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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Callanan Private Companies Managing Editor · Bloomberg | Excluded | Journalist | Managing Editor Bloomberg. | 1 | 1 |
| Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist · Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Centre for Earth and Space | Selected | Academic | Astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium. | 22 | 39 |
| Neil Greenberg | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Neil J. Young Author · U Chicago Press | Selected | Commentator | Author of historical non-fiction book (Coming Out Republican). | 1 | 1 |
| Neil Jackman Archaeologist · Tuath.ie | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Archaeologist, leader of Tuath Archaeology. | 1 | 1 |
| Neil Kenward Interim Director General of Markets · Ofgem | Excluded | Serving politician | Interim Director General of Ofgem (regulator), active public official. | 1 | 1 |
| Neil Kinnock Former Labour leader · Parti travailliste | Excluded | Serving politician | Member of House of Lords, parliamentary member in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Neil Maher Professor of History · New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University-Newark | Selected | Academic | Professor of History at New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers. | 1 | 1 |
| Neil McDonnell Chief Executive · ISME | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Executive at ISME, organization executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Neil Oliver Presenter | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Neil Samworth Ex-prison officer | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Neil Shastri-Hurst Conservative health spokesman | Excluded | Serving politician | Conservative health spokesman and Tory MP, active politician. | 2 | 2 |
| Neil Shortland Dr., expert on military decision making · Department for Defense | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Military decision making expert at Department of Defense, public executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Neil Stern CEO · Good Food Holdings | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Good Food Holdings. | 1 | 1 |
| Neil Strauss Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Music journalist, no analytical work. | 1 | 1 |
| Neil Theise Doctor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Dr. with degree only, insufficient context on professional role. | 1 | 1 |
| Neil Thomas Fellow on Chinese Politics · Asia Society Policy Institute's Center for China Analysis | Selected | Think tank | Fellow on Chinese Politics at Asia Society Policy Institute (think tank). | 1 | 1 |
| Neil Weare Co-Directors · Right to Democracy | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyers and co-directors of Right to Democracy. | 1 | 1 |
| Nejma Brahim Journalist · Mediapart | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Mediapart. | 1 | 1 |
| Nejra Macic Chief economist · Prognosesenteret | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist at Prognosesenteret. | 5 | 7 |
| Nele Rößler | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nele Somers | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 3 |
| Nele Van den Broeck | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist with no specified function. | 1 | 1 |
| Nelio Biedermann Writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer (likely fiction). | 1 | 1 |
| Nell Greenfieldboyce Journalist · NPR | Excluded | Journalist | Science correspondent for NPR. | 1 | 2 |
| Nell Scovell Writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer without clear context on content type. | 1 | 1 |
| Nella Moisseinen Doctoral researcher | Selected | Academic | Doctoral Researcher (PhD student), affiliated with university for research. | 1 | 1 |
| Nelleke Noordervliet Writer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 3 |
| Nellie Bowles Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist with no demonstrated analytical work. | 1 | 1 |
| Nelly Kronstrand Reporter · Aftonbladet | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Aftonbladet | 1 | 1 |
| Nelly Saenen Toxicologist · UHasselt | Selected | Academic | Toxicologist at UHasselt, higher education institution. | 1 | 1 |
| Nelson Dellis 6x USA Memory Champion | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | 6x USA Memory Champion, athlete/performer. | 1 | 1 |
| Nelson Faria Jesuit priest · Sociedade de Jesus | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nelson Freitas Artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nena Brockhaus Presenter | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Moderator and journalist, media. | 2 | 2 |
| Nerea León | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nerea Pérez de las Heras | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Nerea Rodríguez | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nerina Ramlakhan Sleep expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Physiotherapist outside university context. | 1 | 1 |
| Nery Anderson Commissioner | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Commissaris, executive title. | 1 | 1 |
| Nessa Cosgrove Senator · Labour Party | Excluded | Serving politician | Senator from Labour Party in office, active politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Néstor F. Marqués Archaeologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Archaeologist without university affiliation. | 1 | 1 |
| Néstor Marqués Archaeologist and science communicator | Selected | Commentator | Archaeologist and science communicator, primary activity dissemination. | 3 | 6 |
| Néstor Sánchez | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Argentine writer with no professional position. | 1 | 1 |
| Nestori Syynimaa Azure AD PhD · Microsoft | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Azure AD doctor at Microsoft, tech company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Neta Crawford Professor · Oxford University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Oxford University. | 2 | 2 |
| Netta Weinstein Professor of psychology · University of Reading | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology at University of Reading. | 4 | 6 |
| Neus Alcolea Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer specializing in audiovisual and new technologies. | 1 | 1 |
| Neus Tomás Journalist · elDiario.es | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at elDiario.es. | 1 | 1 |
| Neven Cagal Fisherman | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Fisherman, manual labor. | 1 | 1 |