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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Project coordinator · Центр Т | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Project coordinator. | 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 |
| 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 |
| Yuval Atsmon Head of McKinsey's finance function · McKinsey & Company | Selected | Economist or consultant | Head of McKinsey's finance function, McKinsey & Company consultant. | 1 | 1 |
| Yuval Levin Political theorist, director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies · American Enterprise Institute | Selected | Think tank | Political theorist, director at American Enterprise Institute think tank. | 7 | 7 |
| Yuval Noah Harari Professor of History · Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Selected | Academic | Professor of history at Hebrew University, bestselling author. | 28 | 37 |
| 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 Lengwiler Macroeconomics professor · University of Basel | Selected | Academic | Macroeconomics Professor at University of Basel. | 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 Bourdillon Journalist · Les Echos | Excluded | Journalist | World section journalist at Échos, geopolitical reporter. | 1 | 3 |
| Yves Censi Senior Partner · Mascaret | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Partner at Mascaret consulting firm. | 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 Doz Professor · INSEAD | Selected | Academic | Professor at INSEAD, business school/university. | 1 | 1 |
| Yves Jaeglé Journalist on the culture desk · Le Parisien | Excluded | Journalist | Culture section journalist at Le Parisien. | 1 | 3 |
| Yves Léonard Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian, professor at Paris Institute of Political Studies. | 4 | 11 |
| Yves Maitre Operating partner · Jolt capital | Selected | Economist or consultant et Former official | Operating partner at Jolt Capital (VC firm), former HTC CEO. | 1 | 16 |
| 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 |
| Yvette Cooper Home Secretary | Excluded | Serving politician | Home Secretary, public official currently in office. | 2 | 2 |
| Yvo Kortmann Gastroenterologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Gastroenterologist (gastro-intestinal-liver doctor), physician. | 1 | 2 |
| 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 Kroonenberg Author and columnist | Selected | Commentator | Author and columnist, current affairs analysis for the public. | 2 | 2 |
| 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 |
| Yvonne Wingett Sanchez The Atlantic | Selected | Commentator | The Atlantic, ideas and political analysis magazine. | 2 | 3 |
| Yvonnick Denoël Historian | Selected | Commentator | Historian and author of The Secret Wars of Mossad. | 3 | 15 |