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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sybrand Buma Mayor of Leeuwarden and former CDA leader | Excluded | Serving politician | Current Mayor of Leeuwarden, active public leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Sydney Lupkin Pharmaceuticals correspondent · NPR | Excluded | Journalist | Pharmaceuticals correspondent, NPR. | 1 | 1 |
| Sydney Sweeney Actress | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sylvain Bataillard Co-founder · HYPR Space | Excluded | Business executive | Co-Founder of HYPR Space. | 1 | 1 |
| Sylvain Besson Tamedia | Excluded | Journalist | No specific function, Tamedia only. | 1 | 1 |
| Sylvain Cypel Journalist · Orient XXI | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Orient XXI, not specialized analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Sylvain Denoncin President · groupe Okeenea | Excluded | Business executive | President of Okeenea group. | 1 | 1 |
| Sylvain Maillard Member of parliament for Ensemble pour la République · Assemblée Nationale | Excluded | Serving politician | Member currently serving at National Assembly. | 1 | 1 |
| Sylvain Munger | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sylvain Schaller CEO and founder · Elecsyor | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and founder of Elecsyor. | 1 | 1 |
| Sylvain Waserman President · French Agency for Ecological Transition | Excluded | Serving politician | President of a public agency in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Sylvester Fox Comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sylvester Tremmel c't Magazin | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist at c't magazine. | 1 | 1 |
| Sylvia Omorodion | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sylvia Puchta Cheese farmer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Cheese maker. | 1 | 1 |
| Sylvia Van Driessche Journalist and writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist and writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Sylvie Godard | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sylvie Lecherbonnier Education coverage officer · Le Monde | Excluded | Journalist | Education follow-up officer, not an analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Sylvie Roche Chief executive officer · CRiP | Excluded | Business executive | General director of CRiP. | 1 | 1 |
| Sylvie Zaidman Historian and museum director · Musée de la Libération de Paris | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Historian and director of the Museum of Liberation. | 1 | 1 |
| Sylwia Chutnik | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sylwia Szostak | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sylwia Ziemacka Fundacja Share the Care | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Share the Care Foundation. | 1 | 1 |
| Synne Malen Sandvenn Foreign affairs journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Foreign journalist, not a specialized analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Synnøve Ullestad Rosnæs | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Syntyche Gbehounou PhD in signal and image processing · Horizon IA | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not verifiable. | 1 | 1 |
| Szalony Reporter | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Szymon Hołownia | Excluded | Serving politician | Politician, member of Sejm in office. | 1 | 1 |
| São José Almeida Senior editor · PÚBLICO | Excluded | Journalist | Chief Editor at PUBLICO. | 1 | 1 |
| Sébastien Borget Founder · The Sandbox | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of The Sandbox. | 1 | 1 |
| Sébastien Costic Professional impersonator | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sébastien Gillet Chief executive officer · GL events exhibitions industrie | Excluded | Business executive | General director of GL events exhibitions industry. | 1 | 1 |
| Sébastien Jumel President of the Dieppe Maritime urban community | Excluded | Serving politician | President of local agglomeration, political position in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Sébastien Le Fol | Excluded | Journalist | French journalist, no indication of analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Sébastien Lernould Le Parisien | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at Parisien. | 1 | 1 |
| Sébastien Longelin CEO · Sigmaphi | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Sigmaphi. | 1 | 1 |
| Sébastien Mounier | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Screenwriter, fiction writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Sébastien Thoen | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sébastien Vauclair PhD in astrophysics and president · DarkSkyLab | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Doctor of Astrophysics and president of research bureau. | 1 | 1 |
| Sébastien Verdier | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sérgio Silva Executive director · CyberS3c | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Executive director of CyberS3c, business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Sévastien Lalevée Chief executive officer · Financière Arbevel | Excluded | Business executive | General director of Financiere Arbevel, business leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Sílvia Baptista Psychoanalyst | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychoanalyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Sílvia Pfeifer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sónia Conduto | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not verifiable. | 1 | 1 |
| Sónia Passos Direção-Geral do Consumidor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | General management for consumer in Portugal. | 1 | 1 |
| Sónia Sénica | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Sören Maurer Founder · PAMO Cars | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of PAMO Cars. | 1 | 1 |
| Søren Frank Wine critic | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Wine Reviewer (wine critic). | 1 | 1 |
| Søren Friis Larsen Head of US affairs · Dansk Erhverv | Excluded | Business executive | USA chief at Dansk Erhverv (association). | 1 | 1 |