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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Wilcox Atmospheric scientist | Selected | Academic | Atmospheric scientist at University of Reading. | 1 | 1 |
| Laura Wiman | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Laura Wimmer Frauenservice | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Service Women's Service. | 1 | 1 |
| Laura Wismans Science editor · NRC | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Science editor at NRC. | 2 | 6 |
| Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern U California Press | Selected | Academic | Sociology researcher at Syracuse University. | 1 | 1 |
| Laure Adler Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Sens Public. | 1 | 1 |
| Laure Bereni Sociologist, research director · CNRS | Selected | Academic | Sociologist, research director at CNRS. | 1 | 1 |
| Laure Closier BFM Business | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist BFM Business. | 1 | 1 |
| Laure de Roucy-Rochegonde Director of the Geopolitics of Technology Centre · Ifri | Selected | Think tank | Director of Geopolitics of Technology Center at Ifri. | 3 | 3 |
| Laure Jacquemin Professor · UAntwerpen | Selected | Academic | Professor at UAntwerpen. | 2 | 3 |
| Laure Lavalette RN member of parliament for Var, spokesperson for the RN group at the National Assembly | Excluded | Serving politician | Female member in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Laure Machu Historian and senior lecturer | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer in history. | 1 | 1 |
| Laure Mandeville Senior reporter · Figaro | Excluded | Journalist | Figaro senior reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Laure Noualhat Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Laure Renouard Head of the mobility department at Les Numériques | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Head of digital mobility services. | 1 | 1 |
| Laure Salmona Director and co-founder · Féministes contre le cyberharcèlement | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director of association Feminists Against Cybersexism. | 1 | 1 |
| Laure Salvaing Chief executive officer · Verian | Selected | Think tank | Director general at Verian. | 2 | 14 |
| Laure Verhaeghe Founder · Lendosphère | Excluded | Business executive | Business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Laureline Dupont Deputy editor · L'Express | Excluded | Journalist | Deputy editorial director at L'Express. | 1 | 2 |
| Laureline Vallée Environmental engineer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Environmental engineer. | 1 | 1 |
| Lauren Bastide Author and journalist | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Lauren Bradford-Clarke Criminologist | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lauren Decker AI programmer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | AI programmer. | 1 | 1 |
| Lauren Edwards Backbencher | Excluded | Serving politician | Female politician in office, member of British parliament. | 1 | 1 |
| Lauren Fedor Deputy Washington bureau chief · Financial Times | Excluded | Journalist | Deputy Washington bureau chief FT. | 1 | 1 |
| Lauren Fix Automotive expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Automotive expert, journalist without specialized analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Lauren Greenfield Filmmaker | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lauren Groh-Wargo Head · Fair Fight Action | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Leader of Fair Fight Action organization. | 1 | 1 |
| Lauren Henry Gold medal winning rower · Team GB | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lauren Hodges NPR | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist NPR. | 1 | 1 |
| Lauren Hutton | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lauren Mahon | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lauren Malloy A 10-part true crime investigation hosted by the victim's daughter | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lauren Oyler Critic and novelist | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Novelist. | 1 | 1 |
| Lauren Weber Reporter · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal | 1 | 2 |
| Lauren Wesley Wilson Founder and CEO · ColorComm Corporation | Excluded | Business executive | Business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Lauren Young Professor · Yale | Selected | Academic | Professor, professor, Yale. | 1 | 1 |
| Laurence Bergreen Historian | Selected | Commentator | Author of analysis and essayist. | 1 | 2 |
| Laurence Boisseau Journalist · Les Echos | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Les Echos. | 1 | 1 |
| Laurence Broers Conciliation Resources | Selected | Think tank | Peace and conflict researcher at Chatham House. | 1 | 1 |
| Laurence Brunet Specialist in bioethics law | Selected | Academic | Bioethics law researcher at University Paris 1. | 1 | 1 |
| Laurence DE Nervaux Director of the think tank · Destin Commun | Selected | Think tank | Director/Directrice of think tank, Destin Commun. | 1 | 1 |
| Laurence de Touchet Director of export programmes · Business France | Excluded | Business executive | Director of export programs at Business France. | 1 | 1 |
| Laurence Devillairs Philosopher | Selected | Academic | Philosopher professor at university, aggregated. | 2 | 3 |
| Laurence Fox | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Laurence Nardon PhD in political science, head of the Americas programme · IFRI | Selected | Think tank | Director, IFRI. | 6 | 14 |
| Laurence Rossignol Senator · Val-de-Marne | Excluded | Serving politician | French senator in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Laurence Sudret Professor of literature · Société Jules Verne de Paris | Selected | Academic | Professor, Professor of letters, Jules Verne Society of Paris. | 1 | 2 |
| Laurence Thouveny Customer experience director · Orange France | Excluded | Business executive | Customer experience director at Orange France. | 1 | 1 |
| Laurence Tribe Constitutional law scholar | Selected | Academic et Lawyer | Professor of constitutional law, Harvard Law School. | 1 | 1 |