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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sascha Bruchmann IISS Research Fellow for Defence and Military Analysis | Selected | Think tank | Research Fellow at IISS | 1 | 1 |
| Sascha Chaimowicz Editor-in-chief of ZEITmagazin | Excluded | Journalist | Editor-in-chief, ZEITmagazin. | 1 | 1 |
| Sascha Lobo | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sascha Mallah CEO · Teufel | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Teufel. | 1 | 1 |
| Sascha Matussek Tax advisor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Tax advisor. | 1 | 1 |
| Sascha Poddey Founder · Music4Friends | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Music4Friends. | 1 | 1 |
| Sasha Ayad Co-author | Selected | Commentator | Co-author of social essay. | 2 | 2 |
| Sasha Dovzhyk Director · Index Ukraine | Selected | Think tank | Index Ukraine Director. | 1 | 2 |
| Sasha Ermolenko Design director · VK Design Team | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Design director and teacher in private school. | 1 | 1 |
| Sasha Luccioni Researcher · Hugging Face | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Researcher at Hugging Face. | 1 | 1 |
| Sasha Mendjan Molecular biologist · Austrian Academy of Sciences | Selected | Academic | Molecular biologist Austrian Academy. | 1 | 1 |
| Sasja Beslik Chief Investment Strategy Officer · SDG Impact Japan | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chief Investment Strategy Officer at SDG Impact. | 1 | 1 |
| Saskia Dekkers | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Saskia Fahrenkrug Psychoanalyst | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychoanalyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Saskia Houttuin France correspondent · NOS | Excluded | Journalist | France correspondent for NOS. | 1 | 1 |
| Saskia Kalb Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of 'De gelukkige neuroot'. | 1 | 1 |
| Saskia Lensink TNO | Selected | Think tank | TNO: public research institution, research engineer. | 2 | 2 |
| Saskia Meier-Andrae Managing director of eBay Germany · eBay Deutschland | Excluded | Business executive | General director of eBay Deutschland. | 1 | 1 |
| Saskia Nagel Professor · RWTH Aachen | Selected | Academic | Professor Dr at RWTH Aachen. | 1 | 1 |
| Saskia Pieterse Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Sassy Scott TikTok | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sasu Tarkoma Dean, professor of computer science · University of Helsinki | Selected | Academic | Professor of computer science, University of Helsinki. | 1 | 1 |
| Sathnam Sanghera Journalist and writer · The Times | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and author of historical analyses. | 9 | 14 |
| Satona Suzuki Dr | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Satu Vahamäki Entrepreneur · OVV Asuntopalvelut | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Satya Doyle Byock Psychotherapist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychotherapist. | 1 | 1 |
| Satya Nadella Chairman & CEO · Microsoft | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Microsoft. | 1 | 1 |
| Saul Becker Professor · Manchester Metropolitan University | Selected | Academic | Professor Manchester Metropolitan University. | 1 | 1 |
| Saul David Military historian and author | Selected | Commentator | Military historian and author. | 3 | 9 |
| Saul Justin Newman Researcher · University College London | Selected | Academic | Researcher, University College London. | 1 | 1 |
| Saul Martínez-Horta Doctor of medicine and specialist in neuropsychology | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Physician and neuropsychology specialist. | 1 | 1 |
| Saul Perlmutter Nobel Prize laureate in physics | Selected | Academic | Physics Nobel laureate, Berkeley professor. | 5 | 6 |
| Sauli Vilén Analyst · Inderes | Selected | Economist or consultant | Financial analyst at Inderes. | 1 | 4 |
| Savanah Hernandez TPUSA Frontlines reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter TPUSA Frontlines | 2 | 2 |
| Savanna Faith Stone Faith-based creator | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Savannah Guthrie Today Show co-anchor and NBC News' Chief Legal Correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | Anchor and legal correspondent for NBC News. | 1 | 1 |
| Savita Subramanian Managing director and head of US equity and quantitative strategy · Bank of America Corp | Selected | Economist or consultant | Stock strategy director at Bank of America. | 3 | 3 |
| Savvas Manousos Partner · Enco Insights | Selected | Economist or consultant | Partner at Enco Insights. | 1 | 3 |
| Saxo Merrild CEO · Handyhand | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Handyhand. | 1 | 1 |
| Sayeeda Warsi | Excluded | Serving politician | Member of House of Lords in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Saylor Cooper Author, entrepreneur, and radio host · Real Variety Radio | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Author, entrepreneur and radio host. | 1 | 1 |
| Scarlett Johansson Actress | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Scarlett Lewis Choose Love Movement | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Schea Cotton | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Schwester Bernadette Kloster Goldenstein | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Schwester Regina Kloster Goldenstein | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Schwester Rita Kloster Goldenstein | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Scott Aaronson Theoretical computer scientist and author · OpenAI | Selected | Academic | Theoretical computer scientist, professor at UT Austin. | 10 | 10 |
| Scott Aitken Leader · Seacrest Petroleo | Excluded | Business executive | Seacrest Petroleo leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Scott Anderson Senior Editor · Lawfare Institute | Excluded | Journalist | Senior Editor of Lawfare Institute. | 1 | 2 |