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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onyeka Nubia Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian and lecturer at University of Nottingham. | 1 | 1 |
| Oona Hathaway Professor of international law · Yale University | Selected | Academic | Professor of International Law, Yale. | 4 | 4 |
| Oona-Maaria Hyppölä Research assistant · Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulun Venäjä-ryhmä | Selected | Academic | Research assistant at Defense Academy. | 1 | 1 |
| Oos Kesbeke Owner of the Kesbeke pickle empire | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Kesbeke company. | 1 | 1 |
| Opal Lee | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ophelia Snyder Co-Founder & President · 21Shares | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder and president of 21Shares. | 1 | 1 |
| Ophélie Roque Literature teacher and essayist | Selected | Commentator | Essayist and literature professor. | 2 | 6 |
| Opokua Britton Okrystat | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ore Oduba Strictly Come Dancing | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ore Ogunbiyi Africa correspondent · The Economist | Excluded | Journalist | Africa correspondent The Economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Oren Jay Sofer Meditation and non-violent communication teacher · Spirit Rock | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Teacher of meditation and communication. | 1 | 1 |
| Oren Kessler | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction works on Middle East history. | 1 | 1 |
| Orfeo Suárez | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ori Inbar Co-founder and CEO · Augmented World Expo | Excluded | Business executive | Co-Founder and CEO of Augmented World Expo. | 1 | 1 |
| Oriana Skylar Mastro Center Fellow · Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies | Selected | Think tank | Fellow at Freeman Spogli Institute Stanford. | 5 | 5 |
| Orianne Merger Editor-in-chief of the Dictionnaire Permanent Santé, Bioéthique, Biotechnologies | Excluded | Journalist | Dictionary editor-in-chief (no current events or analysis). | 1 | 1 |
| Oriel FeldmanHall Professor of Cognitive, Linguistics, and Psychological Sciences · Brown University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Brown University. | 2 | 2 |
| Orietta Moscatelli Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Oriol Blanch | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Oriol Erausquin | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Oriol Solè Journalist · elDiario.es | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, elDiario.es. | 1 | 1 |
| Orit Meir | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Oritsé Williams JLS | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ørjan Raknes Forthun Municipal director · Askøy | Excluded | Serving politician | Municipal director (kommunedirektør). | 1 | 1 |
| Ørjan Ryland | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ørjan Zazzera Johansen Author, reading enthusiast and communicator · Garborgsenteret | Selected | Commentator | Author, public reader and mediator. | 1 | 1 |
| Orla Comerford Paralympian Irish runner | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Orla McDonald Climate editor · Het Financieele Dagblad | Excluded | Journalist | Climate editor. | 1 | 5 |
| Orla Ryan News correspondent · TheJournal.ie | Excluded | Journalist | News correspondent and Irish Times reporter. | 2 | 2 |
| Orlando Bloom Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Orlando Figes Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian and lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London. | 2 | 3 |
| Orlando Mir | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Orlando Reade Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of 'What in Me Is Dark', study. | 1 | 1 |
| Orly Lobel Warren Distinguished Professor · University of San Diego | Selected | Academic | Distinguished Professor, University of San Diego. | 2 | 2 |
| Orna Guralnik Psychoanalyst | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Practicing psychoanalyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Orsi Husz | Selected | Academic | Historian at Uppsala University. | 1 | 1 |
| Ortrun Huber Science journalist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Science journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Orysia Lutsevych Head of the Ukraine Forum · Chatham House | Selected | Think tank | Ukraine Forum director at Chatham House. | 4 | 6 |
| Òscar Camps Founder and director · Open Arms | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and director of Open Arms. | 1 | 1 |
| Óscar Fábrega Writer | Selected | Commentator | Opinion journalist and writer. | 6 | 14 |
| Oscar Farinetti Eataly | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and entrepreneur at Eataly. | 1 | 1 |
| Oscar Fredriksson Lawyer and head of investigations · Starck & Partner AB | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer and head of investigations at law firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Oscar García Music journalist · Los 40 | Excluded | Journalist | Music journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Oscar Garschagen Former China correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | Former China correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Óscar Herradón Specialist journalist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Specialized journalist. | 1 | 2 |
| Óscar Lasarte Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Oscar Martinez | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Óscar Mateos Director general of tourism · La Junta de Extremadura | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Oscar Munoz Former United Airlines CEO | Excluded | Business executive | Former General Director of United Airlines. | 1 | 1 |
| Oscar Sjöstedt Sverigedemokraterna | Excluded | Serving politician | Sverigedemokraterna politician. | 1 | 1 |