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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Purkey Researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Rush Consultant · Hogan's Corporate Solutions | Selected | Economist or consultant | Consultant at Hogan's Corporate Solutions consulting firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Sterling CEO · NerdWallet Wealth Partners | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of NerdWallet Wealth Partners. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Walters State Education Superintendent · Oklahoma | Excluded | Serving politician | State Education Superintendent in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Webb Councilman · Delaware County, Indiana | Excluded | Serving politician | Councilman elected, active politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Zink Texas congressional candidate | Excluded | Serving politician | Texas Congress candidate, active politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryszard Galla Member of parliament | Excluded | Serving politician | Polish deputy in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryszard Kaczmarek Professor | Selected | Academic | Historian, university professor. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryszard Legutko Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor at Jagiellonian University. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryszard Piotrowski Prof., member of the presidential council | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Warsaw. | 1 | 1 |
| Ryōjun Shionuma Maestro | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Réginald Moreels Surgeon, state secretary | Selected | Former official | Former State Secretary (staatssecretaris). | 1 | 1 |
| Régis Genté Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, insufficiently established function. | 1 | 1 |
| Régis Le Sommier French journalist. Former deputy director of Paris Match, senior reporter · RT France | Excluded | Journalist | Editorialist journalist, former deputy director of Paris Match. | 1 | 1 |
| Rémi Cadene Former Tesla engineer · HuggingFace | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Former Tesla engineer, currently at HuggingFace. | 1 | 1 |
| Rémi du Chalard Founder · SeeHaptic | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of startup SeeHaptic. | 1 | 1 |
| Rémi Nouailhac Lawyer and head of legal affairs for sustainable development · TotalEnergies | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer and legal officer at TotalEnergies. | 1 | 1 |
| Rémi Savazzi Head of the national forest fire defense unit · National Forests Office | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Head of national division, National Forestry Office. | 1 | 1 |
| Rémi Thomas Navy captain, army coherence officer · Marine nationale | Excluded | Serving politician | Navy captain, active military. | 1 | 1 |
| Rémy Kolessar Head of research and innovation · Energimyndigheten | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Head of research department in Swedish authority. | 1 | 1 |
| Róisín Stakelum | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rónán Ó Snodaigh Kíla | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rósa Stensen The group CEO · Huddly | Excluded | Business executive | Huddly CEO, general director. | 1 | 1 |
| Rüdiger Linhof Bassist · Sportfreunde Stiller | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Rüdiger Maas Generations researcher | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Organizational psychology consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Rüdiger Ortiz Expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| S. Furkan Ozturk Researcher · Harvard University | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Harvard University. | 1 | 1 |
| Saad Eskander Historian, director · Iraq National Library and Archives | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Historian and director of National Library of Iraq. | 1 | 1 |
| Saadia Yacoob U California Press | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Saahil Goel Cofounder and CEO · Shiprocket | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder and CEO of Shiprocket. | 1 | 1 |
| Saana Nilsson Suojelupoliisi | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Finnish security police (Suojelupoliisi) in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Saar Slegers | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Saartje van Camp | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Saba-Nur Cheema Expert on Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism | Selected | Academic | Political scientist female professor at university. | 1 | 1 |
| Sabah Choudrey Speaker, consultant · Trans Pride Brighton | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Speaker, consultant and Trans Pride activist, not among the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Sabby Gill | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Sabiene Jahn | Excluded | Journalist | Without specified function, contributor. | 1 | 1 |
| Sabina Faiz Rashid Author · Routledge | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction on poverty and gender. | 1 | 1 |
| Sabine Asgodom Author and coach | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Author and coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Sabine Borgignons | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sabine Denell Veterinarian | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Veterinarian. | 1 | 1 |
| Sabine Dobelli Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author of novels, fiction writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Sabine Fuss Professor · Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change | Selected | Think tank | Prof. at Mercator Research Institute, think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| Sabine Gusbeth China correspondent · Handelsblatt | Excluded | Journalist | China correspondent at Handelsblatt. | 1 | 1 |
| Sabine Heinrich | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sabine Herlitschka CEO of Infineon Austria · Infineon Österreich | Excluded | Business executive | Board Chair Infineon Austria, company CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Sabine Herold Managing director · Klebstoffhersteller Delo | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Delo adhesive manufacturer. | 1 | 1 |
| Sabine Rath Agile Coach · BASF | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Agile Coach at BASF, corporate executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Sabine Rennefanz Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, generic journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Sabine Rogg Managing Director · Trendbüro, Avantgarde Group | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Managing Director of Trendbuero, entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |