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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Heffernan Contributing editor · New Republic | Selected | Commentator | Contributing editor to New Republic, opinion magazine. | 1 | 1 |
| Virginia López Correspondent for Onda Cero in Portugal | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent Onda Cero Portugal, correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Virginia Luque Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 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 Jacoberger-Lavoué Luxury specialist · Les Echos | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Luxury specialist journalist at Echos. | 1 | 2 |
| Virginie Le Roy Lawyer · cabinet Résonnances | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer in criminal and business law. | 1 | 1 |
| Virginie Robert President · Constance Associés | Excluded | Business executive | President of consulting firm, head of international service. | 2 | 22 |
| 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 |
| Vitali Klitschko Mayor of Kyiv | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor of Kyiv in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Vitaly Portnikov Journalist, publicist, writer | Selected | Commentator | Journalist, publicist, writer, essayist and commentator. | 1 | 1 |
| Vitaly Shevchenko Russia editor · BBC Monitoring | Excluded | Journalist | Russia editor, BBC Monitoring, section editor. | 2 | 2 |
| 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 |
| Vítor Andrade Journalist and coordinator of the economy section · Expresso | Excluded | Journalist | Economics section coordinator at Expresso. | 1 | 3 |
| Vitor Augusto Nóbrega | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Vítor Bento President · Associação Portuguesa de Bancos | Excluded | Serving politician | Presidente de l'Associação Portuguesa de Bancos. | 1 | 1 |
| Vitor Cardoso Astrophysicist · University of Copenhagen | Selected | Academic | Astrophysicist at University of Copenhagen. | 1 | 1 |
| Vitor Gabriel Oliveira Sedes | Selected | Think tank | Speaker for Sedes, economic and social reflection association. | 1 | 1 |
| Vítor Matos Resident commissioner | Excluded | Journalist | Resident commissioner and moderator. | 2 | 4 |
| Vittorio Emanuele Parsi Professor | Selected | Academic | Political scientist at Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. | 5 | 11 |
| Vittorio Italia Prof. Avv. | Selected | Lawyer et Academic | Prof. Attorney-professor. Main role attorney. | 1 | 1 |
| Vittorio Sabadin Writer and essayist | Selected | Commentator | Writer and essayist on royal history. | 1 | 1 |
| Viva Frei Lawyer | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer, practicing attorney. | 6 | 42 |
| Vivek Ramaswamy Author · Roivant Sciences, Strive Asset Management | Excluded | Serving politician | 2024 GOP presidential candidate, active politician. | 7 | 10 |
| Vivi-Ann Hilde Leadership developer, consultant · Videocation, Considium | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Leadership developer, leadership consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Vivian Asimos Dr | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Vivian Beekman | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Vivian Schiller Vice president and executive director · Aspen Digital | Selected | Think tank | Vice President and Executive Director of Aspen Digital (think tank). | 1 | 1 |
| Viviana Mazza Journalist · Corriere della Sera | Excluded | Journalist | Corriere della Sera journalist. | 1 | 6 |
| Vivianne Heijnen State secretary · Gouvernement néerlandais | Excluded | Serving politician | State secretary (secretary of state), public official in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Vivien Londe Research engineer · Microsoft | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Research engineer at Microsoft. | 1 | 2 |
| Vivien Sparenberg Bank Vontobel | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Vivien Waszink Linguist | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Vivienne van den Assem | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vlad Tenev CEO · Robinhood | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Robinhood. | 2 | 2 |
| Vladimir Fédorovski Former diplomat | Selected | Former official | Former Russian diplomat. | 2 | 2 |