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 institution4,334 Think tankNamed position at a think tank or public policy institute730 Former officialHeld a position in a public authority: ministry, regulator, central bank, parliament531 LawyerPractices law, in a firm, in-house or at the bar251 Economist or consultantEconomist, analyst or adviser, in a firm or independent865 CommentatorAnalyzes 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
Rosario Rasizza President of the Italian Association of Employment Agencies · Assosomm	Excluded	Business executive	Presidente d'Assosomm, professional association.	1	2
Rosemary Coleman Consultant Dermatologist · Blackrock Clinic	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Consultant dermatologist, outside roles.	1	2
Rune Bye Department director · KS	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Department director at KS.	1	2
Rune Garborg Top executive · Vipps	Excluded	Business executive	Top chief at Vipps.	1	2
Rushdi Abualouf Correspondant Gaza · BBC	Excluded	Journalist	Gaza correspondent for BBC.	1	2
Russ Harris Therapist	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Therapist.	1	2
Rutger Overstegen Tech editor · Het Financieele Dagblad	Excluded	Journalist	Tech reporter.	1	2
Ruth Ferrero Analyst · SER Podcast	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Analyst for a podcast, not one of six categories.	1	2
Ryan Dezember WSJ commodities reporter	Excluded	Journalist	WSJ Commodities Reporter, reporting.	1	2
Ryan Hledik Principal · The Brattle Group	Selected	Economist or consultant	Principal at The Brattle Group, consulting firm.	1	2
Ryan Mauro Counterterrorism expert	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Counter-terrorism and security expert.	1	2
Ryszard Derdziński	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Polish translator.	1	2
Ryszard Petru Candidate for chair · Polska 2050	Excluded	Serving politician	Polska 2050 deputy, politician in office.	1	2
Ryszard Schnepf Ambassador	Excluded	Serving politician	Ambassador in office, public authority.	1	2
Rüdiger Lenz Standpunkt contributor	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	1	2
Sahar Zand Reporter · BBC World Service	Excluded	Journalist	Reporter BBC World Service	1	2
Sahil Kapur NBC News	Excluded	Journalist	NBC News journalist.	1	2
Sam Gringlas Congressional reporter · NPR	Excluded	Journalist	Congressional reporter for NPR.	1	2
Sam McPhail Research and data team · The Spectator	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Research and data team · The Spectator, journalist	1	2
Sam North EToro	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	EToro, corporate executive.	1	2
Samah Karaki Neuroscientist · France Culture	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Position not specified in texts.	1	2
Samer Sinijlawi Palestinian activist and commentator	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	1	2
Samuel Forey Correspondent · Le Monde	Excluded	Journalist	Le Monde correspondent.	1	2
Sana Valiulina	Selected	Commentator	Columnist, analysis and opinion.	1	2
Sandra Brovall Culture correspondent and US expert · DR	Excluded	Journalist	Culture correspondent and USA journalist.	1	2
Sandra Kooij Psychiatrist · H3-netwerk	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Psychiatrist, physician.	1	2
Sandrine Cassini Journalist · Le Monde	Excluded	Journalist	Journalist Le Monde, politics reporting.	1	2
Sanna Kurronen Economist · Bank of Finland	Selected	Economist or consultant	Economist at Suomen Pankki (central bank).	1	2
Santi Prego Actor	Excluded	Artist	Excluded before role classification.	1	2
Santiago Manchado Editorial director · elDiario.es Extremadura	Excluded	Journalist	Director of edition at elDiario.es.	1	2
Sara Bolla	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	1	2
Sarada Peri Presidential speechwriter and political analyst	Selected	Commentator	Presidential speechwriter and political analyst.	1	2
Sarah Baxter Deputy editor · The Sunday Times	Excluded	Journalist	Deputy editor Sunday Times.	1	2
Sarah Breen Author	Excluded	Fiction or entertainment	Journalist/writer without indication of political analysis.	1	2
Sarah Durocher National president of Planning familial	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	1	2
Sarah Pidgeon Actor	Excluded	Artist	Excluded before role classification.	1	2
Sarma Melngailis Restauratrice · Pure Food and Wine	Excluded	Personal testimony	Excluded before role classification.	1	2
Sascha Britsko Tamedia	Excluded	Journalist	Journalist from Tamedia, without established analysis work.	1	2
Scott Anderson Senior Editor · Lawfare Institute	Excluded	Journalist	Senior Editor of Lawfare Institute.	1	2
Sean Coughlan Royal reporter · BBC News	Excluded	Journalist	Royal correspondent, BBC News.	1	2
Sean H. Vanatta Lecturer in economic and social history · University of Glasgow	Selected	Academic	Lecturer in economic and social history at University of Glasgow.	1	2
Sean Rad Founder Tinder	Excluded	Business executive	Founder of Tinder.	1	2
Sebastian Filipowicz	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	1	2
Sebastian Trepper tagesschau	Excluded	Journalist	Tagesschau journalist.	1	2
Sergio Saiz Correspondent in the United States · Expansión	Excluded	Journalist	Correspondent United States of Expansión.	1	2
Shakira Khan Love Island star	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	1	2
Shannon Bond Disinformation correspondent · NPR	Excluded	Journalist	Disinformation correspondent at NPR.	1	2
Shashi Roopram	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	1	2
Shazia Majid Commentator · VG	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	1	2
Shen Lu WSJ reporter · The Wall Street Journal	Excluded	Journalist	WSJ Reporter.	1	2

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Academic

Barbara Schmitz

Philosopher · University of Basel · Switzerland

Why this role

Philosopher at Universität Basel.

Appearances in 24 months1

Appearances in 6 months0

Distinct podcasts1

Last appearanceJun 15, 2024

Criteria

G1 Written voiceNot met
G2 Spoken presenceNot met
G3 Commercial offering1 new book since 2023Met
G4 Institutional standingPosition stated on podcastsMet
G5 Recent activityNot met

New books since 2023 (1)

Offenheit und BerührbarkeitFirst published 2025 · 1 edition since 2023Details

Books with an unknown first publication date (1)

Was ist ein lebenswertes Leben?2 editions and translations since 2023Details

Podcasts (2)

Latest appearances

Barbara Schmitz: Verletzbarkeit und ResilienzFocus · Jun 15, 2024