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 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 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 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 |
| Vinicio Capossela Singer-songwriter | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Virginia Heffernan Contributing editor · New Republic | Selected | Commentator | Contributing editor to New Republic, opinion magazine. | 1 | 1 |
| Virginia Luque Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Virginia López Correspondent for Onda Cero in Portugal | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent Onda Cero Portugal, correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Virginia P Director · Público | Excluded | Journalist | Director of Publico, general editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Virginia Pérez Alonso Director of Público | Excluded | Journalist | Director of Publico, general editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Virginie Bensoussan-Brulé Lawyer specializing in digital affairs | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer specializing in digital law. | 1 | 1 |
| Virginie Despentes Writer, filmmaker, DJ | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer, filmmaker, DJ. | 1 | 1 |
| Virginie Grolleau Journalist · Challenges | Excluded | Journalist | Housing specialist journalist at Challenges. | 1 | 1 |
| Virginie Guyot Fighter pilot · armee de l'air francaise | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Fighter pilot, French Air Force, serving military. | 1 | 1 |
| Virginie Le Roy Lawyer · cabinet Résonnances | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer in criminal and business law. | 1 | 1 |
| Virginie Rozière Former director of digital affairs · Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs | Selected | Former official | Former digital director at Foreign Affairs Ministry. | 1 | 1 |
| Viriato Soromenho-Marques University professor, philosopher, essayist | Selected | Academic et Commentator | University professor, philosopher and essayist. | 1 | 1 |
| Visa Vie Journalist, podcaster | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist podcaster, podcast host. | 1 | 1 |
| Vish Chatterji Executive-turned-coach | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Executive-turned-coach, former executive who became coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Vishaal Rana Managing director in the Cross Markets Consumer Retail Group · Goldman Sachs | Selected | Economist or consultant | Managing director at Goldman Sachs, investment manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Vishal Misra Columbia University | Selected | Academic | Engineer and computer scientist at Columbia University. | 1 | 1 |
| Vishen Lakhiani Founder · Mindvalley | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of Mindvalley. | 1 | 1 |
| Vishnu Padmanabhan Asia correspondent · The Economist | Excluded | Journalist | Asia correspondent The Economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Vita Mashadi | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vitali Kim Veteran Affairs Minister · Ukraine | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Veterans in office (Ukraine). | 1 | 1 |
| Vito Quiles Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, no specific function. | 1 | 1 |
| Vito Spalluto Managing Director · 7 Pines Sardinia | Excluded | Business executive | Managing Director of a hotel resort. | 1 | 1 |