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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmen López | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Moraga | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist with no mention of analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Morenés General director · Fundación Telefónica | Excluded | Business executive | General director of Fundacion Telefonica. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Muñoz Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Guest speaks in 2026 on lobbying, but the linked Carmen Muñoz Manzano, a pedagogue and writer, died in 2002; namesake. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Pacheco Consultant, creative writer and scriptwriter | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Consultant, creative writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Porter Contributor | Excluded | Journalist | Contributor. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Pérez Researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Spanish investigator on a podcast about satanic and vampiric groups; the Vigo researcher has no stated field and other namesakes exist. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Reina Journalist · Cordópolis | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, Cordópolis. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Reviriego Singer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Rodríguez Derecho a Morir Dignamente | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Sanz Ayán PhD in History · Real Academia de la Historia | Selected | Academic | Doctor of History at Royal Academy. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Sánchez Mateos Archaeologist and senior technician for cultural heritage · Ayuntamiento de Orihuela | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Female archaeologist in local administration. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Tomás | Excluded | Journalist | Television presenter, not an analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Valero Correspondent · EL MUNDO | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent EL MUNDO. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmina Gustrán Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian at CSIC (public research organization). | 1 | 1 |
| Carmo Sousa Machado Partner · Abreu Advogados | Selected | Lawyer | Partner Abreu Advogados law firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Carol Cleaveland NYU Press | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Co-author of book, role not specified. | 1 | 1 |
| Carol Propper | Selected | Academic | Economist and researcher at Imperial College London. | 1 | 1 |
| Carol Stubbings Global Chief Commercial Officer · PwC | Excluded | Business executive | Global Chief Commercial Officer at PwC. | 1 | 1 |
| Carola Gunnarsson Member of the municipal council · Sala kommun | Excluded | Serving politician | Municipal council member in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Carola Jansson | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Carola Schouten Mayor | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor of Rotterdam in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Carola Zinner Author · Bayerischer Rundfunk | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Author at Bayerischer Rundfunk, media. | 1 | 1 |
| Carole Adam Sales and marketing director · Des Hôtels & Des Iles | Excluded | Business executive | Marketing director at Des Hotels Iles. | 1 | 1 |
| Carole Barjon Political columnist · Revue politique et parlementaire | Selected | Commentator | Political columnist at Revue politique. | 1 | 1 |
| Carole Benaroya CEO, Founder · Kujten | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and founder Kujten. | 1 | 1 |
| Carole Boinet Les Inrocks | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist, editorial director at Inrocks. | 1 | 1 |
| Carole Gomez Researcher · Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques (IRIS) | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at IRIS Institute think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| Carole Walker BBC News correspondent · Times Radio | Excluded | Journalist | BBC News correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Carolien Borgers | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Carolien Visser | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Video content director, unclear status. | 1 | 1 |
| Carolin Klar Executive Board Member · Bonprix | Excluded | Business executive | Executive Board Member at Bonprix. | 1 | 1 |
| Carolin Pflueger Researcher · Harris Policy | Selected | Economist or consultant | Researcher Harris Policy cabinet | 1 | 1 |
| Carolina Bongers Creator of a language game app | Excluded | Business executive | Creator of language games app. | 1 | 1 |
| Carolina Lopes Rodrigues CREU | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Carolina Lussana President of the Presidency Council of Tax Justice | Excluded | Serving politician | Presidente Giustizia tributaria, serving. | 1 | 1 |
| Carolina Milanesi | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Carolina Vendil Pallin Research leader · Swedish Defence Research Agency | Selected | Think tank | Researcher, Swedish Defence Research Agency. | 1 | 1 |
| Caroline Abbé National team manager and former national team player | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Caroline Athanasiadis Cabaret artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Caroline Darian | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Caroline Diament | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Caroline Ditlev-Simonsen BI | Selected | Academic | BI professor, Norwegian Business School. | 1 | 1 |
| Caroline Dragsdahl Associate Director · Novo Nordisk | Excluded | Business executive | Associate Director Novo Nordisk, corporate executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Caroline Ebner | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Caroline Estremo | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Caroline Fleming | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Caroline Fux Psychologist, author and couples therapist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist, psychotherapist, non-university practice. | 1 | 1 |
| Caroline Green Director of research · University of Oxford's Institute for Ethics in AI | Selected | Academic | Research director at University of Oxford Institute of Ethics and AI. | 1 | 1 |
| Caroline Hainer Culture journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Culture journalist. | 1 | 1 |