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 Durieux Activist and campaign organiser, author | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Activist, campaign organizer. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah El Haïry High Commissioner for Children | Excluded | Serving politician | High Commissioner for Children, public office in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Elkhaldy Spiritual teacher, author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Spiritual teacher and author. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Friedland Director | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Green Carmichael Journalist · Bloomberg | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Bloomberg. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Guo Founder · Conviction | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of startup Conviction. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Heintz Author | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Hirshland CEO · US Olympic and Paralympic Committee | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of US Olympic and Paralympic Committee. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Hoiland Dr | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Holmes | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Huckabee Sanders Governor | Excluded | Serving politician | Governor in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Iben Almbjerg | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Ichou Director · Le Bondy Blog | Excluded | Journalist | Director of Le Bondy Blog. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Lande | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Legrain Member of parliament | Excluded | Serving politician | Female Unsubmissive member from Paris currently serving. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Lehnert SWR | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter from SWR | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Levy | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| 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 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 McCammon National political correspondent · NPR | Excluded | Journalist | National political correspondent at NPR. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Parenzo Researcher and translator | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| 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 Skarum Journalist · Politiken | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at Politiken. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Spain Host de podcast · ESPN | Excluded | Journalist | ESPN podcast host. | 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 Sørheim | Excluded | Off-topic profile | 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 Vandeursen | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarah Vandoorne Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Generalist journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| 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 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 |
| Sari Arponen Dr. | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Physician outside university. | 1 | 1 |
| Sari Parviainen | Excluded | Business executive | Real estate investor. | 1 | 1 |
| Sarina Bellissimo Culture journalist and host of The Bellissimo Files | Excluded | Journalist | Culture journalist and podcast host. | 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 Ermolenko Design director · VK Design Team | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Design director and teacher in private school. | 1 | 1 |