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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Berger Dr, physicist · Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt DLR | Selected | Academic | Dr. physicist at German Aerospace Center DLR. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Bernt Henriksen | Excluded | Journalist | Editorial journalist, no clear analyst profile. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Birnstiel Speaker | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 4 |
| Thomas Blom Police lawyer · PST | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Political lawyer, PST and documentary filmmaker. | 2 | 2 |
| Thomas Bodström Lawyer, former justice minister | Selected | Former official | Former justice minister, lawyer. | 1 | 2 |
| Thomas Bolander Professor · DTU Compute | Selected | Academic | Professor, DTU Compute. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Bollen Financial journalist and editor at Follow the Money | Excluded | Journalist | Investigation journalist at Follow the Money. | 4 | 4 |
| Thomas Bostrøm Jørgensen Top executive · Appear | Excluded | Business executive | Top chief at Appear. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Brand Expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Breen County council chair · Innlandet | Excluded | Serving politician | County mayor of Innlandet, elected official. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Brudermann Assoc. Prof. Dr. · Universität Graz | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor Dr. University of Graz. | 3 | 8 |
| Thomas Bryne Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence and TD | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of State (politician in office). | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Byrne Minister for European Affairs · Irlande | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister for European Affairs (politician in office). | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Castrel | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Chatterton Williams Author · The Atlantic | Selected | Commentator | Author published in The Atlantic. | 9 | 10 |
| Thomas Cornu LyBox | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of LyBox. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Curran Psychologist | Selected | Academic | Psychologist at London School of Economics. | 5 | 5 |
| Thomas d'Istria Reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter in Ukraine | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Danset Founder · La Première Brique | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of La Première Brique. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Daum Inspector of the Cyber and Information Domain · Bundeswehr | Excluded | Serving politician | Inspector in Bundeswehr (military). | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas de Maizière Former federal interior minister · CDU | Selected | Former official | Former Federal Interior Minister. | 3 | 4 |
| Thomas de Veen | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Derksen YouTube creator | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Djursing Journalist · Ingeniøren | Selected | Commentator | Journalist Ingenioren. | 1 | 2 |
| Thomas Dullien Old school hacker, thinker and mathematician | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Cybersecurity expert. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Eitzen Credit director · SEB | Selected | Economist or consultant | Credit analysis chief SEB. | 3 | 4 |
| Thomas Erdbrink | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist correspondent, reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Erikson Author, leadership coach | Selected | Commentator | Author and Leadership Coach. | 2 | 6 |
| Thomas Ertl Water expert · Boku Wien | Selected | Academic | Water Expert Boku Vienna. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Farley Mr. Manners | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Fartmann Professor · Osnabrück University | Selected | Academic | Prof. Universität Osnabrück. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Fasbender Desk head for geopolitics · Berliner Zeitung | Excluded | Journalist | Geopolitics section editor, Berliner Zeitung. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Feistl Dr, head of the Bavarian avalanche warning service · Lawinenwarndienst Bayern | Selected | Academic | Dr., head of Avalanche Warning Service Bavaria. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Fischermann Economic policy correspondent · DIE ZEIT | Excluded | Journalist | Political economics correspondent for Die Zeit. | 2 | 2 |
| Thomas Friedman Journalist · The New York Times | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist The New York Times. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen Professor of mobility and migration law · University of Copenhagen | Selected | Academic | Professor of Mobility and Migration Law, University of Copenhagen. | 2 | 4 |
| Thomas Gilovich Professor of psychology · Cornell University | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology, Cornell University. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Gitz-Johansen Lecturer · Roskilde University | Selected | Academic | Lecturer at Roskilde University. | 1 | 2 |
| Thomas Gomart Historian and director · Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI) | Selected | Think tank | Director French Institute of International Relations (IFRI). | 5 | 9 |
| Thomas Grane CIO · Matas | Excluded | Business executive | CIO of Matas. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Grjebine Head of the International Macroeconomics and Finance program · CEPII | Selected | Think tank | Macroeconomics program director, CEPII. | 2 | 6 |
| Thomas Gualtieri Correspondent · Bloomberg | Excluded | Journalist | Bloomberg correspondent in Madrid. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Gutschker F.A.Z. correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | FAZ correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Harding Historian and best-selling author | Selected | Commentator | Historian and best-selling author. | 1 | 2 |
| Thomas Hargreave | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Airplane pilot. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Hartung Journalist and AfD politician · Kreistagsfraktion Böblingen | Excluded | Journalist | AfD politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Hayo Creative Director | Excluded | Business executive | Creative Director. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Hegghammer Senior Research Fellow · All Souls College, Oxford | Selected | Academic | Senior Research Fellow All Souls College Oxford. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Hendriks | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Hertog Cosmologist | Selected | Academic | University teacher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. | 12 | 13 |