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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Björn Ulvaeus ABBA | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bjørn-Ivar Helland ungdomshjem | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bjørnar Bukholm Chief financial officer · Wallenius Wilhelmsen | Excluded | Business executive | Finance director of a business. | 1 | 1 |
| Black Belt Barrister Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer in practice. | 1 | 1 |
| Blair Epstein McKinsey & Company | Selected | Economist or consultant | Consultant at McKinsey & Company. | 2 | 4 |
| Blair Kelley Distinguished Professor of Law · UC Hastings | Selected | Academic | Professor of law, UC Hastings. | 1 | 1 |
| Blair LeCorte | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Blaise Seguin Colonel commanding the 31st engineer regiment · Ministère des Armées | Excluded | Serving politician | Active military colonel. | 1 | 1 |
| Blake Flayton Columnist | Selected | Commentator | Columnist. | 1 | 1 |
| Blake Healy The Seer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Blake Kammerdiner Head of XR · SXSW | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director, XR Events. | 1 | 1 |
| Blake Scholl Founder and CEO · Boom Supersonic | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Blake Wexler | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Blanca Schofield Assistant culture and books editor · The Times and The Sunday Times | Selected | Commentator | Culture and books editor at The Times. | 1 | 4 |
| Blanca Tejera | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Blanca Virós Librarian and documentalist · Centro de Recursos de Información Enfermeros del COIB | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Information specialist. | 1 | 1 |
| Blanche Sabbah Illustrator and author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Illustrator and author. | 1 | 1 |
| Blas Moreno Co-director · El Orden Mundial | Selected | Commentator | Co-director of world analysis publication. | 3 | 13 |
| Błażej Brzostek Professor at the University of Warsaw | Selected | Academic | Professor, University of Warsaw. | 1 | 1 |
| Błażej Ciarkowski Art historian · University of Łódź | Selected | Academic | Art historian at University of Lodz. | 2 | 2 |
| Błażej Poboży Presidential adviser | Excluded | Serving politician | Presidential adviser. | 1 | 1 |
| Błażej Szczecki Vice president of the management board · Banku Pekao S.A. | Excluded | Business executive | Vice-President of Management of a bank, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Andersson Sporting director of Djurgårdens IF | Excluded | Business executive | Sports club director. | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Dietl | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Eriksson Lecturer in history | Selected | Academic | Docent in history, historian and author. | 3 | 7 |
| Bo Hines | Excluded | Serving politician | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Lidegaard Dr.phil. in history and author | Selected | Commentator | Dr. history, author of historical analyses. | 6 | 11 |
| Bo Norström Weile Host of the Ekstra Bladet podcast Bandeland | Excluded | Journalist | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Pettersson Manager · Tellus Fonder | Excluded | Business executive | Fund manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Søndergaard Jensen Psychologist · Klinik for PTSD og Transkulturel Psykiatri, Aarhus Universitetshospital | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Hospital psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Torbjörn Ek Presenter | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Tuts Maker · Bonkers | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Wang Chief AI Scientist · Xaira Therapeutics | Excluded | Business executive | Chief AI Scientist in biotech company. | 1 | 1 |
| Bo Xia Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard | Selected | Academic | Geneticist at research institute university. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Bauer Professor of Practice · New York University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Practice, NYU. | 4 | 6 |
| Bob Blume Teacher, education influencer and PhD student | Selected | Academic | Doctoral student at German university. | 8 | 10 |
| Bob Brooks Candidate | Excluded | Serving politician | Political candidate. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Crawford The Road to Now | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Elliot CIO · Unlimited Funds | Excluded | Business executive | CIO of management company. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Elliott Unlimited Funds | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Hansson | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 3 |
| Bob Homan Head of the Investment Office · ING | Excluded | Business executive | Head of Investment Office at bank. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Iger CEO · Disney | Excluded | Business executive | Disney CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Jensen Academic and writer | Selected | Academic | Academic and writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Lewis CEO · The Vision Group | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of The Vision Group. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Mulholland Democratic Party strategist and super-delegate | Excluded | Serving politician | Democratic Party strategist and super-delegate, active politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Parsons Founder · GoDaddy | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of GoDaddy. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Pop Writer and actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Poras CIA | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Rommel State Rep. · Florida | Excluded | Serving politician | Florida state rep., politician in office. | 1 | 1 |