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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlota Corredera Journalist, presenter | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, presenter. | 1 | 1 |
| Carlota Pallás Educator and conflict resolution expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Pedagogue and conflict expert. | 1 | 1 |
| Carlotta Bertotti | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Carlotta Perego | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Culinary content creator. | 1 | 1 |
| Carloyn Coughlin Executive coach | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Executive coach. | 1 | 1 |
| Carlton Gebbia Designer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Carly Wopat Professional beach volleyball player and firefighter | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Carme Colomina Researcher · CIDOB | Selected | Think tank | Researcher CIDOB think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmel Cantwell | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmel Harrington Crime writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Crime writer, fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmela Montante Operator of the fries and smoutebollen stand Mols gebak | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmelo Gentile Head of the Conservation and Agro-silvo-pastoral Activities Office · Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo Lazio e Molise | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director, national park administration. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmelo Jordá | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| Carmen Balfagón Criminologist · Balfagón y Chippirrás | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Criminologist professional practice. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Corazzini Expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Television presenter. | 1 | 2 |
| Carmen Corral Crowdlending expert | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Crowdlending expert, blogger, vague status. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Fernández | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Fonseca Lecturer · Universidade Nova de Lisboa | Selected | Academic | Lecturer at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Fontán | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified. | 1 | 2 |
| Carmen Gallardo Writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer, fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Gila Daughter | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Höfflin Footballer · SC Freiburg | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen López | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Lumbierres | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 4 |
| Carmen Moraga | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist with no mention of analysis. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Morenés General director · Fundación Telefónica | Excluded | Business executive | General director of Fundacion Telefonica. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Muñoz Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Guest speaks in 2026 on lobbying, but the linked Carmen Muñoz Manzano, a pedagogue and writer, died in 2002; namesake. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Pacheco Consultant, creative writer and scriptwriter | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Consultant, creative writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Pérez Researcher | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Spanish investigator on a podcast about satanic and vampiric groups; the Vigo researcher has no stated field and other namesakes exist. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Porter Contributor | Excluded | Journalist | Contributor. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Reina Journalist · Cordópolis | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist, Cordópolis. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Reviriego Singer | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Rodríguez Derecho a Morir Dignamente | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Sánchez Mateos Archaeologist and senior technician for cultural heritage · Ayuntamiento de Orihuela | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Female archaeologist in local administration. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Sanz Ayán PhD in History · Real Academia de la Historia | Selected | Academic | Doctor of History at Royal Academy. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Tomás | Excluded | Journalist | Television presenter, not an analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Treml Researcher · Agenda Austria | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at Agenda Austria think tank. | 3 | 3 |
| Carmen Valero Correspondent · EL MUNDO | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent EL MUNDO. | 1 | 1 |
| Carmen Viñas Correspondent · SER | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent SER. | 1 | 2 |
| Carmina Gustrán Historian | Selected | Academic | Historian at CSIC (public research organization). | 1 | 1 |
| Carmo Sousa Machado Partner · Abreu Advogados | Selected | Lawyer | Partner Abreu Advogados law firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Carol Cleaveland NYU Press | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Co-author of book, role not specified. | 1 | 1 |
| Carol Leonnig Journalist · Washington Post | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Washington Post | 2 | 3 |
| Carol Propper | Selected | Academic | Economist and researcher at Imperial College London. | 1 | 1 |
| Carol Rock Journalist and America expert | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Amerikadeskundige. | 2 | 3 |
| Carol Roth Investment banker | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investment banker and financial expert. | 13 | 131 |
| Carol Stubbings Global Chief Commercial Officer · PwC | Excluded | Business executive | Global Chief Commercial Officer at PwC. | 1 | 1 |
| Carola Gunnarsson Member of the municipal council · Sala kommun | Excluded | Serving politician | Municipal council member in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Carola Jansson | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Carola Schouten Mayor | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor of Rotterdam in office. | 1 | 1 |