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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Bob Thornton Landman | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Bush Host · TuneIn | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Butt Former record label director | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Hallowell Host of "Investigating the Supernatural: Angels and Demons" | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Podcast host, presenter. | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Hunter Dr | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Macy | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Billy McFarland Entrepreneur | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur and founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Binny Gill CEO & co-founder · Kognitos | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and co-founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Binyamin Netanyahu Prime Minister · Israel | Excluded | Serving politician | Prime Minister israélien, serving. | 1 | 1 |
| Biola Wyrwas Mother | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgit Bruckner Financial psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist in finance. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgit Bundesen Psychiatrist · nationalt center for kunst og mental sundhed | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Medical professional psychiatrist. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgit Farstad Larsen New head in Norway · Cowi | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of engineering company. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgit Schwarz ORF correspondent in Berlin | Excluded | Journalist | Berlin correspondent for ORF. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgit Wetjen Finance and business journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist in finance and economics. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgitt Haller Violence researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgitta Johansson Political reporter · Ekot | Excluded | Journalist | Political reporter Ekot | 1 | 1 |
| Birgitte Engebretsen Telenor Norway head | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Telenor, business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgitte Hjort Sørensen | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgitte R. Vartdal The group CEO · Statkraft | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Statkraft, business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgitte Skadhauge Research leader · Carlsberg Laboratorium | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Research manager in private sector at Carlsberg Laboratory, not academic institution. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgitte Wulff Journalist and author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist and author. | 1 | 1 |
| Birte Mensing Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Birthe Sönnichsen ARD correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | ARD correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Bishara Bahbah Founder · Arab Americans for Trump | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bishop Gene Robinson Episcopal Bishop | Excluded | Serving politician | Bishop. | 1 | 1 |
| Bjarke Larsen Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, simple reporter without indication of analytical work. | 1 | 1 |
| Bjarte Ystebø Head of the Oslo Symposium | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Leader of Oslo Symposium, non-academic institution executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Björn af Kleen Correspondent · Dagens Nyheter | Excluded | Journalist | Dagens Nyheter correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Björn Bengtsson The actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Björn Dahler Luxury broker · Dahler | Excluded | Business executive | Luxury real estate broker. | 1 | 1 |
| Björn Dake ARD correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | ARD correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Björn Höcke AfD | Excluded | Serving politician | AfD politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Björn Kullander SKR | Excluded | Serving politician | SKR, railway historian and fiction author according to Wikidata. | 1 | 1 |
| Björn Lindman Psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Björn Siesjö City architect | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Urban architect. | 1 | 1 |
| Björn Soknes Prosecutor · Norge | Excluded | Serving politician | Official prosecutor. | 1 | 1 |
| Björn Thorngren CEO and co-founder · Meds | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and co-founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Björn Ulvaeus ABBA | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bjørn Arild Wisth Deputy managing director · Strawberry | Excluded | Business executive | Vice CEO of company. | 1 | 1 |
| Bjørn Asgeirsson | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bjørn Egner | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bjørn Ekeberg Health technology founder and philosopher of science · Recharge Health | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of health company. | 1 | 1 |
| Bjørn Fauchald Municipal director · Vestre Toten kommune | Excluded | Serving politician | Municipal director, local authority. | 1 | 1 |
| Bjørn Gimming Leader · Norges Bondelag | Excluded | Serving politician | Leader of agricultural association. | 1 | 1 |
| Bjørn Gulden Head · Adidas | Excluded | Business executive | Adidas CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Bjørn Haugstad Director · NTNU | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Administrative Director university. | 1 | 1 |
| Bjørn Ivar Austrem Technology director · Madshus | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Technology director of a business. | 1 | 1 |
| Bjørn Maaseide Investor and former professional beach volleyball player | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bjørn Svenungsen | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |