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 Herzing Former criminal police officer and expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Former criminal police officer. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Heurlin Director at Impact TV | Excluded | Business executive | Director of Impact TV. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Hildebrand | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Hillebrandt | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Hoenig | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist, Federal Reserve and Mercatus Center. | 2 | 6 |
| Thomas Høg Nørager Parish priest · Stefanskirken | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Hogeling Columnist · NRC | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for NRC. | 3 | 3 |
| Thomas Høy Global correspondent · Finans | Excluded | Journalist | Global correspondent at Finans. | 1 | 8 |
| Thomas Jäger Professor · University of Cologne | Selected | Academic | Professor of International Politics, University of Cologne. | 3 | 4 |
| Thomas Jahn Co-head of Handelsblatt's technology team | Excluded | Journalist | Head of tech team, Handelsblatt. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Janke Security architect at the Bestseller group · Bestseller koncernen | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Security architect Bestseller Group. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Jarzombek Parliamentary state secretary · Digitalministerium | Excluded | Serving politician | Parliamentary State Secretary (serving politician). | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Johansen Sponsorship adviser · Norsk Tipping | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Sponsorship advisor Norsk Tipping. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Jolly Artistic director · Paris 2024 | Excluded | Business executive | Artistic Director Paris 2024. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Jonter Professor of international relations · Stockholm University | Selected | Academic | Professor of International Relations, Stockholm University. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Jorsal Journalist · DR | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist DR. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Just Sørensen Professor of chemistry · University of Copenhagen | Selected | Academic | Professor of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen. | 1 | 3 |
| Thomas Juul-Larsen Partner · Mermaid Asset Management | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Partner, Mermaid Asset Management. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Kade Paramedic and station manager · Christoph 8 | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Emergency medical technician at Christoph 8. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Kaiserfeld Intellectual historian | Selected | Academic | Professor at Lund University. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Kärger Airline pilot and instructor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Transport Pilot and Instructor. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Kaufmann | Selected | Academic | Professor of church history at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Keil Management professor at the University of Zurich | Selected | Academic | Management professor University of Zurich. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Kicker CEO · Magenta Telekom | Excluded | Business executive | Magenta Telekom CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Kirkemann | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Klitzke | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Knepper Hochschule Fresenius , Idstein | Selected | Academic | Prof. Hochschule Fresenius. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Kruijer Staff Scientist · Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Selected | Academic | Staff Scientist Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Lefebvre VP Data & Science · MeilleursAgents (AVIV) | Selected | Economist or consultant | VP Data & Science MeilleursAgents. | 3 | 4 |
| Thomas Legrand Columnist · Libération | Selected | Commentator | Libération columnist. | 3 | 4 |
| Thomas Lemke Deputy chief of the German Hospital Federation and chair of the board of Sana Kliniken AG | Excluded | Business executive | Board Chair Sana Kliniken AG. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Lettow | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Levenson MIT professor | Selected | Academic | MIT professor. | 4 | 4 |
| Thomas Loibl Bayerischer Rundfunk | Excluded | Journalist | Radio journalist, no proof of news analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Lundin | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Maissen Historian · Universität Heidelberg | Selected | Academic | Historian at University of Heidelberg. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Marty | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Massie U.S. Representative | Excluded | Serving politician | U.S. Representative, incumbent politician. | 3 | 3 |
| Thomas Matter National Councillor · SVP | Excluded | Serving politician | National Council member SVP (politician in office). | 1 | 2 |
| Thomas Mattsson | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 3 |
| Thomas Max Wolfensberger Palatinus GmbH | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Mayer Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist explicitly mentioned. | 9 | 16 |
| Thomas Metzinger German philosopher · University of Mainz | Selected | Academic | German philosopher, professor emeritus at University of Mainz. | 2 | 2 |
| Thomas Michaelsen Music editor · Politiken | Excluded | Journalist | Music editor, Politiken. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Michelsen Music editor · Politiken | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Thomas Milz Latin America correspondent · NZZ | Excluded | Journalist | Latin America correspondent for NZZ. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Mnguni Campaigner · Groundwork | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Groundwork campaigner. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Morwitzer Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Müller Specialist veterinarian in virology · Friedrich-Löffler-Institut | Selected | Academic | Virology specialist at Friedrich-Löffler Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Muntz Political scientist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |