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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximilian Popp Deputy head of the SPIEGEL foreign desk · DER SPIEGEL | Excluded | Journalist | SPIEGEL international reporter, foreign news reporting. | 1 | 2 |
| Maximilian Ratzenböck Comedian, Podcaster | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Maximilian Steininger Biologist · University of Vienna | Selected | Academic | Biologist at University of Vienna. | 1 | 1 |
| Máximo Badaró Dr. | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Anthropology author with a doctorate; the profile is a CONICET researcher trained in social sciences, consistent but not specific. | 1 | 1 |
| Máximo Ferreira Astronomer and science communicator | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Astronomer and scientific communicator without university affiliation. | 1 | 2 |
| Máximo Huerta Journalist and writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist and writer, journalist. | 2 | 2 |
| Máximo Pradera Writer, journalist · A vivir que son dos días | Excluded | Journalist | Writer and journalist, media contributor not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Maxinne Björk Tantra teacher, photographer, influencer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Maxwell Alejandro Frost First Gen Z member of Congress | Excluded | Serving politician | First Gen Z member of Congress, politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Maxx Burman Co-founder · KitBash3D | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of KitBash3D. | 1 | 1 |
| May Bente Bruberg NIBIO/NMBU | Selected | Academic | NIBIO/NMBU, research institute and university. | 1 | 1 |
| May Mailman Independent Women's Forum | Selected | Think tank | Independent Women's Forum, think tank. | 6 | 6 |
| May Serrano Investigator | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Maya Bar-Hillel Professor emeritus of psychology · Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Selected | Academic | Professor emeritus of Psychology, Hebrew University. | 1 | 1 |
| Maya Bell Kohli Pears Family School | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Maya Gabeira | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Maya Jasanoff Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian at Harvard University. | 1 | 8 |
| Maya Kandel Associate consultant · Sorbonne-Nouvelle | Selected | Academic | Associate consultant at Sorbonne-Nouvelle. | 4 | 10 |
| Maya MacGuineas President · Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget | Selected | Think tank | President of Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. | 4 | 4 |
| Maya Noël Chief executive officer · France Digitale | Excluded | Business executive | General director of France Digitale. | 1 | 1 |
| Maya Shankar Cognitive scientist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Podcast host and speaker. | 1 | 1 |
| Maya Wind Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Towers of Ivory and Steel nonfiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Mayalène Trémolet | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Maye Musk | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Model and dietitian. | 1 | 1 |
| Mayuresh Konnur Gopal Journalist · BBC Marathi | Excluded | Journalist | BBC Marathi journalist, correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Mazda Adli Anxiety researcher · Berlin | Selected | Academic | Anxiety researcher (Angstforscher), university. | 4 | 4 |
| Mazie Hirono Senator | Excluded | Serving politician | US Senator, public official in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Meagan Ourada Editorial Producer · NewsNation | Excluded | Journalist | Editorial Producer at NewsNation, media editorial producer. | 1 | 1 |
| Médard Thiry | Selected | Academic | Geology researcher at MINES ParisTech. | 1 | 1 |
| Mees Baaijen Researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Meg Jay Clinical psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Clinical psychologist without university affiliation. | 1 | 1 |
| Megan Agnew | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Megan Barry First Female Mayor of Nashville | Selected | Former official | First Female Mayor of Nashville, former public official. | 1 | 1 |
| Megan Barton-Hanson Love Island | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Megan Basham Author · Daily Wire | Excluded | Journalist | Daily Wire culture reporter, general cultural reporting. | 2 | 6 |
| Megan Beattie Marketing consultant | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Marketing consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Megan Bock COO · insurance technology company | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Operating Officer, corporate executive. | 2 | 2 |
| Megan Eighteen Estate agent | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Estate agent. | 1 | 1 |
| Megan Messerly Politico | Excluded | Journalist | POLITICO reporter, political reporting. | 1 | 1 |
| Megan Rapinoe Olympic gold medalist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Megan Schwamb Planetary Astronomer, Reader · Queen's University | Selected | Academic | Planetary astronomer, Reader at Queen's University. | 1 | 1 |
| Megan Sumeracki Associate professor of psychology · Rhode Island College | Selected | Academic | Associate professor of psychology at Rhode Island College. | 1 | 1 |
| Megan Williams Correspondent in Rome · CBC | Excluded | Journalist | CBC correspondent Rome. | 1 | 2 |
| Meggan Roxanne Founder · The Good Quote | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of The Good Quote. | 1 | 1 |
| Meghan Agnew Senior Features Writer, US · The Times | Excluded | Journalist | Senior Features Writer The Times. | 1 | 1 |
| Meghan Bobrowsky Tech reporter · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Tech reporter Wall Street Journal, reporting journalism. | 1 | 1 |
| Meghan Joyce CEO and Founder · Duckbill | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and Founder of Duckbill. | 1 | 1 |
| Meghan King | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Meghan Semple Performance Marketing Director · Digital24 | Excluded | Business executive | Performance Marketing Director. | 1 | 1 |
| Meghan Swiber U.S. rates strategist · Bank of America | Selected | Economist or consultant | U.S. rates strategist at Bank of America. | 1 | 1 |