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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Grard Director · Trade Republic | Excluded | Business executive | France Director of Trade Republic, business leader. | 1 | 2 |
| Vincent Haegele Curator of the Versailles libraries and historian | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Library conservator, non-university historian. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent Hervouët | Excluded | Journalist | Empty position, no explicit analytical title. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent Hogan Author of 'The Lost Sportswriter – A Life Up Close with Irish Sporting Greatness' | Selected | Commentator | Author of autobiographical non-fiction on sport. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent Hugeux Africa specialist · ESJ de Lille, Sciences Po | Selected | Academic | Africa specialist at Sciences Po, also journalist. Primary role academic. | 4 | 7 |
| Vincent Icke Astronomer | Selected | Academic | Astronomer and physicist at Utrecht University and Leiden University. | 4 | 11 |
| Vincent Jeanbrun LR member of parliament · Assemblée nationale | Excluded | Serving politician | Member currently serving (LR) at National Assembly. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent Juvyns Expert · ING | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investment strategy director at ING. | 4 | 35 |
| Vincent Karremans Outgoing minister of Economic Affairs · VVD | Selected | Former official | Resigned Minister of Economy (VVD). | 6 | 6 |
| Vincent Kucholl Comedian and satirist | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent Lemire Historian, professor · Université Paris-est Gustave-Eiffel | Selected | Academic | Historian, professor at Paris-East Gustave Eiffel University. | 8 | 10 |
| Vincent Martigny Historian, professor of political science · université de Nice, Ecole Polytechnique | Selected | Academic | Professor of political science at Nice and Polytechnique Universities. | 3 | 3 |
| Vincent Molina Co-founder · Pyannote | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of Pyannote. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent Montalescot | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent Pialat Correspondent · Le Parisien | Excluded | Journalist | Le Parisien correspondent, special correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent Policard Partner · KKR | Selected | Economist or consultant | Partner at KKR, investment fund manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent Pons Economics professor · Harvard | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics at Harvard. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent Rigby Former National Security Adviser · CSIS | Selected | Former official | Former national security advisor to Canadian Prime Minister. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent Tourret Associate researcher, PhD candidate · FRS, UQAM | Selected | Think tank et Academic | Researcher at FRS/IFRI, doctoral candidate, strategic research organizations. | 2 | 3 |
| Vincent V. Severski Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author of spy novels, fiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent Valinducq Doctor | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent van der Noort Mathematician | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Introduced as a mathematician; the linked profile is only an NKI researcher with no stated field, so nothing ties them. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent van der Valk Actor, theatre maker and writer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent Van Dessel CEO · Euronext Brussels | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Euronext Brussels. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent Van Peteghem Minister for the budget · CD&V | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Budget in office (CD&V). | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent Vargas U.S. Border Patrol | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent Verbeecke Rode Kruis | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Works for Rode Kruis (humanitarian/NGO), outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent Xiang Founder · China AI Connect | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of China AI Connect. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent Yang Founder · Firework | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Firework. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincenzo Amendola Partito Democratico | Selected | Former official | Italian minister for EU Affairs (end 2021) and Undersecretary (end 2022). | 1 | 1 |
| Vincenzo De Meulenaere Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincenzo Latronico Writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer, fiction. | 2 | 3 |
| Vincenzo Macrì Prosecutor | Excluded | Serving politician | Procuratore (prosecutor), serving magistrate. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincenzo Mancuso Associate professor · università di Palermo, IMDEA | Selected | Academic | Associate professor at the University of Palermo. | 1 | 1 |
| Vinciane Despret Philosopher | Selected | Academic | Philosopher at University of Liège and Université libre de Bruxelles. | 4 | 4 |
| Vinicio Capossela Singer-songwriter | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vinod Khosla Founder of Khosla Ventures | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Khosla Ventures. | 2 | 3 |
| Vinod Menon Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science · Stanford Medicine | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford Medicine. | 1 | 1 |
| Vinzenz Neumaier Handelsblatt-Investigativteam | Excluded | Journalist | Handelsblatt investigative team, investigator not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Viola Davis Author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Actress, not non-fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Viola Kiel Editor in the knowledge desk · ZEIT ONLINE | Excluded | Journalist | Science department editor ZEIT ONLINE | 1 | 3 |
| Viola Stefanello Journalist · il Post | Excluded | Journalist | Il Post journalist, no analyst title. | 1 | 4 |
| Violaine Sautter Mineralogist · Muséum d'histoire naturelle | Selected | Academic | Mineralogist at Museum of Natural History (public research organization). | 1 | 1 |
| Violeta Star | Excluded | Journalist | Empty position, indeterminate role. | 1 | 1 |
| Violette Lazard Journalist · Nouvel Obs | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Nouvel Obs, no analytical title. | 1 | 1 |
| Violette Spillbout Renaissance member of parliament for Nord | Excluded | Serving politician | Female member currently serving (Renaissance) from Nord. | 1 | 1 |
| Vipal Monga WSJ reporter · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | WSJ Reporter, news reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Vipul Ved Prakash CEO · Together AI | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Together AI. | 1 | 1 |
| Virgie Tovar Body positivity advocate | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Body positivity advocate. | 1 | 1 |
| Virgilio Bento CEO · Sword Health | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Sword Health. | 1 | 1 |