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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Lieb | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Lucas Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Martin Co-founder · Clockwise | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of Clockwise. | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Middendorp Director of ESOP Consulting · VisionPoint Capital | Selected | Economist or consultant | Director of ESOP Consulting at VisionPoint Capital. | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Muir | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Matt Mulcahy Founder and CEO · Miami Cyber | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Miami Cyber. | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Murphy Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author, Wikidata homonyms do not correspond. | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Notowidigdo Professor · Chicago Booth School of Business | Selected | Academic et Economist or consultant | Professor at Chicago Booth School of Business, economist. | 1 | 3 |
| Matt Oakley Fire investigations officer · Surrey Fire and Rescue Service | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Fire investigations officer, public official. | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Paxton Featured cleaner, PBS series host | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Featured cleaner, PBS host, host. | 2 | 2 |
| Matt Perault Center on Technology Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Selected | Academic | Center on Technology Policy, University of North Carolina. | 3 | 5 |
| Matt Perelman Co-founder and Managing Partner · Garnett Station Partners | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder and managing partner of Garnett Station Partners. | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Piepenburg Von Greyerz Gold | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Investor at Von Greyerz Gold. | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Porcaro Founder of The 203K Way | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of The 203K Way. | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Quinn Microsoft | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Microsoft corporate executive, not think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Randolph Oil and energy expert | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Matt Richtel Reporter · New York Times | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter New York Times | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Ridley Conservative peer | Selected | Commentator | Conservative peer, biologist, House of Lords member through end 2021. | 7 | 9 |
| Matt Schrap CEO · Harbor Trucking Association | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Harbor Trucking Association. | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Shanahan TD · Regional Independent Group | Excluded | Serving politician | Independent TD, in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Sharp Attorney | Selected | Lawyer | Attorney, lawyer. | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Shea Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist documentary filmmaker. | 2 | 2 |
| Matt Smeed Business Psychologist and co-founder · Working Well Community | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Business psychologist and co-founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Stoller | Selected | Think tank | Non-fiction writer at American Economic Liberties Project. | 4 | 11 |
| Matt Strippelhoff Partner, CEO / CRO · Red Hawk Technologies | Excluded | Business executive | Partner, CEO/CRO of Red Hawk Technologies. | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Taibbi Editor · Racket News | Selected | Commentator | Editor of Racket News. | 8 | 21 |
| Matt Tait Cybersecurity guru and Lawfare Contributing Editor | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Uhler | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Van Swol | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Walker Neuroscientiste | Selected | Academic | Professor of neuroscience at UC Berkeley. | 2 | 4 |
| Matt Walsh The Daily Wire | Excluded | Journalist | Daily Wire. | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Watters Leader in Geopolitics, Government, and Strategy · McKinsey & Company | Selected | Economist or consultant | Leader in Geopolitics, Government, and Strategy at McKinsey. | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Welch Host · The Fifth Column | Excluded | Journalist | Co-host of Fifth Column podcast. | 2 | 4 |
| Matt Wrack General secretary · fire brigade's union | Excluded | Serving politician | General secretary of fire brigade's union. | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Yglesias | Excluded | Journalist | Matt Yglesias. | 1 | 1 |
| Mattea Meyer Co-president · SP | Excluded | Serving politician | Co-President of SP Switzerland, politician in office. | 2 | 3 |
| Matteo Bassetti | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Doctor of infectious disease at San Martino Hospital. | 1 | 1 |
| Matteo Berrettini | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Matteo Colaninno Entrepreneur | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Matteo D'Alessandro Audio adaptation | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 6 |
| Matteo D'Alonzo Emergency | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Member of Emergency NGO. | 1 | 1 |
| Matteo G.P. Flora | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Matteo Lancini Psychologist and psychotherapist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist and psychotherapist. | 2 | 2 |
| Matteo Lepore Mayor | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Matteo Miluzio Space science communicator | Selected | Commentator | Space science communicator. | 1 | 1 |
| Matteo Muzio | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Matteo Negri | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Matteo Renzi Senator · Italia Viva | Excluded | Serving politician | Senator, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Matteo Saudino | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Philosophy teacher and videomaker. | 1 | 1 |
| Matteo Villa Head of Policy Lab · ISPI | Selected | Think tank | Head of Policy Lab at ISPI (think tank). | 4 | 12 |