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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitor Augusto Nóbrega | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Vivianne Heijnen State secretary · Gouvernement néerlandais | Excluded | Serving politician | State secretary (secretary of state), public official in office. | 1 | 1 |
| 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 |
| Vladimir Luxuria | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vladimir Putin Russian leader | Excluded | Serving politician | Russian leader, incumbent head of state. | 1 | 1 |
| Vladislav Gorin Journalist · Meduza | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Meduza, reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Vocalistka Pagan Lords Pagan Lords | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vojtech Berger Investigative journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Investigative journalist, investigator not analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Volker Bräutigam | Selected | Commentator | German opinion journalist specializing in international analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Volker Nachtmann Technical plant manager for urban drainage · Stadtentwässerung Nürnberg | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Technical works manager, technical administrator. | 1 | 1 |
| Volker Resing Desk head · CICERO | Excluded | Journalist | Section editor, CICERO, section editor-in-chief. | 1 | 1 |
| Volker Schmid Aerospace engineer · Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt | Selected | Academic | Aerospace engineer at German Aerospace Center (research). | 1 | 1 |
| Volodymyr Zelenskyi President | Excluded | Serving politician | Presidentti (Finnish president, serving). | 1 | 1 |
| Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine | Excluded | Serving politician | President of Ukraine, serving. | 1 | 1 |
| Vonda Wright Board-certified orthopedic sports surgeon | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Board-certified orthopedic sports surgeon. | 1 | 1 |
| Vårin Alme Researcher · FFI | Selected | Academic | Researcher at FFI, public research institute. | 1 | 1 |
| Véronique Bontemps Anthropologist and CNRS research fellow | Selected | Academic | Anthropologist and research fellow at CNRS. | 1 | 1 |
| Véronique Bourgninaud | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Véronique Le Billon Correspondent for Les Echos | Excluded | Journalist | Les Echos correspondent, special correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Véronique Le Guen Speleologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Speleologist, neither academic nor among six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Véronique Piedeleu Founder · Caravane | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Caravane, decoration brand. | 1 | 1 |
| Véronique Pouzadoux DVD mayor · Gannat | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor of Gannat in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Véronique Tremblay | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Víctor Domínguez Wall Street Wolverine | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Investor and content creator Wall Street Wolverine. | 1 | 1 |
| Víctor F. Clares Grupo Ladilla Rusa | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Víctor Martín Font Facilitator, entrepreneur and creative director | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Facilitator, entrepreneur, creative director. | 1 | 1 |
| Víctor Sánchez del Real | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Vítor Bento President · Associação Portuguesa de Bancos | Excluded | Serving politician | Presidente de l'Associação Portuguesa de Bancos. | 1 | 1 |
| W. Joseph Campbell Professor of communications · American University | Selected | Academic | Professor of communications at American University. | 1 | 1 |
| Wacław Radziwinowicz Former correspondent · Gazeta Wyborcza | Excluded | Journalist | Former correspondent. | 1 | 1 |
| Wael Abou Magd Special representative of the COP27 climate summit president | Excluded | Serving politician | Special representative for COP27 in office | 1 | 1 |
| Wahid Sui Mahmoud Actor and educator | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Wailin Wong Host · NPR The Indicator | Excluded | Journalist | Host of NPR's The Indicator podcast. | 1 | 1 |
| Walaa Quisay Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Waldemar Kasperczak Reporter · Polskie Radio | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Polskie Radio, reporter | 1 | 1 |
| Waldemar Rozynkowski Professor · Nicolaus Copernicus University | Selected | Academic | Prof. at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun. | 1 | 1 |
| Waldemar Skrzypczak General | Excluded | Serving politician | General (military in office). | 1 | 1 |
| Waldemar Wasiluk | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Waldemar Wąśniewski Teacher · II Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Marii Konopnickiej | Selected | Academic | Secondary school teacher. | 1 | 1 |
| Waldemar Żurek Minister of justice | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Justice in office. | 1 | 1 |