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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Garner SVP and Chief Product Officer · Sam's Club | Excluded | Business executive | SVP and Chief Product Officer at Sam's Club, company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Todd H. Weir Professor of History of Christianity and Director · University of Groningen | Selected | Academic | Professor of the history of Christianity at the University of Groningen. | 1 | 1 |
| Todd Kashdan Psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist without explicit university affiliation. | 1 | 1 |
| Todd Marinovich Former NFL quarterback | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Todd Park Founder · Devoted Health | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Devoted Health, entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Todd Thurman Analyst, futurist and swine consultant · HC Group | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Analyst and consultant, corporate executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Todd Unger | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Toef Jaeger | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Toine van Peperstraten Football presenter | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Allen Comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Tom Baldwin Former Labour Party adviser and author | Selected | Commentator | Former advisor to Labour Party, author. | 5 | 7 |
| Tom Ball Reporter · The Times | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter The Times | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Bateman State Department Correspondent · BBC | Excluded | Journalist | State Department Correspondent BBC. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Berendsen CDA MEP · European Parliament | Excluded | Serving politician | Member of European Parliament CDA in office. | 1 | 3 |
| Tom Bevan RealClearPolitics | Selected | Commentator | From RealClearPolitics, political analysis. | 2 | 17 |
| Tom Bilyeu | Excluded | Business executive | Businessman and entrepreneur, not one of 6 roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Blackwell Chief Communications Officer · Nebius | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Communications Officer at Nebius, corporate executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Bonier | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Leader of electoral data analysis company. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Bowman Pentagon correspondent · NPR | Excluded | Journalist | Pentagon correspondent, NPR. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Brady | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Brzozowski Former counsel for Domestic Terrorism · U.S. Department of Justice | Selected | Former official | Former counsel for Terrorism at Department of Justice. | 2 | 2 |
| Tom Bschor Physician at the Federal Ministry of Health · Bundesgesundheitsministerium | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Physician at Federal Ministry of Health in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Campbell Physicist and consciousness researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Guest is a physicist and consciousness researcher; the linked profile is a California politician and law school dean. Namesake. | 2 | 4 |
| Tom Carstensen Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Danish journalist. | 2 | 2 |
| Tom Challands Dr · University of Edinburgh | Selected | Academic | Doctor at University of Edinburgh. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Compaijen | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Cotterill Acting defence editor · The Telegraph | Excluded | Journalist | Defence editor Telegraph. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom De Cock MNM, Q-MUSIC, JOE | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Decates Cosmetic surgeon | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Cosmetic physician. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Deliens Sports and exercise scientist · VUB | Selected | Academic | Sports and movement science researcher at VUB. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Di Liberto Former climate scientist, science communicator · NOAA | Selected | Commentator | Former NOAA climatologist, science communicator. | 1 | 2 |
| Tom Doherty | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Elfmont Former LAPD captain | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Erik Holmen Business developer · Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace | Excluded | Business executive | Business developer at Kongsberg Defence. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Fassaert Filmmaker | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Faulkner Furniture designer | Excluded | Business executive | Furniture designer and founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Fletcher Former ambassador and No10 adviser | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | UN undersecretary-general in office (humanitarian affairs). | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Frieden Former Director of the CDC | Selected | Former official | Former director of CDC. | 2 | 2 |
| Tom Furness Grandfather of VR · HIT Lab | Selected | Academic | Grandfather of VR, researcher at HIT Lab university. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Gilbert Professor of evolutionary genetics · GLOBE Institute, Københavns Universitet | Selected | Academic | Professor of evolutionary genetics at University of Copenhagen. | 2 | 2 |
| Tom Ginsburg Professor · University of Chicago Law School | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Chicago Law School. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Goffus NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations | Excluded | Serving politician | NATO Assistant Secretary General in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Gordon Liberal Democrat MP · Harrogate and Knaresborough | Excluded | Serving politician | MP Liberal Democrat in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Hardin Known as Tipper X | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Hayes Former trader | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Hofland Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Guest is a historian on a Dutch history show; the linked profile is a researcher at Francis Crick Institute and Amsterdam UMC. Namesake. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Holland The Rest is History | Selected | Commentator | Co-host of 'The Rest is History' podcast, history. | 11 | 11 |
| Tom Homan U.S. Border Czar | Excluded | Serving politician | U.S. Border Czar under Trump, government position. | 2 | 2 |
| Tom Howard | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Ireland Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of 'The Good Virus', essayist. | 1 | 1 |