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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magdalena Schmude Author | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Rower, athlete. | 1 | 1 |
| Magdi El-Gawhary | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Maggie Roche Chef · The Little Acorn | Excluded | Business executive | Cafe owner, commercial establishment executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Magne Antonsen Producer · E24-podden | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Magnus Barsøe Journalist, business economist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist and economist, primary profession journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Magnus Boding Hansen Business journalist · Jyllands-Posten | Excluded | Journalist | Business journalist at Jyllands-Posten. | 1 | 1 |
| Magnus Brunner EU migration commissioner · European Commission | Excluded | Serving politician | EU Migration Commissioner in office at the Commission. | 1 | 1 |
| Magnus Cederblad Former bodyguard and martial artist | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Magnus Ellström | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Magnus Georg Jensen Immigration spokesperson | Excluded | Serving politician | Immigration spokesman, politician at Storting, incumbent. | 1 | 1 |
| Magnus Gisslén State epidemiologist | Excluded | Serving politician | State epidemiologist Swedish, public official in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Magnus Grenfeldt The SmartOptics head | Excluded | Business executive | CEO SmartOptics, company leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Magnus Halvorsen Board chair · 2020 Bulkers | Excluded | Business executive | Board chair of 2020 Bulkers, business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Magnus Haugland Project manager · Landbrukets Klimaselskap | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Project manager at Agriculture Climate Company, executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Magnus Johannesen Chief financial officer · Grieg Seafood | Excluded | Business executive | Finance Director at Grieg Seafood, company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Magnus Kull Unit head · Arbetsmiljöverket | Excluded | Serving politician | Unit manager at Arbetsmiljöverket, public official. | 1 | 1 |
| Magnus Maarbjerg Architect · MAST | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Architect at MAST, company technical executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Magnus Strobel Co-Founder and CEO · Nexus Politics | Excluded | Business executive | Co-Founder and CEO of Nexus Politics. | 1 | 1 |
| Magnus Thyni Credit manager · Simplicity | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Credit manager at Simplicity, financial executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Magnus Vigilius | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Magnus Walan Senior policy adviser · Diakonia | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Senior Policy Advisor at Diakonia, NGO executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Mago More Speaker | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Speaker and magician. | 1 | 1 |
| Magí Seritjol Festival director · Tarraco Viva | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director of Tarraco Viva festival, cultural leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Mahara McKay Tantra teacher | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mahesvari Autar Culture maker | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Maheta Molango Managing Director · PFA | Excluded | Business executive | Managing Director of PFA, organization leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Mahmoud Khalil Columbia graduate and author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Activist and Columbia graduate. | 1 | 1 |
| Mahmudul Hasan Gunovi Far-right Islamist leader | Excluded | Serving politician | Far-right Islamist leader, political leader/activist. | 1 | 1 |
| Mai Camilla Munkejord | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mai Juul Andersen Psychologist and team leader · Ustart Hvidovre Kommune | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist and team leader, civil servant/manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Mai Mercado Justice spokesperson · Det Konservative Folkeparti | Excluded | Serving politician | Member of parliament, incumbent politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Mai Montero Journalist at El País | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, El País. | 1 | 1 |
| Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim Chemist and science journalist · MIT, Harvard University | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Science Journalist, science journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Maighna Nanu Foreign Reporter · The Telegraph | Excluded | Journalist | Foreign reporter at The Telegraph. | 1 | 1 |
| Maiju Salminen Trade union official | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Maik Keller Brigadier general · Bundeswehr | Excluded | Serving politician | Brigadier general Bundeswehr, active military. | 1 | 1 |
| Maike Brzoska Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Maike Jeuken Experience expert and journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Experienced expert and journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Maike Pallasvirta Paper engineer · Swiss Quality Paper | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Paper engineer, technical manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Maiken Larsen Nurse · Freesky.dk | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mairead Loughman Professional matchmaker, former financial adviser | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Professional matchmaker and former adviser, consulting. | 1 | 1 |
| Mairead Mackle Businesswoman of the Year · Tarasis Enterprises | Excluded | Business executive | Businesswoman of the Year. | 1 | 1 |
| Mairead Maguire Reporter · The Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter The Journal | 1 | 1 |
| Maite González City councillor for Culture · Ayuntamiento de Cádiz | Excluded | Serving politician | Cultural councilor, active public official. | 1 | 1 |
| Maja Lunde | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Female novelist and screenwriter. | 1 | 1 |
| Maja Malou Lyse Artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Maja Pflug Translator and biographer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Translator and biographer. | 1 | 1 |
| Maja Sojtaric Political editor · Nordlys | Excluded | Journalist | Politics editor at Nordlys. | 1 | 1 |
| Maja Słówko Orientuj się | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Maja Thune | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |