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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Slaton State Rep. · Texas | Excluded | Serving politician | State Representative, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Bryan Tyler Cohen YouTube star | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bryce Case Jr. Hacker and musician | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Hacker and musician, artist. | 1 | 1 |
| Bryce Crawford Christian evangelist and street preacher · Jesus in the Street | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Christian evangelist, religious. | 1 | 1 |
| Bryce Johnson Bigfoot Collectors Club | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bryony Basse Founder · Pilates by Bryony | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Pilates by Bryony. | 1 | 1 |
| Bríd Smith | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Female Teachta Dála until 2024, recent politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Bubba the Love Sponge Shock jock radio personality · The Bubba Army | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Buck Angel Adult-film producer, performer and motivational speaker | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Burchard Dabinnus | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Burkhard Blienert Federal government drug commissioner | Excluded | Serving politician | Drogenbeauftragte of the German government, appointed official. | 1 | 1 |
| Burkhard Rodeck Professor · Marienhospital Osnabrück | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Prof. Pediatric clinic, physician outside university. | 1 | 1 |
| Bushra Alzoubi | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Buzz Williams Head Men's Basketball Coach · Texas A&M University | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Head of Men's Basketball Coach, sports coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Byron Dixon | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified. | 1 | 1 |
| Byron Loflin Global head of board advisory · Nasdaq | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Global head of board advisory at Nasdaq, company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Bárbara Guimarães | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bárbara Silva Journalist in the Economy section of Expresso | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Economics section. | 1 | 1 |
| Bård Ludvig Thorheim Business and Industry Committee · Høyre | Excluded | Serving politician | Politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Bård Tufte Johansen | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bård Vegar Solhjell Leader · Fornybar Norge | Excluded | Serving politician | Leader of organization. | 1 | 1 |
| Bé Hoiting | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Béatrice Brugère Criminal magistrate · Syndicat FO Unité Magistrats | Excluded | Serving politician | Criminal magistrate (judge), active public official. | 1 | 1 |
| Béatrice de Lavalette | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Béatrice de Noray Chief Growth Officer · Bel Group | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Growth Officer at Bel Group, corporate executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Béatrice Gosselin Senator · LR Manche | Excluded | Serving politician | Senator in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Béatrice Guillemont PhD in law | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Béatrice Kosowski President · IBM France | Excluded | Business executive | President of IBM France, CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Bénédicte Bonzi Anthropologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bénédicte Ciotti Part-time CFO · StartDAF | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Administrative-Financial Director, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Bérengère Ducrocq Doctor, head of the CECOS in Lille | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Physician, director of Lille CECOS. | 1 | 1 |
| Bérengère Warluzel French actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bülent Ceylan Comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Błażej Poboży Presidential adviser | Excluded | Serving politician | Presidential adviser. | 1 | 1 |
| Błażej Szczecki Vice president of the management board · Banku Pekao S.A. | Excluded | Business executive | Vice-President of Management of a bank, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Cabot Phillips Reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter journalist general coverage, not political analyst | 1 | 1 |
| Caitlin Allen SVP of Market · Simbe | Excluded | Business executive | SVP of Market Development, Simbe, company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Caitlin Doughty Mortician | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Caitlin McCabe WSJ reporter · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal | 1 | 1 |
| Caitríona Kieran Aesthetic practitioner | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Aesthetic practitioner. | 1 | 1 |
| Calandra Cleveland Director IT Store & Enterprise Systems · AutoZone | Excluded | Business executive | Director of IT at AutoZone, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Calder Quinn Writer · AI, But Make It Intimate | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Caleb Hammer Host Financial Audit | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Caleb Ward Cinematic AI Filmmaker · Curious Refuge | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Calle Söderberg IG | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Wealth manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Calley Means Top advisor · RFK Jr. | Excluded | Serving politician | Top advisor to RFK Jr., incumbent political adviser. | 1 | 1 |
| Callum Borchers WSJ | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at WSJ, no analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Calum MacKenzie Russia correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | Russia correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Calum Scott | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Calvin Wayman Presenter · Cultured | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |