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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astrid Galsgaard PhD, technology psychologist | Selected | Academic | Doctor (Ph.D.) with explicit academic title. | 1 | 1 |
| Astrid Haug Communications adviser | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Communication advisor and media expert, fits no role. | 2 | 2 |
| Astrid Langer NZZ | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Astrid Meland VG | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Astrid Samuelsson Healthinvest | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Investment company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Astrid Van Ruymbeke Manager | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Manager, does not fit any role. | 1 | 1 |
| Astro Teller Captain of Moonshots · X, Alphabet | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Captain of Moonshots at X (Alphabet), tech executive. | 2 | 2 |
| Astudestra Ajengrastri BBC Indonesian | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at BBC Indonesian. | 1 | 1 |
| Ata Ghaderi Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor with explicit university title. | 2 | 4 |
| Athlète japonais | Excluded | Doubtful participation | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Atle Austad Psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist and psychology specialist, not matching any role. | 1 | 2 |
| Atle Ottesen Søvik Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor with explicit university title. | 1 | 1 |
| Atle Skarsten Local historian · Militærhistorisk forening Rogaland | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Local historian in an association, does not fit any role. | 1 | 1 |
| Atle Tangen Section head · Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste (PST) | Excluded | Serving politician | Head of section at security police, field officer. | 1 | 1 |
| Atoosa Rubenstein Youngest editor-in-chief at Seventeen Magazine | Excluded | Business executive | Magazine editor-in-chief, does not correspond to any role. | 1 | 1 |
| Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of The Cosmopolites, non-fiction analysis book. | 3 | 3 |
| Atte Jääskeläinen Yliasiamies · Sitra | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | General director of Sitra, public institution leader in position. | 1 | 1 |
| Atte Jortikka Analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | Analyst at Inderes. | 1 | 1 |
| Atte Kaleva Member of parliament | Excluded | Serving politician | Member of Finnish Parliament currently serving. | 1 | 3 |
| Atticus LeBlanc Founder of PadSplit | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of PadSplit, business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Atul Gawande Surgeon, professor, public health leader, bestselling author · USAID | Selected | Academic | Surgeon and professor, explicit academic title. | 3 | 3 |
| Atze de Vrieze | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Atze Schröder | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Aubrey Allegretti Chief Political Correspondent · The Times | Excluded | Journalist | Chief Political Correspondent at The Times. | 1 | 1 |
| Aubrey Johnson Vice president of system planning and competitive transmission · MISO | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Vice-President at MISO (electric grid operator), business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Aubrey Marcus Founder · Onnit | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Onnit, business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Aubrey McCarthy Independent Senator · Tiglin Homeless Services | Excluded | Serving politician | Independent senator in office, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Aud Tennøy Senior researcher in urban development and urban transport · Institute of Transport Economics | Selected | Academic | Senior researcher at Institute of Transport Economics, public research organization. | 1 | 1 |
| Aude Bariéty de Lagarde Correspondent journalist · Le Figaro | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist correspondent at Le Figaro. | 1 | 1 |
| Aude Mairey Research scientist · CNRS | Selected | Academic | Research officer at CNRS, public research institution. | 2 | 3 |
| Audrey Bourolleau Founder of the Hectar association for agricultural transition and former agriculture adviser to Emmanuel Macron | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of association and former advisor, does not match any role. | 1 | 1 |
| Audrey Ceuppens Global Head of Grocery and Retail · Bolt Food | Excluded | Business executive | Global Head at Bolt Food, company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Audrey Darsonville Professor of private law and criminal sciences · Paris Nanterre University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Law at Paris-Nanterre University. | 1 | 1 |
| Audrey Fournier TV series specialist · Le Monde | Selected | Commentator | Television series specialist at Le Monde, cultural critic. | 1 | 3 |
| Audrey Garric Journalist · Le Monde | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at Planet service of Le Monde. | 1 | 4 |
| Audrey Goutard Senior reporter · France Télévisions | Excluded | Journalist | France Televisions senior reporter. | 1 | 2 |
| Audrey Millet Historian, author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently clear role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Audrey Renard Gendarmerie commander, head of the Behavioural Sciences Department | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Gendarmerie commander, military officer. | 1 | 1 |
| Audrey Tang Digital minister | Excluded | Serving politician | Digital Minister in office, politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Audrey Uhler | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Audrey Ward The Times | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Audun Halvorsen Director of the emergency preparedness department · Norges Rederiforbund | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director of professional maritime navigation association, does not correspond to any role. | 1 | 1 |
| Audun Iversen Tech guru, fund manager · DNB | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager and tech guru at DNB (financial institution). | 1 | 1 |
| Audun Kjus | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently clear role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Audun Kolstad Wiig Geopolitical expert · DNB | Selected | Economist or consultant | Geopolitics expert at DNB, wealth management analyst. | 1 | 3 |
| Audun Lysbakken Storting representative and former leader of SV | Excluded | Serving politician | Member of Storting currently serving and former party leader. | 2 | 2 |
| Audun Pettersen Virkes industry director for tourism | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Sector director at Virke (employers' association), no corresponding role. | 1 | 1 |
| Audun Wickstrand Iversen Manager · DNB | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager at DNB Disruptive. | 5 | 28 |
| August Biniaz Co-Founder and CIO · CPI Capital | Excluded | Business executive | Co-Founder and CIO of CPI Capital, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| August Grønli Director · Finn Reise | Excluded | Business executive | Director of Finn Reise, business director. | 1 | 1 |