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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yin Wu Founder · Pulley | Excluded | Business executive | Startup founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Yinka Bankole | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Yiwen Lu Journalist · ChinaTalk | Selected | Commentator | Journalist ChinaTalk newsletter geopolitical analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Ylenia Lucaselli Fratelli d'Italia | Excluded | Serving politician | Female politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Ylenja Lucaselli Fratelli d'Italia | Excluded | Serving politician | Female politician in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Ylva Carlqvist Warnborg Reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Vetenskapsradion, reportage journalism | 1 | 1 |
| Yoan Drahy Co-founder · Limova.ai | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of AI startup. | 1 | 1 |
| Yoann Le Nevé Hellfest | Excluded | Business executive | Festival leader. | 1 | 1 |
| Yoanna-Reine Nowicki-Bringuier Head of the Quantum Defense Laboratory at AID | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Head of laboratory in government agency. | 1 | 1 |
| Yoeri Vugts Journalist · Nieuwsuur | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Nieuwsuur, general news media. | 1 | 1 |
| Yogendra Yadav Political thinker, activist | Selected | Commentator | Political thinker, public analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Yogita Limaye South Asia and Afghanistan correspondent · BBC | Excluded | Journalist | South Asia correspondent BBC, correspondent reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Yohana Cabaret Project officer · AcclimaTerra | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Program officer at NGO. | 1 | 1 |
| Yoichi Shimatsu Researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Yola Wanders Former head of security · Penitentiaire Inrichting Vught | Selected | Former official | Former security official at Penitentiaire Inrichting Vught, public authority. | 1 | 1 |
| Yolanda Chabot Mother | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Yolande Scrocco | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Yomi Denzel Entrepreneur and content creator specializing in entrepreneurship and e-commerce | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur and e-commerce content creator. | 1 | 1 |
| Yong-Shik Lee Professor, Director · West Virginia University, Law and Development Institute | Selected | Academic | Professor at West Virginia University. | 1 | 1 |
| Yorgo Tloupas Designer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Yorgos Lanthimos Director | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Yosha Wijngaarden Assistant professor of Media and Creative Industries · Erasmus University Rotterdam | Selected | Academic | Assistant professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam. | 1 | 1 |
| Youmna Al Sayed | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, no indicated function or analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Youmni Kezzouf Mediapart | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Mediapart, no indication of analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Young Elder Educator and artist · Hip Hop Health | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Educator and artist, Hip Hop Health. | 1 | 1 |
| Youry Huygen Analyst · L'Investisseur | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Yousef Farschtschi Director IT & Digital · Prokon Regenerative Energien eG | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | IT and Digital Director at Prokon, renewable energy company. | 1 | 1 |
| Youssef Badr Magistrate | Excluded | Serving politician | Magistrate, active public official. | 1 | 1 |
| Youssef Souidi PhD in economics | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Yrjö Trög CEO · Norrhydro | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Norrhydro, company executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Yuan Sun Guest lecturer | Selected | Academic | Guest lecturer, university affiliation. | 1 | 1 |
| Yuan Yang Former Financial Times journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Former Financial Times journalist, former political journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Yuki Tatsumi Senior director, Institute for Indo-Pacific Security | Selected | Think tank | Senior Director of Institute for Indo-Pacific Security. | 1 | 1 |
| Yukiko Hirabayashi Lecturer · Shibaura Institute of Technology | Selected | Academic | Docent at Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japanese university. | 1 | 1 |
| Yulia Chernykh Expert in public speaking and rhetoric | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Yulia Gradskova Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of book on gender issues, podcast New Books in Gender. | 1 | 1 |
| Yuliya Trishkeu Soprano · Ealing Symphony Orchestra | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Yumi Demeyere Journalist · De Standaard | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist De Standaard, general news media. | 1 | 1 |
| Yumna Patel Mondoweiss | Selected | Commentator | Mondoweiss Palestinian political commentary platform. | 1 | 1 |
| Yung Pueblo Poet and author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Poet and author, poet status excludes commentator role. | 1 | 1 |
| Yunnes Abzouz Journalist, media officer · Mediapart | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist responsible for media at Mediapart, non-analysis role. | 1 | 1 |
| Yunzhu Li Co-founder of SceniX · Columbia University | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Co-Founder of SceniX, company/startup, no academic position. | 1 | 1 |
| Yurdagül Zopf Nutrition physician · Uni Erlangen | Selected | Academic | Nutritional medicine doctor at Erlangen University. | 1 | 1 |
| Yuri Bezmenov KGB agent | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Yuri Guaiana | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Yuri Shprits Professor · GFZ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Geoforschung Potsdam | Selected | Academic | Professor at GFZ Helmholtz, public research center. | 1 | 1 |
| Yuri Steinbuch Chief Business Officer · Avular | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Business Officer at Avular, technology company. | 1 | 1 |
| Yuri van Geest Trend watcher | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Trendwatcher, entrepreneur, does not fit the roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Yuriy Soroka Medic | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Yusra Mardini Olympic swimmer · UNHCR | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Olympic swimmer, athlete at UNHCR. | 1 | 1 |