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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zabie Elmgren Andreessen Horowitz | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Andreessen Horowitz venture capital executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Zac Castillo Watch Adicto LLC | Excluded | Business executive | Leader of Watch Adicto LLC. | 1 | 1 |
| Zac Garside Send It | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Email marketing director at Send It company. | 1 | 1 |
| Zach Bush Dr. | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Dr., MD (physician), no university affiliation. | 2 | 2 |
| Zach Cohen Consumer partner · a16z | Selected | Economist or consultant | Consumer partner at a16z (venture capital/investment). | 1 | 1 |
| Zach Holbrooks Head · Gaines County Health Department, Texas | Excluded | Business executive | Director of public health agency, local official. | 1 | 1 |
| Zach Lloyd Founder and CEO · Warp | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Warp. | 1 | 1 |
| Zach Mack NPR | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Zach Price Professor of Law · UC Law San Francisco | Selected | Academic | Professor of Law at UC Law San Francisco. | 1 | 1 |
| Zach Weinersmith Author | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Author cartoonist, illustrator, does not match roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Zach Weiss | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Zachary Blount Evolutionary biologist · Michigan State University | Selected | Academic | Evolutionary biologist at Michigan State University. | 1 | 1 |
| Zachary Crockett | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, no indicated function or organization. | 1 | 1 |
| Zachary Kimball PE, MBA, VP of Finance and Strategic Planning · Citation Oil and Gas Corp | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | VP of Finance and Strategic Planning, oil company. | 1 | 1 |
| Zachary Treitz Creator · Netflix | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Creator of Netflix documentary, producer/filmmaker. | 1 | 1 |
| Zack Beauchamp Author · Vox | Selected | Commentator | Author and columnist at Vox, political and ideas analysis. | 4 | 12 |
| Zack Gómez-Rolls Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Zack White Historian | Selected | Commentator | Historian and podcast host, public history analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Zafer Achi Executive coach, team coach · McKinsey & Company | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Executive coach at McKinsey, professional coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Zahi Zalloua Cushing Eells Professor of Philosophy and Literature · Whitman College | Selected | Academic | Cushing Eells Professor at Whitman College, university. | 2 | 2 |
| Zahid Ali Comedian and author | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Zaida Cantera Former member of parliament · PSOE | Selected | Former official | Former PSOE deputy, former public official. | 2 | 2 |
| Zaineb Al-Samarai Sports president | Excluded | Serving politician | Sports president, currently in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Zak Ali General Manager · Finder | Excluded | Business executive | General Manager of Finder. | 1 | 1 |
| Zak Stein Philosopher of education · Center for World Philosophy and Religion | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 2 |
| Zak Williams CEO and co-founder · PYM | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and co-founder of PYM. | 1 | 1 |
| Zakaria Boufangacha Vice chair · FNV | Excluded | Serving politician | Vice-Chair (vice-president) FNV, union leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Zakia Sewell Writer, DJ & broadcaster | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Zakiya Gibbons Award-winning journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Award-winning journalist, podcast host and producer. | 1 | 1 |
| Zane Rowe CFO · Workday | Excluded | Business executive | CFO of Workday, tech company leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Żaneta Cwalina-Śliwowska Polska 2050 | Excluded | Serving politician | Polska 2050 (political party), politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Zanny Minton Beddoes Editor · The Economist | Selected | Commentator | Editor of The Economist, economic analysis magazine. | 10 | 12 |
| Zara Hedderman Arts and Music Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Arts and Music Journalist, cultural section. | 1 | 1 |
| Zarah Sultana Member of Parliament | Excluded | Serving politician | Member of Parliament (British deputy) in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Zardasht Rad Stage reader · Sveriges Radio | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Zarina Del Mar Fitness personality | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Fitness personality, health/fitness influencer. | 1 | 1 |
| Zbigniew Bogucki Member of parliament · PiS | Excluded | Serving politician | Deputy and head of Presidential Office, public official. | 2 | 2 |
| Zbigniew Herbert Polish poet | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Polish poet, poet/fiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Zbigniew Karaczun Professor · SGGW | Selected | Academic | Prof. at SGGW (Polish agricultural university). | 2 | 3 |
| Zbigniew Kuźmiuk Member of parliament · Prawo i Sprawiedliwość | Excluded | Serving politician | Law and Justice deputy, politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Zbigniew Łagosz Religious studies scholar | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Zbigniew Nowak Specialist in criminal law and criminology · War Studies Academy | Selected | Academic | Criminal law specialist, lecturer at academies. | 1 | 2 |
| Zbigniew Parafianowicz Journalist · Onet | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 3 | 9 |
| Zbigniew Rokita Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Polish journalist, no analytical elements. | 1 | 1 |
| Ze'ev Orenstein Director of internal affairs · City of David Foundation | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Zeb Roche Professional paraglider | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Zeinab Musavi Comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Zeke Emanuel MD, PhD, Vice Provost for Global Initiatives · University of Pennsylvania | Selected | Academic | Vice Provost at University of Pennsylvania. | 5 | 8 |
| Zeke Faux Author · Bloomberg | Selected | Commentator | Investigative journalist Bloomberg and author Number Go Up. | 11 | 13 |
| Zeke Hernandez Professor · Wharton School | Selected | Academic | Professor at Wharton School. | 2 | 2 |