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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malcolm Gladwell Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of essays and social analysis. | 21 | 43 |
| Malcolm Harris Journalist, critic and author | Selected | Commentator | Journalist, critic and author. | 6 | 7 |
| Malcolm Moore Energy editor · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Energy editor at Financial Times. | 1 | 1 |
| Malcolm Pein Chess Correspondent | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Malcolm Pope Managing Director and Founder · Loguru Ltd | Excluded | Business executive | Managing Director and Founder Loguru Ltd. | 1 | 1 |
| Malcolm Turnbull Former Prime Minister of Australia | Selected | Former official | Former Prime Minister of Australia. | 7 | 7 |
| Malcolm XD Creator | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Malcom Byrne Senator · Fianna Fáil | Excluded | Serving politician | Senator, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Malcom Kyeyune Swedish writer and thinker | Selected | Commentator | Swedish writer and thinker, analysis writer. | 2 | 2 |
| Malena Ivarsson Sexologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Sexologist, specialist outside defined roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Malene Jensen Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Malene Lue Kessing Senior researcher · VIVE | Selected | Academic | Senior Researcher VIVE, Danish research institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Malene Natascha Ratcliffe Superflex | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Malene Rustad | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer Political scientist | Selected | Academic | Political scientist, female university professor. | 1 | 1 |
| Małgorzata Bonikowska Centrum Studiów Międzynarodowych | Selected | Think tank | Political scientist at Centre for International Studies (think tank). | 3 | 4 |
| Małgorzata Kleszcz Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Małgorzata Lachendro Reporter · Polskie Radio | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Polskie Radio | 1 | 1 |
| Malgorzata Lukianow Palgrave MacMillan | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Małgorzata Paprocka Head of the Chancellery of the President of Poland · Kancelarii Prezydenta | Excluded | Serving politician | Head of Presidential Chancellery, public official. | 2 | 2 |
| Małgorzata Rozenek-Majdan | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Małgorzata Sidz | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Małgorzata Szumowska Director | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Małgorzata Wełnowska Cenatorium | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Małgorzata Wojdyła Musician | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Małgorzata Żerwe Artist and reporter | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Artist and reporter, reporter and artist. | 1 | 1 |
| Mali Ann Rees Performer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Malie Coyne Clinical psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Clinical psychologist without university. | 1 | 1 |
| Maliha Safri University of Minnesota Press | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Malik al-Abdeh Conflict researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Malika Iberraken | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Malika Rahou | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Malin Ekman Journalist and author | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and author. | 7 | 12 |
| Malin Henriksson Researcher · VTI | Selected | Academic | Researcher at VTI, Swedish research institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Malin L. Pinsky Associate Professor · University of California Santa Cruz | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor University of California Santa Cruz. | 1 | 1 |
| Malin Öhman Education adviser at Skolverket | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Education council at Skolverket, public official. | 1 | 1 |
| Malin Olsson Doctor of medicine · Umeå universitetssjukhus | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Doctor hospital, non-university physician. | 1 | 1 |
| Maline Hofmann News editor · ZEIT | Excluded | Journalist | News editor at Die Zeit. | 1 | 1 |
| Malissa Clark Associate professor · University of Georgia | Selected | Academic | Associate professor University of Georgia. | 1 | 1 |
| Malou Gorter Actress | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Malou Khebizi Actress | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Malte Bruhn Political reporter · Altinget | Excluded | Journalist | Politics reporter at Altinget. | 1 | 1 |
| Malte Ebert Musician | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Malte Houe Director · Houe Film | Excluded | Business executive | Director and owner of Houe Film, business leader. | 1 | 2 |
| Mamed Chalidow Boxer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mamen Delgado Asociacion Albada | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mamma Hanna Family therapist | Excluded | Doubtful participation | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mamma Mona | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mamoon Durrani Journalist · BBC Afghan | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist BBC Afghan. | 1 | 1 |
| Manda Scott Novelist | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Novelist, fiction writer. | 1 | 1 |