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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Naylor | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sean O'Brien President · International Brotherhood of Teamsters | Excluded | Serving politician | President of International Brotherhood of Teamsters. | 1 | 1 |
| Sean O'Driscoll Chairman · Infrastructure Taskforce | Excluded | Serving politician | President of Infrastructure Taskforce, government official in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Sean Patrick Flanery Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Seán Quinn Former billionaire · Quinn Group | Excluded | Business executive | Former billionaire, founder of Quinn Group. | 2 | 3 |
| Sean Rad Founder Tinder | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Tinder. | 1 | 2 |
| Sean Reyes Attorney General · Utah | Excluded | Serving politician | Attorney General of Utah, public official in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Sean Spicer Former White House Press Secretary | Selected | Former official | Former White House spokesperson under Trump. | 23 | 57 |
| Sean Sweeney Programme director for Metrolink | Excluded | Business executive | Program director at Metrolink. | 1 | 1 |
| Sean Westwood Director of Dartmouth's Polarization Research Lab | Selected | Academic | Director of the Polarization Research Lab at Dartmouth. | 1 | 1 |
| Seán Williams Historical adviser · University of Sheffield | Selected | Academic | Historical advisor at University of Sheffield. | 1 | 1 |
| Seána Maginn Apprentice of the year · Water Solutions Ireland Ltd | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Seaneen Clarke Selby Selbys Traditional Fish & Chips | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Seanín Graham Northern correspondent · Irish Times | Excluded | Journalist | Northern correspondent at Irish Times. | 1 | 1 |
| Seb Coe | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Seb Couasnon Columnist | Selected | Commentator | Columnist. | 2 | 5 |
| Sebastiaan Brommersma Researcher · Follow the Money | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Investigative journalist at Follow the Money. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastiaan Chabot | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastiaan Van den Branden | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastiaan van Erne | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastián Álvaro Journalist, writer and adventurer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer/mountaineer, adventurer, not analyst. | 2 | 2 |
| Sebastian Barfort Economist and adviser | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist and advisor. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastian Bohler PhD in neuroscience · Cerveau et Psycho | Selected | Commentator | Doctor of Neuroscience, non-fiction essay author. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastian Buczek | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at SGH Warsaw School of Economics. | 2 | 5 |
| Sébastian Compagnon Journalist · Le Parisien | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at Parisien. | 1 | 2 |
| Sebastian Conrad | Selected | Academic | Historian, university teacher at Freie Universität Berlin. | 3 | 3 |
| Sebastian Cordes Film director and author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Film director and author. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastian Dettmers CEO of Stepstone | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Stepstone. | 2 | 2 |
| Sebastian Eder Editor · F.A.Z. | Excluded | Journalist | Editor F.A.Z. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastian Faulks Novelist and writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Novelist and writer. | 2 | 2 |
| Sebastian Fellner Domestic politics editor · STANDARD | Excluded | Journalist | Political editor STANDARD | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastián Fest Correspondent · EL MUNDO | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent of EL MUNDO in Buenos Aires. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastian Filipowicz | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Sebastian Fischer Narrator | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Sebastian Gajewski Deputy minister | Excluded | Serving politician | Vice-Minister, government official in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastian Geldhäuser Team leader for AI and digitalisation · Institut für Textiltechnik, Augsburg | Selected | Academic | Head of AI and digitization team at textile research institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastian Goller Club owner · P1 | Excluded | Business executive | Owner of the P1 club. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastian Haapahovi Takomo Golf | Excluded | Business executive | Leader of Takomo Golf. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastian Hallenius Länsförsäkringar | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastian Hotz | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastian Huhnholz Political scientist, Privatdozent at LMU Munich · LMU München | Selected | Academic | Political scientist, Privatdozent (lecturer) at LMU Munich. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastian Junger Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction. | 7 | 9 |
| Sebastian Jute General practitioner | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | General practitioner. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastian K. Master sergeant · Infanterieschule des Heeres | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastian Kaleta Deputy minister of justice · Solidarna Polska | Excluded | Serving politician | Vice-Minister of Justice Poland, government official. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastian Kilichowski Certified clinical dietitian, biohacking expert and founder of the EyeShield brand | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Qualified dietitian and biohacking expert. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastian Kisters ARD correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | ARD correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastian Klein | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastian Kondracki Creator of Bielik.Ai | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Creator of Bielik.Ai, technology entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Sebastian Kurz Former Austrian federal chancellor | Selected | Former official | Former Federal Chancellor of Austria. | 7 | 8 |