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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Paul de Vries CEO · Value8 | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Value8. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Raventós Digital marketing expert | Selected | Economist or consultant | Digital marketing expert, consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Ruijten Social AI researcher at Technische Universiteit Eindhoven | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Eindhoven University of Technology. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Salmon Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of biography (nonfiction). | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Schmidt Mikkelsen Former Sirius patrol member | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Shor Mathematician | Selected | Academic | Professor of applied mathematics at MIT. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Sloterdjik Philosopher | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and essayist of non-fiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Snow | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Sommer Musician | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Sonderegger School psychologist · Schweizerische Vereinigung für Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | School psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Stahley Senior VP · Cassidy & Associates | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Senior Vice-President of lobbying firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Staudenmaier Historian · Marquette University | Selected | Academic | Historian at Marquette University. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Stenbæk | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Danish music video director. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Stensgaard Mørch Managing director · Pension Danmark | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Pension Danmark. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Stormare Actor and Hollywood star | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Suderman Features editor · Reason Magazine | Selected | Commentator | Features editor at Reason Magazine, analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Tatchell | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Gay rights activist and advocate. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Tengelin | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Thomsen Journalist · Finans | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist financial, not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Tornberg CEO · Hydro Rein | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Hydro Rein. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Tragos Lawyer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter van Dam Historian · UvA | Selected | Academic | Historian at UvA (university). | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Verbiest Communications strategist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Vermaas Former France correspondent · NRC | Excluded | Journalist | Former correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Vermeulen Specialist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Verstraten Film scholar | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Film scholar, profession outside the 6 roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Vorhofer National security adviser | Excluded | Serving politician | National security advisor, active government position. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Voskuil Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of book on Flemish song history. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Wasserscheid Professor · FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg | Selected | Academic | Prof Dr at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg, university. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Weiß Speakers | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Wennblad | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Swedish journalist, reporter non-analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter West | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Real estate investor, not covered by the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter White Broadcaster · BBC | Excluded | Journalist | BBC broadcaster. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Wijninga Defense specialist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Wixtröm Photographer · Aftonbladet | Excluded | Journalist | Photographer at Aftonbladet, not an opinion journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Wohlleben Forester | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Forester. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Zimmermann PTSD commissioner of the Bundeswehr | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Bundeswehr officer in office, military. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Øvig Knudsen Author | Selected | Commentator | Danish screenwriter, journalist, biographer. | 1 | 1 |
| Peter-Paul van Dijk Director of a crowdfunding platform · Kapitaal op Maat | Excluded | Business executive | Director of crowdfunding platform, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Petr Dorozhkin Financier | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Petr Vojtěch Creator and reviewer of board games | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Creator and critic of board games, outside the 6 roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Petra Andersson Researcher · University of Gothenburg | Selected | Academic | Practical philosophy researcher, University of Gothenburg. | 1 | 1 |
| Petra Bayr National Council member · SPÖ | Excluded | Serving politician | National Council member, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Petra Bracht Dr. | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | German physician, nutritionist and pain therapist. | 1 | 1 |
| Petra Ek Wildfire expert · Forestry Research Institute of Sweden | Selected | Academic | Forest fire expert at Skogforsk, research institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Petra Grijzen | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Petra Kiedaisch Dr. | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Petra Köpping State minister for social affairs and social cohesion · SPD | Excluded | Serving politician | State minister SPD, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Petra Lange | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Petra Possel Chief editor and podcast host | Excluded | Journalist | Editor in chief and podcast host. | 1 | 1 |