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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muriel Robin Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Muriel Wilkins Founder and CEO · Paravis Partners | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder and CEO of Paravis Partners, executive coach. | 2 | 2 |
| Muris Begovic Army chaplain · Schweizer Armee | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Military chaplain (Armeeseelsorger), Swiss Army. | 1 | 1 |
| Murong Xuecun Writer | Selected | Commentator | Writer and Public Intellectual. | 1 | 3 |
| Murray Forman Communication scholar and hip-hop researcher · Northeastern University | Selected | Academic | Communications scholar, Northeastern University. | 1 | 1 |
| Murray Pittock Scotland's leading cultural historian, Professor | Selected | Academic | Leading cultural historian, professor. | 1 | 1 |
| Murray Roberts Professor of Marine Biology · University of Edinburgh | Selected | Academic | Professor of Marine Biology, University of Edinburgh. | 1 | 1 |
| Murtaza Hussain | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist with no proof of analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Musa al-Gharbi Assistant professor · Stony Brook University | Selected | Academic | Assistant professor, Stony Brook University. | 6 | 7 |
| Musab Balbale SVP and Chief Merchandising Officer · CVS Health | Excluded | Business executive | SVP and Chief Merchandising Officer, CVS Health (executive). | 1 | 1 |
| Musse Hasselvall Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Actor and presenter, not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Mustafa Al-Mashhadani Actor and director | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mustafa Marghadi Correspondent · De Dag | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter correspondent. | 1 | 3 |
| Mustafa Suleyman CEO of Microsoft AI | Excluded | Business executive | CEO Microsoft AI and Inflection AI. | 2 | 2 |
| My Rohwedder Expert · Aftonbladet | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist with no proof of analysis. | 1 | 20 |
| Mykhailo Fedorov Defense minister · Ukraine | Excluded | Serving politician | Defense minister Ukraine (politician in office). | 1 | 1 |
| Mykhailo Soldatenko Scholar · Harvard Law School | Selected | Academic | International law scholar, Harvard Law School. | 1 | 2 |
| Mykola Kuleba Founder of Save Ukraine | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of Save Ukraine NGO. | 1 | 1 |
| Myleene Klass Broadcaster, musician, and campaigner | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Myles Johnson CEO · Turbo Insurance | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Turbo Insurance. | 1 | 1 |
| Myra Åbeck Öhrman | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Myra Åhbeck-Öhrman | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Myriam Benraad Political scientist | Selected | Academic | Political scientist at multiple universities. | 2 | 4 |
| Myriam Chauvot Journalist on the industries desk · Les Echos | Excluded | Journalist | Industry section journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Myriam Sylla | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| N'Sivert Moe | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Naaja Nathanielsen Government minister · Greenlandic government | Excluded | Serving politician | Government minister of Greenlandic government (politics). | 1 | 1 |
| Nabil Fahmy Former ambassador and minister | Selected | Former official | Former ambassador and minister. | 1 | 1 |
| Nabil Moreno President of the local Muslim community | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nabil Rachdi | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nabil Wakim Journalist · Le Monde | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Le Monde. | 1 | 2 |
| Nacho Álvarez Economics professor · Autonomous University of Madrid | Selected | Academic | Profesor de Economia, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid. | 1 | 1 |
| Nacho Corredor | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Nacho Muhlemberg Personal finance expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Entrepreneur, investor, author of book on personal finance. | 1 | 1 |
| Nacho Navarro Researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Generic 'investigador' in a history episode on ancient DNA; the linked profile is a bare Polytechnic University of Catalonia researcher with no field. | 1 | 1 |
| Nacho Trujillo | Selected | Academic | Astrophysicist at Institute of Astrophysics of the Canaries. | 1 | 1 |
| Nachoem M. Wijnberg Poet and writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Poet and writer, fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Nada Hassanein Stateline | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist from Stateline. | 1 | 1 |
| Nada Itrab | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nada Tawfik North America Correspondent · BBC | Excluded | Journalist | UN correspondent reporter. | 2 | 4 |
| Nader Khalil Brev | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and founder of startup Brev. | 1 | 1 |
| Nadia Abu El-Haj Anne Olin Whitney Professor, Co-Director of the Center for Palestine Studies · Columbia University, Barnard College | Selected | Academic | Anne Olin Whitney Professor at Columbia University and Barnard College. | 2 | 3 |
| Nadia Ansar Psychologist and author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Clinical psychologist and author. | 1 | 1 |
| Nadia Boffa | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Nadia Bouras | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 5 |
| Nadia Brönimann Trans woman | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nadia Calviño President European Investment Bank · EIB | Excluded | Business executive | President of European Investment Bank, sitting executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Nadia de Haan | Excluded | Business executive | Real estate entrepreneur, model turned real estate executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Nadia Fettah Alaoui Minister of economy and finance · Maroc | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Economy and Finance Morocco, minister in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Nadia Henni-Moulaï Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist with no proof of analysis. | 1 | 1 |