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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Policard Partner · KKR | Selected | Economist or consultant | Partner at KKR, investment fund manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent Pons Economics professor · Harvard | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics at Harvard. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent Rigby Former National Security Adviser · CSIS | Selected | Former official | Former national security advisor to Canadian Prime Minister. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincenzo Amendola Partito Democratico | Selected | Former official | Italian minister for EU Affairs (end 2021) and Undersecretary (end 2022). | 1 | 1 |
| Vincenzo Mancuso Associate professor · università di Palermo, IMDEA | Selected | Academic | Associate professor at the University of Palermo. | 1 | 1 |
| Vinod Menon Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science · Stanford Medicine | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford Medicine. | 1 | 1 |
| Violaine Sautter Mineralogist · Muséum d'histoire naturelle | Selected | Academic | Mineralogist at Museum of Natural History (public research organization). | 1 | 1 |
| Virginia Heffernan Contributing editor · New Republic | Selected | Commentator | Contributing editor to New Republic, opinion magazine. | 1 | 1 |
| Virginie Bensoussan-Brulé Lawyer specializing in digital affairs | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer specializing in digital law. | 1 | 1 |
| Virginie Le Roy Lawyer · cabinet Résonnances | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer in criminal and business law. | 1 | 1 |
| Virginie Rozière Former director of digital affairs · Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs | Selected | Former official | Former digital director at Foreign Affairs Ministry. | 1 | 1 |
| Viriato Soromenho-Marques University professor, philosopher, essayist | Selected | Academic et Commentator | University professor, philosopher and essayist. | 1 | 1 |
| Vishaal Rana Managing director in the Cross Markets Consumer Retail Group · Goldman Sachs | Selected | Economist or consultant | Managing director at Goldman Sachs, investment manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Vishal Misra Columbia University | Selected | Academic | Engineer and computer scientist at Columbia University. | 1 | 1 |
| Vitor Cardoso Astrophysicist · University of Copenhagen | Selected | Academic | Astrophysicist at University of Copenhagen. | 1 | 1 |
| Vitor Gabriel Oliveira Sedes | Selected | Think tank | Speaker for Sedes, economic and social reflection association. | 1 | 1 |
| Vittorio Italia Prof. Avv. | Selected | Lawyer et Academic | Prof. Attorney-professor. Main role attorney. | 1 | 1 |
| Vittorio Sabadin Writer and essayist | Selected | Commentator | Writer and essayist on royal history. | 1 | 1 |
| Vivian Schiller Vice president and executive director · Aspen Digital | Selected | Think tank | Vice President and Executive Director of Aspen Digital (think tank). | 1 | 1 |
| Volker Bräutigam | Selected | Commentator | German opinion journalist specializing in international analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Volker Schmid Aerospace engineer · Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt | Selected | Academic | Aerospace engineer at German Aerospace Center (research). | 1 | 1 |
| Vårin Alme Researcher · FFI | Selected | Academic | Researcher at FFI, public research institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Véronique Bontemps Anthropologist and CNRS research fellow | Selected | Academic | Anthropologist and research fellow at CNRS. | 1 | 1 |
| Véronique Reille-Soult President · Backbone Consulting | Selected | Economist or consultant | President of Backbone Consulting, consulting firm. | 1 | 4 |
| W. Joseph Campbell Professor of communications · American University | Selected | Academic | Professor of communications at American University. | 1 | 1 |
| Waldemar Rozynkowski Professor · Nicolaus Copernicus University | Selected | Academic | Prof. at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun. | 1 | 1 |
| Waldemar Wąśniewski Teacher · II Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Marii Konopnickiej | Selected | Academic | Secondary school teacher. | 1 | 1 |
| Waller Newell Professor of political science | Selected | Academic | Professor of political science (explicit academic title). | 1 | 1 |
| Walter Sinnott Armstrong Philosopher | Selected | Academic | Philosopher, professor of practical ethics at Duke University. | 1 | 1 |
| Walter Van Steenbrugge Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer mentioned in the book Operatie Kerk. | 1 | 1 |
| Waqas Sarwar The brokerage chief · CMC Markets | Selected | Economist or consultant | Broker chief at CMC Markets (financial analyst). | 1 | 5 |
| Ward Rauws Urban planner · University of Groningen | Selected | Academic | Planner at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. | 1 | 1 |
| Warren Zanes Author and Rocker | Selected | Commentator | Author and Rocker, book on Springsteen (nonfiction). | 1 | 1 |
| Wawrzyńcem Konarskim Political scientist · Akademia Finansów i Biznesu Vistula | Selected | Academic | Political scientist at Akademia Finansów i Biznesu Vistula. | 1 | 2 |
| Wenckje Jongstra | Selected | Academic | Lecturer in Language and Development (university title). | 1 | 1 |
| Wendy L. Rouse Professor of History · San Jose State University | Selected | Academic | Professor of History at San Jose State University. | 1 | 1 |
| Wilbert Smulders | Selected | Commentator | Screenwriter with book 'For God and the Congo'. | 1 | 1 |
| Wilfred van der Wiel Professor of nano-electronics · BRAINS center, Universiteit Twente | Selected | Academic | Professor of nano-electronics at University of Twente. | 1 | 1 |
| Wilhelm Nyström Acting leader writer · Expressen | Selected | Commentator | Acting Opinion Editor Expressen, columnist. | 1 | 1 |
| Will Bitsky Andreessen Horowitz | Selected | Economist or consultant | Analyst at Andreessen Horowitz (venture capital). | 1 | 1 |
| Will Freeman Fellow for Latin American Studies · Council on Foreign Relations | Selected | Think tank | Fellow for Latin American Studies at Council on Foreign Relations. | 1 | 4 |
| Will Jennings Professor of Political Science and Public Policy · University of Southampton | Selected | Academic | Professor of Political Science at University of Southampton. | 1 | 1 |
| Willem Frankenhuis Professor · Utrecht University | Selected | Academic | Prof. at Utrecht University (professor). | 1 | 1 |
| Willem Ouwehand Dr. | Selected | Academic | Dr. researcher at university (academic work). | 1 | 1 |
| Willem Schramade Professor of Finance · Nyenrode | Selected | Academic | Professor of Finance at Nyenrode (professor). | 1 | 1 |
| William Audureau Journalist · Le Monde | Selected | Commentator | Journalist Le Monde, non-fiction book author. | 1 | 1 |
| William Bundy Partner · McKinsey & Company | Selected | Economist or consultant | Partner at McKinsey & Company. | 1 | 1 |
| William F. Martin Biologist | Selected | Academic | University teacher (botanist, microbiologist) at University of Düsseldorf. | 1 | 1 |
| William Gale Senior Fellow · Brookings Institution | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution. | 1 | 1 |
| William Gould IV Labor law expert and former NLRB chair | Selected | Former official | Former president of NLRB. | 1 | 1 |