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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nusha Yonkova Head of anti-human trafficking · Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director at IHREC, in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Nynke de Zoeten Parliamentary correspondent · NOS | Excluded | Journalist | Parliamentary reporter (political correspondent). | 1 | 2 |
| Nynke Hogenberg | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nynke van Verschuer Correspondent · NRC | Excluded | Journalist | NRC correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Oana Lungescu Former NATO spokesperson | Selected | Former official | Former NATO spokesperson. | 5 | 5 |
| Oana Popescu-Zamfir Director · GlobalFocus Center | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director at GlobalFocus Center. | 1 | 1 |
| Ocean Vuong Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Fiction author, novelist. Novelists do not fit the 6 roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Océane Herrero Tech journalist · Politico | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Tech Politico (non-analytical role). | 1 | 1 |
| Oda Lambrecht Journalist · NDR | Selected | Commentator | Chief reporter, NDR, ARD Panorama investigations. | 1 | 2 |
| Oda Paulsrud Expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 2 |
| Oda team leader Team leader · US Army 20th Special Forces Group | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Odd Arild Grefstad Group CEO · Storebrand | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of financial bank, financial company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen Mayor · Bodø | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor in office, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Odd Harry Arnesen Researcher · FFI | Selected | Academic | Researcher at FFI, public research institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Odd Isungset | Excluded | Journalist | Vague position. | 1 | 1 |
| Odd Richard Valmot Longtime journalist · Teknisk Ukeblad | Excluded | Journalist | Long-time journalist at Teknisk Ukeblad. | 1 | 1 |
| Odd Rune Heggheim KLP | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 3 |
| Odd Sverre Arnøy Head · Homeco | Excluded | Business executive | CEO Homeco, business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Odette Yousef Domestic extremism correspondent · NPR | Selected | Commentator | Domestic extremism correspondent at NPR, specialized analyst. | 1 | 2 |
| Odile Plichon Journalist · Le Parisien | Excluded | Journalist | Economics section journalist at Le Parisien. | 1 | 2 |
| Ofer Bronchtein President and co-founder · Forum International pour la Paix | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | President and founder of International Peace Forum. | 1 | 1 |
| Ohad Tal Far-right Israeli politician | Excluded | Serving politician | Israeli politician, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Oísin Cantwell News columnist · Aftonbladet | Selected | Commentator | News columnist at Aftonbladet. | 5 | 11 |
| Oisin Coghlan Public policy advisor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Political advisor, former director of Friends of the Earth. | 2 | 3 |
| Oisin Coughlan Policy Advisor · Environmental Pillar | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Political advisor to Environmental Pillar. | 1 | 1 |
| Øistein Burøy Olsen Head of Digital Customer Experience · REMA 1000 | Excluded | Business executive | Head of Digital Customer Experience at REMA 1000. | 1 | 1 |
| Øivind Østberg Lawyer · MannsForum | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer. | 2 | 2 |
| Oksana Antonenko Russian Service journalist · BBC | Excluded | Journalist | Russian Service journalist, BBC. | 1 | 1 |
| Oksana Zabuzhko Writer, literary scholar | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer and literary critic. | 1 | 1 |
| Ola Bjerkestrand Mo Manager · Storebrand | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Fund manager at a bank. Financial executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Ola Borten Moe Project director · Senterpartiet | Selected | Former official | Former state councillor. Former public official. | 5 | 15 |
| Ola Bratt Professor of clinical cancer epidemiology · University of Gothenburg | Selected | Academic | Professor of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology at Gothenburg University. | 1 | 1 |
| Ola Innset | Selected | Academic | Historian at European University Institute. | 3 | 3 |
| Ola Piotrowska PCPM | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Representative of NGO PCPM | 1 | 1 |
| Ola Ringdahl Narrator | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 3 |
| Ola Svenneby Leader of Unge Høyre | Excluded | Serving politician | Political party leader in office, politician. | 1 | 2 |
| Ola Svenonius FOI | Selected | Academic | Researcher at FOI, Swedish public research institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Ola Trovatn Seafood specialist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Olaf Koens RTL correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | RTL correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Olaf Lies Minister-President of Lower Saxony · Basse-Saxe | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister-president of Lower Saxony in office, public official. | 1 | 1 |
| Olaf Scholz Federal chancellor · Allemagne | Excluded | Serving politician | German chancellor in office. | 3 | 3 |
| Olaf Sleijpen President of DNB · De Nederlandsche Bank | Excluded | Serving politician | President of DNB central bank in office. Government official. | 1 | 1 |
| Olaf Tempelman Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction book, De kunst van het missen. | 1 | 1 |
| Olaf van Paassen Director and chief editor | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Olaug Bollestad | Selected | Former official | Former Minister of Agriculture and Parliament member, ended 2021. | 1 | 1 |
| Olav Carlsson Expert historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Olav Mydland Special envoy for municipal and regional affairs · Norges delegasjon til EU | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Special envoy on assignment to Norwegian delegation. | 1 | 1 |
| Olav Øvrebø Editor · Energi og Klima | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Olav Svarstad Haugland | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Olaya Dorado | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |