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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Netanjahu Prime minister · Israël | Excluded | Serving politician | Prime Minister of Israel in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister | Excluded | Serving politician | Prime Minister of Israel, political position. | 1 | 1 |
| Benjamin Quénelle Correspondent · Les Echos | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent for Les Echos in Moscow. | 1 | 2 |
| Benjamin Ree Filmmaker | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Film director, artist not journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Benjamin Svejgaard Physician and brain researcher · AAU | Selected | Academic | Researcher physician Aalborg University, Denmark. | 1 | 3 |
| Benjamin Talin | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Benjamin van Doorslaer Financial Freedom Coach · Money Matrix | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Financial freedom coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author and journalist, journalistic position. | 1 | 1 |
| Benjamin Weber ARD studio correspondent · ARD-Studio Istanbul | Excluded | Journalist | ARD Studio correspondent Istanbul. | 1 | 1 |
| Benjamin Weingarten | Selected | Commentator | American political commentator and essayist. | 1 | 1 |
| Benjamin Wittes Editor-in-Chief · Lawfare | Selected | Think tank | Editor-in-Chief of Lawfare Institute. | 4 | 113 |
| Benjamin Wulff | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Benji Baker Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of environmental non-fiction book. | 1 | 1 |
| Benji Carlson | Excluded | Business executive | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Benji Jones Vox senior correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | Senior Correspondent Vox, reporter. | 2 | 3 |
| Bennie Jolink Leader · Normaal | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Benno Barnard Writer | Selected | Commentator | Columnist and essayist, literary columnist. | 1 | 1 |
| Benno Fürmann | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Benno Tuchschmid Romandy correspondent · Tamedia | Excluded | Journalist | Romandy correspondent, Tamedia, correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Benny Benassi DJ, producer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 3 |
| Benny Johnson Host of The Benny Show | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Benny Voncken Guest lecturer | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Benoit Bourre Co-founder of Hocoia | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of Hocoia, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Benoît Daragon Media specialist · Le Parisien | Excluded | Journalist | Culture section journalist at Le Parisien. | 1 | 2 |
| Benoit Faucon Middle East correspondent · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Middle East correspondent for Wall Street Journal. | 1 | 1 |
| Benoît Hamon Director · ONG Singa | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | NGO Singa Director, organization director. | 1 | 2 |
| Benoît Heilbrunn Philosopher, professor at ESCP Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor ESCP Business School, institution. | 2 | 3 |
| Benoît Labrousse President · Randstad France | Excluded | Business executive | President of Randstad France, business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Benoît Morenne Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal | 1 | 1 |
| Benoît Payan PS mayor · Marseille | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor of Marseille in office, elective position. | 1 | 1 |
| Benoit Pelopidas | Selected | Academic | Research teacher at Paris Institute of Political Studies. | 1 | 1 |
| Benoit Serre HR director, co-chair · Cercle Humania | Excluded | Business executive | DRH and co-president, human resources executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Bent Blüdnikow History book reviewer, journalist and historian · Berlingske | Selected | Commentator | Book critic, journalist and historian. | 1 | 1 |
| Bent Dalager Nordic head of New Tech · KPMG | Selected | Economist or consultant | Head of New Tech, KPMG consulting firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Bent Flyvbjerg Professor · Oxford | Selected | Academic | Professor at Oxford University. | 5 | 6 |
| Bent Lindow Paleontologist and geologist · Natural History Museum of Denmark | Selected | Academic | Paleontologist at Danish Natural History Museum. | 2 | 4 |
| Bent Lønrusten | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bent Nielsen Member of the Explorers Club, senior researcher at the Danish Arctic Institute | Selected | Academic | Senior researcher at Arctic Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Bent Van Looy | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bent Winther Political commentator · Berlingske | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator for Berlingske. | 2 | 4 |
| Bente Andersen Hotel Romantik | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bente Birkeland Public affairs reporter · Colorado Public Radio | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter public affairs Colorado Public Radio | 1 | 1 |
| Bente Kristiansen Norwegian | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bente Müller | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bente Scheller Expert · Böll-Stiftung | Selected | Think tank | Expert at Heinrich Böll Foundation. | 2 | 2 |
| Beppe Scienza Author | Selected | Academic | Professor of financial mathematics at the University of Turin. | 1 | 1 |
| Beppe Severgnini Columnist · Corriere della Sera | Selected | Commentator | Editorialist at Corriere della Sera. | 4 | 19 |
| Bérangère Lepetit Journalist · Parisien | Excluded | Journalist | Society section journalist at Le Parisien. | 1 | 2 |
| Berber Jin WSJ reporter · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Tech reporter Wall Street Journal | 2 | 3 |
| Berend Aukema Entomologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |