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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ludwig Papmehl-Dufay Lead archaeologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Lue Elizondo Former AATIP (Gov't UFO program) director | Selected | Former official | Former AATIP director, government program. | 5 | 6 |
| Luigi Abete President · Luiss Business School | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Presidente Luiss Business School, business school leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Luigi Ippolito Journalist · Corriere della Sera | Excluded | Journalist | Corriere della Sera journalist. | 1 | 3 |
| Luigi Marattin Secretary · Italia Viva | Excluded | Serving politician | Secretary of Liberal Democratic Party, political position in office. | 1 | 8 |
| Luigi Mastrodonato Journalist specializing in human rights | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist expert on human rights. | 1 | 1 |
| Luigi Sbarra Undersecretary to the Prime Minister's Office | Excluded | Serving politician | Undersecretary to the Presidency, official in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Luís Aguiar-Conraria | Selected | Academic et Commentator | Professor of economics at the University of Minho, commentator. | 3 | 3 |
| Luís Aguilar Commentator · SIC | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Luis Alemany Journalist · El Mundo | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, Culture section. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Antonio Martínez | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Mexican footballer. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Bauer Funeral director | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Boyano Magician, graduate in Psychology, National Magic Award | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Camejo Content is Profit podcast | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Chaparro Journalist / producer | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist/producer. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Cortés | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 3 |
| Luís Cristóvão | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Luís de Freitas Branco | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis de Lecea Professor in the Department of Psychiatry · Stanford | Selected | Academic | Professor, Department of Psychiatry at Stanford. | 1 | 1 |
| Luís del Águila Coach | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Fitness trainer. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Diaz Mastermind of the Hot Seat Coaching System · Top 10 Podcasts | Excluded | Business executive | Mastermind Hot Seat Coaching System - coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Doncel Produced by | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist and filmmaker. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Elizondo Former U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent · Pentagon | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent. | 7 | 7 |
| Luis Enrique García Muñoz Vice rector for Research and Knowledge Transfer · Univ. Carlos III de Madrid | Selected | Academic | Vice-Rector Research, University Carlos III. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis F. Durán Editor · EL MUNDO | Excluded | Journalist | Editor, EL MUNDO. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Faci Editorial director · elDiario.es Aragón | Excluded | Journalist | Editorial director at elDiario.es. | 1 | 1 |
| Luís Fagundes Duarte Moderator | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Fernando López Editor-in-chief · EL MUNDO | Excluded | Journalist | Editor-in-Chief EL MUNDO | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Fernando López Martínez Psychotherapist, professor · Universidad Complutense de Madrid, ISNISS | Selected | Academic | Profesor at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Ferreira Qualified European Patent Attorney · Patentree | Selected | Lawyer | Qualified European Patent Attorney, Patentree. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis García Gil Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Aute infinito biography, nonfiction. | 1 | 2 |
| Luis Jiménez Muñoz Director of the National Cryptologic Centre · Centro Criptológico Nacional | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director of Centro Criptologico Nacional, official in position. | 1 | 1 |
| Luís Loia | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Luís Louro Illustrator | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis María Pardo Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer. | 4 | 7 |
| Luis Martín Cabiedes | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Venture capitalist, financial investor. | 1 | 1 |
| Luís Mendão Director General · Grupo de Ativistas em Tratamentos (GAT) | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | General director at GAT, association leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Luís Mendes Researcher · Centro de Estudos Geográficos da Universidade de Lisboa | Selected | Academic | Researcher Centro, University of Lisbon. | 1 | 2 |
| Luís Menezes CEO · Grupo Ageas Portugal | Excluded | Business executive | Grupo Ageas Portugal CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Miguel de Dios Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Miguel Dominguez Naturalist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 2 |
| Luis Miguel Ortiz | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Miguel Sánchez Tostado Writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer of novel La maldición, fiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Luís Montenegro Leader of AD | Excluded | Serving politician | Primeiro-ministro, serving prime minister. | 3 | 3 |
| Luis Moya Albiol Professor of Psychobiology · University of Valencia | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychobiology, Universitat Valencia. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Muíño Psychotherapist · Entiende tu mente | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychotherapist. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Núñez Editor · El Mundo | Excluded | Journalist | Sports section editor | 1 | 1 |
| Luís Pedro Nunes SIC Notícias | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 4 |
| Luís Pisco Lawyer · Deco | Selected | Lawyer | Jurist at Deco, lawyer. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Pita | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist, showing no news analysis. | 1 | 1 |