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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathalie Wolff Senior lecturer, vice dean for culture · Université de Versailles Saint Quentin Paris Saclay | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer at University of Versailles Saint Quentin. | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan Arentz MD · Skylar Capital Management | Selected | Economist or consultant | MD (Managing Director) at Skylar Capital Management, management company. | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan Brooker Runs the competition · Financial Times | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Works for Financial Times, journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan Carter Country Music star | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan Civile Director · Freedom24 Nederland | Excluded | Business executive | Director of Freedom24 Nederland, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan Grayson Aftermath | Excluded | Journalist | Video game site journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan Johns The Irish Times | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Irish Times. | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan Kalman-Lamb Associate Professor of Sociology · University of New Brunswick | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor of Sociology at University of New Brunswick. | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan Labenz Analyst · Cognitive Revolution | Selected | Commentator | Analyst whose main activity is analyzing AI for the public. | 4 | 20 |
| Nathan Lambert ML Researcher · Huggingface | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | ML Researcher at Huggingface, tech company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan Lont | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan Munier Dr. | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan Rath Pelican Roofing | Excluded | Business executive | Director of Pelican Roofing, business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan Sawtell Neuroscientist | Selected | Academic | Neuroscientist, professor at Columbia University. | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan Sheets Global Chief Economist · Citigroup | Selected | Economist or consultant | Global Chief Economist at Citigroup, bank. | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan Strum CEO of Abby Connect | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Abby Connect. | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan Thrall | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist with no demonstrated analytical work. | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan Vieira Aix Marseille University | Selected | Academic | Affiliated with Aix Marseille University with work efficiency analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Nathan Wieser | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nathaniel Frissell Space physicist and electrical engineer | Selected | Academic | Space physicist, professor at University of Scranton. | 1 | 1 |
| Nathaniel Persily Election law scholar · Stanford Law School | Selected | Academic | Election law scholar at Stanford Law School, university. | 1 | 1 |
| Nativel Preciado La Brújula | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nausicaa Marbe Opinion maker · Telegraaf | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Naveed Baig Visiting researcher · Oslo Universitet | Selected | Academic | Guest researcher at Oslo University. | 1 | 1 |
| Naveen Rao CTO · 4D Computing | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | CTO at 4D Computing, tech executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Navin Girishankar President · CSIS | Selected | Think tank | President of CSIS (public policy think tank). | 2 | 3 |
| Navin Singh Khadka Global Environment correspondent · BBC World Service | Excluded | Journalist | Environment correspondent for BBC. | 1 | 1 |
| Navio Kwok Leadership advisor · Russell Reynolds Associates | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Leadership advisor at Russell Reynolds Associates, consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Nawal Al Maghafi Senior International Investigations Correspondent · BBC | Excluded | Journalist | BBC investigations correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Nawal Al-Maghafi Investigative journalist · BBC Arabic | Excluded | Journalist | Investigative journalist at BBC Arabic. | 1 | 1 |
| Nayomi Polcar Author · Quarks | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Nazar Akrami Professor · Uppsala University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Psychology at Uppsala University. | 1 | 1 |
| Nazaret Martín | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nazareth Castellanos Neuroscientist, science communicator, author | Selected | Academic | Neuroscientist researcher at Complutense University. | 4 | 5 |
| Neal Baer Hollywood TV writer and producer | Excluded | Business executive | Hollywood TV writer and producer. | 1 | 1 |
| Neal Foard Founder of Storyfire | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Storyfire. | 1 | 1 |
| Neal Lawson Mainstream | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Spokesman of Mainstream political group. | 1 | 1 |
| Neale Richmond TD and Minister of State · Fine Gael | Excluded | Serving politician | TD and Minister of State in office, active politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Ned Price Former spokesperson at the state department and previously the deputy ambassador to the UN | Selected | Former official | Former spokesperson and deputy ambassador. | 1 | 2 |
| Ned Snelling Professor of experimental physiology · University of Pretoria | Selected | Academic | Professor of experimental physiology at University of Pretoria. | 1 | 1 |
| Nedjib Sidi Moussa Police officer | Selected | Commentator | Political scientist and author of The Substitute, political analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Nedžad Avdić | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Neema Rukunghu Nadine-Néné Gynecologist · Panzi hospital | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Gynecologist, physician outside university. | 1 | 1 |
| Negar Zarassi Opera singer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Negin Farsad Comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Negra Efendić Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist and author. | 1 | 1 |
| Neige Sinno Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Female novelist, fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Neil Barber Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of historical non-fiction book (Pegasus Bridge). | 1 | 1 |
| Neil Basu Former head of Counter Terrorism · UK | Selected | Former official | Former head of Counter Terrorism for UK. | 2 | 2 |
| Neil Briscoe Motoring journalist · The Irish Times | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist automotive Irish Times. | 1 | 1 |