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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meri Nurminen Reader | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Merici Vinton Former Senior Advisor to IRS Commissioner | Selected | Former official | Former Senior Advisor to IRS Commissioner. | 1 | 1 |
| Meriel Neighbour Director of Technology Delivery and Transformation · River Island | Excluded | Business executive | Technology director at River Island, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Merijn de Waal Correspondent · NRC | Excluded | Journalist | NRC correspondent/editor, reporting journalist. | 1 | 4 |
| Merijn Oudenampsen Teaches political science · UvA | Selected | Academic | Political science lecturer at UvA, teaches at university. | 3 | 3 |
| Merijn Schik Senior Manager Public Policy Benelux · Amazon Web Services | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Senior Manager Public Policy AWS, corporate executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Merit Morikawa Organisational psychology | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Organizational psychology, organizational psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Merlijn van Dijk FD retail editor · Het Financieele Dagblad | Excluded | Journalist | F.D. retail editor, commerce reporting editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Merlin Holland | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Merlin Melles Founder of Founders Carbon Network, Carbon Network and Pearlcard | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Founders Carbon Network. | 1 | 1 |
| Merlin Menze Journalist · NDR | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist NDR, reporting journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Merlin Monzel Psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Merlin Münch Zentrum für vertrauenswürdige Künstliche Intelligenz | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 2 |
| Merlyn Thomas BBC Verify | Excluded | Journalist | BBC Verify, fact-checking journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Meron Mendel F.A.Z. columnist | Selected | Commentator | F.A.Z. columnist, daily columnist. | 6 | 6 |
| Meron Rapoport Journalist · +972 Magazine | Excluded | Journalist | +972 Magazine journalist, no explicit proof of analysis. | 1 | 2 |
| Merouan Mekouar Full professor of development studies and social sciences · York University | Selected | Academic | Full professor at York University. | 1 | 1 |
| Merrick Garland Attorney General · United States | Excluded | Serving politician | Attorney General in office, high-ranking civil servant. | 1 | 1 |
| Merrill Garbus Musician | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Merve Emre Cultural critic | Selected | Commentator | Cultural critic, cultural critic. | 1 | 1 |
| Mervyn Jess | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mesha Mainor State Representative | Excluded | Serving politician | State Representative in office, politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Mesut Efiloglu mentoring@work | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mete Bakircioglu UChicago | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mette Davidsen-Nielsen Culture editor and member of the management · Politiken | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Mette Elstrup Palaeontologist · Museum Sønderjylland og Gram Lergrav | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Paleontologist at Sønderjylland Museum, museum researcher. | 1 | 1 |
| Mette Ewers Haahr Chief physician · Sexologisk Klinik i København | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chief physician at Sexological Clinic, specialist physician. | 1 | 1 |
| Mette Fleckner Crime journalist · Ekstra Bladet | Excluded | Journalist | Crime journalist at Ekstra Bladet, crime reporter. | 1 | 7 |
| Mette Frederiksen Prime minister | Excluded | Serving politician | Prime minister in office, minister. | 2 | 2 |
| Mette Højen Business rhetoric expert and author | Selected | Commentator | Business rhetorician and author. | 1 | 12 |
| Mette Hopsdal Top leader | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Top leader and author of Make it Move, company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Mette Katrine Jensen Dansk Farmacihistorisk samling | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Mette Louise Kaagaard | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mette Munk Content director · Ingeniøren | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mette Pedersen Ekstra Bladet | Excluded | Journalist | Ekstra Bladet journalist, news reporters. | 1 | 1 |
| Mette Rem Journalist, author | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist author, no explicit non-fiction evidence. | 1 | 1 |
| Mette Skak Emeritus lecturer · Aarhus University | Selected | Academic | Lecturer emerita at Aarhus University. | 1 | 1 |
| Mette Toft Bjørgen Chief financial officer · Kongsberg Maritime | Excluded | Business executive | Finance Director at Kongsberg Maritime, company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Mev Chubet | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mhairi Black Former SNP Deputy Leader and MP · Paisley and Renfrewshire South | Selected | Former official | Former SNP Deputy Leader and MP. | 5 | 7 |
| Mhari Aurora Sky News | Excluded | Journalist | Sky News journalist, news reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Mia Breitholtz Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Mía Crespo | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mia Davis Chief Impact Officer · Ollie | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Impact Officer at Ollie, corporate executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Mia Lehrer Landscape architect | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Landscape architect. | 1 | 1 |
| Mia Skott Historian and author | Selected | Commentator | Historian and author. | 1 | 2 |
| Mia Skovby Journalist · Sig det' løgn | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Sig det' lojgn, fact-checking journalist. | 1 | 3 |
| Mia Törnblom | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mia Wagner Minister · Venstre | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister in office, politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Mia Walther Adviser · SPSM | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Advisor at SPSM, public official. | 1 | 1 |