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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denise Fairchild Advocate | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Denise Froemming | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Denise Jeitziner Editor in the lifestyle desk · Tages-Anzeiger | Excluded | Journalist | Editor life department, section editor | 1 | 1 |
| Denise Koch Invesco | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Denise Lewis Team GB | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Denise van der Laan | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dennis Beck Managing director · Wiener Gesundheitsförderung (WiG) | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | General director of Wiener Gesundheitsfoerderung. | 1 | 1 |
| Dennis Bär Vice President Trading Venues · Scalable Capital | Excluded | Business executive | Vice President at Scalable Capital. | 1 | 1 |
| Dennis Bühler | Excluded | Serving politician | Political journalist at Republik magazine. | 1 | 1 |
| Dennis Jörnmark Callstam | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, correspondent from Berlin. | 1 | 1 |
| Dennis Mitzner Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Dennis Müller | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Dennis Prager Co-founder and president · Prager University | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder and president of Prager University. | 1 | 1 |
| Dennis Radtke Head of the CDU's social wing | Excluded | Serving politician | Head of CDU social wing in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Dennis Staunton China correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | China correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Dennis te Kloese General director/CEO · Feyenoord | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Feyenoord. | 1 | 1 |
| Dennis Vareide | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dennis Xhaët Sports journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Sports journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Deqa Warsame Consultant, podcast maker · NTR | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| der Helper YouTuber | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | YouTuber, content creator. | 1 | 1 |
| Derek McSweeney Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Derek Sivers Founder et author · CD Baby | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of CD Baby. | 1 | 1 |
| Derin Karim | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Derk Sauer Founder of The Moscow Times | Excluded | Journalist | Founder of The Moscow Times. | 1 | 1 |
| Dermot Twomey President · Irish Pharmacy Union | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | President of the pharmacists' union. | 1 | 1 |
| Derrick DeMelo Comedian · The Portuguese Kids | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Derrick Flakoll Bloomberg | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Political expert at Bloomberg, vague role. | 1 | 1 |
| Derya Incedursun Nordea | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position at Nordea not specified. | 1 | 1 |
| Des Traynor Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer · Intercom | Excluded | Business executive | Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Intercom. | 1 | 1 |
| Desiree Fixler Senior executive · Deutsche Bank | Excluded | Business executive | Senior executive at Deutsche Bank. | 1 | 1 |
| Desiree Tims Innovation Ohio | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Politician, currently in office (Ohio state representative). | 1 | 1 |
| Desmond O'Neill Special agent · US Secret Service | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Special agent Secret Service. | 1 | 1 |
| Desmond Shum Tycoon | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Desy Forato | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Detlef Haberland Professor | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Only announced as Professor Dr. in a Kaempfer Japan episode; the Germanist profile shows no link to the topic, and namesakes exist. | 1 | 1 |
| Detlef Jantzen Dr, archaeologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Archaeologist in state service. | 1 | 1 |
| Dev Ittycheria CEO of MongoDB | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of MongoDB. | 1 | 1 |
| Deviant Ollam Physical penetration specialist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Cybersecurity specialist. | 1 | 1 |
| Devin Goure Scholar | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Devina Gupta BBC | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at BBC Delhi office. | 1 | 1 |
| Devindra Hardawar Editor · Engadget | Excluded | Journalist | Engadget editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Devon Ryan Johnson Investor and entrepreneur | Excluded | Business executive | Investor and entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Diamant Salihu Famous Swedish journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Famous Swedish journalist, journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Diamond Dallas Page Wrestling Legend | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Cucuz Dr | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Díaz Health and wellbeing expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Evans | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Female novelist. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Krieger CEO · Soverin | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Soverin. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Morant Minister of science and innovation · Government of Spain | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Science Spain in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Scherer Artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |