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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinn Williams | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 2 |
| Quinta Jurecic Senior Editor · Lawfare | Selected | Think tank | Senior Editor at Lawfare/The Lawfare Institute. | 2 | 32 |
| Quinten François Crypto analyst | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Quinten Jacobs Constitutional specialist | Selected | Lawyer | Constitutional specialist, lawyer. | 2 | 2 |
| Quintin Schevernels Former CEO · Funda | Excluded | Business executive | Former CEO of Funda, now investor, outside scope. | 1 | 1 |
| Quique de Espabila e Invierte Creator of Espabila e Invierte | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Content creator, influencer. | 1 | 1 |
| Quita Muis Assistant professor of Sociology · Tilburg University | Selected | Academic | Lecturer in Sociology at Tilburg University. | 2 | 2 |
| Qupanuk Olsen Influencer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Quscondy Abdulshafi Just Security | Selected | Think tank | Just Security, policy institute. | 1 | 1 |
| R B Egan Author and former actor | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author and former actor. | 1 | 1 |
| R.J. Cutler Filmmaker | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Raad Salam | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rabbi Angela Buchdahl Rabbi | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rabbi Raphael Shore | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rabbi Rob Thomas Former naval corpsman | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rabbi Steve Leder Rabbi · Wilshire Boulevard Temple | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rabea Rogge Roboticist, PhD student | Selected | Academic | Doctoral student. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachael Cusick Producer · Radiolab | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachana Shanbhogue Business and finance editor · The Economist | Excluded | Journalist | Business and finance editor, Economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Bachman WSJ reporter · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter at WSJ, news coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Barber Reporter · USA Today | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter USA Today, general news | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Beatty Riedl Professor of public policy and government · Cornell University | Selected | Academic | Professor of public policy at Cornell University. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Benton | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachèl Blokhuis-Koopman Religious scholar | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Canter | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Clarke Author | Selected | Commentator | Physician, journalist, writer of non-fiction essays. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Cruze Expert · Ramsey Network | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Expert at Ramsey Network, presenter. | 1 | 3 |
| Rachel Cunliffe New Statesman | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist New Statesman without clearly stated analysis title. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Ellebye Participant in Årgang 0 | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Filmer SEND campaigner | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Freier Judge · New York Supreme Court | Excluded | Serving politician | Judge at New York Supreme Court. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Garrat-Valcarcel Parliament coverage officer · Le Monde | Excluded | Journalist | Parliamentary correspondent at Le Monde. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Goldberg-Polin | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 3 |
| Rachel Holland | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Hollis Bestselling author, motivational speaker | Selected | Commentator | Bestselling author, motivational speaker. | 3 | 3 |
| Rachel Humphreys | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist with no established function at The Journal. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Jean-Baptiste | Selected | Academic | Historian, educator at Stanford University. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Karten Social media consultant | Selected | Commentator | Social media consultant, author Link in Bio. | 3 | 3 |
| Rachel Khan Lawyer, essayist, columnist | Selected | Lawyer et Commentator | Jurist, essayist, columnist. | 1 | 2 |
| Rachel Lee Journalist · BBC Korean | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist BBC Korean, news coverage. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Louise Moran Author | Selected | Commentator | Author on postpartum depression history. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Louise Snyder Journalist, writer and professor | Selected | Academic | Journalist, writer and professor. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Maddow MSNBC anchor | Excluded | Journalist | MSNBC presenter and podcast host, animator. | 4 | 5 |
| Rachel Mason Co-creator · Netflix | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Co-creator at Netflix, filmmaker. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Mayman Senior audience editor · The Economist | Excluded | Journalist | Senior Audience Editor The Economist, editorial function not analytical. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Millard Energy Correspondent · The Telegraph | Excluded | Journalist | Energy Correspondent at The Telegraph, specialized correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Millward The Green Party | Excluded | Serving politician | The Green Party, politics. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Mohlin The actor and impressionist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Morison Energy Editor · Bloomberg | Excluded | Journalist | Energy Editor at Bloomberg, specialized editor not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Myrick Associate Professor | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor. | 1 | 1 |