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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua Browder Founder and CEO · DoNotPay | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of DoNotPay. | 1 | 1 |
| Joshua Castellino Author | Selected | Academic | Professor of law. | 1 | 1 |
| Joshua Charles Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Joshua Citarella | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Visual Artist, not academic. | 1 | 1 |
| Joshua Copeland Cybersecurity Professor · Tulane University | Selected | Academic | Professor of cybersecurity at Tulane University. | 1 | 1 |
| Joshua D. Gottlieb Harris School of Public Policy | Selected | Academic | At Harris School of Public Policy. | 1 | 1 |
| Joshua Gawlitza Radiologist · Universitätsklinik rechts der Isar | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Radiologist at university hospital. | 1 | 1 |
| Joshua Goldstein Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Author of the nuclear power book behind the Oliver Stone film; the linked profile is a Berkeley sociologist, an unrelated namesake. | 1 | 1 |
| Joshua Gunn VP of Retail Sales and Marketing · Dreo | Excluded | Business executive | VP Sales and Marketing at Dreo. | 1 | 1 |
| Joshua Hartshorne Assistant professor of psychology · Boston College | Selected | Academic | Assistant professor of psychology at Boston College. | 1 | 1 |
| Joshua McElwee Vatican correspondent · Reuters | Excluded | Journalist | Vatican correspondent for Reuters. | 1 | 1 |
| Joshua Oliver Covers real estate (and crypto) for the FT · Financial Times | Excluded | Journalist | Real estate and crypto reporter FT | 1 | 1 |
| Joshua Roberts Capital markets correspondent · The Economist | Excluded | Journalist | Capital markets correspondent for The Economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Joshua Robinson WSJ reporter · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal | 1 | 2 |
| Joshua Spencer Asia news editor · The Economist | Selected | Commentator | Asia news editor at Economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Josiah Neeley R Street Institute's Energy team advisor | Selected | Think tank | Advisor at R Street Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Josias Fagerland Unge Aktionærer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Josie Ensor US Correspondent · The Times | Excluded | Journalist | United States correspondent for The Times. | 1 | 3 |
| Josje den Ridder Dr. | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Josse de Voogd Electoral geographer | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 2 | 3 |
| Jostein Vinjerui Manager · British cross-country team | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Josué Moreno | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jotam Confino Middle East correspondent · The Telegraph | Excluded | Journalist | Middle East correspondent for Telegraph. | 1 | 1 |
| Jouni Flyktman Defense and security business director · IQM | Excluded | Business executive | Commercial Director for defense and security. | 1 | 1 |
| Jouni Toijala CEO · Revenio | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Revenio. | 1 | 3 |
| Jovan Kurbali Director of the Diplo Foundation | Selected | Think tank | Director of the Diplo Foundation. | 1 | 1 |
| Jovana Ranito Coordinator of the UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries and professor at the University of Twente · Nações Unidas | Selected | Academic et Think tank | Professor at the University of Twente, UN coordinator. | 1 | 1 |
| Jovanka Steele Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Generalist journalist. | 1 | 2 |
| Jowanka Jakubek-Lalik Dr, expert · University of Warsaw | Selected | Academic | Doctor, expert at University of Warsaw. | 1 | 1 |
| Jowita Michalska CEO Digital University | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and founder of Digital University. | 2 | 2 |
| Joy Delima | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Joy Denalane Musicians and producers | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Joy Reid | Excluded | Journalist | Generalist journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Joy White Lecturer in Applied Social Studies at the University of Bedfordshire | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer at University of Bedfordshire. | 1 | 1 |
| Joy Wielkens Actor and theatre maker | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Joyce Azar | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist with no detailed function. | 1 | 1 |
| Joyce de Haas Co-founder · Double Dutch | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of Double Dutch. | 1 | 1 |
| Joyce Harper Professor of reproductive science · University College London | Selected | Academic | Professor of reproductive sciences at UCL. | 1 | 1 |
| Joyce Jonathan Singer-songwriter | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Musician, singer-songwriter. | 1 | 1 |
| Joyce Karam Senior news editor · Al Monitor | Excluded | Journalist | News editor at Al Monitor. | 1 | 1 |
| Joyce Roodnat Journalist and author | Selected | Commentator | Journalist, author, film critic and columnist. | 2 | 3 |
| Joyce Tyldesley Historian | Selected | Academic | Archaeologist and Egyptologist at University of Manchester. | 2 | 4 |
| Józef Felczyński | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jozefien Van Beek Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Generalist journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Jozefien Vanharpe Professor of intellectual property law · Leuven university | Selected | Academic | Professor of intellectual property law at Leuven. | 1 | 1 |
| Jozephine Trehy Royal affairs reporter · NOS | Excluded | Journalist | Royal reporter NOS | 1 | 1 |
| JP Julien McKinsey partner · McKinsey & Company | Selected | Economist or consultant | Partner at McKinsey. | 1 | 1 |
| JP McMahon Chef | Excluded | Business executive | Chef. | 1 | 1 |
| Juan Alosno BBC Mundo | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist BBC Mundo. | 1 | 1 |
| Juan Andrade Professor of Contemporary History · Complutense University of Madrid | Selected | Academic | Professor of contemporary history at Complutense. | 1 | 1 |