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 Cornu LyBox | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of LyBox. | 1 | 1 |
| 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 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 Dullien Old school hacker, thinker and mathematician | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Cybersecurity expert. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Erdbrink | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist correspondent, reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| 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 Friedman Journalist · The New York Times | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist The New York Times. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Gilovich Professor of psychology · Cornell University | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology, Cornell University. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Grane CIO · Matas | Excluded | Business executive | CIO of Matas. | 1 | 1 |
| 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 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 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 Høg Nørager Parish priest · Stefanskirken | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| 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 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 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 Kärger Airline pilot and instructor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Transport Pilot and Instructor. | 1 | 1 |
| 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 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 |