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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Tronchon HuggingFace M4 | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Tech role at HuggingFace, company professional. | 1 | 1 |
| Leo van Bergen Medical historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Leo Varadkar Former Taoiseach | Selected | Former official | Former Taoiseach, former Irish prime minister. | 12 | 17 |
| Léon Chafik Oceanographer · Stockholm University | Selected | Academic | Oceanographer at Stockholm University. | 1 | 1 |
| Leon de Looff CEO · Keylane | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Keylane. | 1 | 1 |
| Leon Engler Trainee psychotherapist | Selected | Commentator | Author of Botanik des Wahnsinns. | 1 | 2 |
| Leon Komornicki General | Selected | Former official | General, former deputy chief of General Staff, military official. | 1 | 1 |
| Leon Lin Former Head of Discovery Product at Pinterest and current CEO of 1stCollab | Excluded | Business executive | Current CEO of 1stCollab, company director. | 1 | 1 |
| Leon Meijs Expert in polarization and radicalization | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Leon Pińczak | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Content creator. | 1 | 1 |
| Leon Rytz | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Leon Trapman Dr. | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Leon Wansleben Sociologist and group leader · Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung Köln | Selected | Academic | Sociologist and group leader at Max-Planck-Institut. | 1 | 2 |
| Leon Xskincare Influencer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Leonard Berberi Journalist · Corriere della Sera | Excluded | Journalist | Corriere della Sera journalist. | 1 | 2 |
| Leonard Ornstein Political journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Political journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Leonard Wantchekon Founder and President · African School of Economics | Selected | Academic | Founder and President of African School of Economics. | 2 | 3 |
| Leonardo Bianchi Journalist · Internazionale | Excluded | Journalist | Internazionale journalist. | 3 | 3 |
| Leonardo Bonucci | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Leonardo Bursztyn UChicago Economics | Selected | Academic | UChicago economics, university economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Leonardo DiCaprio Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Leonardo Maccari | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Leonardo Merlini Culture journalist · Aska news | Excluded | Journalist | Cultural journalist at Aska news. | 1 | 3 |
| Leonete Botelho Politics editor · PÚBLICO | Excluded | Journalist | Politics editor at PÚBLICO. | 1 | 1 |
| Leonhard Birnbaum CEO · Eon | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Eon, major energy company. | 2 | 2 |
| Leonid Trofimov Author · Hackett Publishing | Selected | Commentator | Author of The Russian Revolution and Its Global Impact. | 1 | 1 |
| Leonid Wolkow Chief of staff to Yulia Navalnaya and political director of the Anti-Corruption Foundation | Excluded | Serving politician | Chief of staff to Ioulia Navalnaïa. | 1 | 1 |
| Leonidas Aretakis Journalist and author | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist and author. | 1 | 1 |
| Léonidas Kalogeropoulos CEO · Médiation & Arguments | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and founder of Mediation & Arguments, entrepreneur. | 1 | 12 |
| Léonie Allard Researcher · Atlantic Council | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at Atlantic Council think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| Leonie Fischer-Unterrainer Agence du Bénévolat | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Member of volunteer agency. | 1 | 1 |
| Leonie ter Braak Actress and presenter | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Leonie Wenz Dr. · PIK | Selected | Academic | Dr. at PIK (Potsdam Institute), researcher. | 1 | 1 |
| Leonor Alhinho Special correspondent · PÚBLICO | Excluded | Journalist | Special correspondent at PÚBLICO. | 1 | 1 |
| Leonor Caldeira Columnist · Sábado | Selected | Commentator | Columnist of Sábado. | 2 | 2 |
| Leonor Lavado Actress | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Leonor Medeiros Archaeologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Leonor Oliveira Sexologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Sexologist, medical professional specialization. | 1 | 1 |
| Leonor Riso Deputy editor of the Sociedade section · Observador | Excluded | Journalist | Deputy editor of Society at Observador. | 1 | 2 |
| Leonore Gewessler Environment minister · Die Grünen | Excluded | Serving politician | Environment minister in position, government minister. | 2 | 2 |
| Leontine van Hooft Inclusive entrepreneur, speaker and teacher | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Inclusive entrepreneur, main role is entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Leontxo García Leading figure in the world of chess | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chess eminence, specialist without policy role. | 1 | 1 |
| Leor Zmigrod Political psychologist, neuroscientist, author | Selected | Academic | Political psychologist and neuroscientist, academic titles. | 1 | 1 |
| Leos Müller Professor of history · Stockholm University | Selected | Academic | Professor of History at Stockholm University. | 1 | 4 |
| Lers-Erik Nygaard Journalist · Norge | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Norge. | 1 | 1 |
| Les Dennis All-rounder, presenter, actor · Coronation Street, Bord Gais Energy Theatre | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Les Wexner Billionaire businessman | Excluded | Business executive | Billionaire businessman, entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Leslie Hook FT | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Financial Times. | 1 | 1 |
| Leslie John Professor · Harvard Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor at Harvard Business School. | 5 | 5 |
| Leslie Shiner | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |