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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Jones Founder · Bread Ahead | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Bread Ahead. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthew Karnitschnig Chief Europe correspondent · POLITICO | Excluded | Journalist | Chief Europe correspondent at POLITICO. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthew Malthouse | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthew McConaughey Academy Award-winning actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthew O'Toole SDLP member of the Legislative Assembly | Excluded | Serving politician | SDLP member of the Legislative Assembly, incumbent politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthew Platkin Attorney General · New Jersey | Excluded | Serving politician | Attorney General of New Jersey, public official in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthew Powell Narrator | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Podcast narrator, presentation activity without analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthew Spencer Chief Accounting Officer · Global Partners LP | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Accounting Officer, corporate executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthew Steeples Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthew Sweet Writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Mystery series writer, fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthew Syed Writer and broadcaster | Excluded | Journalist | Writer and Broadcaster. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthew Zeitlin GridNews | Excluded | Journalist | GridNews. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Achim Teichert Automotive insider | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Ackeret Editor-in-chief · Persönlich | Excluded | Journalist | Editor-in-chief, Persönlich. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Baumer SRF | Excluded | Journalist | SRF. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Brack Chef · Brack Wintergarten | Excluded | Business executive | Chef-owner of restaurant Brack Wintergarten. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Dupuis Director of archaeology · Chartres métropole | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Archaeology Director Chartres Metropolis, civil service. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Dusini Head of culture section · FALTER | Excluded | Journalist | Feuilleton chief at FALTER. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Hartwich President · Eisenbahngewerkschaft Schweiz SEV | Excluded | Serving politician | President of railway union, union activist. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Kaltenbrunner Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Koschnitzke | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Machnig SPD election strategist | Excluded | Serving politician | SPD campaign strategist, political party executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Maurer Astronaut · ESA | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | ESA astronaut, role outside the 6 categories. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Moosdorf Foreign policy politician · AfD | Excluded | Serving politician | Foreign policy politician AfD, party official in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Oelerich Executive programme participant | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Riegel Communications consultant | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Political communications consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Rüb Correspondent in Rome · F.A.Z. | Excluded | Journalist | Rome correspondent at F.A.Z. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Schellenberg CEO · Deutschen Apotheker- und Ärztebank | Excluded | Business executive | Board Chair bank, company CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Schmale UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine · United Nations | Excluded | Serving politician | UN Resident Coordinator Ukraine, public official. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Scholten | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Seidl SK Rapid captain · SK Rapid Wien | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Thöns Palliative care physician | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Palliative care physician, non-university physician. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Toplak | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Wasinger Österreichischen Bundesheer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Austrian Armed Forces, military in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Winkler Head · Sacher | Excluded | Business executive | Chef-owner of restaurant Sacher, restaurant executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthias Winterer | Excluded | Journalist | Die Aufdecker (The Unmaskers). | 1 | 1 |
| Matthieu Barry HSE section editor at actuEL · actuEL HSE | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Section editor of law publication. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthieu Courtecuisse Chairman and founder · Sia Partners | Excluded | Business executive | Founding president of Sia Partners, business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthieu Goar Journalist · Le Monde | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Le Monde. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthieu Langlois Former chief physician of RAID · Hot Zone Rescue | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Former RAID physician, former police executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthieu Lille-Palette Opta - Statsperform | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Opta Statsperform, data business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthieu Pelloli Car specialist · Le Parisien | Excluded | Journalist | Automotive specialist Parisien. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthieu Soulé Lab manager · Cathay Innovation | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Lab director at Cathay Innovation, VC executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthieu Suc Journalist · Mediapart | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Mediapart. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthieu Valet MEP · Rassemblement National | Excluded | Serving politician | Rassemblement National MEP, politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Matthijs van Esch Maven11 | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Maven11, crypto company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Matti Copeland | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Matti Friedman Writer and journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Writer and Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Matti Kaski CEO | Excluded | Business executive | CEO, company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Mattia Buondonno Expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |