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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Gräser Historian · Universität Linz | Selected | Academic | Historian at University of Linz. | 3 | 3 |
| Marcus Hernhag Stock writer · Privata Affärer | Selected | Commentator | Economic and financial columnist. | 2 | 3 |
| Marcus Rubin Opinion editor · Politiken | Selected | Commentator | Politiken columnist. | 1 | 2 |
| Marcus Sheridan Owner of IMPACT | Excluded | Business executive | Owner and CEO of IMPACT. | 1 | 1 |
| Marcus Ulvsand Reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Aftonbladet Crime | 1 | 1 |
| Marcus Walker Father | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Marcus Weller CEO · DeepInvent.ai | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of startup DeepInvent.ai. | 1 | 1 |
| Mareike Aden Correspondent · ARD | Excluded | Journalist | ARD correspondent, female correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Mareike Müller Handelsblatt correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent at Handelsblatt. | 1 | 2 |
| Mareike Stahlschmidt Archaeologist · University of Vienna | Selected | Academic | Archaeologist at University of Vienna. | 1 | 1 |
| Marek Ast Member of parliament · Prawo i Sprawiedliwość | Excluded | Serving politician | Member of Law and Justice party. | 1 | 1 |
| Marek Blottière | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Marek Borowski Senator · Koalicji Obywatelskiej | Excluded | Serving politician | Senator in office. | 1 | 2 |
| Marek Budzisz Strategy&Future | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Introduced as Strategy&Future analyst on security and Russia; the profile is a Polish publicist and historian with no stated field or think tank. | 3 | 9 |
| Marek Chądzyński Journalist · 300Gospodarka.pl | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Marek Chodorowski | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Marek Cichocki Philosopher and political scientist | Selected | Academic | Philosopher and political scientist at University of Warsaw. | 3 | 21 |
| Marek Czajkowski Professor · Katedra Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego, Wydział Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych UJ | Selected | Academic | Prof. UJ, National Security Department. | 1 | 1 |
| Marek Dukaczewski Former head of the Military Information Services | Selected | Former official | Former head of Military Intelligence Services. | 3 | 3 |
| Marek Dyjak | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Marek Jakubiak MP | Excluded | Serving politician | Deputy in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Marek Józefiak Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of nonfiction book Polska Rzeczpospolita Leśna. | 3 | 3 |
| Marek Kaczmarzyk Professor · Uniwersytet Śląski | Selected | Academic | Profesor biologist at University of Silesia. | 1 | 1 |
| Marek Kaźmierczak Senior fund manager · VIG / C-QUADRAT TFI | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | VIG/C-QUADRAT TFI fund manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Marek Kowalkiewicz Polish-Australian AI expert | Selected | Academic | Computer scientist at Queensland University of Technology. | 1 | 1 |
| Marek Kozub Dr | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Marek Kozubel Dr | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 17 |
| Marek Magierowski Author · Polonia, Israele, USA | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 3 | 3 |
| Marek Maruszczak | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Marek Matusiak Expert · OSW | Selected | Think tank | Expert at OSW (Eastern Studies Center). | 5 | 9 |
| Marek Meissner | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist, no indication of analysis. | 1 | 4 |
| Marek Menkiszak Head of the Russia department at the Centre for Eastern Studies · Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich | Selected | Think tank | Chief of Eastern Studies Center department. | 2 | 5 |
| Marek Piekarczyk TSA leader | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Marek Popiel | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Marek Radziwon Dr · Università di Varsavia | Selected | Academic | Dr. at University of Warsaw. | 1 | 1 |
| Marek Różycki | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Marek Stefan Dr · Układ Sił, Strategy&Future | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 4 |
| Marek Świerczyński Polityka Insight | Selected | Think tank | Expert at Polityka Insight (think tank). | 2 | 25 |
| Marek Sznura | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Marek Tatała President and Co-Founder · Economic Freedom Foundation | Selected | Think tank | President of Economic Freedom Foundation. | 1 | 1 |
| Marek Tronina Director · Maraton Warszawski | Excluded | Business executive | Dyrektor of Maraton Warszawski. | 1 | 1 |
| Marek Wałkuski Correspondent · Polskie Radio | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent at Polish Radio Washington. | 3 | 3 |
| Marek Wielgo Expert · RynekPierwotny.pl | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 2 |
| Maren Jonasson Editor of the publishing project Historiska recept · Society of Swedish Literature in Finland | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Editor Svenska Literature Society | 1 | 1 |
| Maren Kroymann Comedy legend, grande dame of cabaret | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Maren Möhring Professor · Leipzig University | Selected | Academic | Prof. Dr. Universität Leipzig. | 1 | 1 |
| Maren Peters Correspondent · SRF | Excluded | Journalist | SRF correspondent South Asia. | 1 | 1 |
| Marga Sánchez Romero | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Margaret Atwood Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author of The Handmaid Tale fiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Margaret Brennan Face the Nation moderator | Excluded | Journalist | Face the Nation moderator, host. | 1 | 1 |