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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roana Brogsitter Author · BR | Excluded | Journalist | Author of podcast BR = host and host. | 1 | 1 |
| Roar Krogshus | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Roar Skare Organisational psychologist · Organisasjonspsykologen Skare AS | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Organizational psychology consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Arnott Founder · Research Affiliates | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of Research Affiliates. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Beenders | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Bonta California Attorney General · Californie | Excluded | Serving politician | Procureur général Californie, serving. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Buchert Artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Chatfield President and CEO · Free To Choose Network | Excluded | Business executive | General director of Free To Choose Network. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Chrane Expert · Down Payment Resource | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Leader of Down Payment Resource. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Cox Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist = function alone. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Delaney Actor and comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Dix Finance expert · The Property Podcast | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Real estate investor and podcast host. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Dyrdek Serial Entrepreneur and Ridiculousness Creator · Dyrdek Machine | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur and creator. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Goldstein COO · BlackRock | Excluded | Business executive | Operations Director BlackRock. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Haisfield WebSim.ai | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of WebSim.ai. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Heirbaut Europe expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Europe expert, Belgian journalist, not political analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Hersov Entrepreneur | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Jacob | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Jansen Football agent · Sport-Promotion | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Jones | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Kaiser President, Kaiser Leadership Solutions | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Leadership consulting firm Director. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Kalwarowsky High Performance Leadership Coach | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | High-performance leadership coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Kemps Singer, presenter and writer · Snollebollekes | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Luna Wealth and business strategist, CEO of Valtrion | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | CEO business strategist at Valtrion. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Moore | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Rosenthal Host of Sound School Podcast | Excluded | Journalist | Host of Sound School Podcast. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Savelberg Germany correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | Germany correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Schneider Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Stein Health correspondent · NPR | Excluded | Journalist | Health correspondent at NPR = correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Vanoudenhoven Television icon | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Vreeken Correspondent · de Volkskrant | Excluded | Journalist | Turkey correspondent for Volkskrant. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Wertheimer Author of Lessons from the Titans · Melius Research | Selected | Economist or consultant | Analyst Melius Research. | 1 | 1 |
| Rob Wilson Professor of Applied Sports Finance · UCFB | Selected | Academic | Professor of sports finance, UCFB. | 1 | 1 |
| Robbert Booij CEO · Eurex Frankfurt AG | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Eurex Frankfurt. | 1 | 1 |
| Robbie Collin Chief Film Critic · The Telegraph | Selected | Commentator | Principal film critic Telegraph. | 1 | 1 |
| Robbin Stalma Vigilans Group | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Crowd safety consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Robby Roks Associate professor · Erasmus University Rotterdam | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer at Erasmus Rotterdam. | 1 | 1 |
| Robero Red Sox | Excluded | Doubtful participation | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert A. Schneider Professor of history · Indiana University Bloomington | Selected | Academic | Professor of history, Indiana University. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Ahldin Investor and chair · Edastra | Excluded | Business executive | Investor and president Edastra. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Arnott | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Personal finance podcast guest; the linked profile is a medical archaeologist who died in 2024, so a namesake. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Aschberg Presenter and journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Program presenter and journalist, host/animator. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Badinter Lawyer and politician | Selected | Lawyer | French lawyer. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Bagiński Commentator · Radio Wnet | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Bair President · Pennsylvania Building Trades | Excluded | Serving politician | President of construction union. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Barrington Former head of Transparency International | Selected | Think tank | Former director of Transparency International. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Bartlett Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, Wikidata: medievalist and historian at University of Edinburgh. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Bednarski Country director CEE · Meta | Excluded | Business executive | Meta Poland country director. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Belot Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian, according to Wikidata: historian and university professor. | 1 | 1 |
| Robert Berendes Executive Partner · Flagship Pioneering | Excluded | Business executive | Partner, Flagship venture capital. | 1 | 1 |