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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Wright Industry editor · The Economist | Selected | Commentator | Industry editor and analyst. | 2 | 2 |
| Simon-Pierre Sengayrac Co-director of the Economy Observatory · Fondation Jean Jaurès | Selected | Think tank | Co-Director of Economic Observatory at Jean-Jaures Foundation. | 2 | 3 |
| Simona Ammerata Lucha y Siesta | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Simona Grano Head of the China-Taiwan relations research area · University of Zurich | Selected | Academic | China-Taiwan studies director at University of Zurich. | 1 | 1 |
| Simona Mohamsson Integration minister | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Youth in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Simona Palm Psychotherapist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychotherapist. | 1 | 1 |
| Simona Scaravella Head of HR · IBM Sverige | Excluded | Business executive | Head of HR at IBM. | 1 | 1 |
| Simone Azzoaglio Owner · Banca Azzoaglio | Excluded | Business executive | Owner of a bank. | 1 | 1 |
| Simone Bagel-Trah Chair of the supervisory board · Henkel | Excluded | Business executive | Chair of supervisory board at Henkel. | 1 | 1 |
| Simone Barlaam Italian swimmer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Italian swimmer. | 1 | 1 |
| Simone Bruno Correspondent · France 24 | Excluded | Journalist | France 24 correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Simone Canettieri Journalist · Corriere della Sera | Excluded | Journalist | Corriere della Sera journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Simone Crolla Managing Director · American Chamber of Commerce in Italy | Excluded | Business executive | Director American Chamber of Commerce Italy. | 1 | 1 |
| Simone Deding | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist who followed a legal case. | 1 | 1 |
| Simone Di Somma Founder · Cyberwave | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of startup Cyberwave. | 1 | 1 |
| Simone Giannelli | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Simone Golia Journalist · Corriere della Sera | Excluded | Journalist | Corriere della Sera journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Simone Guida Voice | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Simone Kühn Neuroscientist · Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung Berlin | Selected | Academic | Neuroscientist at Max Planck Institute Berlin. | 1 | 1 |
| Simone Peek Foreign affairs editor · NRC | Excluded | Journalist | Foreign correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Simone Pieranni Journalist · Chora Media | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and founder of China Files. | 13 | 24 |
| Simone RODAN-BENZAQUEN Representative for Europe · Foundation for Defense of Democracies | Selected | Think tank | Representative Europe think tank FDD | 1 | 1 |
| Simone Ruzzi Content creator | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Simone Scheuer-Hansen Journalist · Finans | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Finans. | 1 | 1 |
| Simone Tulumello Geographer and researcher · Instituto de Ciências Sociais (ICS) da Universidade de Lisboa | Selected | Academic | Geographer researcher at Instituto Ciências Sociais Lisbon. | 2 | 2 |
| Simone Verhagen Life course psychologist · Open University of the Netherlands | Selected | Academic | Lifespan psychologist at Open University. | 1 | 1 |
| Simone Weimans News presenter and journalist · NOS | Excluded | Journalist | News reader and journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Simukai Chigudu Associate professor of African Politics · University of Oxford | Selected | Academic | Associate professor of African policy at Oxford. | 1 | 1 |
| Sinan Can | Excluded | Journalist | Threatened journalist, no precision of function. | 1 | 1 |
| Sindre Heyerdahl | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator and pundit. | 5 | 61 |
| Sindre Knutsson Head of commodity markets · Rystad Energy | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Head of commodity markets, Rystad Energy. | 1 | 1 |
| Sinéad Kennedy Travel expert | Selected | Commentator | Travel expert and non-fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Sinead Morrissey Senior account manager | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sinead O'Carroll Editor · TheJournal.ie | Excluded | Journalist | General news media editor. | 1 | 2 |
| Sinead O'Shea Filmmaker | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sinead Ryan Financial expert | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investment finance expert. | 4 | 19 |
| Sinikukka Saari Research director | Selected | Academic | Political scientist and research director. | 1 | 1 |
| Siniša Malešević Professor of Comparative Historical Sociology · University College, Dublin | Selected | Academic | Professor of comparative sociology, University College Dublin. | 1 | 1 |
| Siobhan Wynne Manager · ESB Networks | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Grid operations director, ESB Networks. | 1 | 2 |
| Sion Simon Former Labour MP | Selected | Former official | Former Labour MP. | 1 | 1 |
| Sip Wiebenga Former KNRM director | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sipa Melo Shaman | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sir Alec Reed | Excluded | Business executive | Leader (typeExtraction) without details. | 1 | 1 |
| Sir Alex Allan Government's independent adviser on ministerial interests | Selected | Former official | Government's independent adviser on ministerial interests. | 1 | 1 |
| Sir Anthony Seldon Historian and author | Selected | Commentator | Historian and author, providing historical analysis for the public. | 4 | 4 |
| Sir Chris Deverell Former British general | Selected | Former official | Former British general. | 1 | 1 |
| Sir John Major British Prime Minister | Selected | Former official | Former British Prime Minister (1992-1997). | 3 | 4 |
| Sir Mark Lyall Grant Former diplomat and National Security Adviser | Selected | Former official | Former diplomat and National Security Adviser. | 1 | 1 |
| Sir Mark Rowley Met Commissioner · Metropolitan Police | Excluded | Serving politician | Met Commissioner, police chief in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Sir Matthew Bourne | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |