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 Jones Biographe | Selected | Commentator | Biographer. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Joseph Gross Vanity Fair contributing editor | Excluded | Journalist | Vanity Fair Contributing Editor, magazine editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Jucker Sports historian, head at «Swiss Sports History» and co-head of the FCZ museum · Swiss Sports History, FCZ-Museum | Selected | Academic | Sports historian Swiss Sports History. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Kaa Andersen Founder Ejendomsinvest and Proark Group · Ejendomsinvest, Proark Group | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Ejendomsinvest and Proark Group. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Kaatz Dr. | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Kelly | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Knowles The Daily Wire | Selected | Commentator | Conservative commentator at Daily Wire. | 22 | 196 |
| Michael Kofman Senior fellow at the Carnegie endowment for International Peace | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow Carnegie Endowment. | 8 | 12 |
| Michael Kovrig Former Canadian diplomat · Canada | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Kretschmer Minister-president · Saxony | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister-president Saxony, politician. | 2 | 3 |
| Michael Krings Palaeobotanist · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Selected | Academic | Paleobotanist at Ludwig Maximilians University. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Krüger Writer and former Hanser publisher | Selected | Commentator | Writer, author. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Lamb | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Philosophy Bites episode on Augustine and hope as a virtue; the linked profile is a Cambridge developmental psychologist, an unrelated namesake. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael LaRosa Biden insider | Excluded | Serving politician | Biden insider, political official. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Lauber Former federal prosecutor | Selected | Former official | Former Federal Prosecutor. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Lebowitz Portfolio manager | Selected | Economist or consultant | Portfolio manager. | 1 | 17 |
| Michael Lehofer Professor, psychiatrist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Prof., Psychiatrist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Lewis Bestselling author and financial journalist | Selected | Commentator | Bestselling author and financial journalist. | 27 | 34 |
| Michael Logarzo Coach | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Lohscheller CEO · Polestar | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Polestar. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Losier Law of Attraction expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Law of Attraction expert, coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Luca Professor · Johns Hopkins Carey Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Lück Management consultant | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Management consultant, consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Lüders Middle East expert | Selected | Commentator | Middle East expert who analyzes. | 6 | 10 |
| Michael Ludwig SPÖ | Excluded | Serving politician | SPÖ, politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Lyons | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Markovich Investment specialist with a doctorate · Grossbank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investment specialist at large bank. | 1 | 4 |
| Michael MC Christiansen Comedian and host · Langt fra løgnen | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael McConnell Richard and Frances Mallery Professor · Stanford Law School | Selected | Academic | Richard and Frances Mallery Professor, Stanford Law. | 5 | 5 |
| Michael McMillian Bigfoot Collector's Club podcast | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Michael McNicholl Founder · McNicholl Caravans | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of McNicholl Caravans. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael McQueen Bestselling author | Selected | Commentator | Bestselling author who analyzes organizational relevance for the general public. | 3 | 3 |
| Michael Mederos y Schnitzler Professor · LMU München | Selected | Academic | Professor at the Institute of Pharmacology at LMU Munich. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Mehringer | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Meyen Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of communications at Munich. | 2 | 6 |
| Michael Milshtein Israeli former intelligence analyst | Selected | Academic et Former official | Researcher at Tel Aviv University, former intelligence analyst. | 1 | 4 |
| Michael Mina Epidemiologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Epidemiologist on measles; the profile is a viral immunologist at the Kirby Institute, a related field but not an exact function match. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Morris Professor at Columbia Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor at Columbia Business School. | 6 | 6 |
| Michael Moynihan Host · The Fifth Column | Excluded | Journalist | Host/co-host of The Fifth Column podcast. | 1 | 4 |
| Michael Murphy Journalist · The Telegraph | Selected | Academic | Professor of music at IADT (teaching establishment). | 2 | 4 |
| Michael Neuberg Head of Global Service Line BFSI · SPS | Excluded | Business executive | IT executive at services company. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Neudecker Correspondent · Süddeutschen Zeitung, Tages-Anzeigers | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent at Süddeutsche Zeitung, international reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Nikbakhsh Investigative journalist · Die Dunkelkammer | Excluded | Journalist | Investigative journalist, investigation reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Norton Professor at Harvard Business school | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology at Harvard Business School. | 6 | 6 |
| Michael Nussbaumer CIO | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | CIO, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Ohl Wasp researcher | Selected | Academic | Entomologist at Humboldt University. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Oliver Technical analyst and author · Momentum Structural Analysis | Selected | Economist or consultant | Independent technical analyst specializing in structural analysis. | 4 | 11 |
| Michael Olsen Journalist · Politiken | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Politiken, news reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Ovitz Entrepreneur | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur, company founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Pammesberger Cartoonist · KURIER | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |