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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sofia Coppola Film director | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Sofia Dreisbach Washington correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | Washington Correspondent (correspondent). | 1 | 1 |
| Sofia Goggia Athlete | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sofia Häggman The Egyptologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not verifiable. | 1 | 1 |
| Sofia Larsson | Excluded | Business executive | Swedish athlete in athletics. | 1 | 1 |
| Sofia Lodén Professor of French · Stockholm University | Selected | Academic | Professor of French, University of Stockholm. | 1 | 1 |
| Sofia Lorena Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Simple journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Sofia Pereira Specialist in Conscious Time Management and founder · Academy4you | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of Academy4you. | 1 | 1 |
| Sofía Pérez Mendoza | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist with no proof of analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Sofia Viotti Psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist. | 1 | 1 |
| Sofie Blombäck University lecturer · Mid Sweden University | Selected | Academic | Lecturer at Mittuniversitetet. | 1 | 1 |
| Sofie Bockaert | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sofie De Wit Author of Tien jaar vroeger met pensioen | Selected | Commentator | Author of financial nonfiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Sofie Frøkjær Fact-checker and political journalist · Radio IIII | Selected | Commentator | Fact-checker and political journalist. | 2 | 124 |
| Sofie Goormachtig Professor · VIB-UGent Center of Plant Systems Biology | Selected | Academic | Professor of Biology, Plant Systems Center. | 1 | 1 |
| Sofie Kousgaard TUBA | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sofie Lenaerts First Belgian woman | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Sofie Lene Bak Lecturer · University of Copenhagen | Selected | Academic | History lecturer at University of Copenhagen. | 1 | 2 |
| Sofie Linde | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sofie Lindquist Content creator and influencer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sofie Marie Koksbang Lecturer · University of Southern Denmark | Selected | Academic | Lecturer at Southern Denmark University. | 1 | 1 |
| Sofie Mosgaard Folketing candidate · Venstre | Excluded | Serving politician | Venstre party electoral candidate. | 1 | 1 |
| Sofie Remijsen Professor | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr. in ancient history. | 1 | 1 |
| Sofie Rud US commentator | Selected | Commentator | US commentator. | 1 | 1 |
| Sofie Vanlommel Weekend editor · De Tijd | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Sofie Walther-Numme | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sofya Donets Chief economist · Renaissance Capital | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief economist at Renaissance Capital. | 1 | 1 |
| Soheila Fors Writer, speaker and public participant · Khatoon | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer, speaker activist. | 1 | 1 |
| Sohrab Ahmari Author · Compact | Selected | Commentator | Author Tyranny, Inc., founder Compact magazine. | 9 | 18 |
| Soizic Quemener | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not verifiable. | 1 | 1 |
| Sol Blanco Soler Co-founder of the Hepta group for research into paranormal phenomena | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Co-founder of paranormal group. | 1 | 1 |
| Solange Ploeg Political historian | Selected | Commentator | Political historian. | 1 | 1 |
| Soledad Fernández Former director · Agencia Tributaria | Selected | Former official | Former director of Agencia Tributaria Spain. | 1 | 1 |
| Soledad Gallego-Díaz Journalist · El Pais | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, El País. | 1 | 1 |
| Solène Brun Sociologist, research fellow · CNRS | Selected | Academic | Sociologist, research fellow at CNRS. | 1 | 1 |
| Solène Delrieu Freelance editor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Freelance editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Solène Rivoal Historian | Selected | Commentator | Historian specializing in 18th-century Venice. | 1 | 1 |
| Solenn Poulennec Journalist · Les Échos | Selected | Commentator | Journalist Les Échos health specialist. | 1 | 3 |
| Solenn Poullennec Journalist · Les Echos | Selected | Commentator | Journalist Les Echos health specialist. | 1 | 7 |
| Solmaz Khorsand Author | Selected | Commentator | Author. | 3 | 33 |
| Solomon Schmidt Author | Selected | Commentator | Author A Pen to Change the World. | 1 | 1 |
| Solveig Godeluck Correspondent · Les Echos | Excluded | Journalist | Les Echos correspondent in New York. | 1 | 3 |
| Solveig Gram Jensen International correspondent at Berlingske | Excluded | Journalist | International correspondent Berlingske. | 1 | 1 |
| Soma Biswas WSJ reporter · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | WSJ Reporter The Wall Street Journal. | 1 | 1 |
| Sondre Gravir CEO · Sats | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Sats. | 2 | 2 |
| Sondre Lien Julsrud Global Head of Solutions · Assessio | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Head of global solutions, Assessio. | 1 | 1 |
| Sonia Boyce Artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sónia Conduto | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not verifiable. | 1 | 1 |
| Sonia Dorais CEO · Chaser | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Chaser. | 1 | 1 |
| Sonia Friedman Theater producer and founder · Sonia Friedman Productions | Excluded | Business executive | Theater producer, production founder. | 1 | 2 |