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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shea Furey King Program manager and technologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Program manager and technologist, technical executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Sheelan Yousefizadeh | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Shehnaz Haqqani Assistant professor · Mercer University | Selected | Academic | Assistant professor at Mercer University. | 1 | 1 |
| Sheila Flynn Guest | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sheila Gutiérrez Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not verifiable. | 1 | 1 |
| Sheila O'Flanagan | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | One of Ireland's most prolific writers. | 1 | 1 |
| Sheilagh Ogilvie | Selected | Academic | Historian, economist at University of Cambridge. | 1 | 1 |
| Shekhar Pathak Dr. | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not verifiable. | 1 | 1 |
| Shelby Haas-Sapp Sales trainer, content creator, and founder of She Sells Academy | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Sales trainer and founder, female company executive and trainer. | 1 | 1 |
| Shelby Johnson | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not verifiable. | 1 | 1 |
| Shelby Ward Cinematic AI Filmmaker · Curious Refuge | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Shelly Gray Dietician | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Dietician, dietitian. | 1 | 1 |
| Shera Avi-Yonah Business writer · The Economist | Excluded | Journalist | Business writer at The Economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Sherri Lu Founder · Eldest Daughter Club | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sheryl Gay Stolberg Correspondent · The New York Times | Excluded | Journalist | Health correspondent for New York Times. | 1 | 1 |
| Sheryl Sandberg | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Shima Oliaee Reported by · Radiolab | Excluded | Journalist | Science reporter Radiolab | 1 | 1 |
| Shimon Sakaguchi Nobel laureate in physiology or medicine | Selected | Academic | Immunologist, university teacher at Kyoto University. | 1 | 1 |
| Shirin Ebadi Nobel Peace Prize winner | Excluded | Serving politician | Nobel Peace Prize winner, international activist. | 1 | 1 |
| Shirley Ballas Judge · Strictly Come Dancing | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Shirley Collins Folk singer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Shirley MacLaine Actress | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Shirli Gilbert Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, academic professor. | 1 | 1 |
| Shmuley Boteach Rabbi | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sholto David Blogger | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Blogger who exposes errors. | 1 | 1 |
| Shon Faye Journalist and author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist and author, no role among the six defined. | 1 | 1 |
| Shreena Gandhi Professor of Religious Studies · Michigan State University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Religious Studies, Michigan State University. | 1 | 1 |
| Shreya Murthy Co-Founder and CEO · Partiful | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder and CEO of Partiful, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Shreya Rajpal Guardrails | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of Guardrails company. | 1 | 1 |
| Shruti Menon BBC | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist BBC, reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Shubham Sharma No-code expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not verifiable. | 1 | 1 |
| Shubham Singhal Global coleader of McKinsey's geopolitics work | Selected | Economist or consultant | Co-leader of global geopolitics work at McKinsey. | 1 | 1 |
| Shuruq As'ad | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Si King Broadcaster and cook | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sian McIlwaine Director | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sibbe Silvén | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not verifiable. | 1 | 1 |
| Sibylle Dircks | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sibylle Gollac Sociologist · CNRS | Selected | Academic | Sociologist at CNRS, public research institution. | 1 | 1 |
| Sick Luke Producer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sid Cesar | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sid Sijbrandij CEO · GitLab | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of GitLab, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Sidsel Nordhagen Managing director of KS Digital | Excluded | Business executive | Daglig leder (CEO) of KS Digital, business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Sidsel Norvik Fair director | Excluded | Business executive | Event director, organizational manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Siebe Hannosset Performance Coach | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Performance Coach, coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Siegmund Kahlbacher | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sienna Rodgers Deputy Editor · The House Magazine | Excluded | Journalist | Deputy Editor of The House Magazine. | 1 | 1 |
| Sietske Sikkes Neuropsychologist and associate professor · VU, Alzheimercentrum Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC | Selected | Academic | Neuropsychologist and associate professor at VU Amsterdam. | 1 | 1 |
| Sigfrid Dammström Uppsala University | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sigi Maurer Club head · Grüne | Excluded | Serving politician | Club leader of the Greens, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Sigmund Valaker Chief researcher · Norwegian Defence Research Establishment | Selected | Academic | Chief Researcher at Defense Research Institute. | 1 | 1 |