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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Velina Tchakarova Security expert · FACE | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 3 | 4 |
| Vemund Sveen Journalist · Aftenposten | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Aftenposten. | 1 | 1 |
| Vendela Kirsebom Supermodel, founder and TV personality | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Venetia Rainey Co-host Battle Lines podcast · The Telegraph | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Venki Ramakrishnan Microbiologist | Selected | Academic | Molecular biologist, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge. | 14 | 18 |
| Vera Aldeias Archaeologist · Universität der Algarve | Selected | Academic | Archaeologist at University of Algarve. | 1 | 1 |
| Vera de Melo Psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist without university affiliation. | 1 | 1 |
| Vera Gouveia Barros Economist and researcher · SEDES | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Vera Kolodzig | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vera Kraft Head of Bildung.Table · Table.Briefings | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director of Table.Briefings, neither academic nor fitting 6 roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Vera Lúcia Arreigoso Journalist · Expresso | Excluded | Journalist | Jornalista Expresso. | 2 | 3 |
| Vera Politkovskaja Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Simple journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Vera Roedel Dr. · Prof. Valmed | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Leader (CEO) of Valmed. | 1 | 1 |
| Vera Siemons Creator of the popular podcast De Lesbische Liga · 3FM | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vera Starker Economic psychologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Business psychologist and author. | 1 | 3 |
| Verena Böttcher Author and reporter · Quarks | Excluded | Journalist | Author and reporter at Quarks. | 1 | 1 |
| Verena Brändle Assistant Professor · University of Birmingham | Selected | Academic | Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of Birmingham. | 1 | 1 |
| Verena Fabris Beratungsstelle Extremismus | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Extremism consultant, not academic nor fitting six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Verena Hubertz Minister of Construction · SPD | Excluded | Serving politician | Building minister in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Verena Hug Club owner | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Verena Pausder Entrepreneur and chair of the Startup Association · Startup-Verband | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur, president of Startup-Verband. | 1 | 1 |
| Verena Steiner Non-fiction author and biochemist · ETH Zürich | Selected | Academic et Commentator | Biochemist at ETH Zurich, also author. | 1 | 1 |
| Verena Trenkwalder Tax advisor | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Tax advisor, neither academic nor identified consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Verity Bowman Journalist · The Telegraph | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Telegraph. | 1 | 1 |
| Verity Carter Former member · Guds barn | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Verona Pooth Model, singer, businesswoman | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Veroni Eichelsheim Programme leader · NSCR | Selected | Academic | Programme leader at Netherlands Study Centre Criminality. | 1 | 1 |
| Veronica Anghel Assistant professor · European University Institute | Selected | Academic | Assistant professor at Robert Schuman Centre universitaire. | 1 | 1 |
| Veronica De Romanis Economist · Stanford University Firenze | Selected | Academic | Economist at Stanford University, Florence, and Luiss Università. | 5 | 7 |
| Veronica Hermann The researcher · Uppsala University | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Uppsala University. | 1 | 1 |
| Veronica Membrive Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of nonfiction on trauma and memory. | 1 | 1 |
| Veronika Bohrn-Mena | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Veronika Dorman Journalist · Libération | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Libération Russia specialist. | 3 | 3 |
| Veronika Grimm Member of the Council of Economic Experts · Sachverständigenrat | Selected | Academic | German economist and university professor. | 12 | 23 |
| Veronika Heilbrunner Mytheresa | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Executive at Mytheresa, fashion brand. | 1 | 1 |
| Veronika Hofinger Criminal sociologist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Veronika Melkozerova Politico | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist POLITICO. | 2 | 2 |
| Veronika Pot Artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Veronika Simon Science journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Science Journalist, science reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Veronika Víchová Analyst · Centrum pro informovanou společnost | Selected | Think tank | Analyst at Center for Informed Society. | 1 | 1 |
| Veronika Wieser | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Véronique Bontemps Anthropologist and CNRS research fellow | Selected | Academic | Anthropologist and research fellow at CNRS. | 1 | 1 |
| Véronique Bourgninaud | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Véronique De Kock Radio and TV presenter | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Véronique Hunsinger Health journalist · Le Parisien | Excluded | Journalist | Health specialist journalist, reporter at Le Parisien. | 1 | 2 |
| Véronique Le Billon Correspondent for Les Echos | Excluded | Journalist | Les Echos correspondent, special correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Véronique Le Guen Speleologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Speleologist, neither academic nor among six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Véronique Nahoum-Grappe Anthropologist | Selected | Academic | Anthropologist at School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences. | 2 | 2 |
| Véronique Piedeleu Founder · Caravane | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Caravane, decoration brand. | 1 | 1 |
| Véronique Pouzadoux DVD mayor · Gannat | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor of Gannat in office. | 1 | 1 |