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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Søren Linaa Korsholm Journalist · Politiken | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Politiken. | 1 | 1 |
| Søren Linding Business commentator · Finans | Selected | Commentator | Business commentator and opinion writer. | 1 | 35 |
| Søren Lissner | Selected | Commentator | Follows Danish team, provides quick analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Søren Løntoft Senior analyst · Sydbank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Analyst at Sydbank. | 1 | 1 |
| Søren Lunde | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Søren Martens Head of Fishpool | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Fishpool. | 1 | 1 |
| Sören Maurer Founder · PAMO Cars | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of PAMO Cars. | 1 | 1 |
| Søren Pap-Tolstrup CEO · Gain & Co | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Gain & Co. | 1 | 1 |
| Søren Pind Minister | Selected | Former official | Former Danish minister. | 3 | 3 |
| Soren Seelow Journalist · Le Monde | Selected | Commentator | Journalist Le Monde, terrorism specialist investigator. | 2 | 2 |
| Søren Smidt Mountain guide | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Mountain guide. | 1 | 2 |
| Søren Sørensen Former fighter pilot · Forsvarsakademiet | Selected | Commentator | Military analyst at Forsvarsakademiet. | 3 | 10 |
| Søren Stensdal Founder and director · Stensdal | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and director of own company. | 1 | 1 |
| Soren Wheeler Executive Editor · Radiolab | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sørine Gotfredsen Priest | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Priest (clergy). | 2 | 2 |
| Søs Marie Serup | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 7 |
| Soto Ivars | Selected | Commentator | Spanish essayist and opinion columnist. | 8 | 11 |
| Soumaya Sahla Deradicalisation expert · Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Doctoral student doing thesis at University of Leiden. | 3 | 3 |
| Soumeya Ben Aïssa Founder and chair · OptimPharma | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and president of OptimPharma. | 1 | 1 |
| Soy Kroon | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Spasimir Domaradzki Political scientist | Selected | Academic | Political scientist and university teacher at multiple institutions. | 2 | 2 |
| Spencer Coursen Threat management expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Threat management expert, security consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Spencer Greenberg Machine-learning researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not verifiable. | 1 | 1 |
| Spencer Hewett CEO and Founder · Radar | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and Founder of Radar. | 1 | 1 |
| Spencer Kelly BBC presenter | Excluded | Journalist | BBC presenter. | 1 | 1 |
| Spencer Pratt The Hills | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Spencer Snyder | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 3 |
| Spillet Lotte Therapist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Therapist. | 1 | 1 |
| Splinter Chabot | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 3 |
| Sravanth Aluru Founder and CEO · Avataar | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Avataar. | 1 | 1 |
| Srecko Cecuk Piratenverein | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director, Piratenverein (association). | 1 | 1 |
| Sridhar Ramaswamy CEO · Snowflake | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Snowflake. | 1 | 1 |
| Stacey Abrams Voting rights activist and former Georgia house minority leader | Selected | Former official | Former Georgia House minority leader. | 13 | 20 |
| Stacy Brown-Philpot CEO · Cherryrock Capital | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Cherryrock Capital fund. | 1 | 1 |
| Stacy Mitchell Economic writer and strategist · Institute for Local Self-Reliance | Selected | Commentator | Economic writer and strategist at ILSR. | 2 | 2 |
| Stacy Rasgon Senior Analyst · Bernstein | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Analyst at Bernstein (firm). | 3 | 4 |
| Stacy Sims Exercise physiologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not verifiable. | 1 | 1 |
| Stacy Sonnenberg Head of Global Sports Finance · Goldman Sachs | Selected | Economist or consultant | Head of Global Sports Finance at Goldman Sachs. | 1 | 1 |
| Staffan Lindberg Director of the V-Dem Institute · V-Dem-institutet, Göteborgs universitet | Selected | Academic | Director of V-Dem Institute at university. | 1 | 1 |
| Staffan Müller-Wille Professor · Universität Exeter | Selected | Academic | Prof. Dr. at Universität Exeter. | 2 | 2 |
| Staffan Persson CEO and founder · Swedia Capital | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and founder (CEO/founder) of Swedia Capital. | 1 | 1 |
| Staffan Söderholm Portfolio manager · UB Uusiutuva Energia -rahasto | Selected | Economist or consultant | Portfolio manager at investment fund. | 1 | 1 |
| Ståle Hustoft Leader · Rogaland Bondelag | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Ståle Øksnes | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not verifiable. | 1 | 2 |
| Ståle Wig Social anthropologist and former taxi driver | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not verifiable. | 1 | 1 |
| Stan Greenberg Former pollster | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Former pollster. | 1 | 1 |
| Stan Larroque Augmented reality expert and founder of Lynx | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Expert and founder of Lynx startup. | 2 | 2 |
| Stan van Pelt Neuroscientist, science journalist · Radboud Universiteit | Selected | Academic | Neuroscientist affiliated with Radboud University. | 1 | 1 |
| Stanislas Guerini Minister for transformation and the civil service | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Transformation in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Stanislas Horvat Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of a book. | 1 | 1 |