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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Víctor Martín Font Facilitator, entrepreneur and creative director | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Facilitator, entrepreneur, creative director. | 1 | 1 |
| Victor Marx | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Victor Massiah Università Cattolica di Milano | Selected | Academic | At Università Cattolica di Milano. | 1 | 1 |
| Victor Muller Entrepreneur · Spyker | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur, CEO of Spyker. | 2 | 2 |
| Victor Pak Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Simple journalist, no explicit analytical role. | 1 | 1 |
| Víctor Palomo Lawyer · cooperativa CAES | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer for the CAES cooperative. | 1 | 2 |
| Victor Pereira Researcher · Instituto de História Contemporânea da Universidade Nova de Lisboa | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Instituto de Historia Contemporanea, Universidade Nova. | 3 | 3 |
| Víctor Resco de Dios Professor of Forestry Engineering · Universidad de Lleida | Selected | Academic | Professor of forestry engineering, Université de Lleida. | 4 | 4 |
| Víctor Sánchez del Real | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Victor Schelstraete Boxer | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Victor Shih Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of political science. | 2 | 2 |
| Victor Snellman CEO · Suomen Osakesäästäjät | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | CEO of Suomen Osakesäästäjät, investor association. | 1 | 1 |
| Victor Stenquist Expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 3 |
| Victor Stenqvist Expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Victor Vlam America expert | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 6 |
| Victoria Amelina | Selected | Commentator | Writer and war crimes researcher. | 1 | 1 |
| Victoria Andelsman Alvarez Researcher · University of Copenhagen | Selected | Academic | Researcher at University of Copenhagen. | 1 | 1 |
| Victoria Atkins Conservative | Selected | Former official | Former Minister of State for Prisons and Probation (ended 2022). | 1 | 1 |
| Victoria Burke Law professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of Law and architect. | 1 | 1 |
| Victoria Camps Philosopher, author | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and author, social essayist. | 1 | 1 |
| Victoria Chamberlin | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Victoria Craig Producer · FT | Excluded | Journalist | Producer FT, podcast producer, not journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Victoria Gill Science Correspondent · BBC | Selected | Commentator | BBC science correspondent, science analysis. | 2 | 6 |
| Victoria Grau Researcher in the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning · Bauhaus-Universität Weimar | Selected | Academic | Researcher in architecture at Bauhaus University Weimar. | 1 | 1 |
| Victoria Hislop Bestselling author | Selected | Commentator | Author of bestsellers. | 2 | 2 |
| Victoria Johansson Founder of Storasyster | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Victoria Luengo Actress | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Victoria Martín | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Victoria Mary Clarke Founding member · Kíla | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Victoria Murphy Royal journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Royal journalist, royal correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Victoria Reichelt Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | German journalist, no analytical function. | 1 | 1 |
| Victoria Rush Director | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Female filmmaker, neither academic nor six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Victoria Skau | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Victoria Song Writer · The Verge | Excluded | Journalist | Writer The Verge, tech reporter without analyst title. | 1 | 1 |
| Victoria Soyan Peemot Research fellow · University of Helsinki | Selected | Academic | Research fellow at University of Helsinki | 1 | 1 |
| Victoria Spartz Ukrainian-born Republican congresswoman | Excluded | Serving politician | Republican congresswoman, active elected official. | 1 | 1 |
| Victoria Tellander Andersson | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vidar Benjamin Skretting Researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Vidar Lynghammar NTB Arkitekst | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Architect at NTB Arkitekst. | 1 | 1 |
| Vidar Magnussen | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vidar Rognes Landkreditt Eiendom | Selected | Economist or consultant | Landkreditt Eiendom, agricultural finance sector. | 1 | 1 |
| Vidar Skogvoll Physicist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Vidar Udjus Political editor · Fædrelandsvennen | Excluded | Journalist | Politics editor, chief political editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Vidar Villa Artist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vieira Borges Major-General | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Major-General, active military officer. | 1 | 1 |
| Vienna Luke | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Vigdis Austrheim Speaker, leadership developer | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Speaker, leadership developer and consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Viggo Johansen | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vijay Govindarajan Professor · Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business | Selected | Academic | Professor at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business. | 2 | 2 |
| Vijay Pande Head of bio fund · a16z | Selected | Economist or consultant | General Partner at a16z venture capital fund. | 4 | 9 |