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 Wedell Wedellsborg Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Wegener Friis Historian · University of Southern Denmark | Selected | Academic | Historian at Syddansk Universitet. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Weiss Dr | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | General practitioner and psychosomatic medicine. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Westerholm Analyst · Inderes | Selected | Economist or consultant | Financial analyst at Inderes. | 1 | 3 |
| Thomas Wieder Deputy editor-in-chief of the international desk · Le Monde | Excluded | Journalist | International editorial head, Le Monde. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Wiegold Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Defense specialist journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Willen Major · Schweizer Militär | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Major in office, Scrum Master Swiss Army. | 1 | 2 |
| Thomas Winterton | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Young In charge of contacts and partnerships in Sweden | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Zaugg Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Zimmer America expert · Georgetown University | Selected | Academic | Americas expert at Georgetown University. | 3 | 4 |
| Thomas Zuber Economist · Banque de France | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at Banque de France. | 1 | 1 |
| Thor Gotaas Folklore researcher and author | Selected | Commentator | Folklore researcher and author. | 7 | 11 |
| Thorbjørn Taarup Historian, geographer and museum inspector · M/S Museet for Søfart | Selected | Academic | Historian and geographer at M/S Søfart museum. | 1 | 1 |
| Thore Schröder SPIEGEL reporter · DER SPIEGEL | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter correspondent SPIEGEL | 1 | 2 |
| Thorkil Aschehoug Lawyer · Sands Advokatfirma | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer at Sands Advokatfirma law firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Thorsteinn Einarsson Musician | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Thorsten Faas Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of political science at Freie Universität Berlin. | 7 | 16 |
| Thorsten Frei Head of the Chancellery · Bundesregierung | Excluded | Serving politician | Chancellor's Minister Germany. | 3 | 5 |
| Thorsten Iffland ARD East Asia correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | East Asia correspondent for ARD. | 1 | 1 |
| Thorsten Lundquist | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Thorsten Rode | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 2 |
| Thorsten Schroer Volunteer with the aid organisation Cadus | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Humanitarian aid, Cadus organization. | 1 | 1 |
| Thorsten Wirth Player agent · ROOF | Excluded | Business executive | Sports agent. | 1 | 1 |
| Thubten Wangchen Buddhist monk · Casa del Tíbet de Barcelona | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu | Selected | Commentator | Author of essay on race and identity. | 1 | 1 |
| Tia Goldenberg AP correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | AP correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Tia Morell Walden | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Tiago André Lopes Professor · Lusíada University of Porto | Selected | Academic | Professor of Asian Studies, university. | 1 | 2 |
| Tiago Antunes Former secretary of state | Selected | Former official | Former Portuguese Secretary of State. | 2 | 2 |
| Tiago Caeiro Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Tiago Cardoso Law graduate | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tiago Carrasco Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Tiago Fortuna Co-founder · Access Lab | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Co-founder of Access Lab. | 1 | 1 |
| Tiago Proença dos Santos Pediatric neurologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Neuropediatrician. | 1 | 1 |
| Tiago Pzk | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tiago Santos IST | Selected | Academic | Researcher, probably affiliated with Portuguese university. | 1 | 1 |
| Tiago Santos Paiva Agent, CEO of WSA | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of WSA. | 1 | 1 |
| Tiankai Feng Data strategy and data governance consultant · ThoughtWorks | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Data strategy consultant at ThoughtWorks. | 1 | 1 |
| Tibi Jones Content creator | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tibo InShape Web ideator | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | YouTube influencer, not one of the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Tico Chao | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ties Klok Pediatric physiotherapist · Klimmendaal | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Pediatric physiotherapist. | 1 | 1 |
| Ties Rijcken Engineer, PhD | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Tiezhen Wang Hugging Face | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Hugging Face employee, AI platform. | 1 | 1 |
| Tiffany Aliche | Selected | Commentator | Award-winning financial education teacher. | 5 | 9 |
| Tiffany Benitez Young housing organizer | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tiina Alahuhta-Kasko CEO · Marimekko | Excluded | Business executive | General director of Marimekko. | 1 | 1 |
| Tijl Beckand | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tijs van den Brink | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 3 | 3 |