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 Sundorph | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Swaim | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Syrén Investigative reporter · Expressen | Excluded | Journalist | Expressen investigative reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Taylor Palaeontologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 2 | 3 |
| Michael Tellinger Author, researcher and activist | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author, researcher and activist, activist for a cause. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Tetzschner Storting representative · Høyre | Excluded | Serving politician | Representative at Norwegian parliament (Storting) in office | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Thomann Mountain hiking guide and systems engineer | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Thumann Foreign policy correspondent · DIE ZEIT | Excluded | Journalist | Foreign policy correspondent DIE ZEIT, correspondent. | 4 | 8 |
| Michael Thykier Editor · Politiken | Excluded | Journalist | Editor Politiken, media information editor | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Tomasky Editor · The New Republic | Selected | Commentator | Editor of The New Republic, ideas journal editor. | 2 | 2 |
| Michael Truell Creator of Cursor · Cursor / Anysphere | Excluded | Business executive | Creator of a tech startup (Cursor/Anysphere). | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Uhrenholt Leadership consultant · Lederne | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Management advisor in managers union. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Wagner Microbiologist · University of Vienna | Selected | Academic | Microbiologist at University of Vienna. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Wallach Vice President of Investment · Levy Family Partners | Excluded | Business executive | Vice-President Investment, private wealth manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Walsh American Author, Screenwriter, Cultural-political Consultant | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Screenwriter author and political consultant, fiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Weiss Reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Investigative journalist, investigation reporter. | 3 | 4 |
| Michael Winstanley Conservative | Excluded | Serving politician | Conservative politician in office, Question Time participant. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Yarnes | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur/business buyer with no clear role. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Zametzer Author · BR | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Author for German public radio (BR), journalist role. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Zitzmann Andrologist · Universitaetsklinik Muenster | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Andrologist (specialist physician) at university clinic. | 1 | 1 |
| Michaela Hayes Spin 1038 | Excluded | Journalist | Spin 1038 journalist, news reporters. | 1 | 1 |
| Michaela Hulstyn Associate Director of the Structured Liberal Education Program · Stanford University | Selected | Academic | Associate director of a program at Stanford. | 1 | 1 |
| Michaela Krützen Professor of media studies · HFF München | Selected | Academic | Professor of media science at HFF Munich film school. | 2 | 3 |
| Michaela Simoneau CSIS | Selected | Think tank | Associate of CSIS, Center for Strategic and International Studies. | 1 | 1 |
| Michaela Strachan Winter Watch presenter | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Michaela Wiegel F.A.Z. France correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | F.A.Z. France correspondent, correspondent. | 1 | 2 |
| Michaeleen Doucleff Science correspondent · NPR | Excluded | Journalist | Science correspondent, NPR, science reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Bąk Muzeum Historii Polski | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Banasiak | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Michal Beneš Secretary · Asociace tvůrců a online médií ATOM | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Secretary of an association of online creators (ATOM). | 1 | 1 |
| Michal Bogusz Expert at OSW | Selected | Think tank | Expert at Eastern Studies Center (OSW), Polish think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Bogusz Expert · OSW | Selected | Think tank | Expert at OSW, Eastern Studies Center. | 6 | 17 |
| Michał Bortkiewicz Researcher · Princeton | Selected | Academic | Researcher, Princeton. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Broda Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego | Selected | Academic | Wroclaw University Library. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Chojniski Author | Selected | Academic | Professor of American studies at Jagiellonian University. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Domaszewski Family medicine specialist · Ambasadorzy Zdrowia | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Family medicine specialist, physician. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Duńska President · Analiz Online | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Prezes Analiz Online, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Dworczyk MEP for Prawo i Sprawiedliwość | Excluded | Serving politician | MEP in office, European deputy. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Eckstein Dr hab., physicist · Instytut Fizyki Teoretycznej Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego | Selected | Academic | Dr. hab. physicist at University Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Gliński Legal counsel and partner · Wardyński i Wspólnicy | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer at Wardyński and Partners. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Gramatyka Deputy minister of digital affairs · Polski 2050 | Excluded | Serving politician | Deputy and vice minister in office, politician. | 3 | 5 |
| Michał Gulczyński Sociologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Sociologist with no specified institution. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Hoffmann | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michal Jedrzejek Philosopher, editor · Miesiecznika Znak | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and editor of monthly ideas journal Znak. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Kacewicz | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist with no indication of analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Kamiński Deputy marshal of the Senate | Excluded | Serving politician | Vice-Marshal Senate in office, politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Kłosowski Deputy editor-in-chief · "Wszystko co Najważniejsze" | Excluded | Journalist | Deputy Editor-in-Chief, news media editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Kokot Correspondent · Gazeta Wyborcza | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent at Gazeta Wyborcza, international reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Kolanko Publicist · Rzeczpospolita | Selected | Commentator | Rzeczpospolita columnist, Polish analyst columnist. | 2 | 68 |
| Michał Kołodziejczyk | Selected | Commentator | Authors of bestselling reportage. | 1 | 1 |