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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baroness Sayeeda Warsi Conservative peer and former party chair · Conservative Party | Excluded | Serving politician | Active Conservative peer. | 1 | 1 |
| Barry Andrews | Excluded | Serving politician | European Parliament member in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Barry D. Todd U.S. Army veteran, entrepreneur | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Barry Heneghan Independent TD | Excluded | Serving politician | Independent TD in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Barry Lenihan Political Correspondent · RTÉ News | Excluded | Journalist | Political correspondent at RTÉ News. | 1 | 1 |
| Barry Marston Head of the BBC's jihadist media team | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Head of BBC's jihadist media team. | 1 | 1 |
| Barry Murphy Actor · RTÉ Documentary on One | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Barry Schwartz President and Chief Investment Officer · Baskin Wealth Management | Excluded | Business executive | President and Chief Investment Officer. | 1 | 1 |
| Barry Wilmore Astronaut | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Astronaut. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Belser | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Brinckman Journalist · De Standaard | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Burggraaf Vrij Verbond | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Chabot Father | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Poet. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart de Graaff Korps Commando Troepen | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Goemaere Shareholder activist | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Gonnissen Mate on oil tankers | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Grob Curator of contemporary science · Rijksmuseum Boerhaave | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Conservator at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Horsten Rabobank | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director at Rabobank (bank), not one of the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Lagae Journalist · De Standaard | Excluded | Journalist | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Luirink | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Maat Photographer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Meijer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Meys Stem Livius | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Nauta Vakantieman | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Tuinman Presenter · NOS Jeugdjournaal | Excluded | Journalist | NOS Jeugdjournaal presenter, presenter. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart van den Brink Dutch MP · CDA | Excluded | Serving politician | Member of Second Chamber (incumbent deputy). | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Vlietstra Sports editor · de Volkskrant | Excluded | Journalist | Sports editor de Volkskrant. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Zoetmulder Expert on digital media business models | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bartek Dobroch | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bartek Szemraj Clinical dietitian | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Clinical dietitian (healthcare professional outside university). | 1 | 1 |
| Bartosz Arłukowicz MEP for KO | Excluded | Serving politician | MEP (European deputy in office). | 1 | 1 |
| Bartosz Bednorz | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bartosz Grzesik Koło Studentów Stosunków Międzynarodowych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Bartosz Józefiak | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Bartosz Kalinowski | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bartosz Malinowski Chilloutdoor.pl | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bartosz Margol | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bartosz Migas | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bartosz Rdułtowski Historian | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Bartosz Rutkowski Reserve lieutenant commander · Orla Straż | Excluded | Serving politician | Military reserve officer, association founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Bartosz T. Wieliński Gazeta Wyborcza | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at Gazeta Wyborcza. | 1 | 1 |
| Bartosz Turek | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bartosz Wieliński Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Bartłomiej Dźwigała | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Baruch Jakow-Janowicz Conference organiser | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bas Blokker | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Screenwriter. | 1 | 1 |
| Bas van der Veldt CEO · AFAS Software | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of AFAS Software. | 1 | 1 |
| Bas van Werven | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bas Witvoet | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur (Tech pioneer, angel investor). | 1 | 1 |
| Basia Pietruszczak Sex educator | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Sex educator, does not match any role. | 1 | 1 |