
| Alison Mass Chairman of Goldman Sachs Investment Banking | Excluded | Business executive | Chairman of Goldman Sachs Investment Banking, company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Alison McGovern Shadow Employment Minister | Excluded | Serving politician | Shadow Employment Minister, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Alison Morris Security correspondent · Belfast Telegraph | Excluded | Journalist | Security correspondent Belfast Telegraph. | 1 | 1 |
| Alison Yorita Staff Engineer · Lawrence Livermore | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Staff Engineer at Lawrence Livermore, engineer. | 1 | 1 |
| Alistair Bunkal Correspondant Moyen-Orient · Sky | Excluded | Journalist | Middle East correspondent Sky. | 1 | 1 |
| Alistair Bunkhall Middle East Correspondent · Sky News | Excluded | Journalist | Middle East correspondent Sky News. | 1 | 1 |
| Alistair Dawber Washington Correspondent · The Times and Sunday Times | Excluded | Journalist | Washington correspondent Times. | 1 | 1 |
| Alistair MacDonald WSJ reporter · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal | 1 | 1 |
| Alix Earle | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Aliyya Swaby ProPublica | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist with no demonstrated analytical work. | 1 | 1 |
| Allak Camara Content creator | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Allan Church PhD | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Allan Linnér Psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist Allan Linnér. | 1 | 1 |
| Allan Starsky Set designer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Allard Jakobs Boss and founder · All Options | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Boss and founder, business founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Allegra Mendelson Asia correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent Asia. | 1 | 1 |
| Allen Nejah Founder and CEO of SunMan Engineering | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of SunMan Engineering. | 1 | 1 |
| Alli Webb Co-founder · Drybar | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of Drybar. | 1 | 1 |
| Allison Howell CEO · Hogan Assessments | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Hogan Assessments. | 1 | 1 |
| Allison Morrow Journalist · CNN | Excluded | Journalist | CNN journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Allison Sweet Grant Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author of fiction debut novel. | 1 | 1 |
| Ally Sullivan Centenary College of Louisiana | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Allyson Grey Painter | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Allyson McCabe | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alma Alejandro Marketing Director for Global Intimate Health and Wellness Brands · Kimberley Clark | Excluded | Business executive | Marketing Director at Kimberly Clark, executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Alma Zadić Justice minister | Excluded | Serving politician | Justice minister in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Almir Martin Diversity adviser | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Diversity consultant, consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Almut Siefert ZEIT author | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist with no demonstrated analytical work. | 1 | 1 |
| Alp Kucukelbir Chief Scientist · Fero Labs | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chief Scientist at Fero Labs, startup executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Alp Toker Founder · Netblocks | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of Netblocks. | 1 | 1 |
| Alrik Söderlund Auto, motor & sport | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist with no demonstrated analytical work. | 1 | 1 |
| Alvin Lui President · Courage is a Habit | Excluded | Business executive | President of Courage is a Habit, executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Alvin Wang Graylin Spent 35 years in senior leadership roles across HTC, IBM · HTC, IBM, MIT, Stanford | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Senior leadership roles HTC and IBM, executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Alwien de Jong FD labour market editor · Het Financieele Dagblad | Excluded | Journalist | Labor market editor Financial Daily | 1 | 1 |
| Alwin Brunner District prosecutor | Excluded | Serving politician | District prosecutor. | 1 | 1 |
| Alyssia Gaoua Slate.fr | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist with no demonstrated analytical work. | 1 | 1 |
| Alán Barroso Political scientist, contributor | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Amadeo Llados | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Amado Herrero Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Spanish journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Amador Aroya | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Amador Guallar Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Spanish journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Amalie Lyhne Berlingske | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Amalie Smidt | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Aman Sanger Creator of Cursor · Cursor / Anysphere | Excluded | Business executive | Creator of Cursor, founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Aman Verjee Venture capitalist | Excluded | Business executive | Venture capitalist, investor. | 1 | 1 |
| Amanda Askell House philosopher · Anthropic | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Philosopher at Anthropic, private company. | 1 | 1 |
| Amanda Becker Journalist · The 19th | Excluded | Journalist | The 19th journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Amanda Brown | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |