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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louise Jorge | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Louise O'Neill Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Irish author of children's literature. | 2 | 2 |
| Louise Olifent Journalist · Ingeniøren | Selected | Commentator | Tech journalist Ingeniøren, domain analyst. | 2 | 4 |
| Louise Orbesen Leadership expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Louise Palmira | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Louise Roger Asset management / development lead · AEW | Selected | Economist or consultant | Asset management director, AEW. | 1 | 2 |
| Louise Sheiner Senior Fellow · Brookings Institution | Selected | Think tank | Senior fellow at Brookings Institution. | 1 | 1 |
| Louise Tickle | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author of thrillers (fiction), suspense writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Louise Verschuren Founders of Wuzzon | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of startup, entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Louise Westerberg Captain | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Louise Wilson Head of Accounting & Finance Sector · Moneypenny | Excluded | Business executive | Accounting and finance sector director, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Louise Winblad Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Swedish illustrator and cartoonist. | 1 | 1 |
| Lourdes Heredia World Service News editor · BBC World Service | Excluded | Journalist | World Service News Editor BBC. | 1 | 1 |
| Lourdes Pérez | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 10 |
| Lourenço Medeiros Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, no analysis title. | 1 | 1 |
| Loury Lag Adventurer | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lova Nyqvist Sköld Documentary | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Documentary maker, director. | 1 | 1 |
| Love Dalén Biologist and professor · Stockholm University | Selected | Academic | Biologist and professor of evolutionary genetics at University of Stockholm. | 3 | 3 |
| Love Lyssarides Foreign correspondent · Sveriges Radio P3 | Excluded | Journalist | International correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Lovisa Brännstedt Ancient historian · Lund University | Selected | Academic | Ancient historian at University of Lund. | 1 | 1 |
| Loyaan Egal Chief of the Enforcement Bureau · Federal Communications Commission | Excluded | Serving politician | Head of bureau at FCC (U.S. public authority). | 1 | 1 |
| Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer Lt. Col. | Excluded | Serving politician | Retired Lieutenant-Colonel, military veteran. | 1 | 2 |
| Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling Lt. Gen. | Excluded | Serving politician | Retired general, military veteran. | 1 | 1 |
| Luana Colloca Professor · University of Maryland School of Nursing | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Maryland School of Nursing. | 1 | 1 |
| Luana do Bem SIC | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 3 |
| Lubna El-Shanti Ukraine correspondent · Sveriges Radio | Excluded | Journalist | Ukraine correspondent. | 1 | 2 |
| Lubos Pastor Economist · Chicago Booth | Selected | Academic | Economist at Chicago Booth. | 1 | 1 |
| Luc Arnal Cognitive neuroscience researcher · Institut de l'Audition, Institut Pasteur | Selected | Academic | Cognitive neuroscience researcher at Institut Pasteur. | 1 | 8 |
| Luc Arrondel Sports economist, CNRS researcher | Selected | Academic | Sports economist, CNRS researcher. | 1 | 2 |
| Luc Besson Director, producer and screenwriter · EuropaCorp | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Luc Boblet Chief executive officer · 4Moving Biotech | Excluded | Business executive | General director of biotech, entrepreneur or business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Luc Bronner Special correspondent · Monde | Excluded | Journalist | Special correspondent for Le Monde. | 1 | 2 |
| Luc Dorenbosch Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Luc Ferry Philosopher, essayist, writer, former education minister | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and essayist, former education minister. | 4 | 20 |
| Luc Gnacadja Former environment minister | Selected | Former official | Former Environment Minister of Benin. | 1 | 1 |
| Luc Jochimsen | Selected | Former official | Former member of German Bundestag. | 1 | 1 |
| Luc Julia Scientific director · Renault Group | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Scientific director at Renault, business executive. | 2 | 6 |
| Luc Lavrysen Chair · Grondwettelijk Hof | Excluded | Serving politician | President of Constitutional Court, magistrate. | 1 | 1 |
| Luc Mary Historian and writer | Selected | Commentator | Historian and writer of historical analyses. | 3 | 5 |
| Luc Mathieu National secretary · CFDT | Excluded | Serving politician | National Secretary of union, union official. | 1 | 1 |
| Luc Reversade Founder · La Folie Douce | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of restaurant/leisure company. | 1 | 2 |
| Luca Bizzarri Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Luca Blasi Councillor · III Municipio di Roma | Excluded | Serving politician | Local assessor, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Luca Cableri | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Luca Carabetta Country Manager · Trade Republic | Excluded | Business executive | Country manager of fintech, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Luca De Carlo Chair of the Senate Industry Committee · Fratelli d'Italia | Excluded | Serving politician | Italian senator in office, politician. | 1 | 3 |
| Luca Ferrari CEO · Bending Spoons | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Bending Spoons, entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Luca Lombardo Sicilian muay thai champion | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Luca Macedoni Economics professor · University of Milan | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics at the University of Milan. | 1 | 1 |
| Luca Marinelli | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |