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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morten Jasper Business editor · Børsen | Excluded | Journalist | Business editor, Børsen. | 1 | 1 |
| Morten Kirkskov Head of drama · Det Kongelige Teater | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Theater director at Royal Theatre. | 1 | 1 |
| Morten Kvist Carl Instructor | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Morten Malmin Subject head · SpareBank 1 Sør-Norge | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Department head at SpareBank 1 Sør-Norge (bank executive). | 1 | 1 |
| Morten Messerschmidt Chair · Dansk Folkeparti | Excluded | Serving politician | Leader of Danish People's Party, current party leader. | 3 | 4 |
| Morten Mosvold Jørgensen Property manager | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Property manager (real estate manager). | 1 | 1 |
| Morten Munk Andersen Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Simple journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Morten Øgård Professor at UiA | Selected | Academic | Professor at UiA. | 1 | 1 |
| Morten Øyen Climate editor · Altinget | Excluded | Journalist | Climate editor, Altinget. | 1 | 1 |
| Morten Roed Frederiksen Robotics researcher · ITU | Selected | Academic | Robot researcher, ITU. | 1 | 1 |
| Morten Rønnelund UK commentator | Selected | Commentator | British commentator, analyst. | 2 | 3 |
| Morten Rynning CityQ | Excluded | Business executive | CityQ, entrepreneur/founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Morten Sandanger Storting member · Ap | Excluded | Serving politician | Parliament member Labor Party (politician in office). | 1 | 1 |
| Morten Sommer Professor of microbiology · DTU Bio Sustain | Selected | Academic | Professor of Microbiology, DTU Biosustain. | 1 | 1 |
| Morten Thorsrud CEO · Sampo | Excluded | Business executive | CEO at Sampo. | 1 | 1 |
| Morten Westerbjerg Andersen Head of work environment and management · Rigshospitalet | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Head of workplace environment at Rigshospitalet (hospital executive). | 1 | 1 |
| Morteza Hajizadeh Ph.D. graduate in English · University of Auckland | Selected | Academic | Ph.D. graduate in English, University of Auckland. | 4 | 6 |
| Morwenna Coniam Co-editor of Bloomberg's Markets Today blog | Selected | Commentator | Co-editor of financial analysis blog at Bloomberg. | 2 | 3 |
| Moses Nmor Co-founder · BFREE Africa | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of BFREE Africa. | 1 | 1 |
| Moshik Temkin Author · PublicAffairs | Selected | Commentator | Author Warriors, Rebels, and Saints, non-fiction book. | 1 | 1 |
| Moss Hill | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Moudhy Al-Rashid Dr | Selected | Academic | Doctor, Assyrologist at University of Oxford. | 3 | 3 |
| Mouna Petitjean Satellite pilot | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Satellite pilot (former, not former public official). | 1 | 1 |
| Mounir Laggoune CEO and founder · Finary | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and founder of Finary. | 1 | 1 |
| Mourad Boudjellal Comic book publisher | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 9 |
| Mourad Guichard Independent journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Independent journalist, no proof of analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Mous Lamrabat Photographer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Moussa Al-Hassan Diaw Deradicalisation expert | Selected | Academic | Islamic studies researcher. | 1 | 1 |
| Mozhdeh Ghasemiyani Clinical psychologist specializing in crisis psychology | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Clinical psychologist outside university. | 1 | 1 |
| Mridula Pore Peppy Health | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Peppy Health (corporate manager). | 1 | 1 |
| Mudassar Kapur Storting representative · Høyre | Excluded | Serving politician | Parliament representative Progress Party (politician in office). | 1 | 1 |
| Muhammad al-Sudani Prime Minister · Iraq | Excluded | Serving politician | Prime Minister Iraq (serving politician). | 1 | 1 |
| Muhammad Saleh Doctor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Doctor nutritionist (physician/nutritionist). | 1 | 1 |
| Muhammad Waqas Assistant Professor in Economics · University of Bradford | Selected | Academic | Assistant Professor in Economics, University of Bradford. | 1 | 1 |
| Muharrem Demirok Party leader · Centerpartiet | Excluded | Serving politician | Centerpartiet party leader, serving. | 3 | 3 |
| Muireann Ahern | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Muireann Ní Shé Sean-nós dancers | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mukulika Banerjee Dr. · Oxford University Press | Selected | Academic | Dr., author of academic book on agrarian democracy. | 1 | 1 |
| Muli Segev Eretz Nehederet | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Muna Duzdar National Council member · SPÖ | Excluded | Serving politician | National Council member SPÖ (politician in office). | 1 | 1 |
| Munira Wilson Liberal Democrat MP | Excluded | Serving politician | Liberal Democrat MP (active politician). | 1 | 1 |
| Muntadhar Al Zaidi Journalist | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Murat Cinar Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Simple journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Murat Isik Writer | Selected | Commentator | Turkish-Dutch writer. | 1 | 2 |
| Murat Somer | Selected | Academic | Professor of political science at Koç University. | 1 | 1 |
| Muriel Asseburg Bruno Kreisky Forum | Selected | Think tank | Bruno Kreisky Forum (Austrian think tank). | 4 | 5 |
| Muriel Breiman Deputy editor-in-chief · L'Express | Excluded | Journalist | Deputy economics editor-in-chief. | 1 | 2 |
| Muriel Domenach Former French ambassador to OTAN | Selected | Former official | Former Ambassador of France to NATO. | 5 | 7 |
| Muriel Dotta | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Muriel Lenglin Director of the Cherbourg site · Naval Group | Excluded | Business executive | Director of Cherbourg site at Naval Group (executive). | 1 | 1 |