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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berend Nieuwhof | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bérengère Bonte Political journalist | Selected | Commentator | Author on Gabriel Attal and L'Ange exterminateur. | 3 | 8 |
| Bérengère Ducrocq Doctor, head of the CECOS in Lille | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Physician, director of Lille CECOS. | 1 | 1 |
| Bérengère Warluzel French actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bérénice Levet Philosopher | Selected | Commentator | Essayist and columnist, ideas analyst. | 2 | 16 |
| Bergita Ganse | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Interviewee in a space history episode; the profile is a Saarland University researcher with no field, and another same-name doctor exists. | 1 | 1 |
| Beri Zangana Reporter · Aftonbladet | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Aftonbladet | 1 | 2 |
| Berit Ullestad | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Berna González Harbour | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist writer, no specialized analysis. | 3 | 10 |
| Bernadette Reiterlechner University of Vienna | Selected | Academic | Law institute at University of Vienna. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernard Brogan Tech founder · PepTalk | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of tech startup PepTalk. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernard Delcros Union Centriste senator · Cantal | Excluded | Serving politician | Centrist Union Senator in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernard Drescher Bund deutscher EinsatzVeteranen | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Military veterans association. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernard Hammelburg Foreign affairs commentator · BNR | Selected | Commentator | International commentator for BNR. | 11 | 101 |
| Bernard Hudson Counterterrorism · CIA | Selected | Former official | Former head of counter-terrorism operations at CIA. | 2 | 2 |
| Bernard Jomier Senator | Excluded | Serving politician | Senator in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernard Lahire Sociologist | Selected | Academic | Sociologist ENS Lyon and Lumière University, university teacher. | 5 | 5 |
| Bernard Lavallé Emeritus professor of Hispanic-American civilisation · Sorbonne | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor of Hispanic-American civilization at the Sorbonne. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernard Phelan | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernardo Fernandez Bling Energy | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Bling Energy. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernardo García Market analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | Market analyst and financial educator. | 1 | 2 |
| Bernardo Gutiérrez Writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Hispanic-Brazilian writer, fiction author or undetermined. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernardo Kastrup Dutch philosopher and computer scientist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernardo Seixas CEO · Granter | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and founder of Granter. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernardo Valente Professor of international relations · ISCSP | Selected | Academic | Professor of international relations at ISCSP. | 1 | 2 |
| Bernd Baumann Parliamentary business manager · AfD | Excluded | Serving politician | Parliamentary Secretary of AfD, political party. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernd Breiter | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernd Dörries Middle East correspondent · Tamedia | Excluded | Journalist | Middle East correspondent for Tamedia. | 1 | 2 |
| Bernd Greiner Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, University of Hamburg, university teacher (Wikidata). | 1 | 1 |
| Bernd Knöller Star chef · Valencia | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Michelin-starred chef in Valencia. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernd Raffelhüschen Professor | Selected | Economist or consultant | Professor of economics. | 3 | 5 |
| Bernd Sommer First mayor · Klosterstadt Waldsassen | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor in office of Waldsassen. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernd Theiss Head of testing and technology · connect | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Media executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernd Ulrich Journalist · ZEIT | Selected | Commentator | Historian and deputy editor at Die Zeit. | 4 | 7 |
| Bernhard Ellefsen Culture editor · Morgenbladet | Excluded | Journalist | Culture editor, Morgenbladet. | 2 | 2 |
| Bernhard Lang Theologian and religious scholar · Schweizer Armee, Verbandsmanagement Institut | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Military officer in office, Swiss Army. | 2 | 2 |
| Bernhard Meyer Neurosurgeon | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Neurosurgeon. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernhard Pörksen Media and communication scholar | Selected | Academic | Professor Universität Tübingen, university teacher. | 7 | 8 |
| Bernhard Schlink Legal philosopher and writer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Novelist and lawyer, fiction writer, former positions. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernhard Weidinger Political scientist · Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstands | Selected | Think tank | Political scientist at Austrian Resistance Archives. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernhard Zand Correspondent · SPIEGEL | Excluded | Journalist | Der Spiegel correspondent, journalist reporter. | 1 | 3 |
| Bernice Notenboom Polar traveler and climate journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Climate journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernie Moreno Candidate | Excluded | Serving politician | Political candidate. | 1 | 1 |
| Bernie Sanders Senator · Senato USA | Excluded | Serving politician | United States senator in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Bernold Nieuwesteeg Researcher · Erasmus University Rotterdam | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam. | 2 | 4 |
| Bernt Berg-Nielsen Manager · Stolt Explorer | Excluded | Business executive | Stolt Explorer portfolio manager. | 1 | 2 |
| Bernt Børnich NEO | Excluded | Business executive | NEO executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Bert De Backer Professional cyclist | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bert de Groot Chair of the Dutch Bitcoin Companies Association · Vereniging Bitcoinbedrijven Nederland | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and bitcoin entrepreneur. | 1 | 3 |
| Bert De Kock | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |