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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bart Chabot Father | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Poet. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart de Graaff Korps Commando Troepen | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart De Wever Belgian Prime Minister · Belgium | Excluded | Serving politician | Belgian prime minister in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Bart Dobbelaere Journalist · De Standaard | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 2 |
| Bart Eeckhout | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 8 |
| Bart Ehrman New Testament scholar | Selected | Academic | Biblical scholar UNC. | 5 | 8 |
| Bart Funnekotter Napoleon expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 2 | 8 |
| Bart Gaens Analyst · Finnish Institute of International Affairs | Selected | Think tank | Analyst at Finnish Institute of International Affairs. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Goemaere Shareholder activist | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Gonnissen Mate on oil tankers | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Grob Curator of contemporary science · Rijksmuseum Boerhaave | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Conservator at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Groothuis VVD MEP · European Parliament | Excluded | Serving politician | MEP in office. | 2 | 4 |
| Bart Haeck Political journalist and editorial writer · De Tijd | Selected | Commentator | Political journalist and editorial writer at De Tijd. | 1 | 2 |
| Bart Hinke Media editor · NRC | Selected | Commentator | Media editor at NRC (media analysis). | 2 | 2 |
| Bart Horsten Rabobank | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director at Rabobank (bank), not one of the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Jansen Assistant professor · Nyenrode | Selected | Academic | Lecturer in law and philosophy at Nyenrode. | 2 | 4 |
| Bart Kerremans Professor of American politics · KUL | Selected | Academic | Professor of American Politics at KUL. | 2 | 2 |
| Bart Lagae Journalist · De Standaard | Excluded | Journalist | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Luirink | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Maat Photographer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Meijer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Meys Stem Livius | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Moeyaert Writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author (fiction writer), does not match any role. | 2 | 2 |
| Bart Mol Host · Satoshi Radio | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 6 |
| Bart Mos Investigative journalist · Het Financieele Dagblad | Excluded | Journalist | Investigative journalist. | 1 | 3 |
| Bart Nauta Vakantieman | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Spandaw Private detective · Spandaw & Veltman | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Private detective and security agent, does not match any role. | 1 | 2 |
| Bart Tuinman Presenter · NOS Jeugdjournaal | Excluded | Journalist | NOS Jeugdjournaal presenter, presenter. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Van Craeynest | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief economist at Voka (economic organization). | 1 | 2 |
| Bart Van de Vijver Professor · UAntwerpen | Selected | Academic | Prof of diatoms at UAntwerpen. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart van den Brink Dutch MP · CDA | Excluded | Serving politician | Member of Second Chamber (incumbent deputy). | 1 | 1 |
| Bart van der Sloot Dr. | Selected | Academic | Doctor, law researcher at Tilburg University. | 1 | 4 |
| Bart Van Loo Author | Selected | Commentator | Historian and book author, primary activity is analysis. | 3 | 7 |
| Bart Verest Lead Partner · E&C Consultants | Selected | Economist or consultant | Lead partner at E&C Consultants consulting firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Vlietstra Sports editor · de Volkskrant | Excluded | Journalist | Sports editor de Volkskrant. | 1 | 1 |
| Bart Wallet Professor of Jewish Studies · University of Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Professor of Jewish Studies at University of Amsterdam. | 5 | 8 |
| Bart Zoetmulder Expert on digital media business models | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bartek Dobroch | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bartek Pucek | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 6 |
| Bartek Szemraj Clinical dietitian | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Clinical dietitian (healthcare professional outside university). | 1 | 1 |
| Bartłomiej Domaszewicz PhD student | Selected | Academic | Doctoral student attached to a university. | 1 | 1 |
| Bartłomiej Dźwigała | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bartłomiej Gajos Author · Centrum Mieroszewskiego | Selected | Think tank | Author at Centrum Mieroszewskiego (think tank). | 3 | 7 |
| Bartłomiej Pochwat Dr | Selected | Academic | Pharmacologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Bartosz Arłukowicz MEP for KO | Excluded | Serving politician | MEP (European deputy in office). | 1 | 1 |
| Bartosz Bednorz | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bartosz Chmielewski OSW analyst · Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich | Selected | Think tank | Analyst OSW (Eastern Studies Center, think tank). | 3 | 3 |
| Bartosz Cichocki | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Bartosz Grzesik Koło Studentów Stosunków Międzynarodowych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Bartosz Józefiak | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |