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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Spufford Author | Selected | Commentator | Guest author at book clubs. | 1 | 1 |
| Francis Suarez Mayor | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Francis Villatoro | Selected | Academic | Physicist, professor at University of Malaga. | 1 | 21 |
| Francis Ziegelmeyer Journalist · Progrès | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at Le Progrès, reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisca Guedes de Oliveira Administrator · Banco de Portugal | Excluded | Serving politician | Central bank administrator. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisca Puertas Research professor · CSIC | Selected | Academic | Professor and research director at CSIC. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisca Rigo Head of technology development · Ceapat-Imserso | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Public governance executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Cabezas Sports editor · EL MUNDO | Excluded | Journalist | Head Sports Section, sports section editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Castro Rego Professor at the Lisbon Institute of Agronomy | Selected | Academic | Professor at the Institute of Agronomy of Lisbon. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Cerro Archbishop | Excluded | Serving politician | Archbishop, religious leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Collado Professor of Political Science at the University of Málaga | Selected | Academic | Professor of political science at the University. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Cordeiro Araújo Political analyst and founder · Os 230 | Selected | Commentator | Founder political analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Corte Real | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently clear role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco de la Torre Díaz Tax inspector | Excluded | Serving politician | Tax inspector in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco de Roux Jesuit priest · Comisión de la Verdad | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Jesuit priest. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco del Pozo Greenpeace member | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Eissa-Barroso Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently clear role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco J. Leira Castiñeira Author of the book Retrato de la transición · Siglo Veintiuno | Selected | Commentator | Author of book Retrato de la transicion. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Jimenez Bautista Founder · Instituto de la Paz y los Conflictos | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of independent institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco José Gómez Fernández Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor author. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco José Moreno Martín Professor in the department of medieval art · Universidad Complutense | Selected | Academic | Professor of medieval art history. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Martínez Ramón y Cajal Senior Research Fellow · University of Murcia | Selected | Academic | Ramón y Cajal researcher at university. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Mendes da Silva | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently clear role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Miranda Rodrigues Bastonario · Ordem dos Psicologos | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | President of the Portuguese Psychologists Association. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Moreno Gómez Historian | Selected | Former official | Historian and former Deputy Congress member (end of 1989). | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Paniagua Journalist · Onda Cero | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at Onda Cero, reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Parga | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently clear role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Pascual Doctor expert in addictive behaviour · Comité Nacional de Prevención del Tabaquismo | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Addiction specialist physician. | 2 | 2 |
| Francisco Pereira Coutinho Professor · Nova School of Law | Selected | Academic | Professor at Nova School of Law. | 3 | 3 |
| Francisco Proença de Carvalho Lawyer specializing in criminal and economic law | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer specializing in criminal law. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Proença Garcia Full professor | Selected | Academic | Titular professor (catedrático). | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Quelhas Geopolitics and military affairs expert · Observador | Selected | Commentator | Geopolitical analyst expert. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Quintana Investment strategy director · ING España | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Investment strategy director. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Robles Journalist | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist, profession outside roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Rodríguez Expert in psychological palmistry | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Pseudoscience expert. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Santos Business development director · Bayteca | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Commercial Development Director. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Sanz Requena PhD in physical sciences · University of Valladolid | Selected | Academic | Doctor of Physical Sciences. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Soriano Manager | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Manager without specialty. | 1 | 1 |
| Francisco Teixeira da Mota Lawyer specializing in freedom of expression | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer specializing in freedom of expression. | 1 | 1 |
| Franciszek Głów | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Franck Annese SO PRESS | Excluded | Business executive | Director, SO PRESS. | 1 | 1 |
| Franck Courchamp University of Paris-Saclay | Selected | Academic | Affiliated with University of Paris-Saclay. | 1 | 1 |
| Franck Ferrand Member · Les Grosses Têtes | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Franck Johannès Journalist · Le Monde | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at Le Monde, reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Franck le Ouay Co-founder · Lifen | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of startup Lifen. | 1 | 1 |
| Franck Monnier Egyptologist · CNRS | Selected | Academic | Egyptologist at CNRS. | 1 | 2 |
| Franck Morel National secretary · Horizons | Excluded | Serving politician | National Secretary of Horizons party. | 1 | 1 |
| Franco Battel Italy correspondent · SRF | Excluded | Journalist | Italy correspondent, foreign correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Franco Cardini Emeritus professor of medieval history · Istituto italiano di Scienze umane e sociali / Scuola normale superiore | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor of medieval history. | 4 | 16 |
| Franco Delle Donne Podcast creator · Epidemia Ultra | Excluded | Journalist | Podcast creator, podcaster not analyst. | 2 | 3 |