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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Tarruella | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Óscar Vara Professor at the Autonomous University of Madrid | Selected | Academic | Professor Universidad Autónoma Madrid. | 2 | 3 |
| Oscar Vermeer NRC | Excluded | Journalist | NRC (function not specified). | 1 | 2 |
| Osgur Breathnach | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Oshri Moyal CTO & co-founder of Atera | Excluded | Business executive | CTO and co-founder of Atera. | 1 | 1 |
| Osita Nwanevu | Selected | Commentator | Columnist at The New Yorker. | 3 | 3 |
| Oskar Barner Bernhardtsen Investment strategist · Saxo Bank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investment strategist Saxo Bank. | 1 | 3 |
| Oskar Dudycz | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Developer and software architect. | 1 | 1 |
| Oskar Duevang | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Oskar Ehlert Barner Bernhardtsen Investment strategist · Saxo Bank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investment strategist Saxo Bank. | 2 | 2 |
| Oskar Freysinger Writer, SVP politician | Excluded | Serving politician | Politician and former state adviser. | 1 | 2 |
| Oskar Isvén Backlund SPP | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Oskar Matute Member of parliament for EH Bildu | Excluded | Serving politician | EH Bildu member currently serving. | 1 | 1 |
| Oskar Nordström Skans Professor · Uppsala University | Selected | Academic | Professor Uppsala University. | 3 | 3 |
| Oskar Pietrewicz Analyst · Polskiego Instytutu Spraw Zagranicznych | Selected | Think tank | Analyst Polish Institute of International Affairs. | 6 | 22 |
| Oskar Westerlin Influencer and founder | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Osman Balkan Associate Director of the Huntsman Program · University of Pennsylvania | Selected | Academic | Associate Director Huntsman Program Penn. | 1 | 1 |
| Ossanda Liber Nova Direita | Excluded | Serving politician | Associate of Nova Direita movement. | 1 | 1 |
| Östen Burman Customer manager · Avanza | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Client and trader director for brokerage, commercial function. | 2 | 2 |
| Othmar Karas ÖVP representative · Europaparlament | Selected | Former official | ÖVP Member of European Parliament, 25 years (former mandate). | 3 | 3 |
| Othmas Karas ÖVP politician | Excluded | Serving politician | Austrian ÖVP politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Oti Mabuse Dancer · Strictly Come Dancing | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Otto Anker Nielsen | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Otto Brøns-Petersen Analysis head · Cepos | Selected | Think tank | Chief analyst at Danish think tank Cepos. | 1 | 1 |
| Otto Bruun 2nd deputy chairperson · Vasemmistoliitto | Excluded | Serving politician | Director, political party, in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Otto Fricke FDP MP | Excluded | Serving politician | FDP parliamentarian, serving. | 1 | 1 |
| Otto Juote | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Author of audio fiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Otto Neuer CEE · Denodo | Excluded | Business executive | Denodo executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Otto Pukk CEO · Incap | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Incap, company. | 1 | 2 |
| Otto Salminen Store manager · Alepa | Excluded | Business executive | Alepa store manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Otto Scharmer Sociology professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of sociology, explicit academic title. | 2 | 2 |
| Otto Schwerdt | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Otto-Pekka Huhtala CEO · Easor | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Easor, company. | 1 | 1 |
| Oumaima Abalhaj Correspondent · NRC | Excluded | Journalist | NRC correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Oussama Ammar | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Outi Juurikainen | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Outi Setälä Researcher · SYKE | Selected | Academic | Researcher at SYKE, research agency. | 1 | 1 |
| Ove Kaj Pedersen Professor emeritus | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor (academic position). | 1 | 1 |
| Owain Wyn Evans Former weather presenter and drummer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Owen Matthews Russia writer · The Spectator | Selected | Commentator | Associate editor The Spectator, analyst/senior reporter. | 5 | 10 |
| Owen O'Brien Crime reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Crime reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Owen Simonin Meria | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | YouTuber and Entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Øystein Arff Gulseth Head of global trade · EY | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Global trade leader at EY, consulting firm executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Øystein Bogen | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, no indicated function. | 1 | 2 |
| Øystein Dørum Former chief economist · NHO | Selected | Economist or consultant | Former chief economist at NHO, currently economist. | 2 | 4 |
| Øystein Ekroll Archaeologist and researcher · Nidaros Domkirkes restaureringsarbeider | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Archaeologist working on Nidaros Cathedral restoration. | 1 | 1 |
| Øystein Kalleklev CEO · Flex LNG | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Flex LNG. | 1 | 1 |
| Øystein Kværner Manager · DNB | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager at DNB, Norwegian bank. | 1 | 2 |
| Øystein Lintvedt Development director · Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace | Excluded | Business executive | Development director at Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace. | 1 | 1 |
| Øystein Milli Krimpoddens | Excluded | Journalist | Crime podcast, no analysis indicated. | 1 | 1 |