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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Lasme | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bryan Muller Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Historian without named institution. | 1 | 1 |
| Bryan Slaton State Rep. · Texas | Excluded | Serving politician | State Representative, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Bryan Tyler Cohen YouTube star | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bryce Case Jr. Hacker and musician | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Hacker and musician, artist. | 1 | 1 |
| Bryce Crawford Christian evangelist and street preacher · Jesus in the Street | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Christian evangelist, religious. | 1 | 1 |
| Bryce Johnson Bigfoot Collectors Club | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bryce Zabel Created five primetime TV series | Excluded | Journalist | TV series creator. | 3 | 3 |
| Brynjar Lia Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, explicit academic title. | 1 | 1 |
| Brynn Sherman Researcher · University of Pennsylvania | Selected | Academic | Researcher · University of Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 |
| Bryon Hargis Founder · Castelion | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Castelion. | 2 | 2 |
| Bryon L. Garner Dr | Selected | Academic | 11 publications at Northcentral University and Union Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Bryony Basse Founder · Pilates by Bryony | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Pilates by Bryony. | 1 | 1 |
| Bryony Sheaves Research Clinical Psychologist · Oxford University | Selected | Academic | Research Clinical Psychologist · Oxford University | 1 | 1 |
| Bubba the Love Sponge Shock jock radio personality · The Bubba Army | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Buck Angel Adult-film producer, performer and motivational speaker | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Buck Sexton Author · The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 5 |
| Bulent Aliriza CSIS | Selected | Think tank | CSIS, public policy think tank. | 1 | 2 |
| Bülent Ceylan Comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Burchard Dabinnus | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil Observational Astronomer, Assistant Professor · Dartmouth College | Selected | Academic | Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College. | 1 | 1 |
| Burcu Ozcelik Senior Research Fellow · RUSI | Selected | Think tank | Senior Research Fellow at RUSI, think tank. | 1 | 8 |
| Burkard Hagspiel Former head of municipal drainage works · Stadtentwässerung Nürnberg | Selected | Former official | Former plant manager, former public official. | 1 | 1 |
| Burkhard Blienert Federal government drug commissioner | Excluded | Serving politician | Drogenbeauftragte of the German government, appointed official. | 1 | 1 |
| Burkhard Rodeck Professor · Marienhospital Osnabrück | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Prof. Pediatric clinic, physician outside university. | 1 | 1 |
| Bushra Alzoubi | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Buzz Williams Head Men's Basketball Coach · Texas A&M University | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Head of Men's Basketball Coach, sports coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Byford Tsang ECFR | Selected | Think tank | ECFR, public policy think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| Byron Dixon | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified. | 1 | 1 |
| Byron Donalds Congressman · État de Floride | Excluded | Serving politician | Congressman, active politician. | 2 | 2 |
| Byron Loflin Global head of board advisory · Nasdaq | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Global head of board advisory at Nasdaq, company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| C. Thi Nguyen Philosopher | Selected | Academic | Philosopher, university teacher at University of Utah. | 12 | 16 |
| Cabot Phillips Reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter journalist general coverage, not political analyst | 1 | 1 |
| Caelesta Braun Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr., explicit university title. | 2 | 3 |
| Cagan Koc Investigative journalist · Bloomberg | Selected | Commentator | Investigative journalist Bloomberg. | 1 | 1 |
| Cait Donovan Culture and leadership keynote speaker, host of Fried: The Burnout Podcast, author | Selected | Commentator | Culture and leadership keynote speaker, author. | 2 | 6 |
| Caitlin Allen SVP of Market · Simbe | Excluded | Business executive | SVP of Market Development, Simbe, company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Caitlin Dickerson Staff writer · The Atlantic | Selected | Commentator | Staff writer The Atlantic. | 3 | 3 |
| Caitlin Doughty Mortician | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Caitlin Ellis Associate Professor · University of Oslo | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor, University of Oslo. | 2 | 2 |
| Caitlin Gillespie Historian and author | Selected | Commentator | Historian and author of historical non-fiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Caitlin Killian Professor of Sociology · Drew University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Sociology at Drew University. | 1 | 1 |
| Caitlin Legacki Democratic strategist | Selected | Commentator | Democratic strategist, political analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Caitlin McCabe WSJ reporter · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal | 1 | 1 |
| Caitlin Ostroff Correspondent · WSJ | Excluded | Journalist | Wall Street Journal correspondent. | 1 | 2 |
| Caitlin Welsh CSIS | Selected | Think tank | CSIS, public policy think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| Caitlyn Krikorian Cook Polymer Engineer · LLNL | Selected | Academic | Polymer Engineer at LLNL, public research organization researcher. | 1 | 1 |
| Caitriona Dowd Dr · ACLED | Selected | Think tank | Dr. at ACLED, political research organization. | 1 | 1 |
| Caitríona Kieran Aesthetic practitioner | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Aesthetic practitioner. | 1 | 1 |
| Caitríona Perry Chief Presenter · BBC News | Excluded | Journalist | BBC News presenter. | 1 | 4 |