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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Longwell Author · The Bulwark | Selected | Commentator | Columnist and author for The Bulwark. | 18 | 37 |
| Sarah Lyons Author and occultist | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author of occultism. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah MacDonald | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah MacLaughlin | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Madden Reporter · Newstalk | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter and journalist at Newstalk | 1 | 3 |
| Sarah Manney Law student · Stanford Law School | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Law student at Stanford. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Matthews The Bulwark | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah McBride Congressman | Excluded | Serving politician | Representative at Congress in office | 3 | 3 |
| Sarah McCammon National political correspondent · NPR | Excluded | Journalist | National political correspondent at NPR. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah O'Connor Writer · Financial Times | Excluded | Journalist | Licensed psychologist, order president. | 2 | 2 |
| Sarah Pagung Körber Foundation | Selected | Academic | Political scientist at Freie Universität Berlin. | 2 | 3 |
| Sarah Parcak Space archaeologist | Selected | Academic | Space archaeologist, university professor. | 3 | 3 |
| Sarah Parenzo Researcher and translator | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Pidgeon Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Sarah Polcz Professor · UC Davis School of Law | Selected | Academic | Professor at UC Davis School of Law. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Posner Writer, scholar · Talking Points Memo | Selected | Commentator | Writer and columnist for Talking Points Memo. | 3 | 3 |
| Sarah Rainsford BBC correspondent · BBC News | Excluded | Journalist | BBC News correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Renson Pastry chef | Excluded | Business executive | Pastry chef. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Semple Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, university teacher at Durham University. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Skarum Journalist · Politiken | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at Politiken. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Slattery Travel expert · thetravelexpert.ie | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Travel expert. | 1 | 8 |
| Sarah Smith Economist · University of Bristol | Selected | Academic | Economist at University of Bristol and BBC editor. | 3 | 5 |
| Sarah Sørheim | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Spain Host de podcast · ESPN | Excluded | Journalist | ESPN podcast host. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Stein Lubrano Political scientist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Storey Dame, 45-time World champion, 23-time European champion, 77-time world record breaker | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Tacke ZDF journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist ZDF. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Tiedt Influencer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Van de Velde Professor · UGent | Selected | Academic | Professor at UGent. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Vandeursen | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Vandoorne Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Generalist journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Varetto Evp · Sky Italia | Excluded | Business executive | Sky Italia executive and editorialist. | 1 | 6 |
| Sarah von Essen Journalist · Weekendavisen | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at Weekendavisen. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah von Fischer PwC | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Wakefield Green Party | Excluded | Serving politician | Director, Green Party. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Wang a16z | Excluded | Business executive | a16z venture capital executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Wheaton EU Confidential host · POLITICO | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter and presenter POLITICO | 1 | 3 |
| Sarah Willen Associate Professor of Anthropology · University of Connecticut | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor of Anthropology UConn. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Zhang Staff Writer · The Atlantic | Excluded | Journalist | Staff Writer at The Atlantic. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah, Duchess of York | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Saraï Suarez Freelance journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Venezuelan independent journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Saraphin Dhanani Legal fellow · The Lawfare Institute | Selected | Think tank | Legal fellow at Lawfare Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Sari Arponen Dr. | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Physician outside university. | 1 | 1 |
| Sari Parviainen | Excluded | Business executive | Real estate investor. | 1 | 1 |
| Sari Sainio Journalist · Aamulehti | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at Aamulehti. | 1 | 3 |
| Sarina Bellissimo Culture journalist and host of The Bellissimo Files | Excluded | Journalist | Culture journalist and podcast host. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarma Melngailis Restauratrice · Pure Food and Wine | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Sarrin Chethik Senior policy analyst · Market Shaping Accelerator | Selected | Think tank | Policy analyst Market Shaping Accelerator. | 1 | 1 |
| Saru Duckworth Doctoral researcher · Oxford University | Selected | Academic | Doctoral researcher at Oxford University. | 1 | 1 |
| Sascha Britsko Tamedia | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist from Tamedia, without established analysis work. | 1 | 2 |