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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Tantholdt | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rational Root Blockchain analyst | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Rauf Aliyev Founder and CEO · Toolbrothers | Excluded | Business executive | Toolbrothers founder and CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Rauni Leena | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Ravi Gupta Venture capitalist | Excluded | Business executive | Venture capitalist. | 1 | 1 |
| 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 Hudson Professor of geography · Durham University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Geography at Durham University. | 1 | 1 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Raymonde Yerna Managing director · Forem | Excluded | Business executive | General administrator of Forem. | 1 | 1 |
| Raynald Aeschlimann Omega head | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Omega. | 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 |
| Raïsha Zeegelaar | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Raïssa de Haas Co-founder · Double Dutch | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder, beverage company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Raúl Castañeda | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Raúl Gordillo Mayor · Jerez de los Caballeros | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor of Jerez de los Caballeros. | 1 | 1 |
| 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 Rejón Journalist · elDiario.es | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, elDiario.es, environment specialist. | 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 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 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 Haw Allensworth Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of Law. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca Heiss Evolutionary biologist | Selected | Commentator | Evolutionary biologist and author of Instinct. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca Ingle University College London | Selected | Academic | Affiliated with University College London. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca Katz Democratic strategist | Excluded | Serving politician | Democratic strategist. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca L. Davis Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Fierce Desires history of sexuality. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca Legendre Professor of private law and criminal sciences · Paris Nanterre University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Paris Nanterre University. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca Liu | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Commissioning editor at Guardian. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca Makkai Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author of novels, novelist, not non-fiction essayist. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca Nolan Radio producer and folklorist | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca O'Brien Producer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca Ricker Author · Bayerischer Rundfunk | Excluded | Journalist | Author at Bayerischer Rundfunk, science podcaster. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca Russell | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca Shi Director · American Business Immigration Coalition | Excluded | Business executive | Director of professional association. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca Slan Jerusalim Executive director · Russell Reynolds Associates | Selected | Economist or consultant | Executive director at Russell Reynolds Associates. | 1 | 1 |