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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Livio Astrophysicist · Hubble Space Telescope | Selected | Academic | Astrophysicist Hubble Space Telescope. | 2 | 2 |
| Mário Lopes Journalist · PÚBLICO | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Público. | 1 | 1 |
| Mário Marques Climatologist · Planoclima | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Guest is a climatologist and Planoclima founder; the profile is only an ORCID researcher at the University of Porto with no stated field. | 1 | 3 |
| Mário Montenegro Actor, stage director and playwright · Marionet | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mario Monti Senator for life | Excluded | Serving politician | Senator for life in office in Italy. | 1 | 1 |
| Mario Panadero | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 2 |
| Mario Polino Researcher · Polytechnic University of Milan | Selected | Academic | Researcher, Politecnico di Milano. | 1 | 1 |
| Mario Saban Member and professor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Professor of Kabbalah, religious activity. | 1 | 1 |
| Mario Sebastián Member of the Chemin Neuf community | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Mario Slongo Weather presenter · Radio DRS 1 | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Meteorologist at radio DRS 1. | 1 | 1 |
| Mário Soares President of the Republic | Selected | Former official | President of the Republic, former government official. | 1 | 1 |
| Mario Turco Vice president · M5S | Excluded | Serving politician | Vice-President M5S, politician in office. | 1 | 3 |
| Mario Voigt Minister-President · Thüringen | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister-president Thuringia, minister in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Mariola Urrea | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Spanish politics radio analyst with no stated role; a La Rioja jurist is plausible, but nothing precise ties them. | 2 | 98 |
| Marion Dupont Journalist in the Ideas section · Le Monde | Selected | Commentator | Ideas section journalist at Monde. | 1 | 1 |
| Marion Gibson Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, author of books on Witchcraft. | 5 | 6 |
| Marion Koopmans Virologist | Selected | Academic | Virologist, virologist. | 6 | 6 |
| Marion McKeone US correspondent · Business Post | Excluded | Journalist | USA correspondent for Business Post. | 2 | 18 |
| Marion Moreau Journalist and founder · Hors Normes Média | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist and founder of Hors Normes. | 1 | 7 |
| Marion Mourgue Department head · Le Parisien | Excluded | Journalist | Head of section, Le Parisien. | 1 | 1 |
| Marion Quirici Syracuse UP | Selected | Academic | Syracuse University Press, academic author. | 1 | 1 |
| Marion Strok Principal | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Principal, Chicago school. | 1 | 1 |
| Marion Trattnig Management consultant | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Management consultant, consultante. | 1 | 1 |
| Marion Turner Curator · Bodleian Library | Selected | Academic | Curator Bodleian Library, Oxford. | 1 | 1 |
| Marion Van Renterghem Senior reporter · L'Express | Selected | Commentator | Columnist at L'Express. | 1 | 1 |
| Marisa Adler Senior Consultant · Resource Recycling Systems (RRS) | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Senior Consultant Resource Recycling Systems. | 1 | 1 |
| Marisa Cruz Political correspondent · El Mundo | Excluded | Journalist | Political correspondent for El Mundo. | 1 | 2 |
| Marisa G. Franco Psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist, not in defined roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Marisa Peer Therapist, best-selling author, keynote speaker | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Therapist, personal development author. | 1 | 1 |
| Mariska Kret Prof. dr., professor of Cognitive Psychology · Leiden | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr. full professor of Cognitive Psychology Leiden. | 1 | 2 |
| Mariska van der Klis Presenter and editor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Female presenter, coach, radio presenter. | 1 | 1 |
| Marissa G. Franco Professor, speaker, and the New York Times bestselling author | Selected | Academic | Professor, bestselling author. | 1 | 1 |
| Marit Roxrud Leinhardt Director in the employer policy department · KS | Excluded | Serving politician | Director of business policy division at KS. | 1 | 1 |
| Marit Törnqvist Writer and illustrator | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author illustrator, author-illustrator. | 1 | 1 |
| Marit Verbeek | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Marita Conlon McKenna Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Irish fiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Marita Krauss Professor of European regional history · University of Augsburg | Selected | Academic | Female professor of European Regional History, University of Augsburg. | 1 | 2 |
| Marius Brülhart | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at University of Lausanne. | 1 | 1 |
| Marius Gilbert Epidemiologist · ULB | Selected | Academic | Epidemiologist, ULB vice-rector. | 1 | 1 |
| Marius Gonsholt Hov Chief economist · Handelsbanken | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist Handelsbanken. | 4 | 7 |
| Marius Gustavson | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Marius Kjelle Roppen Member | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Marius Lien Author | Selected | Commentator | Author. | 1 | 1 |
| Marius Mohr Head of innovation field water technologies and resource recovery · Fraunhofer IGB Stuttgart | Selected | Academic | Innovation field leader at Fraunhofer IGB Stuttgart. | 1 | 1 |
| Marius Nergård Pettersen | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Marius Rietdijk Dr. | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Marius Tetlie | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Marius Wennersten Manager · DNB Teknologi | Excluded | Business executive | Fund manager at DNB Technology, financial manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Mariusz Błaszczak Vice president · Prawo i Sprawiedliwość | Excluded | Serving politician | Vice-President, Head of PiS Club, politician in office. | 1 | 3 |
| Mariusz Borkowski | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |