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
Tomasz Kot Prosecutor	Excluded	Artist	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Tonia Mastrobuoni Correspondent · La Repubblica	Excluded	Journalist	Correspondent La Repubblica.	2	2
Tony Diver US editor · The Telegraph	Excluded	Journalist	US editor at Telegraph.	2	2
Toto Wolff Team principle and CEO · Mercedes	Excluded	Business executive	Team principal and CEO of Mercedes, business leader.	2	2
Trond Giske Deputy leader of the Trondheim Labour Party · Trondheim arbeiderparti	Excluded	Serving politician	Political party leader and member of Stortinget, politician in office.	2	2
Trygve Slagsvold Vedum Finance minister · Sp	Excluded	Serving politician	Finance Minister, minister in office.	2	2
Twan Huys	Excluded	Journalist	Position not specified.	2	2
Uap Gerb Researcher	Excluded	Position not verifiable	Insufficiently precise role in texts.	2	2
Ulrika Knutson Journalist and author	Excluded	Journalist	Journalist and author, writer.	2	2
Ursula von der Leyen President · European Commission	Excluded	Serving politician	President of European Commission, sitting politician.	2	2
Valérie Zenatti Author	Excluded	Fiction or entertainment	French author and translator.	2	2
Vandana Shiva Alternative Nobel Prize laureate & activist	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Alternative Nobel Prize recipient and activist.	2	2
Veit Dengler Co-founder · NEOS	Excluded	Serving politician	Co-founder of NEOS, politician in office.	2	2
Venetia Rainey Co-host Battle Lines podcast · The Telegraph	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Vera Gouveia Barros Economist and researcher · SEDES	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Veronika Melkozerova Politico	Excluded	Journalist	Journalist POLITICO.	2	2
Victor Muller Entrepreneur · Spyker	Excluded	Business executive	Entrepreneur, CEO of Spyker.	2	2
Ville Mäkipelto Doctor of theology	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Doctoral student in theology, mainly content creator.	2	2
Vince Coglianese	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Vitali Klitschko Mayor of Kyiv	Excluded	Serving politician	Mayor of Kyiv in office.	2	2
Vitaly Shevchenko Russia editor · BBC Monitoring	Excluded	Journalist	Russia editor, BBC Monitoring, section editor.	2	2
Vlad Tenev CEO · Robinhood	Excluded	Business executive	CEO of Robinhood.	2	2
Véronique De Kock Radio and TV presenter	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Víctor Alvargonzález Founder · Nextep Finance	Excluded	Business executive	Founder and strategy director of Nextep Finance.	2	2
Will Cole Dr.	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Functional medicine expert.	2	2
Will Geddes Security expert	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Security consultant, security company leader.	2	2
Willem Engel Dance teacher, choreographer, activist · Viruswaarheid	Excluded	Personal testimony	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Wilma de Rek Head of books · Volkskrant	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Wolfgang Kirsch CEO · Shelly Group	Excluded	Business executive	CEO of Shelly Group.	2	2
Wolfgang Kubicki Deputy chair of the FDP and Vice President of the Bundestag	Excluded	Serving politician	Politician in office, vice-president of Bundestag.	2	2
Wolfgang Schmidt Minister for the Chancellery	Excluded	Serving politician	German government minister in office.	2	2
Wolfgang Wee NRK	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Podcast presenter.	2	2
Wolfram Weimer Publisher and book author	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Wouter Deprez	Excluded	Artist	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Wu Qi Journalist	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Włodzimierz Czarzasty Politician	Excluded	Serving politician	Politician.	2	2
Yael Adler Dermatologist	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Dermatologist, medical specialist.	2	2
Yanis Varoufakis	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Yann Lechelle Tech entrepreneur & executive · Appsfire, Snips, Scaleway	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Yaron Nadbornik Chair of the Central Council of Finnish Jewish Congregations · Suomen juutalaisten seurakuntien keskusneuvosto, Helsingin kokoomus	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	President of a community, local politician.	2	2
Yvette Cooper Home Secretary	Excluded	Serving politician	Home Secretary, public official currently in office.	2	2
Zach Bush Dr.	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Dr., MD (physician), no university affiliation.	2	2
Zbigniew Bogucki Member of parliament · PiS	Excluded	Serving politician	Deputy and head of Presidential Office, public official.	2	2
Zsolt Szabó State secretary for Digitalization · Rijksoverheid	Excluded	Serving politician	Under-secretary in office, politics.	2	2
Éric Tréguier Author of La Minute Riches	Excluded	Off-topic profile	Excluded before role classification.	2	2
Éric Zemmour Journalist, writer, essayist, columnist · Reconquête	Excluded	Serving politician	President of Reconquete.	2	2
Östen Burman Customer manager · Avanza	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Client and trader director for brokerage, commercial function.	2	2
Øyvind Solberg Thorsen Director · Opplysningsrådet for Veitrafikken	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Director of Opplysningsrådet, public organization, not a think tank.	2	2
Łukasz Rodzeń Doctor · Bracia Rodzeń	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Physician.	2	2
Łukasz Schreiber Author · Klubu Parlamentarnego Rozwój Plus	Excluded	Profession outside the 6 roles	Vice-Chair deputy.	2	2

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