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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melissa Libertus University of Pittsburgh | Selected | Academic | Melissa Libertus from University of Pittsburgh. | 1 | 1 |
| Melissa Mercury | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Melissa Segura Journalist · The Guardian | Excluded | Journalist | Investigator The Guardian, investigation journalism. | 1 | 2 |
| Melissa Urban Expert on setting boundaries | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Author and co-founder of Whole30. | 1 | 1 |
| Melissa Valentine Stanford | Selected | Academic | Stanford affiliation. | 1 | 1 |
| Melissa Zavaglia Neuroengineer | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Melita Cameron Woods Freelance journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Freelance journalist, news reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Melle Meijer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mellody Hobson | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur and business director. | 1 | 1 |
| Melody C. Miller Emmy Award-Winning filmmaker and cinematographer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Melody Deldjou Fard City councillor for GroenLinks | Excluded | Serving politician | Municipal councillor, sitting politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Melody Wilding | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Executive coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Melody Wright Housing analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | Independent real estate market analyst. | 4 | 20 |
| Melonie Mac Political commentator | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mels van Hoolwerff Founder · Phatfour | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Phatfour startup. | 1 | 1 |
| Melvyn Ingleby Correspondent · NRC | Excluded | Journalist | NRC correspondent, international reporter journalist. | 1 | 2 |
| Memphis Barker Senior Foreign Correspondent · The Telegraph | Excluded | Journalist | Senior Foreign Correspondent The Telegraph. | 2 | 4 |
| Menekse Stewart HeyMenekse | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Menelaos Charalampidis Historian · Athens History Walks | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Menno Hurenkamp Political scientist | Selected | Academic | Political scientist. | 1 | 2 |
| Menno Tamminga Financial journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Financial journalist, journalistic reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Menno van der Marel Chief Strategy Officer · Nedscaper | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chief Strategy Officer at Nedscaper, corporate executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Menno van Dongen Justice correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | Justice correspondent reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Menno van Hoven Investment specialist · Beleggers Belangen | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 5 |
| Menno Weij Tech lawyer · BDO-Legal | Selected | Lawyer | Tech lawyer BDO-Legal, law firm lawyer. | 4 | 6 |
| Mensje van Keulen Writer | Selected | Commentator | Writer and prose author. | 1 | 1 |
| Meral Polat Singer and actress | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mercedes Ahijón Actress | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mercedes de Miranda | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mercedes Feriche Geophysics expert | Selected | Academic | Geophysicist, renowned specialist from University of Granada. | 1 | 2 |
| Mercedes Fernández Director · TorinoFilmLab | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director of TorinoFilmLab, institution director. | 1 | 1 |
| Mercedes Hausmann | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mercedes Pullman Researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 2 | 2 |
| Mercedes Ruehl Financial Times | Excluded | Journalist | Financial Times reporter, reporting journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Mercedes Valmisa Author · Oxford University Press | Selected | Commentator | Author All Things Act at Oxford UP, non-fiction book. | 1 | 1 |
| Mercedes Vidal Coordinator · Esquerra Unida i Alternativa | Excluded | Serving politician | Coordinator for United Left, political party official. | 1 | 1 |
| Mercedes Wullich Founder · Las Top 100 Mujeres Líderes en España | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mercedes Zandwijken | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mère d'Anna | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Meredith Annex Bloomberg NEF | Selected | Economist or consultant | Energy economist at Bloomberg NEF. | 2 | 3 |
| Meredith Koch Engineer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Engineer with no university affiliation. | 1 | 1 |
| Meredith Whitaker President · Signal Foundation | Excluded | Business executive | President, Signal Foundation, leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Meredith Whittaker AI researcher, president · Signal-Stiftung | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | AI researcher and president of Signal Foundation. | 1 | 1 |
| Merel Mulder General practitioner | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | General practitioner. | 1 | 1 |
| Meret Baumann Eastern Europe correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | Eastern Europe correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Merete Fjeld Brattested FN ambassador | Excluded | Serving politician | UN ambassador, public official ambassador. | 1 | 1 |
| Merete Ipsen Former head of Kvindemuseet | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Former director of Women's Museum. | 1 | 1 |
| Merete Markeng Skar | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Merete Skar | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Merete Søby Partner · Odgers | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Partner at recruitment firm (Odgers). | 1 | 1 |