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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wimar Bolhuis GroenLinks-PvdA | Excluded | Serving politician | Political official, political party. | 1 | 1 |
| Winand von Petersdorff Correspondent · Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung | Excluded | Journalist | F.A.Z. correspondent, correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Winfried Hensinger Professor of quantum technologies · University of Sussex | Selected | Academic | Professor of quantum technologies. | 1 | 1 |
| Winfried Nerdinger Architectural historian, former head · Architekturmuseum der TU München | Selected | Academic | Art historian and professor at Technical University of Munich. | 1 | 1 |
| Winfried Wehle Romanist, literary scholar · Deutsche Dante-Gesellschaft | Selected | Academic | Romanist and literary scholar, university teacher. | 1 | 1 |
| Winifred Gallagher Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction books. | 1 | 1 |
| Winny Matheeussen Doorbraak | Excluded | Journalist | Doorbraak, organization without stated role. | 1 | 1 |
| Winston Gerschtanowitz TV presenter, entrepreneur · Huisdieren.nl | Excluded | Business executive | TV presenter, entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Winston Weinberg CEO and co-founder · Harvey | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and co-founder of Harvey. | 1 | 1 |
| Wiolka Walaszczyk | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Wise Two Artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Wissenschaftlicher Direktor Scientific director · Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Wisława Szymborska | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Polish poet, not commentator (poetry is fiction). | 1 | 1 |
| Witold Boguta | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Witold Jurasz Onet | Excluded | Journalist | Onet, website without role. | 1 | 1 |
| Witold Rakowski Expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Only introduced as an expert on Iran; nothing ties him to this economist-geographer, who was born in 1936. | 1 | 1 |
| Witold Szabłowski | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Polish journalist and reporter, not commentator. | 1 | 1 |
| Witold Zadowski Radio reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Radio reporter, reporter | 1 | 1 |
| Witold Zembaczyński | Excluded | Serving politician | Polish politician in office, member of Sejm. | 1 | 1 |
| Wladimir Klitschko Former boxer | Excluded | Serving politician | Former boxer. | 1 | 1 |
| Wojciech Balczun Minister of state assets | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of State in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Wojciech Bonowicz Poet | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Poet (fiction). | 1 | 1 |
| Wojciech Chmielarz Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Fiction author, novels. | 1 | 1 |
| Wojciech Doroszewicz | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Wojciech Drewniak | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Wojciech Engelking | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Wojciech Fibak ATP tournament winner, Wimbledon semifinalist | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Wojciech Jagielski | Excluded | Journalist | Empty position, article title. | 1 | 1 |
| Wojciech Jan Pytkowski Founder of the band · Zdobywcy Pewnych Oskarów | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Wojciech Jóźwiak Practitioner of neoshamanism, symbols researcher | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Practitioner of neoshamanism and symbol researcher (esoteric, outside roles). | 1 | 1 |
| Wojciech Lobodziński | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Wojciech Polak Primate of Poland | Excluded | Serving politician | Primat de Pologne, religious leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Wojciech Samolinski Collaborator of KOR · Komitet Obrony Robotników | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Wojciech Telenga President of 4Results Digital | Excluded | Business executive | Chief executive officer. | 1 | 1 |
| Wojciech Waglewski Musician | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Wojciech Woźniak Dr. hab. | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Announced only as dr hab. on Finland and Nokia; nothing ties him to this Warsaw archivist, and the name is common. | 1 | 1 |
| Wojtek Jezierski History professor | Selected | Academic | Polish historian and medievalist, university teacher. | 1 | 1 |
| Wojtek Kaczmarczyk YouTuber, conference host | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Wojtek Kardyś Social media and communications expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Wojtek Soczewica Director of the Fondation Auschwitz-Birkenau | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation. | 1 | 1 |
| Wojtek Sokół Rapper | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolf Fleetwood | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolf Fleetwood-Ross | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolf Grabendorff Political scientist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolf Wiedmann-Schmidt Editor for internal security · DER SPIEGEL | Excluded | Journalist | Internal security editor Der Spiegel | 1 | 1 |
| Wolf-Dieter Storl Ethnobotanist, cultural anthropologist and author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolf-Steffen Weißker | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolff Fuss Commentator | Selected | Commentator | Commentator, explicit commentator title. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfgang Bauer Reporter · DIE ZEIT | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Die Zeit, reporter | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfgang Bosbach CDU | Excluded | Serving politician | Bundestag politician. | 1 | 1 |