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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rabbi Rob Thomas Former naval corpsman | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rabbi Steve Leder Rabbi · Wilshire Boulevard Temple | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rabea Rogge Roboticist, PhD student | Selected | Academic | Doctoral student. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachael Cusick Producer · Radiolab | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachana Shanbhogue Business and finance editor · The Economist | Excluded | Journalist | Business and finance editor, Economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Bachman WSJ reporter · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter at WSJ, news coverage | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Barber Reporter · USA Today | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter USA Today, general news | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Beatty Riedl Professor of public policy and government · Cornell University | Selected | Academic | Professor of public policy at Cornell University. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Benton | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Canter | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Clarke Author | Selected | Commentator | Physician, journalist, writer of non-fiction essays. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Cunliffe New Statesman | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist New Statesman without clearly stated analysis title. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Ellebye Participant in Årgang 0 | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Filmer SEND campaigner | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Freier Judge · New York Supreme Court | Excluded | Serving politician | Judge at New York Supreme Court. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Garrat-Valcarcel Parliament coverage officer · Le Monde | Excluded | Journalist | Parliamentary correspondent at Le Monde. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Holland | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Humphreys | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist with no established function at The Journal. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Jean-Baptiste | Selected | Academic | Historian, educator at Stanford University. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Lee Journalist · BBC Korean | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist BBC Korean, news coverage. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Louise Moran Author | Selected | Commentator | Author on postpartum depression history. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Louise Snyder Journalist, writer and professor | Selected | Academic | Journalist, writer and professor. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Mason Co-creator · Netflix | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Co-creator at Netflix, filmmaker. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Mayman Senior audience editor · The Economist | Excluded | Journalist | Senior Audience Editor The Economist, editorial function not analytical. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Millard Energy Correspondent · The Telegraph | Excluded | Journalist | Energy Correspondent at The Telegraph, specialized correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Millward The Green Party | Excluded | Serving politician | The Green Party, politics. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Mohlin The actor and impressionist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Morison Energy Editor · Bloomberg | Excluded | Journalist | Energy Editor at Bloomberg, specialized editor not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Myrick Associate Professor | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Parris | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Reeves | Excluded | Serving politician | Politician without clear role. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Riley TV presenter | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Stellman | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Sylvester Journalist · Tortoise Media | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Tortoise Media, investigative journalist | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Tobac | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | White Hat Hacker and CEO, cybersecurity expert. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Treisman NPR | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist NPR without defined analysis title. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Zerowin Circular Action Alliance | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Circular Action Alliance activist. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachell Powell Professor of Philosophy · Boston University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Philosophy at Boston University. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachid Brihi Partner lawyer · cabinet Brihi & Koskas associés | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer associated with Brihi & Koskas law firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachida Dati Minister of culture and mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris · Gouvernement français | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Culture and mayor, public office. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachèl Blokhuis-Koopman Religious scholar | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Racquel Gates Associate professor of film and media studies · Columbia University | Selected | Academic | Associate professor film and media at Columbia. | 1 | 1 |
| Radek Sikorski Polish foreign minister | Excluded | Serving politician | Polish foreign minister, serving minister. | 1 | 1 |
| Radhi Devlukia-Shetty Plant based cook and ayurvedic student | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Plant-based cook and Ayurvedic student. | 1 | 1 |
| Radhika Duggal CMO · Major League Soccer | Excluded | Business executive | CMO at Major League Soccer. | 1 | 1 |
| Radja Nainggolan | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Radni Molhampour Founder · Zyrus Engineering | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Zyrus Engineering. | 1 | 1 |
| Radoslaw Fiedler Professor · Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu | Selected | Academic | Prof. at Adam Mickiewicz University. | 1 | 1 |
| Radoslaw Pyffel Analyst, commentator, consultant, sociologist · CSPA, Akademia Leona Kozminski | Selected | Academic | Sociologist at Akademia Leona Kozminski. | 1 | 1 |
| Radosław Fenger Podium finisher · Festival Jacka Kaczmarskiego | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |