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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayme Román | Excluded | Journalist | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Aymeric Bonnemaison Corps general · Cyberdéfense | Excluded | Serving politician | Army corps general in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Aymeric Durox Senator · RN | Excluded | Serving politician | Senator in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Aymeric Renaud President · Schneider Electric France | Excluded | Business executive | President of Schneider Electric France. | 1 | 1 |
| Aysegül Sert Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Aziliz de Veyrinas Deputy managing director · Les Echos-Le Parisien Événements | Excluded | Business executive | Deputy director. | 1 | 1 |
| Aziz Abu Sarah Peace activist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Peace activist. | 1 | 1 |
| B.J. Naedele Sandlot Founder | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Sandlot. | 1 | 1 |
| Baaba Maal Musician | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Babs Dijkshoorn CSR & Sustainability director at Achmea | Excluded | Business executive | Director of CSR and Sustainability. | 1 | 1 |
| Babs Gons Poet of the Fatherland, spoken word artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Babs Schutte Pop rapper, artist and producer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bader Katr Translator | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Baiba Braže Minister of Foreign Affairs · Latvia | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Foreign Affairs in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Baiju Bhatt Founder and CEO · Aetherflux | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Aetherflux. | 1 | 1 |
| Bairbre Holmes Reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter, simple reportage journalist | 1 | 1 |
| Balder Bomans | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ballint Kistoth Voxtr | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Balázs Orbán MP | Excluded | Serving politician | MP in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Banks Boutté Co-founder · KitBash3D | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of KitBash3D. | 1 | 1 |
| Baptiste Giudicelli Director | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Baptiste Langlois Journalist · L'Express | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at Science service of L'Express. | 1 | 1 |
| Barbara Achermann Author · Magazin | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Barbara Bergin Actress · RTÉ Documentary on One | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Barbara Ceuleers | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Barbara Colpi Correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | Female correspondent, correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Barbara Coudenhove-Kalergi | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Barbara Franin Trampilotin VBZ | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Barbara Helwing Director · Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director of Near Eastern Museum. | 1 | 1 |
| Barbara Kathmann Member of parliament · GroenLinks-PvdA | Excluded | Serving politician | Deputy in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Barbara Kiener Artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Barbara Kingsolver Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Barbara Klingenbacher NZZ reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter NZZ, reporter | 1 | 1 |
| Barbara Lennie Actress | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Barbara Leopardi | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Barbara Noordermeer America correspondent · FD | Excluded | Journalist | America correspondent at FD. | 1 | 1 |
| Barbara Perfahl Housing psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Housing Psychologist without university affiliation. | 1 | 1 |
| Barbara Schmid Journalist and author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist and author. | 1 | 1 |
| Barbara Serra Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Barbara Stok Comic strip creator | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Barbara Teresi Translator | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Translator. | 1 | 1 |
| Barbara Visentin Corriere della Sera | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at Corriere della Sera. | 1 | 1 |
| Barbara Wittmann Country manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland · LinkedIn | Excluded | Business executive | Country manager Deutschland. | 1 | 1 |
| Barbara Zechmeister Expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Opera singer. | 1 | 1 |
| Barbro Westerholm The doctor | Excluded | Serving politician | Swedish MP, in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Barend Lubbers Expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Barney Jopson Financial Times | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at Financial Times. | 1 | 1 |
| Baronen af Øresund X phenomenon | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Baroness Gabby Bertin Conservative peer | Excluded | Serving politician | Active Conservative peer. | 1 | 1 |
| Baroness Grey-Thompson | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |