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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Kelleher MEP · Fianna Fáil | Excluded | Serving politician | Irish MEP in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Birgit Van Mol Presenter · VTM | Excluded | Journalist | VTM presenter. | 2 | 2 |
| Birgitte Rahbek Kornum Sleep researcher · Institut for Neurovidenskab på Københavns Universitet | Selected | Academic | Professor of neuroscience, Copenhagen. | 2 | 2 |
| Bisan Owda Filmmaker and journalist | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Bob Sternfels Global Managing Partner · McKinsey | Selected | Economist or consultant | Global Managing Partner at McKinsey & Company. | 2 | 2 |
| Boris Herrmann Sailor · Team Malizia | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Brad Gerstner Founder, chairman, and CEO · Altimeter Capital | Excluded | Business executive | Founder, chairman, CEO of Altimeter Capital. | 2 | 2 |
| Brad Jacobs Executive Chairman of XPO | Excluded | Business executive | Executive Chairman of XPO, business executive. | 2 | 2 |
| Bram Vermeulen Correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | Journalistic correspondent, reporter without editorial analysis. | 2 | 2 |
| Brendan Hayes Guest | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Bridget Maasland Presenter, model and animal rights activist | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Bridget Phillipson Education Secretary · Gouvernement UK | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Education United Kingdom in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Bruno Le Maire Minister of economy, finance and industrial and digital sovereignty | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Economy-Finance currently. | 2 | 2 |
| Bryan Johnson Tech entrepreneur | Excluded | Business executive | Tech entrepreneur, company founder. | 2 | 2 |
| Bryon Hargis Founder · Castelion | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Castelion. | 2 | 2 |
| Byron Donalds Congressman · État de Floride | Excluded | Serving politician | Congressman, active politician. | 2 | 2 |
| Bärbel Bas President of the Bundestag · SPD | Excluded | Serving politician | Bundestag president in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Camille Pascal Historian, senior civil servant | Selected | Commentator | Writer, author of The Labyrinth Queen. | 2 | 2 |
| Carine Durrieu-Diebolt Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer, attorney in practice. | 2 | 2 |
| Carl Haglund Sidekick · Veritas Eläkevakuutusyhtiö | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Carla Hoetink Political historian · Université | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr., university historian. | 2 | 2 |
| Carlos Blanco | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur/entrepreneur director homonym Wikidata. | 2 | 2 |
| Carlos Val-Carreres Investor · Value School | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Investor, not an economist by definition. | 2 | 2 |
| Carmelo Jordá | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Caroline Lucas Green MP · Green Party | Excluded | Serving politician | Green MP Brighton, political official in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Carsten Rahbek Professor · University of Copenhagen | Selected | Academic | Professor, University of Copenhagen, biodiversity. | 2 | 2 |
| Catherine Carr Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of nonfiction book on sibling relationships. | 2 | 2 |
| Catherine Connolly Independent presidential candidate | Excluded | Serving politician | Independent TD presidential candidate. | 2 | 2 |
| Cecilia Uddén Middle East correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | Middle East correspondent. | 2 | 2 |
| Celeste Kidd Psychologist | Selected | Academic | Psychologist and researcher at UC Berkeley. | 2 | 2 |
| Cem Özdemir Outgoing agriculture minister · Grüne | Excluded | Serving politician | Politician in office (minister-president of Baden-Württemberg or member). | 2 | 2 |
| Charles Hall UFO Whistleblower · Nellis Air Force Base | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Charlie Taylor Chief prisons inspector · Business Post | Selected | Commentator | Technology and Innovation Editor at Business Post. | 2 | 2 |
| Charlotte Denamur Hollywood nanny | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Chris Bledsoe Author and former construction contractor | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Chris Hansen Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Investigative journalist, true crime expert. | 2 | 2 |
| Chris Hayes MSNBC | Excluded | Journalist | News presenter at MSNBC, not an analyst. | 2 | 2 |
| Chris Lunday POLITICO | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at POLITICO, no analysis. | 2 | 2 |
| Chris Power Founder · Hadrian | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Hadrian. | 2 | 2 |
| Chris Rufo Journalist and author | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist and author. | 2 | 2 |
| Christian Angermayer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Christian Calgie Senior political correspondent · Daily Express | Excluded | Journalist | Senior Political Correspondent Daily Express. | 2 | 2 |
| Christian Gálvez Author | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Christian Hecker Co-founder and CEO · Trade Republic | Excluded | Business executive | Co-Founder and CEO of Trade Republic. | 2 | 2 |
| Christian Klein Head · SAP | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of SAP. | 2 | 2 |
| Christian Schiffer BR online reporter · ARD | Excluded | Journalist | BR network reporter ARD. | 2 | 2 |
| Christian Stocker Federal chancellor · Autriche | Excluded | Serving politician | Austrian chancellor in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Christiane Amanpour Chief International Anchor for CNN | Excluded | Journalist | Chief International Anchor at CNN, presenter. | 2 | 2 |
| Christina Finn Political Editor of the Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Political Editor at The Journal. | 2 | 2 |
| Christine Abely Assistant professor · New England Law | Selected | Academic | Assistant professor New England Law. | 2 | 2 |