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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dustin Hillis Serial entrepreneur and executive coach | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Serial entrepreneur and executive coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Dustin Sims VP of Operations · A1 Garage Door Service | Excluded | Business executive | VP of Operations at A1 Garage Door Service. | 1 | 1 |
| Dušan Majer Editor-in-chief of the Kosmonautix site | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Head of server (media editor-in-chief). | 1 | 1 |
| Dwarkesh Patel | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Podcaster. | 1 | 1 |
| Dwayne Johnson | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dwight Gooden Baseball player (retired) | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dylan Borland Former 1N1 geospatial intelligence specialist · United States Air Force | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dylan Johnson Dr | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Dylan Parker CEO & Co-Founder · Moment | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and co-founder of Moment. | 1 | 1 |
| Dylan Tokar WSJ reporter | Excluded | Journalist | WSJ Reporter, reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Eadaoin Fitzmaurice Travel Content Creator | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Eamon Leonard Broadstone VC | Excluded | Business executive | Broadstone VC, venture capital investor. | 1 | 1 |
| Eamonn Forde | Excluded | Journalist | Music journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Eanna MacSuibhne Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Trauma Medicine | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Consultant in Emergency Medicine. | 1 | 1 |
| Earl Spencer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Eavan Murray | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Eb Samuel Men's Health Fitness Director | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Men's Health Fitness Director. | 1 | 1 |
| Ebba Bjelkholm Astrologer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ebba Kleberg von Sydow Monarkier-podden | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ebenezer Samuel Fitness Director of Men's Health, Head of Training Innovation · Men's Health, FlexIt Fitness | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Fitness Director and company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Eberhard Bauer Dipl.-Psych. · IGPP | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Dipl.-Psych., non-university psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Eccie Newton Co-founder · Karma Cans | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of Karma Cans. | 1 | 1 |
| Eckhart Christian Metz Chief police superintendent | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ed Ballard WSJ climate and energy reporter · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | WSJ Climate and Energy Reporter, reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Ed Barnhart Archaeologist and explorer · Maya Exploration Center | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Archaeologist and explorer, founder of private center. | 1 | 1 |
| Ed Bleacher Chief Financial Officer · St. Christopher's Hospital for Children | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Financial Officer at hospital. | 1 | 1 |
| Ed Butler | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist (correspondent). | 1 | 1 |
| Ed Davey | Excluded | Serving politician | Leader of Lib Dems and MP in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Ed Guiney Co-founder · Element Pictures | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of Element Pictures. | 1 | 1 |
| Ed Heinbockel Co-founder · SavantX | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of SavantX. | 1 | 1 |
| Ed Martin VP of Product Management for AI Strategy · Sophos | Excluded | Business executive | VP of Product Management at Sophos. | 1 | 1 |
| Ed Park Founder · Devoted Health | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Devoted Health. | 1 | 1 |
| Ed Perks President of Franklin Advisers, Inc. and chief investment officer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chief Investment Officer, wealth manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Ed Warner Chair of UK Athletics, Chair of GB Wheelchair Rugby | Excluded | Business executive | Chair of UK Athletics and sports organizations. | 1 | 1 |
| Eddie Chavez JTAC · 75th Ranger Regiment | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Eddie Davidsson Colleague and friend | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Eddie Hearn Darts boss and sports promoter | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Eddie Marsan Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Eddie Perkin Former Chief Investment Officer · Eaton Vance et Goldman Sachs Asset Management | Excluded | Business executive | Former Chief Investment Officer. | 1 | 1 |
| Eddie Spence Reporter · Bloomberg | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Bloomberg | 1 | 1 |
| Eddie Woo Mathematics teacher · Cherrybrook Technology High School | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Professor at secondary school (lycée), not university. | 1 | 1 |
| Eddy D'Hondt Runners' lab | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Representative of a running store | 1 | 1 |
| Eddy Henning Head of corporate banking · ING Deutschland | Excluded | Business executive | Business customers department leader at ING. | 1 | 1 |
| Edel Doherty | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Edgar Artacho Forensic psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Forensic psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Edgar Barrionuevo Co-founder of Pure Corpore | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Co-founder of Pure Corpore. | 1 | 1 |
| Edgar Boquín Physician · Läkare utan gränser | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Physicians Without Borders (doctor). | 1 | 1 |
| Edgar Grospiron Former moguls skier, president of the organising committee · Alpes 2030 | Excluded | Business executive | Former skier, head of organization. | 1 | 1 |
| Edgar Heimbach | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Edgeir Aksnes CEO · Tibber | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Tibber. | 1 | 1 |