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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susanne Tappe Reporter · NDR | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter NDR, not analysis journalist | 1 | 2 |
| Susanne Vögeli Author and former cooking school teacher | Selected | Commentator | Author, former cooking school instructor. Main author. | 1 | 1 |
| Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik Sinologist · University of Vienna | Selected | Academic | Sinologist University of Vienna. | 8 | 15 |
| Susanne Wiegand Security expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not verifiable. | 1 | 1 |
| Susanne Yakes | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Susi O'Brien | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Susi Weichselbaumer Author · BR | Selected | Commentator | Author at BR, author and analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Susie Carder The Profit Coach | Excluded | Business executive | The Profit Coach. Business coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Susie Maidment Paleobiologist · Natural History Museum | Selected | Academic | Paleobiologist at Natural History Museum. | 2 | 2 |
| Susie Wiles Chief of staff | Excluded | Serving politician | Chief of Staff to the sitting President. | 1 | 1 |
| Sussi Pagh Senior researcher · Institut for Kemi og Biovidenskab | Selected | Academic | Senior Researcher Institute for Chemistry and Bioscience. | 1 | 1 |
| Suvi Kouri HR researcher · Puolustusvoimien tutkimuslaitokselta | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Armed Forces Research Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Suvi Living Kinnunen | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Suvi Schwab | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not verifiable. | 1 | 2 |
| Suvi Tuppurainen Country manager · Nordnet | Excluded | Business executive | Country Director Nordnet. Country director. | 1 | 1 |
| Suvi Turtiainen Berlin correspondent · Helsingin Sanomat | Excluded | Journalist | Berlin correspondent, not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Suzan Al-Yihlai Chief executive officer · المعهد الملكي للفنون التقليدية ورث | Excluded | Business executive | Executive director, arts institute. Executive director. | 1 | 1 |
| Suzan DelBene Representative · Washington's 1st District | Excluded | Serving politician | Representative Washington's 1st District. Politician | 1 | 1 |
| Suzannah Lipscomb Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor and host of Not Just Tudor. Principal professor. | 5 | 40 |
| Suzanne Breen Political editor · Belfast Telegraph | Selected | Commentator | Political editor at Belfast Telegraph, analyst. | 3 | 20 |
| Suzanne Crowe Consultant in paediatric intensive care medicine · Irish Medical Council | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Consultant paediatric intensive care physician. | 1 | 1 |
| Suzanne Kapner WSJ reporter · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | WSJ Reporter, not analysis journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Suzanne Kröger MP · GroenLinks | Excluded | Serving politician | Parliamentarian GroenLinks, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Suzanne Kunzeler | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Suzanne Maloney Brookings senior fellow | Selected | Think tank | Brookings senior fellow. | 8 | 17 |
| Suzanne Nossel CEO of PEN America | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | CEO of PEN America, organization director. | 1 | 1 |
| Suzanne Raes Filmmaker | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Suzanne Scanlon Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Committed nonfiction book. | 1 | 1 |
| Suzanne Shapiro Fashion historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not verifiable. | 1 | 1 |
| Suzanne van der Meulen Dr. | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not verifiable. | 1 | 1 |
| Suzanne Woolley Personal finance and wealth reporter · Bloomberg | Excluded | Journalist | Personal finance reporter, Bloomberg. | 1 | 1 |
| Suzi Ruffell Comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Suzy Miller Founder of the Awesomism Practitioner Process | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of Awesomism Practitioner Process. | 1 | 1 |
| Suzy Welch Professor at NYU's Stern School of Business | Selected | Academic | Professor, NYU Stern School of Business. | 6 | 6 |
| SV Dáte Journalist · Huffington Post | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Huffington Post, not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Svante Nordin Intellectual historian | Selected | Academic | Professor emeritus at Lund University. | 1 | 1 |
| Svante Norrhem Historian | Selected | Academic | University teacher at Umeå and Lund University. | 1 | 3 |
| Svante Nybyggars Oldfluencer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Svein Atle Hagaseth Green Mountain | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not verifiable. | 1 | 1 |
| Svein Eggesvik County council leader | Excluded | Serving politician | County commissioner. Sitting politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Svein Gullbekk Professor · University of Oslo | Selected | Academic | Professor of Numismatics and History, University of Oslo. | 1 | 5 |
| Svein Harald Gullbekk Professor of numismatics and history | Selected | Academic | Professor of Numismatics and History. | 1 | 1 |
| Svein Harald Øygard Investor · Norwegian | Excluded | Business executive | Investor board chair Gold Road International. | 1 | 2 |
| Svein Moxnes Harfjeld DHT | Excluded | Business executive | Leader of DHT. | 1 | 1 |
| Svein Østvik | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Svein Tore Bergestuen | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sveinung Rotevatn | Selected | Former official | Former minister and MP, mandates ended 2025. | 3 | 3 |
| Sven Åke Hammar Police officer, uniformed patrol | Excluded | Serving politician | Police sergeant. Police officer, field officer. | 1 | 1 |
| Sven Beckert Historian · Harvard | Selected | Academic | Historian at Harvard. | 7 | 7 |
| Sven Carlsson Investigative reporter · Ekot | Excluded | Journalist | Investigative reporter at Ekot, investigation reporter. | 1 | 1 |