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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Vought President · Center for Renewing America | Excluded | Serving politician | Director of OMB at the White House, currently in position. | 1 | 1 |
| Russell Alford Co-restaurant critic · The Sunday Times | Excluded | Journalist | Co-restaurant critic. | 1 | 1 |
| Russell Brand | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Russell Kaplan Scale AI | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Executive at Scale AI. | 1 | 1 |
| Russell Patton Product Manager · Snap Spectacles | Excluded | Business executive | Product Manager Snap. | 1 | 1 |
| Russell Petty Owner · Grow Mortgage | Excluded | Business executive | Owner of Grow Mortgage. | 1 | 1 |
| Russell Thompson CIO · Hilbert Group | Excluded | Business executive | CIO of Hilbert Group. | 1 | 1 |
| Russell Vought Director · Office of Management and Budget | Excluded | Serving politician | Director of OMB. | 1 | 1 |
| Russell Warfield Communications strategist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Communications strategist. | 1 | 1 |
| Rut Geli Manager · Centre d'Arqueologia Subacuática de Catalunya | Selected | Academic | Director, Center for Archaeology. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruth Baza Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist with no analytical specialization. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruth Breslin Director · Sexual Exploitation Research and Policy Institute | Selected | Think tank | Director of Sexual Exploitation Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruth Curtice CEO · Resolution Foundation | Selected | Think tank | CEO of Resolution Foundation. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruth Deruddere Owner · Monaï | Excluded | Business executive | Owner of Monaï Beauty. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruth Durrer Universität Genf | Selected | Academic | Physicist at University of Geneva. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruth E. Toulson Anthropologist and trained mortician | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruth Eglash | Excluded | Journalist | No specific function, generic guest. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruth Evans | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruth García Radio Murcia | Excluded | Journalist | Radio Murcia journalist without analysis specialty. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruth Geiersberger Broadcaster | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruth Handcock CEO · Octopus Money | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Octopus Money. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruth Hegarty Food policy consultant | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Food policy consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruth Igielnik Polling Editor · New York Times | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Polling Editor at New York Times, this is journalism. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruth Morrow Respiratory Nurse Specialist · Asthma Society | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Respiratory health nurse specialist, not in the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruth Sillers | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruth Simon Journalist · WSJ | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist WSJ, standard reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruth Toledano Journalist, founder and editor of the blog El Caballo de Nietzsche · eldiario.es | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, founder of information blog. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruthie Rogers Chef and Restauranteur · River Cafe | Excluded | Business executive | Chef and restaurateur, entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruud Goossens Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Generic journalist without analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruud Hendrickx Editor-in-chief · Van Dale | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Editor-in-chief, Van Dale dictionary, not one of six categories. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruud Hendriks Entrepreneur, co-founder of Sky Radio, RTL Nederland, Startupbootcamp | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur, founder of Sky Radio and RTL Nederland. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruud Hortensius UU | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Guest announced as Dr. at UU (Utrecht); the linked profile only says researcher, with no employer or field to compare. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruud Koning Football economist · University of Groningen | Selected | Academic | Football economist at University of Groningen. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruud Stegers President · VNV | Excluded | Business executive | President of an association. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruud van Wilgenburg Skipper · KNRM Wijk aan Zee | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ruwa Romman Georgia State Representative, first Muslim-American woman and first Palestinian-American to be elected to the state's House of Representatives · Georgia House of Representatives | Excluded | Serving politician | State Representative elected, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Barber Journal reporter · Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Journal reporter WSJ, generic reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Caldwell Former Irish and Ulster rugby player | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Crosswell Former Republican, former federal prosecutor | Selected | Former official | Former federal prosecutor, former Republican. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Davies Senior Partner · McKinsey | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Partner at McKinsey, consulting firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Emanuel Environmental scientist · Lumbee tribe | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Guest is an environmental scientist; the linked profile is only researcher with university employers and no field, so nothing precise ties them. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Engley Assistant Professor of Media Studies · Pomona College | Selected | Academic | Assistant Professor of Media Studies at Pomona College. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Graves Former F-18 pilot | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Grimes CEO · My IT Indy | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of My IT Indy. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Hamburger Chief Commercial Officer · Instacart | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Commercial Officer at Instacart, corporate executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Knox CEO · SALAR International | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of SALAR International, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Levitt Co-Head of LP Secondaries at ICG | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Co-Head of LP Secondaries at ICG, fund investor. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Lucas Justice correspondent · NPR | Excluded | Journalist | Justice correspondent at NPR. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Mac The tech journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Tech journalist, tech reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Manning Filmmaker and Podcaster | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |