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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valerie Bauerlein WSJ reporter | Excluded | Journalist | WSJ Reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Valérie Combes-Santonja Impact director · Groupe BPCE | Excluded | Business executive | Impact director at BPCE Group, executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Valérie de Senneville Senior reporter · Les Echos | Excluded | Journalist | Les Echos senior reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Valerie Droeven Wetstraat editorial team · De Standaard | Excluded | Journalist | Wetstraat Desk, political editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Valérie Faudon Engineer and delegate general of the French Nuclear Energy Society · Société Française d'Énergie Nucléaire | Excluded | Business executive | General delegate at French Nuclear Energy Society. | 1 | 1 |
| Valérie Gas Head of the political department · RFI | Excluded | Journalist | Head of politics section, RFI. | 1 | 2 |
| Valérie Hacot Deputy head of political department · Le Parisien | Excluded | Journalist | Deputy head of politics desk. | 1 | 1 |
| Valérie Hayer MEP · RenewEurope | Excluded | Serving politician | RenewEurope MEP, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Valérie Lecasble Columnist · lejournal.info | Selected | Commentator | Political analysis columnist. | 1 | 8 |
| Valérie Masson-Delmotte Paleoclimatologist · GIEC | Selected | Academic | Paleoclimatologist, CEA researcher. | 7 | 10 |
| Valérie Mesnage Neurologist · collectif Pour un accompagnement soignant solidaire | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Neurologist, practitioner. | 1 | 1 |
| Valérie Niquet China specialist · Foundation for Strategic Research | Selected | Think tank | China specialist Foundation for Strategic Research. | 4 | 6 |
| Valérie Plagnol President · Cercle Des Epargnants | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | President of Cercle des Épargnants, association. | 1 | 2 |
| Valerie Schiek Chief Digital Officer · L'Oréal | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Digital Officer at L'Oreal, executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Valerie Schönian Journalist · Zeit | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Zeit. | 1 | 1 |
| Valérie Tallepied Career coach · Rebond | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Career coach, consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Valérie Tasso Sexologist and writer | Selected | Commentator | Sexologist and writer, author Diary of a Nymphomaniac. | 1 | 1 |
| Valerie Van Peel N-VA chair | Excluded | Serving politician | N-VA chairwoman, political party leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Valerie Weyns Witness to the state visit | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Valérie Zenatti Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | French author and translator. | 2 | 2 |
| Valerio Bassan Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Simple journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Valerio Braschi | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Valerio De Molli CEO · The European House Ambrosetti | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of The European House Ambrosetti. | 1 | 1 |
| Valerio Nicolosi Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Simple journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Valerio Rosso | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Italian physician and philosopher. | 1 | 1 |
| Valerio Valentini Political journalist · Il Post | Excluded | Journalist | Political journalist at Il Post. | 1 | 1 |
| Valerio Vertua Partner · 42 Law Firm | Selected | Lawyer | Partner, 42 Law Firm, attorney. | 1 | 5 |
| Valeriya Ilyenkova pmclub | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of pmclub. | 1 | 1 |
| Vali Nasr Professor at Johns Hopkins-SAIS | Selected | Academic | Professor, Johns Hopkins-SAIS, university faculty. | 7 | 9 |
| Valter Hugo Mãe Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Portuguese writer and poet. | 1 | 1 |
| Valter Longo Biochemist and longevity expert | Selected | Commentator | Biochemist expert in longevity, book author. | 3 | 3 |
| Valtteri Ahti Rescue strategist · Evli | Selected | Economist or consultant | Strategy manager at Evli bank. | 1 | 1 |
| Van Jones Political analyst and entrepreneur · CNN | Selected | Commentator | Political analyst at CNN, news analyst. | 7 | 12 |
| Van Lathan | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Van Oostenbrugge MP · NSC | Excluded | Serving politician | Parliamentarian NSC, deputy in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Van Tijn | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vance Morris Former Disney leader and customer experience expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Former Disney executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Vanda Anastácio Moderator | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vanda Felbab-Brown Director of the Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors · Brookings Institution | Selected | Think tank | Director of Brookings Institution, think tank. | 2 | 3 |
| Vandana Shiva Alternative Nobel Prize laureate & activist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Alternative Nobel Prize recipient and activist. | 2 | 2 |
| Vanessa A. Bee Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Vanessa Ahuja Board member for services and international affairs · Federal Employment Agency | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Board Member Federal Employment Agency, executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Vanessa Bohns Psychologist | Selected | Academic | Professor of Organizational Psychology at Cornell University. | 5 | 6 |
| Vanessa Chang Director of Programs · Leonardo | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director of Programs at Leonardo. | 1 | 1 |
| Vanessa Feltz TV personality | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vanessa Heggie Dr | Selected | Academic | Historian of science at University of Birmingham. | 1 | 4 |
| Vanessa Jérome Sociologist and political scientist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Vanessa Judelman | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Vanessa Patrick Associate Dean for Research, Bauer Professor of Marketing · Bauer School of Business, University of Houston | Selected | Academic | Bauer professor of marketing, University of Houston. | 4 | 4 |
| Vanessa Roghi | Excluded | Journalist | Position not specified. | 1 | 1 |