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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Salatin Lunatic farmer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Farmer. | 1 | 1 |
| Joel Tillinghast Portfolio manager · Fidelity Investments | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Portfolio manager at Fidelity Investments. | 1 | 1 |
| Joel Weldon Executive speech coach and keynote speaker · Joel Weldon's Ultimate Speaking System | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Public speaking and oratory coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Joel Zimmerman Music producer and DJ | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Joep Boerboom | Selected | Commentator | Author of biographies. | 1 | 1 |
| Joep van Lieshout Visual artist · Atelier van Lieshout | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Joerg Mueller Head of nature conservation and research unit · Bavarian Forest National Park | Selected | Academic | Professor and researcher at Bavarian Forest Park. | 1 | 1 |
| Joey Arora Partner · The Outpost | Excluded | Business executive | Partner at The Outpost. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan August Artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Axelsson Supervisor of the seed laboratory · Nordgen | Selected | Academic | Head of seed laboratory at Nordgen. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Bengtsson Palme Researcher · Chalmers University of Technology | Selected | Academic | Antibiotic resistance researcher at Chalmers. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Berge Forensic physician | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Forensic physician. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Ehrnrooth CEO · Solwers | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of private company Solwers. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Ekström Investigation leader · Polisen | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Eliason Analyst · Sparebank 1 | Selected | Economist or consultant | Analyst at Sparebank 1, banking and financial analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Falk Education adviser and AI group leader · Skolverket | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Education council at Skolverket, high school system official. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Flintull Head of investment banking · Carnegie | Excluded | Business executive | Head of investment banking at Carnegie, bank division management. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Frostegård Chief physician, professor · Karolinska institutet | Selected | Academic | Professor at Karolinska Institute and senior physician. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Fynbo Professor · University of Copenhagen | Selected | Academic | Professor at Copenhagen University. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Grant PhD in psychology, licensed psychologist, leadership coach | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist and leadership coach, not university position. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Gustavsson Report editor · UFO-Sverige | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Report manager for UFO-Sverige, organization manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Huovinen Lieutenant colonel · Försvarshögskolan | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Senior lieutenant at War College, military position. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Isaksson Private investor | Excluded | Business executive | Private investor, not economist or financial analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Jakobsson Author and state secretary | Excluded | Serving politician | State secretary, high official in government. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Jureskog The star chef and entrepreneur | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Kant Rector, author | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Rector and author, not university position | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Kihl Lieutenant general · Försvarsmakten | Excluded | Serving politician | General lieutenant at Swedish Armed Forces, military leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Klingborg Literary researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Knies Prosecutor | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Köhler Head of research and development · Rymdstyrelsen | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Department head at Rymdstyrelsen, civil servant. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Lagerkvist Professor · Stockholm University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Chinese Language and Culture at Stockholm University. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Leupen Investigative journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Investigative journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Lindqvist Journalist · Göteborgs-Posten | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Göteborgs-Posten. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Lund Borges Corporal · Militærpolitiet | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Martinsson Opinion chief · Demoskop | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Opinion chief at Demoskop, pollster not economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Mattsson CEO · Wallenius Marine | Excluded | Business executive | CEO at Wallenius Marine, business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Molinder Institution head · Hall | Excluded | Business executive | Facility director at Hall, administrative leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Nilke Manager · Lannebo | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Fund manager at Lannebo. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Nylander Dagens industri | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Dagens industri. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Pahnke Researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Pehrson Liberalerna | Excluded | Serving politician | Member of Liberalerna, political position in party. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Ricaut Co-founder and managing director · Shopopop | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder and CEO of Shopopop, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Roaldsnes PST head at the Kirkenes office | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | PST chief, security service chief in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Roslund | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Segers Chef | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Sjöström Wildfire researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Thorfinn Chief physician in plastic surgery · Plastikakademin i Linköping | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chief physician in plastic surgery, doctor not university professor. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Unnerus Redeye | Selected | Economist or consultant | Redeye is a stock analysis and finance consulting firm | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Verbeeck Professor of statistics · UHasselt | Selected | Academic | Professor of statistics at UHasselt. | 1 | 1 |
| Johan Visser | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : History podcast on the 1572 Zutphen massacre; the linked profile is a Dutch senator born 1925, unrelated to the topic, so a namesake. | 1 | 1 |