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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ute Mahr Dr, psychologist and psychotherapist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist and psychotherapist, healthcare provider. | 1 | 1 |
| Ute Siemann-Harms Dermatologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Dermatologist, non-university practitioner. | 1 | 1 |
| Ute Wetzel Head of counselling centre · Suchthilfe Region Base | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Management of Addiction Counseling Center, association executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Utkarsh Saxena Adalat AI | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Co-founder of Adalat AI. | 1 | 1 |
| Utti Hietala Bodybuilding coach and competitor | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Uwe Conradt Lord Mayor of Saarbrücken | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor of Saarbrücken, politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Uwe Gradwohl Science journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Science Journalist, science reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Uwe Jean Heuser ZEIT global economy correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | ZEIT global economics correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Uwe Jännert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Uwe Lueb ARD Istanbul correspondent | Excluded | Journalist | ARD Istanbul correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Uwe Porters Midwife | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Midwife, healthcare professional. | 1 | 1 |
| Uwe Steimle | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Uwe Tellkamp | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | German novelist and physician. | 1 | 1 |
| Uzair Ahmed Solutions Consultant · Cottonwood Automation | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Solutions consultant, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| V'yacheslav Shvaidak Engineer, PhD and lieutenant | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Engineer and lieutenant, military officer. | 1 | 1 |
| Vadim Khramov Managing partner · Edge Capital | Excluded | Business executive | Managing partner Edge Capital, fund manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Vaishnavi Sundar Feminist filmmaker and activist | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Feminist filmmaker and activist, not commentator. | 1 | 1 |
| Val McDermid | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author of crime novels, fiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Valdemar Lönnroth Journalist · ekonomiredaktionen | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist economics editor, economic editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Valen Esteban | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Valentin Auvinet Decathlon | Excluded | Business executive | Decathlon executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Valentin Ehkrich Reporter · L'Express | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Reporter L'Express, journalist | 1 | 1 |
| Valentin Grüner Nature conservationist · Modisa Wildlife Project | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Nature conservationist, environmentalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Valentin Kretz L'Agence | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of real estate agency. | 1 | 1 |
| Valentina Iorio Journalist · Corriere della Sera | Excluded | Journalist | Corriere della Sera journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Valentina Petrini | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Valentina Santarpia Journalist · Corriere della Sera | Excluded | Journalist | Corriere della Sera journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Valentine Low Former writer on royal affairs · The Times | Excluded | Journalist | Former royal affairs writer at The Times. | 1 | 1 |
| Valentine Vendôme | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Valeria Castro | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Valeria Emmi Head of Stategit and Advocacy · CESVI | Excluded | Business executive | Head of Strategy at CESVI NGO, association executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Valeria Moretti Expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Valeria Racu Sindicato de Inquilinas de Madrid | Excluded | Serving politician | Union activist, activist. | 1 | 1 |
| Valerie Bauerlein WSJ reporter | Excluded | Journalist | WSJ Reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Valerie Droeven Wetstraat editorial team · De Standaard | Excluded | Journalist | Wetstraat Desk, political editor. | 1 | 1 |
| 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 |
| Valerie Van Peel N-VA chair | Excluded | Serving politician | N-VA chairwoman, political party leader. | 1 | 1 |
| 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 |
| Valeriya Ilyenkova pmclub | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of pmclub. | 1 | 1 |
| Valter Hugo Mãe Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Portuguese writer and poet. | 1 | 1 |
| Valérian Giesz Co-founder · Quandela | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of startup Quandela. | 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 |
| 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 |