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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendela Kirsebom Supermodel, founder and TV personality | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 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 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 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 |
| 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 Wieser | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 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 |
| Vicenç Martí | Excluded | Business executive | Spanish entrepreneur. | 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 |
| Vicky Huang WSJ reporter · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | WSJ Reporter, general news reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Vicky Jessop Deputy editor | Excluded | Journalist | Deputy editor The Economist, general editorial role. | 1 | 1 |
| Vicky Luengo Lead in the play Prima Facie | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vicky Spratt Housing correspondent · i newspaper | Excluded | Journalist | Housing correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Victoire Haffreingue-Moulart Journalist · Le Parisien | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Le Parisien, miscellaneous reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Opposition leader | Excluded | Serving politician | Rwandan opposition leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Victoire Rivaton Independent consultant, founder · Yo ! | Excluded | Business executive | Independent consultant, founder of Yo! | 1 | 1 |
| Victor Blomdahl | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Victor Damasio | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Victor de Aldama | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Victor de Almeida Youtubekanalen Dialogiskt | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Victor Garcia Health specialist · L'Express | Excluded | Journalist | Health specialist L'Express, health reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Victor Gignon Co-founder · Octavio | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of Octavio, entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Victor Glover Pilot | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Victor Gojdka Finance desk · DIE ZEIT | Excluded | Journalist | Finance section editor at Die Zeit. | 1 | 1 |