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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melissa Depraetere Flemish minister for climate · Vooruit | Excluded | Serving politician | Flemish Minister of Climate, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Melissa Jensen Police officer · Los Angeles Police Department | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Melissa Korn Reporter · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal, reportage journalism | 1 | 1 |
| Melissa Mercury | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Melissa Urban Expert on setting boundaries | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Author and co-founder of Whole30. | 1 | 1 |
| Melissa Zavaglia Neuroengineer | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Melita Cameron Woods Freelance journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Freelance journalist, news reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Melle Meijer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mellody Hobson | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur and business director. | 1 | 1 |
| Melody C. Miller Emmy Award-Winning filmmaker and cinematographer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Melody Deldjou Fard City councillor for GroenLinks | Excluded | Serving politician | Municipal councillor, sitting politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Melody Wilding | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Executive coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Melonie Mac Political commentator | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mels van Hoolwerff Founder · Phatfour | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Phatfour startup. | 1 | 1 |
| Menekse Stewart HeyMenekse | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Menelaos Charalampidis Historian · Athens History Walks | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Menno Tamminga Financial journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Financial journalist, journalistic reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Menno van der Marel Chief Strategy Officer · Nedscaper | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chief Strategy Officer at Nedscaper, corporate executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Menno van Dongen Justice correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | Justice correspondent reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Meral Polat Singer and actress | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mercedes Ahijón Actress | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mercedes de Miranda | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mercedes Fernández Director · TorinoFilmLab | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director of TorinoFilmLab, institution director. | 1 | 1 |
| Mercedes Hausmann | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mercedes Ruehl Financial Times | Excluded | Journalist | Financial Times reporter, reporting journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Mercedes Vidal Coordinator · Esquerra Unida i Alternativa | Excluded | Serving politician | Coordinator for United Left, political party official. | 1 | 1 |
| Mercedes Wullich Founder · Las Top 100 Mujeres Líderes en España | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mercedes Zandwijken | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Meredith Koch Engineer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Engineer with no university affiliation. | 1 | 1 |
| Meredith Whitaker President · Signal Foundation | Excluded | Business executive | President, Signal Foundation, leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Meredith Whittaker AI researcher, president · Signal-Stiftung | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | AI researcher and president of Signal Foundation. | 1 | 1 |
| Merel Mulder General practitioner | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | General practitioner. | 1 | 1 |
| Meret Baumann Eastern Europe correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | Eastern Europe correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Merete Fjeld Brattested FN ambassador | Excluded | Serving politician | UN ambassador, public official ambassador. | 1 | 1 |
| Merete Ipsen Former head of Kvindemuseet | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Former director of Women's Museum. | 1 | 1 |
| Merete Markeng Skar | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Merete Søby Partner · Odgers | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Partner at recruitment firm (Odgers). | 1 | 1 |
| Meriel Neighbour Director of Technology Delivery and Transformation · River Island | Excluded | Business executive | Technology director at River Island, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Merijn Schik Senior Manager Public Policy Benelux · Amazon Web Services | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Senior Manager Public Policy AWS, corporate executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Merit Morikawa Organisational psychology | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Organizational psychology, organizational psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Merlijn van Dijk FD retail editor · Het Financieele Dagblad | Excluded | Journalist | F.D. retail editor, commerce reporting editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Merlin Holland | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Merlin Melles Founder of Founders Carbon Network, Carbon Network and Pearlcard | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Founders Carbon Network. | 1 | 1 |
| Merlin Menze Journalist · NDR | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist NDR, reporting journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Merlin Monzel Psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Merlyn Thomas BBC Verify | Excluded | Journalist | BBC Verify, fact-checking journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Merrick Garland Attorney General · United States | Excluded | Serving politician | Attorney General in office, high-ranking civil servant. | 1 | 1 |
| Merrill Garbus Musician | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mervyn Jess | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Mesha Mainor State Representative | Excluded | Serving politician | State Representative in office, politician. | 1 | 1 |