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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Walker CEO · Ford Foundation | Excluded | Business executive | Ford Foundation CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Darryl Cooper | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Darío Adanti Cartoonist, comics writer · Mongolia | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dasha Nekrasova Host · Red Scare podcast | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Dase Global Co-Head of Sports Investment Banking · Goldman Sachs | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Investment banker Goldman Sachs. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Gascon Los Angeles police officer (LAPD) · Los Angeles Police Department | Excluded | Serving politician | Police officer, LAPD. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Gorman Comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Kimbell CEO · Ulta Beauty | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Ulta Beauty. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Komendat Chief Security Officer · The Boeing Company | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Kopeny Author · ASAP Community | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Author, private detective and founder of a community. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Liniger Co-founder · RE/MAX | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of RE/MAX. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave McCormick Pennsylvania Senate candidate | Excluded | Serving politician | Pennsylvania Senate candidate. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Michaels Covers corporate law enforcement for the Journal · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal | 1 | 1 |
| Dave O'Callaghan Host · Here and Back Again podcast | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Paulides Detective | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Detective investigator. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Pearson | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Plummer Programmer, former Microsoft software engineer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Software engineer, former Microsoft. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Roberts Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Historian without specified institution. | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Yuan Founder and Partner · Tidemark Capital | Excluded | Business executive | Founder partner of investment capital firm. | 1 | 1 |
| David Abrutat Official Historian, GCHQ | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Official historian of GCHQ. | 1 | 1 |
| David Alemán Journalist | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| David Amsellem Specialist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| David Andrews Co-CEO · Gryphon Investors | Excluded | Business executive | Co-CEO at Gryphon Investors. | 1 | 1 |
| David Annotel Lieutenant-colonel · Fédération nationale des sapeurs-pompiers de France | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Lieutenant-Colonel firefighters federation. | 1 | 1 |
| David Baumgartner Founder · Dean & David | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Dean & David restaurant. | 1 | 1 |
| David Beauchemin | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Beckham Soccer star | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Beers Former head of sovereign credit ratings · S&P | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Former head of sovereign credit at S&P. | 1 | 1 |
| David Bigdong Director | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Booth Founder of Dimensional Fund Advisors | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Dimensional Fund Advisors. | 1 | 1 |
| David Bozell President · Media Research Company | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | President of Media Research Company. | 1 | 1 |
| David Brophy Conductor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Brown A&M Consumer and Retail Group | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Bruce Chief Business Officer · Sunderland | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Business Officer at Sunderland. | 1 | 1 |
| David Brucklacher | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Byrne Musician, author and iconic frontman of Talking Heads | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David C. Barnett Expert en acquisition | Excluded | Business executive | Expert in acquisitions. | 1 | 1 |
| David Chambille Director of photography | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director of photography. | 1 | 1 |
| David Charter Journalist · Times of London | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Times of London. | 1 | 1 |
| David Chazan Paris correspondent · The Times | Excluded | Journalist | Paris correspondent, The Times. | 1 | 1 |
| David Costarrosa | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Cregg Clinical psychologist · South Texas Veterans Health Care System | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Clinical psychologist, not university. | 1 | 1 |
| David Defendi Screenwriter and entrepreneur · Genario | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Screenwriter and entrepreneur at Genario. | 1 | 1 |
| David Del Bourgo CEO · WhiteLab Genomics | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of WhiteLab Genomics. | 1 | 1 |
| David Desfougères Vice admiral, commander of the naval aviation force · France Défense | Excluded | Serving politician | Vice-Admiral, in office. | 1 | 1 |
| David DesRosiers President · RealClearFoundation | Excluded | Business executive | President of RealClearFoundation. | 1 | 1 |
| David Dimbleby | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Dufresne Writer, journalist and director, founder of the media Au Poste | Excluded | Journalist | Writer, journalist, filmmaker, founder. | 1 | 1 |
| David Döbele Business influencer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Economics Influencer. | 1 | 1 |
| David Eberhard Psychiatrist, author and debater | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychiatrist, author and debater. | 1 | 1 |