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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bettina Ng'weno Professor of African American and African Studies · University of California, Davis | Selected | Academic | Professor of African American Studies, UC Davis. | 1 | 1 |
| Bettina Pause Professor of psychology · Universität Düsseldorf | Selected | Academic | Professor of Psychology, University of Düsseldorf. | 1 | 1 |
| Bettina Pfluger STANDARD-Wirtschaftsredaktion | Excluded | Journalist | Economic section STANDARD. | 1 | 1 |
| Bettina Rühl SWR | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist or media executive at SWR. | 1 | 1 |
| Bettina Schulz Reports · ZEIT | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter ZEIT and ZEIT ONLINE | 1 | 1 |
| Bettina Stark-Watzinger Deputy chair of the FDP, former education minister | Excluded | Serving politician | Vice-President FDP in office, former minister. | 1 | 1 |
| Betty La France Professor of Communication · Northern Illinois University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Communication, Northern Illinois. | 1 | 1 |
| Bev Turner Host of GB News The Late Show Live | Excluded | Journalist | GB News presenter. | 1 | 1 |
| Bezwada Wilson Activist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Activist. | 1 | 1 |
| Bharat Pulgam Co-Founder and CEO · Buncha | Excluded | Business executive | Co-Founder and CEO of Buncha. | 1 | 1 |
| Bi Puranen General Secretary · World Values Survey | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer in history, World Values Survey. | 3 | 3 |
| Biagio Antonacci Singer-songwriter | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bianca de Divitiis Full professor of early modern art history · Università di Napoli Federico II | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor in Art History, Naples. | 1 | 1 |
| Bianca Kronlöf The actor and feminist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bianca Maria Cavallini | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bianca Meyer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bianca Stella Bruschi Legal consultant | Selected | Lawyer | Legal advisor. | 1 | 1 |
| Bianca van Leeuwen | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bianca Vos-Monster | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bianca Zwart Chief strategy officer · bunq | Excluded | Business executive | Strategic director at bunq. | 1 | 1 |
| Biancamaria Cavallini Occupational psychologist · Mindwork | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Occupational psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Bie Baert Stukken Van Mensen-dealer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Bijan Djir-Sarai Former FDP general secretary | Excluded | Serving politician | General Secretary FDP in office, former secretary. | 2 | 2 |
| Bijan Moini Lawyer · Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte | Selected | Think tank | Jurist, Society for Freedom Rights. | 5 | 5 |
| Bijan Omrani | Selected | Commentator | Historian and contributor to The Spectator. | 2 | 2 |
| Biko Koenig Assistant Professor · Franklin & Marshall college | Selected | Academic | Assistant professor, Franklin & Marshall College. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Ackman CEO · Pershing Square | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Pershing Square. | 2 | 2 |
| Bill Albracht Secret Service Agent | Excluded | Serving politician | Secret Service agent. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Belichick 8x Super Bowl Champion | Excluded | Business executive | Sports trainer, Super Bowl champion. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Bishop | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist reporter, no specialized analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Browder | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Brown Founder of clean tech unicorns | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of clean tech startups. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Burnett Executive director of the Stanford Life Design Lab · Stanford University | Selected | Academic | Director of the Stanford Life Design Lab. | 3 | 5 |
| Bill Clinton | Selected | Former official | President of US through end 2001, former head of state. | 2 | 4 |
| Bill Cloud Founder · Shoreshim Ministries | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Shoreshim Ministries. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Cohan Puck | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction books and financial columnist. | 3 | 4 |
| Bill Colman | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Dietz Director · Milken Institute School of Public Health | Selected | Academic | Director of Milken Institute School of Public Health. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Essayli First Assistant U.S. Attorney · Central District of California | Excluded | Serving politician | Magistrate, US attorney assistant. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Gallagher Leadership expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Gates Microsoft founder | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Microsoft. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill George Executive fellow · Harvard Business School | Selected | Academic | Executive fellow at Harvard Business School. | 6 | 6 |
| Bill Gurley General partner · Benchmark Capital | Excluded | Business executive | General partner in venture capital fund. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Hagerty Senator | Excluded | Serving politician | American senator in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Hanway Global Sports Leader · AECOM | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Global sports leader in business. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Hayton Journalist and author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist, does not correspond to any role. | 1 | 2 |
| Bill Kornell | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Kristol | Selected | Commentator | Political writer, former White House staffer in late 1993. | 8 | 109 |
| Bill Leikam Fox behavioral expert, researcher, conservationist, author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill McKibben Climate activist and author · Third Act | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Climate activist, matches no role. | 4 | 5 |