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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miatta Fahnbulleh Energy Secretary · Labour | Excluded | Serving politician | Energy Secretary in office, politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Micael Pereira Journalist · Expresso | Excluded | Journalist | Investigation journalist Expresso, investigation reporter. | 1 | 3 |
| Micael Säll Lindahl Then police area chief | Excluded | Serving politician | Då police precinct chief, former police chief. | 1 | 1 |
| Micha Augstein Logistics expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Micha Wertheim Columnist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 3 |
| Michael Albertus Professor of political science · University of Chicago | Selected | Academic | Professor of political science, University of Chicago. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Amon Reporter · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal, reportage journalist | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Amoruso Assistant professor of religious studies · Occidental College | Selected | Academic | Assistant professor, Occidental College. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Andrick Philosopher and essayist | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and essayist. | 4 | 4 |
| Michael Bagnell Functional Neurologist and Chiropractic Physician · bagnellbraincenter.com | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Functional neurologist and chiropractic physician. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Banissy Award-winning professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology at Goldsmiths. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Barenboim Classical violinist and violist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Batnick Ritholtz Wealth Management | Selected | Economist or consultant | Ritholtz Wealth Management, manager. | 5 | 93 |
| Michael Beißwenger | Selected | Academic | Linguist at Dortmund University of Technology. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Bennet Democratic Senator · Colorado | Excluded | Serving politician | Democratic Senator, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Biesecker Associated Press | Excluded | Journalist | Associated Press reporter, reporting journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Birnbaum Washington Post | Excluded | Journalist | Washington Post Reporter, reporting journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Birshan Senior partner · McKinsey & Company | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Partner McKinsey, consultant. | 2 | 3 |
| Michael Bohnert Engineer · RAND | Selected | Think tank | Engineer and researcher at RAND. | 1 | 3 |
| Michaël Bourlet Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Brendan Dougherty National Review | Excluded | Journalist | National Review, no detail function analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Brendler NZZ science journalist | Excluded | Journalist | NZZ science journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Breus Sleep Expert, clinical psychologist · American Board of Sleep Medicine | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Clinical psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Brian Lee Founder of the Innotivity Institute | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of Innotivity Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Brie Social philosopher · Rosa Luxemburg Foundation | Selected | Academic et Commentator | Professor at Humboldt University, sociologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Bröcker Editor-in-chief · Table Media | Excluded | Journalist | Editor-in-chief, Table Media, media information editor. | 3 | 7 |
| Michael Bröker Journalist · Table media | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Table media, journalist reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Buchanan Social Affairs Correspondent · BBC News | Excluded | Journalist | Social Affairs Correspondent BBC. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Butter Professor of American literary and cultural history · Universität Tübingen | Selected | Academic | Professor of American Literature at Tübingen University. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Cairns Former journalist and RAF reservist | Excluded | Journalist | Former journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Carter Dr. | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Cassau Founder · Grover | Excluded | Business executive | Grover founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Cembalest Chairman of Market and Investment Strategy · JPMorgan Asset & Wealth Management | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chairman of market and investment strategy, JPMorgan. | 7 | 12 |
| Michael Chorost Science writer | Selected | Commentator | Science writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Christiansen Comedian and host | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 3 |
| Michael Cockerell Political journalist and documentary maker | Excluded | Journalist | Political journalist and documentary maker, reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Collins Leader of Independent Ireland | Excluded | Serving politician | Independent Ireland leader, politician. | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Crick Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, journalistic reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Crowley | Excluded | Journalist | Empty position, no information on journalistic activity. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael D. Nichols Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Daffinà Ufficio clienti istituzionali · ARCA Fondi SGR | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director of institutional clients, asset management company. | 1 | 1 |
| Michaël Darmon Columnist · Public Sénat | Selected | Commentator | Public Sénat columnist, analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael De Groot Dr · Cornell University | Selected | Academic | Dr. at Cornell University. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Deeg ENT physician | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | ENT physician, physician. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael DeFeo | Selected | Commentator | Progressive commentators. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Diefenbacher Dr, former head of the city archive · Stadtarchiv Nürnberg | Selected | Former official | Former head of Nuremberg City Archives. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Dinerstein University of Chicago | Selected | Academic | Economist at University of Chicago. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Donnellan Archaeologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Douglas Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Dowling Managing Director at Michael Dowling Mortgage and Financial Services | Excluded | Business executive | Managing Director, owner. | 1 | 1 |