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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radosław Fogiel MP · PiS | Excluded | Serving politician | PiS deputy, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Radosław Piesiewicz President of the Polish Olympic Committee · PKOl | Excluded | Serving politician | Prezes Komitetu Olimpijskiego. | 1 | 1 |
| Radosław Pogoda | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Radu Cinpoes Associate professor · University of Greenwich | Selected | Academic | Associate professor at University of Greenwich. | 1 | 1 |
| Rady Rahban Board-certified plastic surgeon | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Board-certified plastic surgeon. | 1 | 1 |
| Raf Coppens Stand-up comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Raf Van Brussel Sunny Side Up / JOE | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafa Casette | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafa de Miguel EL PAÍS | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist EL PAIS, general political coverage. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafa Guerrero Psychologist, expert in Educational Psychology · Darwin Psicólogos | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist at Darwin Psicólogos practice. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafa Morató | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafa Méndez Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafa Viar Businessman · Beso Beach | Excluded | Business executive | Beso Beach businessman, entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafael Borrego Activist | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafael Guzmán Lifestyle medicine specialist · clínica metódica | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Lifestyle medicine specialist, physician. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafael Hostettler Founder and CEO · Devanthro | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafael Laguna de la Vera Director of the Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation SPRIND | Excluded | Business executive | Public agency director SPRIND in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafael Nacif Entrepreneur and businessman | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur and businessman. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafael Naranjo Jr. Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafael Ruiz Sociologist, expert on religion and professor of Sociology · Complutense University of Madrid | Selected | Academic | Profesor de Sociología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafael Sabio Director · ARQVA | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Museum director, not higher education institution. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafael Santandreu Psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist outside university. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafael Sánchez Author of Teatro, arte y para-teatro en el siglo XVII | Selected | Commentator | Author of historical non-fiction essay. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafael Tamames President and founder · Vivid Vision | Excluded | Business executive | Presidente y fundador, business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafael Trovato Student director · ESRA | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafaela Raab | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafaela Schinegger BOKU | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Guest introduced from BOKU, but the linked profile is a bare researcher with no employer, so nothing confirms the link. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafal Benecki Chief economist · ING | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist at ING, banking economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafał Górski Journalist · Gazeta Wyborcza | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at Gazeta Wyborcza. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafał Kalukin | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Simple journalist without specialized analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafał Kopeć Professor · Uniwersytetu Pedagogicznego w Krakowie | Selected | Academic | Prof. at Pedagogical University in Krakow. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafał Lindemann Programmer, entrepreneur, private investor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Programmer, entrepreneur, individual investor. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafał Maślak | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafał Mulek Vascular surgeon, bariatric surgeon | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Vascular bariatric surgeon, physician. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafał Sumowski Comedian, stand-up and improviser | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafał Trzaskowski | Excluded | Serving politician | Vice-Chair PO and President of Warsaw. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafe Uddin Financial Times | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Financial Times, reporter without analysis title. | 1 | 1 |
| Raffaele Oriani Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist without established function. | 1 | 1 |
| Raffaello Pantucci Senior Associate Fellow · RUSI | Selected | Think tank | Senior Associate Fellow, RUSI British think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafi Khardalian CEO & co-founder · Actualyze AI | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and co-founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Rafi Kohan Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist without established organization. | 1 | 1 |
| Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan Assistant professor of English · Rice University | Selected | Academic | Assistant professor of English, Rice University. | 1 | 1 |
| Ragnar Misje Bergem Theologian | Selected | Academic | Theologian and philosopher, associate professor. | 1 | 1 |
| Ragnhild Høgseth Relationship therapist, family therapist and editor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Family therapist and editor, outside defined roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Rahiem Shadad Co-founder of the Downtown Gallery in Khartoum and co-curator of the exhibition · Downtown Gallery de Cartum | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of gallery, cultural business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Rahul Moodgal Partner, Director of Investor Relations & Business Development · Parvus Asset Management | Excluded | Business executive | Director of Investor Relations, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Rahul Rao Reader in International Political Thought · University of St Andrews | Selected | Academic | Reader, University of St Andrews university title. | 1 | 1 |
| Rahul Roy-Chowdhury CEO · Grammarly | Excluded | Business executive | Grammarly CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Rahul Sonwalkar Julius AI | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of Julius AI. | 1 | 1 |
| Rahul Telang Professor of Information Systems · Carnegie Mellon University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Information Systems, Carnegie Mellon. | 1 | 1 |