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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Garvey Head of Member Relations · National Housing Federation | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Head of Member Relations at National Housing Federation. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Gordon Director and senior investment strategist · Charles Schwab | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Investment strategist director at Charles Schwab. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Hall Nutritional scientist · National Institutes of Health | Selected | Academic | Nutritional scientist at National Institutes of Health. | 1 | 2 |
| Kevin Hand Astrobiologist and planetary scientist | Selected | Academic | Planetologist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Hart Comedian, actor, producer · Hartbeat | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Hiney Communications director · Airlines for Europe | Excluded | Business executive | Communications Director for Airlines for Europe. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Hollinrake Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister Enterprise Markets Small Business, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Hymel American historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Kévin Jourdan Co-founder · DotMarket.eu | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of DotMarket.eu. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Kelly Author and Wired co-founder | Selected | Commentator | Author and Wired co-founder, essayist. | 17 | 23 |
| Kevin Kiley Congressman · U.S. Congress | Excluded | Serving politician | U.S. Congressman, incumbent politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Koh Maier Investment director · Finizens | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Investment director at Finizens, financial executive. | 1 | 2 |
| Kevin Kühnert Former SPD general secretary | Selected | Former official | Former SPD General Secretary, former official. | 9 | 16 |
| Kevin Lötscher Former ice hockey player | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin MacDonald Doctor | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Ancient history podcast guest introduced only as Doctor; the linked profile is an American psychologist with no history link, so a namesake. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Maher Chief film critic · The Times | Selected | Commentator | Chief Film Critic at The Times, columnist. | 1 | 2 |
| Kevin Maurer Founder · PAMO Cars | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of PAMO Cars. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Mitchell Talent in Organizational Development Manager · MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Talent Manager MIT Lincoln Laboratory, executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Muir Founder and editor of The Macro Tourist | Selected | Commentator | Founder editor of The Macro Tourist. | 3 | 9 |
| Kevin Murphy CEO and Founder · 2GoCup | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and Founder of 2GoCup. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Newton Founder and CEO · Honest Abe Roofing | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Honest Abe Roofing. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin O'Leary Mr. Wonderful, Shark Tank | Excluded | Business executive | Mr. Wonderful Shark Tank, investor. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin O'Sullivan Editor · Irish Times | Excluded | Journalist | Science editor, Irish Times, not an analyst. | 2 | 2 |
| Kevin Peranio Chief Lending Officer and Partner · PRMG | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Lending Officer at Partner PRMG. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Power Novelist | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Novelist, fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Kévin Puisieux Director · Fondation de l'écologie politique | Selected | Think tank | Director Political Ecology Foundation. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Roberts President · Heritage Foundation | Selected | Think tank | President of Heritage Foundation. | 13 | 30 |
| Kevin Roldan | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Roose Technology columnist · The New York Times | Selected | Commentator | Technology columnist for New York Times. | 6 | 9 |
| Kevin Ryan Consumer insurance expert and analyst · Bloomberg Intelligence | Selected | Economist or consultant | Consumer insurance expert analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Scott | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Shakir Investigative journalist · DR Verificerer | Excluded | Journalist | Investigative journalist DR, not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Shipp Former CIA officer | Selected | Former official | Former CIA officer. | 2 | 2 |
| Kevin Smokler Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction book on cinema. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Smouts | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 4 |
| Kevin Spacey Two-time Oscar-winning actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Stitt Governor · Oklahoma | Excluded | Serving politician | Governor of Oklahoma, political official in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Trapp Goalkeeper and entrepreneur | Excluded | Business executive | Goalkeeper and entrepreneur, athlete. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Vacher Sociologist and practitioner of popular education | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin van Dessel Sijoituskästi | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin van Vliet Journalist and writer | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist and foreign correspondent, not an analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Wang Researcher · Princeton | Selected | Academic | Researcher, Princeton. | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Warren President and CEO · Chicago Bears | Excluded | Business executive | President and CEO of Chicago Bears, sports executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Keyla Green Dr. | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Keyvan Nilforoushan Co-founder · Virgil | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of Virgil. | 1 | 1 |
| Keywan Tonekaboni C't editor · c't Magazin | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | C't Magazin editor, journalist. | 1 | 2 |
| Kezia Dugdale Stonewall | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Interviewed as Stonewall's new chair; the profile is a former Scottish Labour leader with no stated link to Stonewall or LGBTQ+ causes. | 1 | 1 |
| KG Hammar Archbishop · Svenska kyrkan | Excluded | Serving politician | Archbishop, Swedish Church, religious leader. | 1 | 1 |
| KG Holm Witness | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Khadeeja Safdar Reporter · WSJ | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter WSJ, not analyst | 2 | 2 |