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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aschwin Verheijen Team leader · brandweereenheid Nederland | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Asger Juhl Journalist and communications director · Dansk Folkeparti | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist and spokesperson Danish People's Party. | 1 | 6 |
| Asger Neesgaard Os og Data | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently clear role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Asger Neumann Psychologist, external lecturer · Aarhus University | Selected | Academic | Psychologist, external lecturer at Aarhus University. | 1 | 1 |
| Ash Atalla Television producer | Excluded | Business executive | Television producer, does not match any role. | 1 | 1 |
| Ash Ireland | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ash Sarkar Contributing Editor at Novara Media | Selected | Commentator | Contributing editor at Novara Media and author, analyst. | 12 | 68 |
| Asha Hedayati Family law lawyer and author | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer specializing in family law. | 2 | 2 |
| Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent · The Guardian | Excluded | Journalist | European community affairs correspondent at The Guardian. | 1 | 1 |
| Ashish Shah Chief investment officer of Public Investing in Asset & Wealth Management · Goldman Sachs | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Investment Officer at Goldman Sachs, wealth management analyst. | 2 | 2 |
| Ashkan Fardost | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ashleigh Merchant Host of The MK True Crime Show | Excluded | Journalist | Host of MK True Crime Show. | 1 | 1 |
| Ashley Bamford-Kaemmereit Table Today | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist from Table Today team. | 1 | 1 |
| Ashley Cox Emotional analysis and resolution coach · Nice Guy Reform School | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Emotional analysis coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Ashley Fahey Senior Manager of Global Product Sustainability · Kohler Company, MilliporeSigma | Excluded | Business executive | Former company executive (Kohler), not in defined roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Ashley Finan Jay and Jill Bernstein Global Fellow · Center on Global Energy Policy | Selected | Think tank | Global Fellow at Center on Global Energy Policy (academic think tank). | 1 | 2 |
| Ashley Koff RD · The Better Nutrition Program | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Registered Dietitian (RD), does not match any role. | 1 | 1 |
| Ashley Lopez Political correspondent · NPR | Excluded | Journalist | Political correspondent at NPR. | 1 | 7 |
| Ashley Roberts Dancer · Pussycat Dolls | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Ashley St. Clair MAGA influencer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Ashley Watts Vanderbilt University | Selected | Academic | Affiliated with Vanderbilt University. | 1 | 1 |
| Ashley Winston Creator · Palmdale Car Finders | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Business creator (Palmdale Car Finders), does not correspond to any role. | 1 | 1 |
| Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes Mining entrepreneur, former Deputy Director for Batteries and Critical Materials · US Department of Energy | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Mining entrepreneur, former Deputy Director at US DoE. | 1 | 1 |
| Ashok Varadhan Co-heads of Global Banking & Markets business · Goldman Sachs | Excluded | Business executive | Co-head of division at Goldman Sachs, corporate executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Ashraf El-Araby Former minister of planning · Institute of National Planning | Selected | Former official | Former Planning Minister in Egypt. | 1 | 1 |
| Asia Argento | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Asier G. Morato Co-founder · ChubbyApps | Excluded | Business executive | Co-Founder of ChubbyApps, does not fit any role. | 1 | 1 |
| Asif Baig Chef · Das Chadim | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Asif Farooqi BBC Urdu's editor | Excluded | Journalist | BBC Urdu editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Asif Kapadia Award-winning filmmaker | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Asim Qureshi Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction book on Muslim political prisoners. | 1 | 1 |
| Ask Møller Bjerringbro Gymnasium | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Askhat Urazbayev Agile Coach · ScrumTrek | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Agile Coach at ScrumTrek. | 1 | 1 |
| Asko Järvinen Chief physician of infectious diseases at HUS | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chief physician of infectious diseases at hospital, health professional outside university. | 1 | 1 |
| Asle Eirkem Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor with explicit title, author of academic book. | 1 | 1 |
| Asle Toje Political scientist | Selected | Academic | Researcher, University of Oslo. | 8 | 19 |
| Asma Khalid White House correspondent · NPR | Excluded | Journalist | White House Correspondent, NPR. | 1 | 2 |
| Asma Mhalla Political scientist and essayist | Selected | Commentator | Political scientist and essayist, political and social analysis. | 6 | 7 |
| Åsmund Egge Professor emeritus | Selected | Academic | Emeritus Professor at UiO (University of Oslo). | 1 | 1 |
| Assaf Orion Brigadier General (res) · Israel Defense Forces | Excluded | Serving politician | Retired general (Brigadier General retired), former military not public official. | 1 | 1 |
| Asser Hedegård Thomsen PhD and medical specialist · Aarhus University | Selected | Academic | Doctor and university specialist at Aarhus University. | 1 | 1 |
| Assita Kanko MEP · N-VA | Excluded | Serving politician | MEP in office, politician in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Asta Kongsted | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Astead Herndon Political journalist · Vox | Excluded | Journalist | Political journalist at Vox. | 2 | 2 |
| Astel Allame Founder and CEO · NutriCheck | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of NutriCheck, business executive. | 1 | 2 |
| Astri Aas-Hansen Minister of justice and public security | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Justice and Civil Protection in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Astrid Bjørnebekk Senior researcher · Oslo Universitetshospital | Selected | Academic | Senior researcher at Oslo University Hospital, university research organization. | 1 | 1 |
| Astrid DE Villaines Journalist, producer · France Culture | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and producer of L'esprit public (ideas program). | 2 | 4 |
| Astrid Dörner US correspondent · Handelsblatt | Excluded | Journalist | US correspondent and chief reporter at Handelsblatt. | 1 | 2 |
| Astrid Fokkema Lecturer · Fontys University of Applied Sciences | Selected | Academic | Lecturer at Fontys University of Applied Sciences. | 1 | 1 |