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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kévin Puisieux Director · Fondation de l'écologie politique | Selected | Think tank | Director Political Ecology Foundation. | 1 | 1 |
| L'myah Sherae Director · Enact Equality | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | NGO Enact Equality Director. | 1 | 1 |
| La Boticaria de la Abuela | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Content creator. | 1 | 1 |
| La Cindina | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| La Giss | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| La Perra Blanco Guitarist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lady C. | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lady Gaga Singer-songwriter and actress | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lady Glenconner Lady-in-waiting · Royal Household | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Laetitia Fech Abbess · Kloster Waldsassen | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Abbess of a monastery. | 1 | 1 |
| Lagartija Nick | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Laia San José Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Laila Danielsen CEO · Elliptic Labs | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Elliptic Labs. | 1 | 1 |
| Laila Frank America expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Laird Hamilton | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Laksmikutty Amma Kani-folket | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lalo Solorzano Simply Trade | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lammert Voos Poet and writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Poet and fiction writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Lana Swartz Associate Professor of Media Studies · University of Virginia | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor at University of Virginia. | 1 | 1 |
| Lance Blythe Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Lance Fuller | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lance Strong Airborne Infantryman · 82nd Airborne Division | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lando Simonetti Founder · La Martina | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of La Martina. | 1 | 1 |
| Lane Burdette Research analyst · TeleGeography | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Research analyst at TeleGeography | 1 | 1 |
| Lanwenn Huon | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist L'Heure du Monde. | 1 | 1 |
| Lar Joye Dublin Port Heritage Director | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Dublin Port Heritage Director, public executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Lara Brown | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Announced as commissioning editor at The Spectator discussing UK politics; the linked profile is an American political scientist at Villanova. Namesake. | 1 | 1 |
| Lara Fritzsche | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Lara Khalifeh Author · University of Michigan | Selected | Academic | Author affiliated with University of Michigan. | 1 | 1 |
| Lara Love Hardin | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Literary agent, matches no role. | 1 | 1 |
| Lara Salgado Radio Galicia | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Radio Galicia. | 1 | 1 |
| Lara Sirignano Corriere della Sera | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Corriere della Sera. | 1 | 1 |
| Lara Trump RNC Co-Chair · Republican National Committee | Excluded | Serving politician | RNC co-chair of Republican National Committee. | 1 | 1 |
| Lara Vadlau Sailor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Larissa van den Herik Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Leiden. | 1 | 1 |
| Larry Bartels Political scientist · Vanderbilt University | Selected | Academic | Political scientist at Vanderbilt University. | 1 | 1 |
| Larry Bass Founder and CEO · ShinAwiL | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of ShinAwiL. | 1 | 1 |
| Larry Elliott Economics editor · The Guardian | Selected | Commentator | Economics editor at The Guardian. | 1 | 1 |
| Larry Kasanoff Movie producer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Movie producer and former studio head. | 1 | 1 |
| Larry Sherman Professor of Neuroscience at Oregon Health & Science University | Selected | Academic | Professor of neuroscience at Oregon Health & Science University. | 1 | 1 |
| Larry Swedrow Head of financial and economic research · Buckingham Strategic Wealth | Selected | Economist or consultant | Head of financial research at Buckingham Strategic Wealth. | 1 | 1 |
| Lars Barstad CEO · Frontline | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Frontline. | 1 | 1 |
| Lars Boilesen Chair of the board · Napatech | Excluded | Business executive | Board chair (president) of Napatech. | 1 | 1 |
| Lars Boje Mathiesen | Excluded | Serving politician | Politician in office, member of Folketing until 2025. | 1 | 1 |
| Lars Buchhave Astrophysicist | Selected | Academic | Astrophysicist researcher at Technical University of Denmark. | 1 | 1 |
| Lars Erik Gjerde Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Skoleanarkiet, non-fiction essay. | 1 | 1 |
| Lars Erik Tellmann Nordic head · Nets | Excluded | Business executive | Norden chief at Nets. | 1 | 1 |
| Lars Forssell Researcher · Swedish Defence Research Agency | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Swedish Defense Research Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Lars Glomnes Political journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Political journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Lars Halskov Journalist · Politiken | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Politiken. | 1 | 1 |