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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Robinson Lt. Gov. | Excluded | Serving politician | Lt. Gov., politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Rossini Former FBI special agent | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Former FBI special agent, not a high public official. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Rowe Biographer | Selected | Academic | Philosopher and literary scholar at universities. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Rutte Prime Minister and VVD leader · Nato | Excluded | Serving politician | Secretary-General of NATO, current public office holder. | 3 | 3 |
| Mark Schaefer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | American actor and disc jockey. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Schatzker Writer-in-residence at the Modern Diet and Physiology Research Center · Yale University | Selected | Academic | Writer-in-Residence at Yale University Research Center. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Schelker Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist, economist. | 2 | 3 |
| Mark Schieritz Deputy desk head in the politics desk · DIE ZEIT | Selected | Commentator | Deputy editor-in-chief, politics desk. | 4 | 12 |
| Mark Sellman Technology Correspondent · The Times | Excluded | Journalist | Technology correspondent for The Times. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Skousen Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist and professor at Columbia University. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Slater Chairman and chief investment officer · Slater Investments Ltd. | Excluded | Business executive | Chairman and chief investment officer of investment firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Sleigh | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Steel Writer, comedian and radio presenter · BBC Radio 4 | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Steyn Host of The Mark Steyn Show | Excluded | Journalist | Host of The Mark Steyn Show. | 2 | 2 |
| Mark Stiltner Senior Director of Content and Web Marketing · Rapyd | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Senior Director of Content at Rapyd, corporate executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Terkessidis | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist, no indication of analysis. | 2 | 2 |
| Mark Thompson Chairman of the Chief Executive Alliance | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chairman of Chief Executive Alliance. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Tighe Sunday Independent | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Irish Independent. | 1 | 3 |
| Mark Tooley President · Institute on Religion and Democracy | Selected | Think tank | President of Institute on Religion and Democracy. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Trammell CEO · Center for American Liberty | Selected | Think tank | CEO of Center for American Liberty. | 1 | 2 |
| Mark Travis Rivera Professional Storyteller, Founder · The Professional Storyteller | Excluded | Business executive | Professional Storyteller, founder of consulting firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Urban Journalist · The Sunday Times | Selected | Commentator | Columnist and editorialist. | 5 | 7 |
| Mark van de Water Leiden | Selected | Academic | Young doctor graduated from Leiden University. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark van den Brink Skipper · KNRM Huizen | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark van der Plas CEO of SME exchange NPEX | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of MKB-beurs NPEX, corporate executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark van Vugt Evolutionary psychologist | Selected | Academic | Evolutionary psychologist, university teacher. | 4 | 7 |
| Mark van Vuuren Author | Selected | Commentator | Author, appears to write about politics and society. | 2 | 2 |
| Mark Vletter Founder · Voys | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of tech company Voys. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark W. Geiger | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Author of a financial-markets book on an economics show; the profile is an economic historian, but nothing precise links them. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Wade Partner · CAZ Investments | Excluded | Business executive | Partner at investment firm CAZ Investments. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Warner Senator | Excluded | Serving politician | Senator, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Webber F1 and Le Mans driver | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Weber Serial entrepreneur, inventor et CEO · Mark Weber Enterprises | Excluded | Business executive | Serial entrepreneur and CEO of own company. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Weiss Israel Correspondent · Irish Times | Excluded | Journalist | Israel correspondent for Irish Times. | 2 | 2 |
| Mark Williams Clinical psychologist and ordained Minister | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Clinical psychologist and ordained minister. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Williams-Thomas Investigator | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Investigator, not in the defined roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Wood Chairman · Everest Funeral Concierge, PensionBee | Excluded | Business executive | Chairman of funeral concierge and PensionBee. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Wright Entrepreneur and investor · Climb Online | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur and investor at Climb Online. | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Zandi Chief Economist · Moody's Analytics | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist at Moody's Analytics. | 6 | 17 |
| Mark Zuckerberg Founder · Meta | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Meta/Facebook. | 4 | 4 |
| Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi Executive Director of the Register of Damage for Ukraine · Council of Europe | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Executive Director at Council of Europe, public office. | 1 | 1 |
| Markku Poutanen Emeritus professors | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor, research professor. | 1 | 2 |
| Markku Ruotsila Historian, docent · LCC International University | Selected | Academic | Professor at LCC International University. | 2 | 4 |
| Marko Aalto AI director · Reaktor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | AI leader at Reaktor, corporate executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Marko Arnautovic Footballer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Marko de Haan Political journalist · NRC | Excluded | Journalist | Political journalist at NRC. | 2 | 6 |
| Marko Huttunen CEO · Ovaro | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Ovaro, corporate executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Marko Jelicic Professor · Maastricht University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Maastricht University. | 1 | 1 |
| Marko Junkkari Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist and writer, political reporter. | 2 | 2 |
| Marko Kaarto | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |