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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Yang Former Financial Times journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Former Financial Times journalist, former political journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Yulia Chernykh Expert in public speaking and rhetoric | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| Yusuf Cakin Historian | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Yusuf Khan WSJ reporter · The Wall Street Journal | Excluded | Journalist | WSJ Reporter The Wall Street Journal. | 1 | 1 |
| Yvan Figueiras | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Yvan Figuerias Writer and specialist in maritime mysteries | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Yvan Touhami Co-founder · Com AI | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of Com AI, communication company. | 1 | 1 |
| Yves Bertoncini | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : EU trade and French politics guest; the bare profile has no organization or domain to match, so nothing precise confirms it. | 1 | 1 |
| Yves Choueifaty Investment fund manager · TOBAM | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Investment fund manager, investor not an economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Yves Degryse NTGent | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Belgian actor working at NTGent. | 1 | 1 |
| Yves Marignac Energy expert and spokesperson for the négaWatt association | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Energy expert and spokesperson for negaWatt association, activist. | 1 | 1 |
| Yves Segers Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Yves Tyrode CEO, Digital & Payments · Groupe BPCE | Excluded | Business executive | General director of Digital and Payments, BPCE financial group. | 1 | 1 |
| Yves Van Nuland mentoring@work | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Yvon Jaspers Presenter | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Yvonne Björnström Technical head of Vattenfall hydropower | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Technical director at Vattenfall, energy company. | 1 | 1 |
| Yvonne Gozon | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Yvonne Ott Constitutional judge · Bundesverfassungsgericht | Excluded | Serving politician | Constitutional Court Judge (female), in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Yvonne Pedersen Nurse · Läger Uden Grænser | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Zabie Elmgren Andreessen Horowitz | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Andreessen Horowitz venture capital executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Zac Castillo Watch Adicto LLC | Excluded | Business executive | Leader of Watch Adicto LLC. | 1 | 1 |
| Zac Garside Send It | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Email marketing director at Send It company. | 1 | 1 |
| Zach Holbrooks Head · Gaines County Health Department, Texas | Excluded | Business executive | Director of public health agency, local official. | 1 | 1 |
| Zach Lloyd Founder and CEO · Warp | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Warp. | 1 | 1 |
| Zach Weinersmith Author | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Author cartoonist, illustrator, does not match roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Zach Weiss | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficient text to determine. | 1 | 1 |
| Zachary Crockett | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, no indicated function or organization. | 1 | 1 |
| Zachary Kimball PE, MBA, VP of Finance and Strategic Planning · Citation Oil and Gas Corp | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | VP of Finance and Strategic Planning, oil company. | 1 | 1 |
| Zachary Treitz Creator · Netflix | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Creator of Netflix documentary, producer/filmmaker. | 1 | 1 |
| Zack Gómez-Rolls Actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Zafer Achi Executive coach, team coach · McKinsey & Company | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Executive coach at McKinsey, professional coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Zahid Ali Comedian and author | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Zaineb Al-Samarai Sports president | Excluded | Serving politician | Sports president, currently in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Zak Ali General Manager · Finder | Excluded | Business executive | General Manager of Finder. | 1 | 1 |
| Zak Williams CEO and co-founder · PYM | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and co-founder of PYM. | 1 | 1 |