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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Verity BBC financial investigations correspondent · BBC World Service | Excluded | Journalist | BBC financial investigations correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Andy West Senior partner · McKinsey & Company | Selected | Economist or consultant et Academic | Senior Partner McKinsey consultant. | 2 | 3 |
| Ane Cortzen Journalist and architect | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Ane Håkansson Professor · Uppsala University | Selected | Academic | Professor, Uppsala University. | 2 | 3 |
| Aneal Vallurupalli CFO · Airbase | Excluded | Business executive | CFO of Airbase. | 1 | 1 |
| Aneisha Beveridge Head of research at Hamptons | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Head of research at Hamptons, executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Aneta Brzezicka Prof., psychologist · SWPS University | Selected | Academic | Prof. Psychologist at SWPS University. | 1 | 1 |
| Aneta Gabor Hypnotherapist, mentor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Hypnotherapist, mentor, therapeutic coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Aneta Hoffmann Dr · Fundacja Znaki Pamięci | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Aneta Pawłowska-Krać Reporter · Polskie Radio | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Polskie Radio | 1 | 1 |
| Aneta Sobczak General Director · Solano Group | Excluded | Business executive | General Director of Solano Group. | 1 | 1 |
| Anett Pfeiffer Psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist, profession without institution. | 1 | 1 |
| Anette Aasheim Journalist · Aftenposten | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Aftenposten. | 1 | 1 |
| Anette Eriksson | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Anette Hoffmann Sudan expert · Clingendael | Selected | Think tank | Sudan expert · Clingendael, think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| Anette Stenius Detective inspector | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Anezká Marie Sokol | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ángel Alegre | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Ángel Jiménez de Luis Technology journalist · El Mundo | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist with no demonstrated analytical work. | 1 | 1 |
| Angel Martín Comedian | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Ángel Monterrubio Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Historian guest on Spanish history topics; the OpenAlex profiles with this name are sparse, one is medical, and none clearly matches the episodes. | 2 | 2 |
| Ángel Pardo Businessman, investor | Excluded | Business executive | Businessman, investor, entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Ángel Stanich Musician | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Angel Strawbridge | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ángel Vilarino | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ángel Villarino | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Angela Buchdahl Rabbi | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Rabbi, religious professional outside roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Angela Crenshaw Director · Maryland State Park Service | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director of Maryland State Park Service. | 1 | 1 |
| Angela Davison Sunday Life | Excluded | Journalist | Sunday Life journalist. | 1 | 2 |
| Angela de Jong | Selected | Commentator | Dutch journalist, television critic and columnist. | 6 | 8 |
| Angela Duckworth Professor of Psychology · University of Pennsylvania | Selected | Academic | Professor, University of Pennsylvania. | 9 | 13 |
| Angela Ferritto President · Pennsylvania AFL-CIO | Excluded | Serving politician | President of Pennsylvania AFL-CIO. | 1 | 1 |
| Angela Frick | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Angela Glover Blackwell Founder in residence · PolicyLink | Selected | Think tank | Founder in residence at PolicyLink. | 1 | 3 |
| Angela Köckritz China.Table | Selected | Commentator | China analyst at China.Table, China specialist. | 4 | 4 |
| Angela Last Cultural geographer | Selected | Academic | Cultural geographer, teaching researcher at University of Strathclyde. | 1 | 1 |
| Ángela Martialay Courts editor · El Mundo | Excluded | Journalist | Head Courts El Mundo, judicial journalist. | 1 | 4 |
| Ángela Melero | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Angela Merkel Former federal chancellor | Selected | Former official | Former German Chancellor. | 7 | 8 |
| Angela Mudukuti Senior Legal Adviser · Global Justice Center | Selected | Lawyer | Senior jurist at Global Justice Center. | 1 | 1 |
| Angela Napoletano Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Il Mondo journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Angela Sannuti Psychologist and researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Ângela Silva Journalist · Expresso | Selected | Commentator | Commentator, Analysis by Ângela Silva. | 4 | 42 |
| Angela Stefania Bergantino Economist | Selected | Academic | Economist researcher at University Bari Aldo Moro. | 2 | 3 |
| Angela Stent Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, explicit academic title. | 7 | 7 |
| Angela Strange General Partner · Andreessen Horowitz | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. | 1 | 1 |
| Ángela Vicario Medievalist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Angela Zhang | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Ángeles Caballero Columnist · El País | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for El País. | 5 | 7 |
| Ángeles Caballero Martín Journalist · El País, Cadena Ser, La Sexta | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, El País, Cadena Ser, La Sexta. | 1 | 1 |