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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raúl Krauthausen Activist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Activist. | 1 | 1 |
| Raúl Manarte Psychologist | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Raúl Piña Editor in charge · EL MUNDO | Excluded | Journalist | Editor-in-charge El Mundo, political correspondent | 1 | 7 |
| Raúl Rejón Journalist · elDiario.es | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, elDiario.es, environment specialist. | 1 | 1 |
| Rauni Leena | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ravi Agrawal Editor-in-chief · Foreign Policy magazine | Selected | Commentator | Editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy magazine, ideas journal editor. | 10 | 95 |
| Ravi Gupta Venture capitalist | Excluded | Business executive | Venture capitalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Ravi Iyer Managing Director · USC Marshall School | Selected | Academic | Managing Director of USC Marshall School. | 1 | 2 |
| Ravi K. Roy | Selected | Commentator | Author of Neoliberalism: A Very Short Introduction. | 2 | 2 |
| Ravi Nath Postdoctoral Scholar · Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute | Selected | Academic | Postdoctoral Scholar at Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Ray Connolly Former cult member · Children of God | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ray Dalio Founder · Bridgewater Capital | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of Bridgewater Capital. | 2 | 3 |
| Ray Hudson Professor of geography · Durham University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Geography at Durham University. | 1 | 1 |
| Ray Madoff Legal scholar | Selected | Academic | Professor of Law at Boston College. | 2 | 2 |
| Ray McGovern Former CIA analyst | Selected | Former official | Former CIA analyst. | 2 | 181 |
| Ray Mears Survival expert and TV presenter | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Survival expert and TV presenter. | 1 | 1 |
| Ray Shurtleff | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Ray Silke Former Galway All-Ireland winning captain | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Rayan Nezzar Professor · Sciences Po | Selected | Academic | Professor at Sciences Po. | 1 | 3 |
| Raymond Arroyo | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Raymond Asquith MI6 Officer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | MI6 Officer in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Raymond Blanc Chef · Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons | Excluded | Business executive | Chef and owner of Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons. | 2 | 2 |
| Raymond Gradus Prof. dr., economist and waste expert | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr. economist. | 3 | 4 |
| Raymond Johansen Former leader of the city council | Selected | Former official | Former mayor. | 3 | 3 |
| Raymond Mens America expert | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 7 |
| Raymonde Yerna Managing director · Forem | Excluded | Business executive | General administrator of Forem. | 1 | 1 |
| Rayna Stamboliyska Consultant, expert · RS Strategy | Selected | Economist or consultant | Consultant and risk management expert. | 1 | 2 |
| Raynald Aeschlimann Omega head | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Omega. | 1 | 1 |
| Rayyan Zafar Leading expert in psychedelic research · imperial.ac.uk/psychedelic-research-centre/ | Selected | Academic | Leading expert in psychedelic research at Imperial College. | 1 | 1 |
| Raza Habib Humanloop | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of Humanloop. | 1 | 1 |
| Razi Haque Implantable Microsystems Group Lead · LLNL | Selected | Academic | Implantable Microsystems Group Lead at LLNL. | 1 | 1 |
| Reade Fahs National Vision | Excluded | Business executive | National Vision leader (company). | 1 | 1 |
| Rebeca Arroyo Journalist · EXPANSIÓN | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, EXPANSIÓN, economics journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebeca Carranco Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, investigative journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebeca Falcó Mentoring and spiritual retreats | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebeca Torró Organization secretary · PSOE | Excluded | Serving politician | Secretary of Organization of PSOE. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebeca Yanke Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, news journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca Asker Reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter, general coverage journalist | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca Barber Research fellow · Asia Pacific Centre for Responsibility to Protect | Selected | Think tank | Research fellow at Asia Pacific Centre for R2P | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca Barth ARD correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | ARD correspondent, war correspondent. | 2 | 5 |
| Rebecca Boyle Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Our Moon: A Human History. | 7 | 8 |
| Rebecca Buxton Author · University of California Press | Selected | Commentator | Author published by University of California Press. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca Copeland Professor of Japanese literature · Washington University in St. Louis | Selected | Academic | Professor of Japanese literature at Washington University. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca Dibb-Simkin Octopus Energy | Excluded | Business executive | Leader at Octopus Energy. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca Doherty Partner · McKinsey & Company | Selected | Economist or consultant | Partner at McKinsey & Company. | 1 | 3 |
| Rebecca Feder Principal Consultant · Princeton HR Insight | Selected | Economist or consultant | Principal Consultant at Princeton HR Insight. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca Feely Owner · KALE + COCO | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca Feng WSJ reporter · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | WSJ Reporter, investigative reporter. | 2 | 2 |
| Rebecca Grant National security analyst | Selected | Commentator | National security analyst, air power specialist. | 2 | 10 |
| Rebecca Hamilton Executive Editor · Just Security | Selected | Academic | Law professor at American University. | 1 | 2 |