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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Duncan Host of the Ruthless podcast | Selected | Commentator | Host of the Ruthless podcast. | 3 | 7 |
| Michael Easter Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of The Comfort Crisis. | 13 | 18 |
| Michael Every Global Strategist · Rabobank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Global Strategist at Rabobank. | 6 | 20 |
| Michael Feinberg Senior Editor · Lawfare | Selected | Think tank | Senior Editor Lawfare Institute. | 5 | 24 |
| Michael Feinstein Singer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Feller Editor · BZ/Bund | Excluded | Journalist | Editor BZ/Bund, media information editor | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Ferguson Dr. · Harvard Neurospirituality Research Lab | Selected | Academic | Dr., Harvard Neurospirituality Research Lab. | 1 | 3 |
| Michael Fienberg | Excluded | Journalist | Empty position, no information on journalistic activity. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Fisher Content creator | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Flacks President · Flacks Group | Excluded | Business executive | Presidente Flacks Group. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Flueckiger Emergency physician | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Emergency room doctor. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Frank Director of the Association of Swiss Electricity Companies (VSE) · Verbands Schweizerischer Elektrizitätsunternehmen | Excluded | Business executive | Director of electricity association, not a think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Franzese Former capo for New York's Colombo crime family | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Freeman Co-founder and CEO · Ocutrx | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder and CEO of Ocutrx. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Friis H.C Anderson Capital | Excluded | Business executive | H.C Anderson Capital, investor. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Friis Jorgensen Equity head · HC Andersen Capital | Excluded | Business executive | Stock manager, asset manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Friis Jørgensen Equity head · HC Andersen Capital | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Stock manager, asset manager. | 2 | 10 |
| Michael Gervais High-performance psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | High-performance psychologist. | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Gielkens | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Gill Associate professor · University of Oxford Saïd Business School | Selected | Academic | Associate professor University of Oxford. | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Götschenberg ARD intelligence expert | Selected | Commentator | ARD intelligence analyst. | 3 | 23 |
| Michael Götz Gustavo Gusto | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Gove Commentateur politique · The Spectator | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator for The Spectator. | 12 | 50 |
| Michael Green Chief Strategist and Portfolio Manager · Simplify Asset Management | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Strategist at Simplify Asset Management. | 11 | 18 |
| Michael Hagner Physician and historian of science | Selected | Academic | Historian of science at ETH Zurich. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Haigh Head of FIC and Commodity Research · Societe Generale | Selected | Economist or consultant | Head of Research at Societe Generale. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Hall Molecular biologist · Biozentrum der Universität Basel | Selected | Academic | Molecular biologist Biozentrum University of Basel. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Hampe Professor of philosophy · ETH Zürich | Selected | Academic | Professor of Philosophy, ETH Zurich. | 2 | 12 |
| Michael Hauke Newspaper publisher | Excluded | Business executive | Newspaper publisher. | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Hayden General · NSA, CIA | Selected | Former official | Former NSA and CIA director General. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Healy CEO · IG Consumer | Excluded | Business executive | IG Consumer CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Herrera Former United States Marine | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Heseltine Environment Secretary et Defence Secretary · gouvernement britannique | Excluded | Serving politician | Member of House of Lords in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Hilgers LPC | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | LPC counselor and licensed professional therapist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Hobbes | Excluded | Journalist | Empty position, no information on journalistic activity. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Horvath Co-founder and CEO · Strava | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder and CEO of Strava. | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Hough Director of MJH Structural Engineers | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director of MJH Structural Engineers. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Houghton Host of The Irish Fire Podcast · Irish Independent | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Howell | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Huntington UFO researcher | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | UFO researcher, specialist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Huppertz Psychiatrist, psychotherapist and mindfulness trainer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychiatrist, psychotherapist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Hurnaus Founder & CEO · Tractive | Excluded | Business executive | Tractive founder and CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Hüther Director · IW | Selected | Think tank | Director of IW, German think tank. | 4 | 4 |
| Michael Hynes Chief executive officer · Evara | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Executive Officer at Evara. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Ignatieff Author, researcher | Selected | Commentator | Author and researcher, writer-scholar. | 4 | 5 |
| Michael Inzlicht Psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Iversen Property investor, developer and entrepreneur | Excluded | Business executive | Real estate investor and entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael J. Mauboussin Head of Consilient Research · Counterpoint Global, Morgan Stanley Investment Management | Selected | Economist or consultant | Head of Consilient Research at Morgan Stanley. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael J. Sheridan Author · Routledge | Selected | Commentator | Author, Routledge. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Jarlner International commentator · Politiken | Selected | Commentator | International commentator Politiken. | 1 | 4 |