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 R. Gordon Journalist · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Wall Street Journal, reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Raidl Department secretary · Gewerkschaft vida | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Rasmussen GRC expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Governance expert, business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Reitz Author of this episode · Bayerischer Rundfunk | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Author for Bavarian public radio (BR), journalist role. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Roch Writer and screenwriter | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer and screenwriter, fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Saylor CEO | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of a technology company (MicroStrategy). | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Scheppe Business reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Corporate reporter, company journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Schneider Länsstyrelsen i Västerbotten | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Schulenburg Top UN diplomat · United Nations | Excluded | Serving politician | High-ranking diplomat in office at the United Nations. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Schulman Journalist, New Yorker staff writer | Excluded | Journalist | New Yorker staff writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Schulz Professor | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Professor of peace and development research on a Swedish podcast; the linked profile is a German Catholic priest and theologian, a namesake. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Simanovsky Managing Partner · Conversant Capital | Excluded | Business executive | Associate managing partner of a private investment fund, wealth manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Simmelsgaard Group CEO · Rambøll | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Rambøll group (engineering firm). | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Slind Corporate communications expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Straumann | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Strugl CEO · Verbund | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Verbund group (energy company). | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Sundorph | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Swaim | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Syrén Investigative reporter · Expressen | Excluded | Journalist | Expressen investigative reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Tellinger Author, researcher and activist | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author, researcher and activist, activist for a cause. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Tetzschner Storting representative · Høyre | Excluded | Serving politician | Representative at Norwegian parliament (Storting) in office | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Thomann Mountain hiking guide and systems engineer | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Thykier Editor · Politiken | Excluded | Journalist | Editor Politiken, media information editor | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Truell Creator of Cursor · Cursor / Anysphere | Excluded | Business executive | Creator of a tech startup (Cursor/Anysphere). | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Uhrenholt Leadership consultant · Lederne | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Management advisor in managers union. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Wallach Vice President of Investment · Levy Family Partners | Excluded | Business executive | Vice-President Investment, private wealth manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Walsh American Author, Screenwriter, Cultural-political Consultant | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Screenwriter author and political consultant, fiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Winstanley Conservative | Excluded | Serving politician | Conservative politician in office, Question Time participant. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Yarnes | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur/business buyer with no clear role. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Zametzer Author · BR | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Author for German public radio (BR), journalist role. | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Zitzmann Andrologist · Universitaetsklinik Muenster | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Andrologist (specialist physician) at university clinic. | 1 | 1 |
| Michaela Hayes Spin 1038 | Excluded | Journalist | Spin 1038 journalist, news reporters. | 1 | 1 |
| Michaeleen Doucleff Science correspondent · NPR | Excluded | Journalist | Science correspondent, NPR, science reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Michal Beneš Secretary · Asociace tvůrců a online médií ATOM | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Secretary of an association of online creators (ATOM). | 1 | 1 |
| Michalina Daszuta Artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michaël Bourlet Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Michaël Rewers | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Banasiak | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Bąk Muzeum Historii Polski | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Domaszewski Family medicine specialist · Ambasadorzy Zdrowia | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Family medicine specialist, physician. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Duńska President · Analiz Online | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Prezes Analiz Online, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Dworczyk MEP for Prawo i Sprawiedliwość | Excluded | Serving politician | MEP in office, European deputy. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Gulczyński Sociologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Sociologist with no specified institution. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Hoffmann | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Kacewicz | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist with no indication of analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Kamiński Deputy marshal of the Senate | Excluded | Serving politician | Vice-Marshal Senate in office, politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Kokot Correspondent · Gazeta Wyborcza | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent at Gazeta Wyborcza, international reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Koziar | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Texts do not specify the function. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Kutek Stand-up comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Michał Kłosowski Deputy editor-in-chief · "Wszystko co Najważniejsze" | Excluded | Journalist | Deputy Editor-in-Chief, news media editor. | 1 | 1 |