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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Kimmage | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, no function given. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Kirby BBC's Europe digital editor | Excluded | Journalist | Digital editor BBC. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Kircher Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Kohlbry Assistant Professor of Global Studies · University of California, Santa Barbara | Selected | Academic | Assistant Professor University of California. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Krugman Nobel Prize-winning economist, columnist · New York Times | Selected | Economist or consultant | Nobel economist, New York Times columnist. | 20 | 35 |
| Paul Krummel Dr. | Selected | Academic | Climatologist, public research organization researcher. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Laverty Writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Screenwriter and film actor, fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Lawford Founder · Small Change | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Small Change. | 2 | 2 |
| Paul Lewis Head of investigations · The Guardian | Excluded | Journalist | Head of investigations at The Guardian. | 1 | 2 |
| Paul Li | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul List Co-author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Litvak | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Lukas Psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist, non-university psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Luttikhuis Climate editor · NRC | Excluded | Journalist | Climate editor NRC | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Lynch Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Novelist. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul M. H. Buvarp Senior researcher · Norwegian Defence Research Establishment | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Norwegian Defence Research Establishment. | 1 | 2 |
| Paul Martin Chemical engineer · Hydrogen Science Coalition | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chemical engineer in a coalition, non-academic. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Mason Author and journalist | Selected | Commentator | Author and journalist, essayist. | 3 | 4 |
| Paul Maurice Secretary general of the Committee for Franco-German Relations Studies · Ifri | Selected | Think tank | General Secretary, Cerfa Committee IFRI. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul McGann Narrator · NOISER | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul McLeary | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, no role given. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Meyrat Senior Digital Transformation Consultant · Stadt Zürich | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | City consultant for Zurich. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Middelhoff US correspondent · Die ZEIT | Excluded | Journalist | US correspondent at Die ZEIT. | 1 | 2 |
| Paul Molga Correspondent for Les Echos in Marseille | Excluded | Journalist | Les Echos correspondent. | 1 | 2 |
| Paul Morgan-Bentley Award-winning investigative journalist and author | Selected | Commentator | Award-winning author-journalist. | 1 | 7 |
| Paul Mouginot Engineer, entrepreneur and artist | Excluded | Business executive | Engineer, entrepreneur, and artist. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity | Excluded | Serving politician | People Before Profit, serving politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Novosad | Selected | Academic | Economist and researcher at Dartmouth College. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Nowak Head of TUC · Trades Union Congress | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Paul Nuki Global Health and Security Editor · The Telegraph | Selected | Commentator | Global Health Security Editor, specialized. | 1 | 2 |
| Paul Nurse Director · Francis Crick Institute | Selected | Academic | Director of Francis Crick Institute. | 5 | 5 |
| Paul Page Ex-royal protection officer · Buckingham Palace | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Péretié Co-founder · Adok | Excluded | Business executive | Co-Founder of Adok. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Pettitt Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof., professor. | 2 | 2 |
| Paul Piccarreta Journalist and essayist · Le Cri | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and essayist at Le Cri. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Pierson Political scientist | Selected | Academic | Political scientist, academic title. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Poast Professor · University of Chicago, Department of Political Science | Selected | Academic | Professor, University of Chicago, Political Science. | 4 | 6 |
| Paul Preston Hispanist | Selected | Academic | Hispanic studies specialist, academic historian. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Rabil Co-founder · Premier Lacrosse League | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of Premier Lacrosse League. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Raphaël Co-founder of Felix & Paul Studios | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of Felix & Paul Studios. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Rieckhoff | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Ripke Influencer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Ronzheimer Journalist · BILD | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist BILD. | 5 | 6 |
| Paul Rosen Assistant Treasury Secretary for Investment Security | Excluded | Serving politician | Assistant Treasury Secretary, civil servant. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Röttger Postdoc · Università Bocconi | Selected | Academic | Post-Doc at Università Bocconi. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Rudd Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Sagar Professor of political science · King's College London | Selected | Academic | Professor, King's College London. | 2 | 3 |
| Paul Saladino MD | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | MD, non-university physician. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Scharre Former Pentagon defense expert | Selected | Former official | Former Pentagon defense expert. | 3 | 3 |
| Paul Schmidt EU expert | Selected | Think tank | European expert at European policy company. | 3 | 5 |