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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Di Palma Public prosecutor · Tribunale per i minorenni di Reggio Calabria | Excluded | Serving politician | Procureur, serving, judicial authority. | 1 | 1 |
| Roberto Italia Analyst at the Geoeconomics Observatory · ISPI | Selected | Think tank | Geo-economics Observatory analyst at ISPI. | 1 | 1 |
| Roberto J. De Lapuente | Selected | Commentator | Author of opinion pieces on current events. | 1 | 3 |
| Roberto Napoletano Director of Il Mattino | Excluded | Business executive | Newspaper Director, media and press. | 1 | 2 |
| Roberto Pelta Doctor | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Roberto Pelta Fernández Doctor | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Roberto Scheda Mayor · Città di Torino | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor of Turin in office, politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Roberto Sommella Director · MF-Milano Finanza | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Financial newspaper Director, media and press. | 1 | 5 |
| Roberto Sposini Mobility expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Roberto Vannacci General | Excluded | Serving politician | General in office, military. | 2 | 2 |
| Roberto Vivarelli | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Credited as interviewee in a 2025 episode, but the linked historian died in 2014, before it. | 1 | 1 |
| Robin Alexander Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist alone = basic role. | 3 | 4 |
| Robin Berglund Business advisor · Pinpoint | Selected | Economist or consultant | Business advisor at Redeye consulting firm. | 1 | 2 |
| Robin Broos | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Film journalist (film journalism, not political/social analyst). | 1 | 1 |
| Robin Dunbar Evolutionary psychologist | Selected | Academic | Evolutionary psychologist and professor at University College London. | 6 | 6 |
| Robin Geier Director of digital strategy and business value · mParticle | Excluded | Business executive | Strategy director at mParticle, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Robin Gosens Footballer and German international · Union Berlin | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Robin Häggblom Corporal | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Corporal in Finnish defense forces. | 1 | 2 |
| Robin Hanson Economist | Selected | Academic | Economist, Wikidata: economist and professor at George Mason University. | 8 | 8 |
| Robin Ince | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Presenter of Infinite Monkey Cage podcast. | 1 | 2 |
| Robin Korda Journalist on the international desk · Le Parisien | Excluded | Journalist | International section journalist at Le Parisien = correspondent. | 1 | 2 |
| Robin Li Co-founder, CEO, and chairman · Baidu | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder, CEO and president of Baidu. | 1 | 1 |
| Robin Lovell-Badge Geneticist Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, geneticist with explicit university title. | 1 | 1 |
| Robin Packalen Artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Robin Pulkkinen Finance director · Revenio | Excluded | Business executive | Financial director at Revenio, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Robin Rivaton Chief executive officer · Stonal | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | General director of Stonal and essayist, business executive. | 2 | 5 |
| Robin Roberts Narrator | Excluded | Journalist | Narrator = host/narrator. | 1 | 1 |
| Robin Schiller Guest | Excluded | Journalist | Guest = guest, no function. | 1 | 1 |
| Robin Sharma Author | Selected | Commentator | Author, Wikidata: self-help writer (nonfiction). | 4 | 5 |
| Robin Steiner Economic anthropologist · Florida International University | Selected | Academic | Economic anthropologist at Florida International University. | 1 | 1 |
| Robin te Slaa Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 2 |
| Robin Wagener Eastern Europe commissioner · Die Grünen | Excluded | Serving politician | Delegate for Eastern Europe at the Greens, party official. | 1 | 1 |
| Robin Wigglesworth Editor · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | FT Alphaville editor, financial analyst. | 15 | 45 |
| Robin Zachari Chief of staff at Skiftet | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Robinson Meyer Founding executive editor · Heatmap | Excluded | Journalist | Founding executive editor of Heatmap. | 1 | 1 |
| Robyn Fivush Psychologist | Selected | Academic | Psychologist, Wikidata: psychologist and educator at Emory University. | 1 | 1 |
| Robyn Grew CEO · Man Group | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Man Group, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Robyn Scott CEO · Apolitical | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Apolitical, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Rocco Delli Colli Dieci-Patron | Excluded | Business executive | Owner and director of Dieci, business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Rocco Siffredi | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Roch Dunin-Wąsowicz Professor · University College London | Selected | Academic | Professor at University College London. | 1 | 1 |
| Roch Kowalski Polskie Radio | Excluded | Journalist | Polskie Radio, radio journalist. | 1 | 2 |
| Rocío Guerra Head of scientific operations · Agencia Espacial Europea | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director of scientific operations at ESA, public executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Rocquan Lucas VP of Content · Groceryshop | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rod Blagojevich Former Illinois Governor | Selected | Former official | Former governor of Illinois, 'Former' explicitly indicated. | 4 | 5 |
| Rod Demery Homicide detective | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rod Liddle The Spectator | Excluded | Journalist | The Spectator, magazine journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Roddy Collins | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Roderic O'Gorman Minister for Integration · Green Party Ireland | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister in office and Green Party leader, politician. | 2 | 2 |
| Roderich Kiesewetter CDU foreign policy politician | Excluded | Serving politician | CDU politician and member of parliament, politician in office. | 3 | 5 |