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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Böhm Journalist · Presse | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Press, journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfgang Bosbach CDU | Excluded | Serving politician | Bundestag politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfgang Effenberger Commentator | Selected | Commentator | Commentator. | 2 | 7 |
| Wolfgang Fellner Presenter · oe24 | Excluded | Journalist | Moderator oe24, show moderator. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfgang Fercher Head of Kleine Zeitung Kärnten | Excluded | Journalist | Editor-in-chief of Kleine Zeitung Kärnten. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfgang Fickus | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfgang Fiedler Dr. | Selected | Academic | Ornithologist at Max Planck Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfgang Fink CEO of Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Goldman Sachs. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfgang Herles | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | TV personality. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfgang Ischinger Chair · Munich Security Conference | Selected | Think tank | President, Munich Security Conference. | 11 | 21 |
| Wolfgang Jacobs Theologian and hospital chaplain | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Theologian, hospital chaplain. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfgang Kaleck Criminal law specialist · European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer specializing in criminal law. | 2 | 2 |
| Wolfgang Kemp Art historian | Selected | Academic | Art historian, professor in Hamburg. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfgang Kirsch CEO · Shelly Group | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Shelly Group. | 2 | 2 |
| Wolfgang Koydl Journalist · Weltwoche | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Weltwoche, journalist. | 1 | 3 |
| Wolfgang Krohn Prof. Dr., philosopher and social scientist · Bielefeld University | Selected | Academic | Prof. Dr. at Universität Bielefeld. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfgang Krüger Psychologist and author | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist and author, not affiliated with university. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfgang Kubicki Deputy chair of the FDP and Vice President of the Bundestag | Excluded | Serving politician | Politician in office, vice-president of Bundestag. | 2 | 2 |
| Wolfgang Lucht Professor · Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research | Selected | Academic | Prof. at Potsdam Institute for Climate Research. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfgang Maderthaner | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfgang Merkel Director of the Democracy and Democratisation department · Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Sociales de Berlín | Selected | Think tank | Director at Berlin Center for Social Science Research. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfgang Palaver Theologian | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Theologian without mentioned university affiliation. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfgang Rosam PR consultant | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Public relations consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfgang Schmidt Minister for the Chancellery | Excluded | Serving politician | German government minister in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Wolfgang Streeck Sociologist | Selected | Academic | Economic sociologist, professor at Cologne. | 3 | 3 |
| Wolfgang Thierse SPD politician | Excluded | Serving politician | SPD politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfgang Wee NRK | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Podcast presenter. | 2 | 2 |
| Wolfgang Wodarg Physician and former SPD health policy politician | Selected | Former official | Former SPD politician in health, now physician. | 2 | 7 |
| Wolfram Eilenberger Philosopher | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Philosopher without university affiliation. | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfram Weimer Publisher and book author | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Wolfram Windisch Professor · Witten/Herdecke University | Selected | Academic | Prof. Dr. at Universität Witten Herdecke. | 1 | 1 |
| Won Yip Hospitality tycoon, property investor · YIP Group | Excluded | Business executive | Hospitality magnate and real estate investor. | 1 | 1 |
| Woody Morris Documentary maker · BBC | Excluded | Journalist | Documentary maker at BBC. | 1 | 1 |
| Wopke Hoekstra European commissioner | Excluded | Serving politician | EU Commissioner, active. | 2 | 3 |
| Worth Parker Col. · MARSOC | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Military colonel in service. | 1 | 1 |
| Wouke van Scherrenburg Political journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Political journalist, political journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Wout Jennes | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Wout Lambrecht Veteran forex trader · Archer | Selected | Economist or consultant | Seasoned forex trader in financial firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Wouter Deprez | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Wouter Hart | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Wouter Kolff Chair of the Security Council, mayor · Dordrecht | Excluded | Serving politician | Politician in office, security president, mayor. | 1 | 1 |
| Wouter Koolmees | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |