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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophie Primas Government spokesperson | Excluded | Serving politician | Spokesman of French government. | 1 | 1 |
| Sophie Stegen Head of Listings · Euronext Brussel | Excluded | Business executive | Head of Listings at Euronext Brussel. | 1 | 1 |
| Sophie van der Zee Professor | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Announced only as 'Professor' on a podcast about lying; the profile gives just an employer, Erasmus University Rotterdam, with no field to compare. | 1 | 1 |
| Sophie von Bechtolsheim Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not verifiable. | 1 | 1 |
| Sophie von der Tann ARD correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | ARD correspondent (female). | 1 | 1 |
| Sophie Watson Head of Sociology at The Open University | Selected | Academic | Head of Sociology at The Open University. | 1 | 1 |
| Sophie Wintgens Trade advocacy officer · CNCD-11.11.11 | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Advocacy officer at NGO CNCD-11.11.11. | 1 | 1 |
| Sophy Antrobus King's College London | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Historian and current member of the British House of Lords. | 1 | 1 |
| Soraia Chaves Narrator | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Soran Ismail Comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Soraya Darabi Partner · TMV | Excluded | Business executive | Partner at TMV venture capital fund. | 1 | 1 |
| Soraya Knabel Head · FALTER.morgen-Newsletter | Selected | Commentator | FALTER.morgen newsletter leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Soraya Riem | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Soren Wheeler Executive Editor · Radiolab | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Spillet Lotte Therapist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Therapist. | 1 | 1 |
| 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 |
| Stacy Brown-Philpot CEO · Cherryrock Capital | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Cherryrock Capital fund. | 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 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 |
| Stan Greenberg Former pollster | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Former pollster. | 1 | 1 |
| 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 |
| Stanislas Marchand Co-founder · Rocapine | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of Rocapine. | 1 | 1 |
| Stanislas Niox-Chateau Founder · Doctolib | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Doctolib. | 1 | 1 |
| Stanislaw Koziej Gen., former head of BBN | Selected | Former official | General, former BBN chief. | 1 | 1 |
| Stanisław Drozd Lawyer from Wardyński i Wspólnicy law firm | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer at Wardyński law firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Stanisław Srokowski Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of 'Święcenie noży', non-fiction book. | 1 | 1 |
| Stanisław Tyszka Member of parliament · Konfederacja | Excluded | Serving politician | Confederation deputy. | 1 | 1 |
| Stanisław Wziątek Deputy head of MON | Excluded | Serving politician | Vice-Head MON (vice-minister). | 1 | 1 |
| Stanisław Żaryn | Excluded | Serving politician | Current Polish official and journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Stany Crets | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Staszek Krawczyk | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not verifiable. | 1 | 1 |
| Steef de Jong Theatre maker and designer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Steele Brand Roman historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not verifiable. | 1 | 1 |
| Steen Bocain Chief economist and economics editor · Børsen | Selected | Commentator | Chief economist and financial editor, Børsen. | 1 | 1 |
| Steen Harvig Cand.mag. in Danish and film studies · University of Copenhagen | Selected | Academic | Cand.mag. in Danish and film studies. | 1 | 1 |
| Steen Schleicher Pedersen Badminton commentator and former national team coach | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Badminton commentator. | 1 | 1 |
| Stef Caers Singer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Stef Traa Founder · Droppie | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Droppie. | 1 | 1 |