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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Anagnost CEO · Autodesk | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Autodesk. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Bakaj Chief Legal Counsel · Whistleblower Aid | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chief Legal Counsel. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Bastawrous Eye surgeon · Peek Vision | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Eye surgeon. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Bates Democratic strategist | Excluded | Serving politician | Democratic strategist. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Beer Hedge fund veteran and founder · Dynamic Beta Investments | Excluded | Business executive | Hedge fund veteran and founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Bennett Centenary senior · Centenary College of Louisiana | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Berman Co-Founder and Managing Partner · Arqitel | Excluded | Business executive | Co-Founder of Arqitel. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Bounds Correspondent · Financial Times | Excluded | Journalist | Financial Times correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Bruce Smith Industry leader · Escherman | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Industry leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Garrad Chair · Severn Estuary Commission | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chair of Severn Estuary Commission. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Graystone Theologian and author | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Theologian and author. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Homan Managing partner at Maverick Silicon · Maverick Capital | Excluded | Business executive | Managing partner at Maverick Capital. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Langer Political adviser | Excluded | Serving politician | Political adviser. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Lawler | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Lebbos SVP of Licensing · Benzinga | Excluded | Business executive | SVP of Licensing at Benzinga. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Lloyd Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Generalist journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Lynch Founder · Homely | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Homely. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Maxwell | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew McDonagh Registered Migration Agent | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Registered Migration Agent | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew McPhee OT Security Solution Architect · Cisco | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | OT Security Solution Architect. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Montague Former Cllr | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Pask Chief Biology officer · Colossal | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chief Biology Officer. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Restuccia WSJ reporter · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Roberts Historian and biographer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Historian, peer in the House of Lords, currently in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Sanford Television and film writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Television and film writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Tangel WSJ reporter | Excluded | Journalist | WSJ Reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Ti | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Walworth RealClearPolitics | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | RealClearPolitics. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Wang Co-founder and CEO of Valon | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder and CEO of Valon. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Watts | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Wilson | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Yang | Excluded | Serving politician | American entrepreneur and political candidate. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrew Zimmern Former host of Bizarre Foods | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrey Gurkov Russian journalist and economic expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Russian journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrij Melnyk Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany | Excluded | Serving politician | Ukrainian diplomat in office (ambassador to Brazil). | 1 | 1 |
| Andrijan Möcker c't Magazin | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | C't Magazin contributor. | 1 | 1 |
| Andros Lozano Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Brzeziecki Publicist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Publicist. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Domański Minister of finance | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Finance in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Drzymała | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Goworski Gazeta Wyborcza | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Gazeta Wyborcza, no analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Grabowski Driving instructor | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Gutowski Ronson | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Gwiżdż Portu | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Investing podcast guest from Portu in 2025; the linked Polish jurist died in 1998. Namesake. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Janisz Sports journalist and commentator | Excluded | Journalist | Sports journalist and commentator. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Krzywda Founder, guru Ruby on Rails · Arkency | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Arkency. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Lukaszewski Credipass | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Poniedzielski | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Powierża | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Andrzej Szeptycki Deputy minister of science and higher education · Ministère de la Science et l'Enseignement Supérieur | Excluded | Serving politician | Vice-Minister of Science and Higher Education in office. | 1 | 1 |