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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Miller IV Chief Investment Officer · Miller Value Fund | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Investment Officer, financial executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Milliken Former President · Michigan Realtors | Excluded | Business executive | Former President of professional association. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Mumy Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Nighy Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Nye | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Science educator and TV personality, not current affairs analyst. | 1 | 2 |
| Bill Nygren Chief Investment Officer · Harris Associates | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chief Investment Officer, financial executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill O'Reilly Media commentator | Selected | Commentator | Media commentator. | 12 | 185 |
| Bill Perkins Hedge fund manager, film producer | Excluded | Business executive | Hedge fund manager, financial leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Slim Commander | Excluded | Serving politician | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Sorensen AI implementation and cybersecurity advisor | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Wall Co-founder and CEO · Accrete AI Government | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and retired military officer. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill White Opinion researcher · Lucid Talk | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Opinion researcher, pollster. | 1 | 3 |
| Bill Winters Group CEO · Standard Chartered | Excluded | Business executive | Group CEO financial executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Yost People Analytics · Netflix | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | People Analytics, corporate manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Billboard Chris Father and activist | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Billie Eilish Music superstar | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Baldwin Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Bob Thornton Landman | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Bush Host · TuneIn | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Butt Former record label director | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Hallowell Host of "Investigating the Supernatural: Angels and Demons" | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Podcast host, presenter. | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Hunter Dr | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Billy Kelleher MEP · Fianna Fáil | Excluded | Serving politician | Irish MEP in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Billy Macy | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Billy McFarland Entrepreneur | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur and founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Binga Tupamäki | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Binny Gill CEO & co-founder · Kognitos | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and co-founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Binyamin Netanyahu Prime Minister · Israel | Excluded | Serving politician | Prime Minister israélien, serving. | 1 | 1 |
| Biola Wyrwas Mother | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Birger Steen Top executive · Norsar | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of companies. | 1 | 2 |
| Birgit Bruckner Financial psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist in finance. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgit Bundesen Psychiatrist · nationalt center for kunst og mental sundhed | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Medical professional psychiatrist. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgit Farstad Larsen New head in Norway · Cowi | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of engineering company. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgit Kelle Author and editor-in-chief · Statement | Selected | Commentator | Author and editor, analysis for the public. | 5 | 18 |
| Birgit Mahnkopf Political scientist and emeritus professor · Berlin School of Economics and Law | Selected | Academic | Emeritus Professor of Political Science. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgit Peters European and international law expert | Selected | Academic | Legal scholar university teacher, Wikidata professor. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgit Schwarz ORF correspondent in Berlin | Excluded | Journalist | Berlin correspondent for ORF. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgit Van Mol Presenter · VTM | Excluded | Journalist | VTM presenter. | 2 | 2 |
| Birgit Wetjen Finance and business journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist in finance and economics. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgitt Haller Violence researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgitta Johansson Political reporter · Ekot | Excluded | Journalist | Political reporter Ekot | 1 | 1 |
| Birgitte Borup International commentator · Berlingske | Selected | Commentator | International commentator for Berlingske. | 3 | 3 |
| Birgitte Engebretsen Telenor Norway head | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Telenor, business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgitte Hjort Sørensen | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgitte R. Vartdal The group CEO · Statkraft | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Statkraft, business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgitte Rahbek Kornum Sleep researcher · Institut for Neurovidenskab på Københavns Universitet | Selected | Academic | Professor of neuroscience, Copenhagen. | 2 | 2 |
| Birgitte Skadhauge Research leader · Carlsberg Laboratorium | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Research manager in private sector at Carlsberg Laboratory, not academic institution. | 1 | 1 |
| Birgitte Vartdal Nordic head · Statkraft | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Statkraft, business leader. | 1 | 2 |
| Birgitte Wulff Journalist and author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist and author. | 1 | 1 |
| Birte Mensing Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |