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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Łukasz Mamica Professor · Université Économique de Cracovie | Selected | Academic | Profesor at Cracow University of Economics. | 1 | 1 |
| Łukasz Maślanka Expert · OSW | Selected | Think tank | Expert at OSW. | 3 | 7 |
| Łukasz Maurycy Stanaszek Dr | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Only the title dr and a rare name; no topic or organization ties him to this Warsaw anthropologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Lukasz Michnik | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Łukasz Młyńczyk Professor · UW | Selected | Academic | Prof. UW, political scientist. | 1 | 1 |
| Łukasz Nowak Musician | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Łukasz Ogrodnik Analyst · PISM | Selected | Think tank | Analyst PISM. | 2 | 6 |
| Łukasz Osmalak Member of parliament · Polski 2050 | Excluded | Serving politician | Polska 2050 deputy, deputy. | 1 | 2 |
| Łukasz Pieńkowski | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Łukasz Rodzeń Doctor · Bracia Rodzeń | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Physician. | 2 | 2 |
| Łukasz Schreiber Author · Klubu Parlamentarnego Rozwój Plus | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Vice-Chair deputy. | 2 | 2 |
| Łukasz Warzecha | Selected | Commentator | Opinion journalist. | 3 | 6 |
| Łukasz Wójcik | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Guest on a world affairs show about Saudi Arabia; the linked profile is a generic Lublin technical university researcher, nothing ties them. | 1 | 2 |
| Łukasz Wybrańczyk Channel host · Śmiem Wątpić | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | YouTube channel presenter. | 1 | 1 |
| Łukasz Zembik Analyst · OANDA TMS Brokers | Selected | Economist or consultant | Analyst OANDA TMS Brokers. | 2 | 3 |
| Łukasza Kossackiego-Lytwyna Hanglung Law Biernat&Kossacki | Selected | Lawyer | Hanglung Law Biernat Kossacki. | 1 | 1 |
| Łukasza Warzecha Publicist | Selected | Commentator | Publicist analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Luke Barrs Global head of client portfolio management · Goldman Sachs Asset & Wealth Management | Excluded | Business executive | Global head at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. | 1 | 2 |
| Luke Burbank Journalist · CBS News | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist CBS News. | 1 | 1 |
| Luke Caverns Anthropologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Luke Evans Actor and singer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Luke Fitzgerald Former Irish international | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Luke Gromen Financial analyst · FFTT LLC | Selected | Economist or consultant | Financial analyst macro mind, FFTT LLC. | 15 | 46 |
| Luke Harding Senior international correspondent · The Guardian | Excluded | Journalist | Senior International Correspondent. | 1 | 2 |
| Luke Jerram Artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Luke Kemp Research Affiliate · Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) | Selected | Academic | Research Affiliate CSER - affiliated researcher | 8 | 12 |
| Luke Littler | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Luke McCarthy | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Footballer. | 1 | 1 |
| Luke Scott TikTok | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Luke Tryl More in Common | Selected | Think tank | More in Common, public policy think tank. | 12 | 23 |
| Luke Vander Ploeg Producer · The Daily | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Luke Winter Founder · Hello Pro | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Hello Pro. | 1 | 1 |
| Lulu Miller Science correspondent | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Science correspondent, journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Lumir Lapray Rural activist, author | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Luna Goiris | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lungile Mashele Energy economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Energy economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Lupe Batallán | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lutz Herden | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist, not established political analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Luuk de Boer Researcher and specialist · University of Groningen | Selected | Academic | Specialist researcher at University of Groningen. | 2 | 3 |
| Luuk Elshout Defensie | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Luuk Kruijsdijk Professional freestyle footballer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lydia Cacho | Excluded | Journalist | Mexican journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Lydia Sandgren Author and psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Author and psychologist. Practicing psychologist, not academic. | 2 | 2 |
| Lydia Wistisen The literary scholar | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 2 |
| Lyes Louffok Children's rights activist · comité de vigilance des enfants placés | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Children's rights activist, co-founder of watchdog committee. | 1 | 1 |
| Lyman Stone Sociologist and demographer | Selected | Think tank | Demographer, Institute for Family Studies (think tank). | 6 | 9 |
| Lyn Alden Independent analyst · Lyn Alden Investment Strategy | Selected | Economist or consultant | Independent investment strategist and author. | 20 | 78 |
| Lynda Gratton Professor · London Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor at London Business School. | 2 | 2 |
| Lynda La Plante Writer, producer and creator | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer, producer and creator. | 1 | 1 |
| Lyndal Roper | Selected | Academic | Professor of history at the University of Oxford. | 4 | 4 |