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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Xavier Musician · IPMA | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| José-María Galán Eyewitness | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Josef Aschbacher Director general · ESA | Excluded | Business executive | General director of ESA, currently in position. | 1 | 1 |
| Josef Bouška Editor · Page 404 | Selected | Commentator | Page 404 editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Josef Gebhard | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Josef Handl Angry farmer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Wutbauer, bladesmith, not a recognized role. | 1 | 1 |
| Josef Niedworok Architect, history detective and volunteer archaeological monument conservator · Landschaftsverband | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Architect and volunteer history researcher. | 1 | 1 |
| Josef Redl | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Josefa Mesa Historian and communicator | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Josefin Utas | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 3 |
| Josefine Berndt Earned a doctorate | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Josefine Frankner | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Josefine Fuchs Cheese sommelier | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Cheese sommelier. | 1 | 1 |
| Josefine Maria Konstantin Madsen Radiowertin · DR | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Josema Beast | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Josep Borrell President · CIDOB | Selected | Think tank | President of division, Achmea (insurance). | 3 | 3 |
| Josep Guijarro | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 10 |
| Josep María | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Josep Martí Blanch | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and analysis columnist. | 2 | 6 |
| Josep París Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Generalist journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Josep Ramoneda | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Panelist on Spanish news commentary shows with no function named and general topics; nothing precise ties him to this philosopher and journalist. | 2 | 39 |
| Joseph Acquisto Professor of French and Director of the School of World Languages and Cultures at the University of Vermont | Selected | Academic | Professor of French at the University of Vermont. | 2 | 2 |
| Joseph Briggs Goldman Sachs Research | Selected | Economist or consultant | Analyst at Goldman Sachs Research. | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Choueifaty CEO of Goodvest | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | CEO and co-founder of Goodvest. | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Cibelli Former salon entrepreneur, author, legal scholar | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Confavreux Journalist · Mediapart | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Mediapart. | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Cox Journalist · 404 Media | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter 404 Media | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph De Avila Reporter · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Fert | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Fontenot Combat veteran · US Army | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Fuller Management professor · Harvard Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor of management at Harvard Business School. | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Gepp STANDARD-Wirtschaftsredaktion | Selected | Commentator | Economics editor, Standard. | 2 | 2 |
| Joseph Gordon-Levitt Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Hallinan Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction book. | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Henrotin Editor-in-chief · DSI | Selected | Commentator | Editor-in-chief, DSI Magazine. | 3 | 29 |
| Joseph Jebelli Neuroscientist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Loconte | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Maïla Professor of geopolitics and international relations · ESSEC Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor of geopolitics at ESSEC Business School. | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Majkut Energy Security and Climate Change Program Director · CSIS | Selected | Think tank | Program director at CSIS, think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Mazur Professor emeritus of mathematics · Marlboro College | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor of mathematics at Marlboro College. | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph McCormack Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph McGinty Nichol Film director and producer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Saunders Wildlife photographer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Schuchmann CEO · Ernst Russ | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Ernst Russ. | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Shapiro NPR | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist NPR. | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Silk Astrophysicist · Johns Hopkins University | Selected | Academic | Astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins University. | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Stiglitz Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist, Nobel Prize winner in economics according to the excerpt. | 13 | 14 |
| Joseph Strickland Bishop · Diocese of Tyler | Excluded | Serving politician | Bishop, religious leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Tainter Anthropologist · Utah State University | Selected | Academic | Anthropologist at Utah State University. | 1 | 1 |
| Joseph Torigian Author | Selected | Academic | American academic political scientist. | 6 | 6 |