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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Boyne Writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer, Fiction Novelist (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas). | 1 | 1 |
| John Brennan | Selected | Former official | Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (end of 2017). | 3 | 7 |
| John Brewin Guardian | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist The Guardian. | 1 | 2 |
| John Britton Chief Engineer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chief Engineer, non-academic engineer. | 1 | 1 |
| John Bucy State Rep. | Excluded | Serving politician | State Representative, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| John Burn-Murdoch Financial Times data reporter | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Financial Times data reporter (journalist). | 3 | 3 |
| John Burnham Association for Family Therapy | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Family therapist, Association for Family Therapy. | 1 | 1 |
| John Burns | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| John Burtka | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| John C. McManus Author | Selected | Academic | Military historian, university professor. | 3 | 9 |
| John Caddell | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 6 |
| John Canzano Host of college sports podcasts · Wondery | Excluded | Journalist | Host of college sports podcasts. | 1 | 1 |
| John Carlin | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist without specified role. | 1 | 1 |
| John Cerasani Entrepreneur, investor | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur and investor, business owner. | 1 | 1 |
| John Christian Elden Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer. | 1 | 1 |
| John Clear Senior Director at the A&M Consumer and Retail Group · Alvarez & Marsal Consumer & Retail Group | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Director at Alvarez & Marsal, consulting firm. | 1 | 4 |
| John Coates Harvard law professor | Selected | Academic | Harvard law professor. | 1 | 1 |
| John Cochrane Absolute authority on asset pricing | Selected | Economist or consultant | Financial expert in asset pricing and portfolio theory. | 7 | 15 |
| John Coleman Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction books on meaning and work. | 1 | 1 |
| John Colleary Actor · RTÉ Documentary on One | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| John Coogan TBPN | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Co-founder and vlogger (Lucy.co, Soylent). | 1 | 1 |
| John Crist Comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| John Curtice Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor Sir John Curtice, explicit professor title. | 9 | 15 |
| John De Mol | Excluded | Business executive | Television producer. | 1 | 1 |
| John Deasy | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Panelist on an Irish politics show, no function named; politician namesakes exist, so nothing precise confirms this Irish one. | 1 | 2 |
| John Delony Dr. | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Author, mental health expert and podcaster, radio personality. | 1 | 1 |
| John Dorney theIrishstory.com | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| John Downing Belfast Telegraph | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 6 |
| John Emrich | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | American businessman in corporate finance, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| John Ennis | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| John Fernando | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| John Fetterman Senator | Excluded | Serving politician | Senator, politician in office. | 2 | 2 |
| John Finucane MP · Sinn Féin | Excluded | Serving politician | MP of Sinn Fein, active politician. | 1 | 2 |
| John Fitzgerald Columniste | Selected | Commentator | Columnist. | 3 | 5 |
| John Fletcher Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| John Foley Lex editor · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Lex editor at Financial Times. | 1 | 3 |
| John Fox Chaplain · Union Rescue Mission | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chaplain at Union Rescue Mission, religious professional. | 1 | 1 |
| John Francis Leader Psychologist · UCD's School of Psychology | Selected | Academic | Psychologist at UCD's School of Psychology. | 1 | 1 |
| John Fullerton Unconventional economist · Capital Institute | Selected | Think tank | Unconventional economist at Capital Institute (think tank). | 2 | 3 |
| John Gaeta CEO Escape.ai | Excluded | Business executive | Escape.ai CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| John Ganz Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of When the Clock Broke, essayist and analyst. | 4 | 5 |
| John Garth Award-winning Tolkien biographer and author | Selected | Commentator | Award-winning Tolkien biographer and author. | 1 | 2 |
| John Gibbons Environmental Commentator | Selected | Commentator | Environmental commentator, public analysis activity. | 3 | 12 |
| John Gleeson Founder & General Partner · Success Venture Partners | Excluded | Business executive | Founder & General Partner at Success Venture Partners. | 1 | 1 |
| John Glen MP | Excluded | Serving politician | MP, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| John Goldman Founder and CEO · Rebel Health Alliance | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Rebel Health Alliance. | 1 | 1 |
| John Gottman Psychologist · The Gottman Institute | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist at The Gottman Institute, practitioner. | 1 | 1 |
| John Grisham Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author of fiction novels (fiction writer). | 1 | 1 |
| John Halvey Chief developer · Raytheon | Excluded | Business executive | Chief developer at Raytheon (company executive). | 1 | 1 |
| John Hansen Journalist · Politiken | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Politiken. | 1 | 1 |