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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Rendueles | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Luís Rodrigues Costa Engineer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chemical and mining engineer. | 1 | 1 |
| Luís Rosa Senior editor · Observador | Excluded | Journalist | Principal Editor Observador | 1 | 7 |
| Luis Roso Philologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Novelist and philologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Rueda Former CIA officer | Selected | Former official | Former CIA officer. | 2 | 4 |
| Luis Sanz Plataforma Cívica por la Independencia Judicial, Asociación Judicial Francisco de Vitoria | Excluded | Serving politician | Member of judicial associations. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Saucedo Sniper · 75th Ranger Regiment | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Luís Teles Executive chairman · Standard Bank Angola | Excluded | Business executive | Presidente Standard Bank Angola, CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Tobajas Traveler | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Traveler, adventurer. | 1 | 2 |
| Luís Tomé Director · Autonomous University of Lisbon | Selected | Academic | Director and professor at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa. | 3 | 4 |
| Luís Valente Co-founder and CEO · iLoF | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder and CEO of iLoF. | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Zueco Author · Ediciones B | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author of El juicio, fiction. | 2 | 2 |
| Luisa Achaerandio | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 3 |
| Luisa Hugerth Associate university lecturer · Uppsala University | Selected | Academic | Associate lecturer at Uppsala University. | 1 | 1 |
| Luísa Lopes Neuroscientist · Instituto de Medicina Molecular | Selected | Academic | Neuroscientist, Instituto de Medicina Molecular. | 4 | 4 |
| Luisgé Martín Writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer, novelist. | 1 | 1 |
| Luiz Fernando Toledo Reporter · BBC News Brazil | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter BBC News Brazil | 1 | 2 |
| Luiza Castro Rey Lawyer specialising in regulation, blockchain and technological innovation · FiO Legal | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer specialized in blockchain regulation. | 1 | 1 |
| Luiza Mun | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Luka Martínez Musician, producer and music teacher | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lukas Boch | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Lukas Daalder Investment strategist · BlackRock | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investment strategist at BlackRock. | 1 | 1 |
| Lukas Eberle SPIEGEL journalist | Excluded | Journalist | SPIEGEL journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Lukas Fricke Farmer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lukas Gahleitner-Gertz Migration expert · Asyl-Koordination | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Spokesman of asylum coordination, association. | 1 | 1 |
| Lukas Köhler FDP deputy parliamentary group leader | Excluded | Serving politician | FDP parliamentary vice-leader, parliamentary leader in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Lukas Lelie | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lukas Leuzinger | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 5 |
| Lukas Meyer-Blankenburg Journalist · SWR | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist SWR. | 1 | 1 |
| Lukas Rumpler | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Lukas Speiser Investor | Excluded | Business executive | Investor, financial investor. | 1 | 1 |
| Lukas Steinwandter Editor-in-chief · Corrigenda | Excluded | Journalist | Editor-in-chief, Corrigenda. | 1 | 1 |
| Lukas Sterner Investigation leader and inspector · NOA | Excluded | Serving politician | Chief investigator at NOA, investigator. | 1 | 1 |
| Lukas Van Lishout Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Lukas Wechsler | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lukas Zahrer Sports journalist · DER STANDARD | Excluded | Journalist | Sports journalist DER STANDARD. | 1 | 2 |
| Łukasz Adamski Deputy director · Centrum Mieroszewskiego | Selected | Think tank | Vice-Director Mieroszewski Center. | 2 | 2 |
| Łukasz Bosacki MMA referee | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | MMA judge, sports arbiter. | 1 | 1 |
| Łukasz Duszak Disciple of the Shaolin Monastery | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lukasz Fyderek Professor · Jagiellonian University | Selected | Academic | Prof. Jagiellonian University, professor. | 1 | 1 |
| Łukasz Fyderek | Selected | Academic | Political scientist at Jagiellonian University. | 4 | 11 |
| Łukasz Gacek Professor · Jagiellonian University | Selected | Academic | Prof. Jagiellonian University. | 1 | 1 |
| Łukasz Jakubowski Star of the Festival's evening concert · Festival Jacka Kaczmarskiego | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Łukasz Kamiński Director · Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich | Selected | Academic | Dyrektor of Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich. | 1 | 1 |
| Łukasz Kmita MP · PiS | Excluded | Serving politician | PiS deputy, politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Łukasz Kossacki - Lytwyna Dr · Hanglung Law Biernat & Kossacki | Selected | Lawyer | Dr., attorney at Hanglung Law Biernat. | 1 | 1 |
| Łukasz Kozak Akcja Socjalistyczna | Excluded | Serving politician | Socialist Action, party member. | 1 | 1 |
| Łukasz Kwiatek | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Łukasz Lasek Lawyer · Wardyński i Wspólnicy | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer Wardyński & Partners. | 1 | 1 |
| Łukasz Litewka | Excluded | Serving politician | Polish politician, member of Sejm. | 1 | 1 |