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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Franzese Former capo for New York's Colombo crime family | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Freeman Co-founder and CEO · Ocutrx | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder and CEO of Ocutrx. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Friis H.C Anderson Capital | Excluded | Business executive | H.C Anderson Capital, investor. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Friis Jorgensen Equity head · HC Andersen Capital | Excluded | Business executive | Stock manager, asset manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Gielkens | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Götz Gustavo Gusto | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Hagner Physician and historian of science | Selected | Academic | Historian of science at ETH Zurich. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Haigh Head of FIC and Commodity Research · Societe Generale | Selected | Economist or consultant | Head of Research at Societe Generale. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Hall Molecular biologist · Biozentrum der Universität Basel | Selected | Academic | Molecular biologist Biozentrum University of Basel. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Hayden General · NSA, CIA | Selected | Former official | Former NSA and CIA director General. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Healy CEO · IG Consumer | Excluded | Business executive | IG Consumer CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Herrera Former United States Marine | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Heseltine Environment Secretary et Defence Secretary · gouvernement britannique | Excluded | Serving politician | Member of House of Lords in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Hilgers LPC | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | LPC counselor and licensed professional therapist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Hobbes | Excluded | Journalist | Empty position, no information on journalistic activity. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Hough Director of MJH Structural Engineers | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director of MJH Structural Engineers. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Howell | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Huntington UFO researcher | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | UFO researcher, specialist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Huppertz Psychiatrist, psychotherapist and mindfulness trainer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychiatrist, psychotherapist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Hurnaus Founder & CEO · Tractive | Excluded | Business executive | Tractive founder and CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Hynes Chief executive officer · Evara | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Executive Officer at Evara. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Inzlicht Psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Iversen Property investor, developer and entrepreneur | Excluded | Business executive | Real estate investor and entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael J. Mauboussin Head of Consilient Research · Counterpoint Global, Morgan Stanley Investment Management | Selected | Economist or consultant | Head of Consilient Research at Morgan Stanley. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael J. Sheridan Author · Routledge | Selected | Commentator | Author, Routledge. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Jones Biographe | Selected | Commentator | Biographer. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Joseph Gross Vanity Fair contributing editor | Excluded | Journalist | Vanity Fair Contributing Editor, magazine editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Jucker Sports historian, head at «Swiss Sports History» and co-head of the FCZ museum · Swiss Sports History, FCZ-Museum | Selected | Academic | Sports historian Swiss Sports History. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Kaa Andersen Founder Ejendomsinvest and Proark Group · Ejendomsinvest, Proark Group | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Ejendomsinvest and Proark Group. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Kaatz Dr. | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Kelly | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Kovrig Former Canadian diplomat · Canada | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Krings Palaeobotanist · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Selected | Academic | Paleobotanist at Ludwig Maximilians University. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Krüger Writer and former Hanser publisher | Selected | Commentator | Writer, author. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Lamb | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Philosophy Bites episode on Augustine and hope as a virtue; the linked profile is a Cambridge developmental psychologist, an unrelated namesake. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael LaRosa Biden insider | Excluded | Serving politician | Biden insider, political official. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Lauber Former federal prosecutor | Selected | Former official | Former Federal Prosecutor. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Lehofer Professor, psychiatrist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Prof., Psychiatrist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Logarzo Coach | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Lohscheller CEO · Polestar | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Polestar. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Losier Law of Attraction expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Law of Attraction expert, coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Luca Professor · Johns Hopkins Carey Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor, Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Ludwig SPÖ | Excluded | Serving politician | SPÖ, politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Lyons | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Lück Management consultant | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Management consultant, consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael MC Christiansen Comedian and host · Langt fra løgnen | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael McNicholl Founder · McNicholl Caravans | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of McNicholl Caravans. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Mederos y Schnitzler Professor · LMU München | Selected | Academic | Professor at the Institute of Pharmacology at LMU Munich. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Mehringer | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Mina Epidemiologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Epidemiologist on measles; the profile is a viral immunologist at the Kirby Institute, a related field but not an exact function match. | 1 | 1 |