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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirsty Leanne Plus-size travel influencer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kirvil Stoltenberg Project manager · Miljødirektoratet | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Project manager at environmental agency. | 1 | 1 |
| Kishore Mahbubani | Selected | Academic | Professor of political science at the National University of Singapore. | 4 | 4 |
| Kit Kowol Author · Oxford UP | Selected | Commentator | Author of political non-fiction book. | 1 | 1 |
| Kit W. Myers Associate professor of History and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies · University of California, Merced | Selected | Academic | Associate professor at UC Merced. | 1 | 1 |
| Kit Yates Senior lecturer | Selected | Academic | Senior Lecturer explicit university title. | 3 | 3 |
| Kitty Holland Journalist · The Irish Times | Excluded | Journalist | Social affairs correspondent for Irish Times, not analyst. | 2 | 2 |
| Kitty Smeekes Scientist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| KJ Sidberry Google Ventures | Excluded | Business executive | Google Ventures employee, company. | 1 | 1 |
| Kjeld Jensen Lecturer, SDU UAS Center | Selected | Academic | Lecturer at SDU UAS Center. | 1 | 1 |
| Kjell Christian Bjørnsen Chief financial officer · Nel | Excluded | Business executive | Finance Director at Nel company. | 1 | 1 |
| Kjell Enhager | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kjell Erik Eilertsen | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Kjell Ingolf Ropstad Storting representative · KrF | Excluded | Serving politician | Parliament representative in position. | 1 | 1 |
| Kjell Magne Bondevik Former prime minister and KrF leader | Selected | Former official | Former prime minister. | 1 | 1 |
| Kjell Noordzij Sociologist | Selected | Academic | Sociologist researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam. | 1 | 1 |
| Kjell Nordström Economics star | Selected | Economist or consultant | Swedish economist, author and speaker. | 1 | 1 |
| Kjell Nordstrøm | Selected | Economist or consultant | Swedish economist, author and speaker. | 1 | 1 |
| Kjell-Olof Feldt Minister of trade | Selected | Former official | Trade minister 1970-1975, former minister. | 1 | 1 |
| Kjersti Flaa Celebrity journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Celebrity journalist, not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Kjersti Haugland Chief economist · DNB | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist DNB Markets, bank analyst. | 5 | 36 |
| Kjersti Hobøl Head of Nille | Excluded | Business executive | Nille company CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Kjersti Løken Stavrum Ytringsfrihetskommisjonen | Excluded | Serving politician | Government commission leader in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Kjersti Stenseng Minister of municipalities and districts | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister in government position in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Kjerstin Moody Associate professor | Selected | Academic | Associate professor, explicit university title. | 1 | 1 |
| Kjetil Alstadheim Political editor · Aftenposten | Excluded | Journalist | Politics editor, Aftenposten, not an analyst. | 4 | 4 |
| Kjetil B. Alstadheim Political editor · Aftenposten | Excluded | Journalist | Politics editor, Aftenposten, not an analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Kjetil Dahl Hansen Director of AI transformation · Santander | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director at Santander. | 1 | 1 |
| Kjetil Hanssen US correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | United States correspondent, not analyst. | 2 | 2 |
| Kjetil Hatlebrekke Officer, operator and instructor · E 14 | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Officer, Norwegian intelligence service. | 1 | 1 |
| Kjetil Houg Head · Folketrygdfondet | Excluded | Business executive | Folketrygdfondet fund CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Kjetil Malkenes Hovland Journalist · E24 | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist E24, not analyst. | 1 | 2 |
| Kjetil Manheim Drummer · Mayhem | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Kjetil Martinsen Chief economist · Swedbank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist Swedbank analyst. | 3 | 4 |
| Kjetil Næsje Technical director · Easee | Excluded | Business executive | Technical director at Easee. | 1 | 1 |
| Kjetil Olsen Chief economist · Nordea Markets | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist Nordea Markets. | 4 | 9 |
| Klaas Heufer-Umlauf | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Klaas Maenhout Journalist · De Standaard | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist De Standaard, not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Klaas van der Eerden Cabaret performer and presenter | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Klara Arnberg Lecturer in economic history | Selected | Academic | Docent in economic history at university. | 1 | 1 |
| Klara Insulander Björk Researcher · University of Gothenburg | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Gothenburg University. | 1 | 1 |
| Klára Kalíšková Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at Economics Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Klara Kazmi | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Klara Klingspor Culture writer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Klara Trebbien Rasmussen Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Simple journalist, not an analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Klara Wettre Youth consultant/coordinator, Fritid Hisingen · Göteborgs Stad | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Youth consultant at municipal agency. | 1 | 1 |
| Klas Grinell Intellectual historian | Selected | Academic | Historian of ideas and professor at University of Gothenburg. | 1 | 4 |
| Klas-Göran Karlsson Historian · Lund University | Selected | Academic | Professor of History, Lund University. | 3 | 4 |
| Klaudia Pingot | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Klaudia Tanner ÖVP minister | Excluded | Serving politician | Austrian minister in office. | 1 | 1 |