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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vejas Liulevicius Historian specializing in Germany and Eastern Europe | Selected | Academic | Historian, professor at University of Tennessee. | 1 | 1 |
| Velia Alvich Journalist · Corriere della Sera | Excluded | Journalist | Corriere della Sera journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Velina Negovanska Dr | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 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 |
| Verena Brändle Assistant Professor · University of Birmingham | Selected | Academic | Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of Birmingham. | 1 | 1 |
| Verena Böttcher Author and reporter · Quarks | Excluded | Journalist | Author and reporter at Quarks. | 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 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 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 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 |
| Vesa Vihriälä Economist | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist, financial analysis context. | 1 | 1 |
| Vesapekka Larkkonen | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vesna Prekopic | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Vibeke Fürst Haugen Broadcasting director at NRK | Excluded | Business executive | Head of broadcasting at NRK, organization director. | 1 | 1 |
| Vibeke Lunding-Gregersen Work psychologist, certified occupational health advisor and director · Mindwork | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Corporate psychologist, director of Mindwork. | 1 | 1 |
| Vibhu Sapra Guest host | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Podcast guest presenter, neither expert nor commentator. | 1 | 1 |
| Vic Cle Influencer and entrepreneur | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vic Michaelis Comedienne et actrice | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vicens Lozano Journalist and Vatican expert | Excluded | Journalist | Vaticanist, religion reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Vicente Cabedo Associate professor of Constitutional Law · UPV | Selected | Academic | Titular professor of constitutional law at UPV. | 1 | 1 |
| Vicenç Martí | Excluded | Business executive | Spanish entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Vicki Hansen Planetary geologist, Venusian expert · Planetary Science Institute | Selected | Academic | Senior planetary geologist, Planetary Science Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Vicki Young Deputy Political Editor · BBC News | Excluded | Journalist | Deputy Political Editor BBC News, editing role. | 1 | 1 |
| Vickie Paladino New York City Councilwoman | Excluded | Serving politician | New York City Councilwoman, current elected official. | 1 | 1 |
| Vicky Benub | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Vicky Ge Huang Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Wall Street Journal, not explicit analyst | 1 | 1 |