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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazimierz Barczyk | Excluded | Doubtful participation | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kazimierz Dudek | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kazimierz Felczyński | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kazimierz Gajowy | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist with no analytical function. | 1 | 1 |
| Kazimierz Krupa Economics journalist · Kancelarii Drawbridge | Excluded | Journalist | Economic journalist, not an analyst. | 1 | 8 |
| Kazimierz Szpak Fund manager of Beta ETF, president of a Polish ETF provider | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager and president of ETF provider. | 1 | 1 |
| KC Johnson Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of critical work on university politics. | 1 | 1 |
| Keach Hagey WSJ reporter · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter WSJ, not analyst | 1 | 1 |
| Kecia Ali Scholar · Princeton | Selected | Academic | Scholar at Princeton. | 1 | 1 |
| Keegan Hodges Co-CEO of Best Home Services | Excluded | Business executive | Co-CEO of Best Home Services. | 1 | 1 |
| Kees Brinkman KNRM | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Representative of KNRM | 1 | 1 |
| Kees Buijsrogge Space director · TNO | Selected | Academic | Director Space TNO, research institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Kees de Kort Independent economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Independent economist. | 4 | 35 |
| Kees Jan Dellebeke Intelligence officer · AIVD | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Intelligence officer at AIVD, field agent. | 1 | 1 |
| Kees Keizer Dr | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Guest introduced only as 'Dr' on a general talk show; plastic recycling loosely fits environmental psychology but proves nothing. | 1 | 1 |
| Kees Marcelis Interior designer and architect | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Interior designer and architect, artist. | 1 | 1 |
| Kees Moeliker Biologist · Natural History Museum Rotterdam | Selected | Academic | Biologist at Rotterdam Museum of Natural History. | 1 | 1 |
| Kees van der Spek | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kees van der Staaij SGP leader | Excluded | Serving politician | Head of SGP party in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Kees van Kooten Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author and humorist (Van Kooten and De Bie). | 1 | 1 |
| Kees Verhoeven Founder · Bureau Digitale Zaken | Selected | Former official | Former member of parliament (D66 Netherlands). | 5 | 7 |
| Kees Versteegh Reporter · NRC | Excluded | Journalist | NRC correspondent, not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Keeva Baxter Communications and Campaigns Manager · Why Me UK | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Communications Manager of Why Me UK association. | 1 | 1 |
| Kefah Allush Presenter and programme maker | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kegan Gill F/A-18 Super Hornet pilot | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Keir Starmer Prime Minister · UK Government | Excluded | Serving politician | Prime Minister of United Kingdom in office. | 5 | 6 |
| Keith Bell Professor of Future Power systems · University of Strathclyde | Selected | Academic | Professor of energy systems at the University of Strathclyde. | 1 | 1 |
| Keith Broni Emoji translator · Emojipedia | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | First emoji translator and editor-in-chief at Emojipedia. | 1 | 2 |
| Keith Duggan Washington correspondent · The Irish Times | Excluded | Journalist | Washington correspondent for Irish Times, not analyst. | 2 | 2 |
| Keith Ellison | Excluded | Serving politician | Procureur général du Minnesota, serving. | 1 | 1 |
| Keith Houston Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction book on emoji history. | 3 | 4 |
| Keith Humphreys Esther Ting Memorial professor of psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · Stanford University | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychiatry at Stanford University. | 3 | 6 |
| Keith Macko Woodhouse Professor · Northwestern University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Northwestern University. | 1 | 1 |
| Keith Sakata Psychiatrist · UCSF | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychiatrist at UCSF, healthcare professional. | 1 | 1 |
| Keith Sant SEOmeetsREI.com | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Self-employed consultant (SEO and real estate). | 1 | 1 |
| Keith Sklarsky Business owner | Excluded | Business executive | Company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Keith Stansell Former Northrop Grumman employee | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kejal Savla | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kejal Vyas WSJ reporter · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter WSJ, not analyst | 1 | 1 |
| Kel Galavan Qualified Financial Advisor | Selected | Economist or consultant | Qualified financial advisor and investor. | 3 | 5 |
| Keld Heick | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kelefa Sanneh Writer · CBS | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and author of books (The New Yorker, CBS). | 4 | 7 |
| Kelli Copter Ex-Scientologist | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kelli Salter | Excluded | Business executive | Female real estate entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Kelly Bonner BBC Reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter BBC, not analyst | 1 | 1 |
| Kelly Carey Alvarez & Marsal Consumer & Retail Group | Selected | Economist or consultant | Alvarez & Marsal Consumer and Retail consulting firm. | 1 | 3 |
| Kelly Cates Journalist · 5 Live | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist 5 Live, not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Kelly Chen China expert · DNB | Selected | Economist or consultant | China expert and analyst at DNB. | 1 | 11 |
| Kelly Earley Writer | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Kelly Granat Co-Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director · Lone Pine Capital | Selected | Economist or consultant | Co-Director of investments at Lone Pine Capital. | 1 | 1 |