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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noelia Adánez | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Noeline Blackwell Online Safety Coordinator · Children's Rights Alliance | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Coordinator at Children's Rights Alliance. | 1 | 1 |
| Noelle Cicilia Co-founder · Brush AI | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of Brush AI. | 1 | 1 |
| Noelle van Lottum Coach | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Noemi Biasetton Design researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Nolan Bushnell | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Entrepreneur and founder in game software. | 1 | 1 |
| Nomsa Maseko South Africa correspondent · BBC | Excluded | Journalist | South Africa correspondent BBC. | 1 | 1 |
| Nonna Mayer Political science researcher | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Political science researcher. | 1 | 1 |
| Noof Al-Khalidi President of the National Urban Design Studio · وزارة البلديات والإسكان | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director at Ministry of Municipalities, in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Noomi Jägerhorn Head of sustainability · Posti | Excluded | Business executive | Sustainability director at Posti. | 1 | 1 |
| Noor Mohamed Noor | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Noora Saksa CEO · Slush | Excluded | Business executive | General director of Slush. | 1 | 1 |
| Nora Bouazzouni Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist and author (non-analytical author function). | 1 | 1 |
| Nora Burgard-Arp | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nora Gharib | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nora Steenberg Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Nora Zukker Literary editor · Tamedia | Excluded | Journalist | Literature editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Norah O'Donnell Journalist · CBS | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist CBS. | 1 | 1 |
| Norbert Rollinger Head of R+V, president of the GDV | Excluded | Business executive | R+V CEO, GDV president at R+V | 1 | 1 |
| Norbert Totschnig Agriculture minister | Excluded | Serving politician | Agriculture minister. | 1 | 1 |
| Norbert Wess Lawyer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Norman Baxter Former DCI | Excluded | Serving politician | Former police officer, retired police commissioner. | 1 | 1 |
| Norman Foster Architect · Foster + Partners | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Architect at Foster + Partners. | 1 | 1 |
| Noé Jacomet | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Noémi Krisztina Kertesz | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Noémie Kohler | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Noémie Vanneste | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nuno Fernandes Chair of the Audit Committee · BEI | Excluded | Business executive | President of Audit Committee at European Investment Bank. | 1 | 1 |
| Nuno Lourenço Addiction therapist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Addiction therapist. | 1 | 1 |
| Nuno Markl | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nuno Miguel Rádio Cova da Beira | Excluded | Journalist | Local radio station (Rádio Cova da Beira). | 1 | 1 |
| Nuno Ramos de Almeida | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nuno Rebelo de Sousa | Excluded | Serving politician | Businessman cited before parliamentary commission. | 1 | 1 |
| Nuno Rogeiro | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Nuno Vasconcellos e Sá CEO · Torres Novas | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Torres Novas. | 1 | 1 |
| Nuot Ganzoni Dr. med., physician · IKRK | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Dr. med., physician with ICRC. | 1 | 1 |
| Nure Nasrin Mentor | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nuria Pérez Paredes Director · Gabinete de Curiosidades | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director of Gabinete de Curiosidades. | 1 | 1 |
| Nuria Quero Second-year baccalaureate student | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nusha Yonkova Head of anti-human trafficking · Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director at IHREC, in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Nynke Hogenberg | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Nynke van Verschuer Correspondent · NRC | Excluded | Journalist | NRC correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Nádia Tavares Founder and CEO · DreamAchieve | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder and CEO of DreamAchieve, psychologist and coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Néstor F. Marqués Archaeologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Archaeologist without university affiliation. | 1 | 1 |
| Néstor Sánchez | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Argentine writer with no professional position. | 1 | 1 |
| Núria Terribas Lawyer | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Oana Popescu-Zamfir Director · GlobalFocus Center | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director at GlobalFocus Center. | 1 | 1 |
| Ocean Vuong Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Fiction author, novelist. Novelists do not fit the 6 roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Océane Herrero Tech journalist · Politico | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Tech Politico (non-analytical role). | 1 | 1 |
| Oda team leader Team leader · US Army 20th Special Forces Group | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |