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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulf Pettersson DITV tykonom | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Fund manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Uli Grötsch Federal police commissioner | Excluded | Serving politician | Police representative, civil service function. | 1 | 1 |
| Uli Ladurner Foreign correspondent of ZEIT in Brussels | Excluded | Journalist | Foreign correspondent ZEIT Brussels. | 1 | 1 |
| Uliana Poltavets Ukraine Emergency Response Coordinator · Physicians for Human Rights | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Coordinator at Physicians NGO. | 1 | 1 |
| Ulla Brockenhuus-Schack Seed capital partner | Excluded | Business executive | Seed Capital partner, venture capital. | 1 | 1 |
| Ulla Essendrop | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ulla Trini | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ulrica Swärd Swedish Environmental Protection Agency | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, government agency. | 1 | 1 |
| Ulrich Ladurner | Excluded | Journalist | ZEIT foreign correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Ulrich Matthes | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ulrich Meyer Spokesperson · Technical University of Munich | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Speaker, university spokesperson. | 1 | 1 |
| Ulrich Voit Notary | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Notary. | 1 | 1 |
| Ulrich Wüllenweber | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ulrik Hans Corrosion expert · Empa | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Corrosion expert. | 1 | 1 |
| Ulrik Juul Christensen Board chair and CEO · Area9 Group | Excluded | Business executive | Board chairman and managing director. | 1 | 1 |
| Ulrik Wilbek Mayor · Viborg | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor, political official. | 1 | 1 |
| Ulrika Björkstén Secretary general of Science and the Public | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | General secretary of organization. | 1 | 1 |
| Ulrike Helwerth Former West German journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Former journalist (former). | 1 | 1 |
| Ulrike Herrmann Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Simple journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Ulrike Keppler Clothing and book shop · Kreisverband Nürnberg-Stadt, Bayerisches Rotes Kreuz | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Red Cross local branch. | 1 | 1 |
| Ulrike Stockmann Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Simple journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Ulrike Vollmoeller Iris und Fred | Excluded | Business executive | Iris and Fred founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Ulrikke Brandstorp | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ulrikke Falch | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ulysse Ellian Member of parliament · VVD | Excluded | Serving politician | Parliamentarian VVD, politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Umair Irfan Climate science correspondent · Vox | Excluded | Journalist | Climate science correspondent at Vox. | 1 | 1 |
| Umberto De Giovannangeli | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Un attivista iraniano | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Un Tío Blanco Hetero | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Una Kelly Reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter RTÉ | 1 | 1 |
| Une Bastholm De grønne (MDG) | Excluded | Serving politician | Green party MDG. | 1 | 1 |
| Unn Randi Liahagen Eigarskifter AS | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Eigarskifter company. | 1 | 1 |
| Unni Helen Sørnes | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Urban Björstadius | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Swedish journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Urban Blomstedt | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Urban Lindstedt Former journalist · Internetworld | Excluded | Journalist | Former journalist at Internetworld. | 1 | 1 |
| Urbino Miguel Sales director · DIGI | Excluded | Business executive | Commercial director at DIGI. | 1 | 1 |
| Urs Frei Communications expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Communications expert consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Urs Marti City president · Chur | Excluded | Serving politician | City mayor. | 1 | 1 |
| Urs Meister Managing director of the Federal Electricity Commission ElCom | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | CEO of agency. | 1 | 1 |
| Urs Tischhauser Stadtgärtnerei Chur | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ursel Klein Physiotherapist | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ursina Wey Management · Schweizer Presserat | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Management of organization. | 1 | 1 |
| Ursula Benad Illusion painter | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ursula Immenschuh | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Nurse. | 1 | 1 |
| Ursula Wagner | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Urszula Zoltowska-Tomaszewska Reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Polskie Radio | 1 | 1 |
| Urszula Żółtowska-Tomaszewska Reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Polskie Radio | 1 | 1 |
| Usama Bin Shafqat AI engineer · Google | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | AI engineer at Google, corporate executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Ute Bonde Berlin Senator for Transport | Excluded | Serving politician | Berlin transport senator, in office. | 1 | 1 |