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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramón Campayo World champion | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | World champion, competitor. | 1 | 1 |
| Ramón Cano | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Radio journalist, not analysis journalism. | 1 | 3 |
| Ramón G Férriz | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ramón Hernando Adventurer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Adventurer. | 1 | 1 |
| Ramon Hernando de Larramendi Explorer | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ramón Martín-Busutil Engineer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Engineer. | 1 | 1 |
| Ramón Nogueras Health psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Health psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Ramón Roca | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Ramón Vallés Commander and commercial pilot | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Commander and commercial pilot. | 1 | 1 |
| Ramón Vega Piniella Art historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Ramona Bachmann Football icon | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ramona Casasola-Greiner Digital analytics and data ethics consultant · FELD M | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Digital Analytics Consultant, consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Ramzi Amri Chief financial officer · Oncoinvent | Excluded | Business executive | Finance Director at Oncoinvent, company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Ran Zwigenberg Professor · Pennsylvania State University | Selected | Academic | Professor, Pennsylvania State University. | 1 | 1 |
| Rana Mitter Professor · University of Oxford | Selected | Academic | Professor, University of Oxford. | 13 | 16 |
| Randal Plunkett 21st Earl of Dunsany | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Randall Haas Archaeologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Guest introduced as archaeologist, but the linked profile is a generic university researcher with no stated field, so nothing confirms the match. | 1 | 1 |
| Randall Kroszner Norman R. Bobins Professor of Economics · Chicago Booth | Selected | Academic | Professor of Economics, Chicago Booth. | 1 | 1 |
| Randall Nickerson Filmmaker | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Filmmaker, documentary artist. | 1 | 1 |
| Randi Marjamaa Head · Nordea i Norge | Excluded | Business executive | CEO Nordea Norway, banking executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Randi Wahlsten Director of Matr Foods | Excluded | Business executive | Director of Matr Foods, business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Randolf Weterings Project manager · Hafenbehörde | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Randy Crabtree | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Accounting expert in accounting firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Randy Johnston Nationally recognized educator, consultant, and writer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Consultant and trainer in accounting technology. | 1 | 1 |
| Randy Laist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Only a book title on freedom in popular culture; the linked profile is a bare literary scholar with no further details. | 1 | 1 |
| Randy Manner | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Randy Nail CEO · HoganTaylor | Excluded | Business executive | HoganTaylor CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Randy Paterson Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of book on assertiveness. | 1 | 1 |
| Rane Willerslev | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Ranga Yogeshwar Frei | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, insufficiently specified function. | 1 | 1 |
| Ranjay Gulati | Selected | Academic | Professor at Harvard Business School. | 4 | 5 |
| Rannveig Marie Færgestad PhD student | Selected | Academic | Ph.D. student, doctoral candidate affiliated with university. | 1 | 1 |
| Raoul Buurke Dialect researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Raoul Esseboom Founder · Cryptotakkies | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of Cryptotakkies, platform founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Raoul Frese Biophysicist · VU Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Biophysicist, VU Amsterdam. | 1 | 1 |
| Raoul Hedebouw Chair · PVDA | Excluded | Serving politician | Chair PVDA, politician IN OFFICE. | 1 | 2 |
| Raoul Löbbert Editor in the culture desk · ZEIT | Excluded | Journalist | Cultural section editor ZEIT, cultural critic | 1 | 1 |
| Raoul Mörchen WDR | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist WDR, insufficiently established role. | 1 | 1 |
| Raoul Pal CEO · Real Vision | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Real Vision, business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Raoul Spanger Adviser and wingman of Nico Hülkenberg | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Consultant to Nico Hülkenberg. | 1 | 1 |
| Raphaël Balenieri Correspondent for Les Echos | Excluded | Journalist | Les Echos correspondent, specialized correspondent. | 1 | 2 |
| Raphael Brinkert Agency founder and advertising executive · BrinkertLück | Excluded | Business executive | Agency founder, marketing agency founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Raphaël Doan Normalien and agrégé in classics, ancient historian and author | Selected | Commentator | Essayist and former senior civil servant. | 5 | 8 |
| Raphaël Gallardo Chief economist · Carmignac | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief economist, Carmignac, economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Raphaël Glucksmann Presidential candidate and member of the European Parliament · Place Publique | Excluded | Serving politician | MEP candidate, politician IN OFFICE. | 2 | 3 |
| Raphaël Grably Head of the tech desk · BFMTV | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Head of tech department in media. | 1 | 1 |
| Raphael Gross Historian · Deutsches Historisches Museum | Selected | Academic | Historian at Deutsches Historisches Museum. | 1 | 1 |
| Raphaël Legendre Columnist · BFM Business | Selected | Commentator | Columnist at BFM Business. | 2 | 177 |
| Raphaël Llorca Essayist and co-director · Observatoire at Fondation Jean-Jaurès | Selected | Think tank | Co-Director at Jean-Jaures Foundation. | 3 | 4 |
| Raphaël Lucas Editor-in-chief · Jeux Vidéo Magazine | Excluded | Journalist | Editor-in-chief, Video Games Magazine, specialized non-political magazine. | 1 | 1 |