Screening of candidates
Only guests who fit one of the 6 roles of the Atrium spec are kept.
Guests identified28,587
Excluded19,870
Selected8,717
Selected by role
AcademicNamed position at a university or research institution4,352Think tankNamed position at a think tank or public policy institute735Former officialHeld a position in a public authority: ministry, regulator, central bank, parliament534LawyerPractices law, in a firm, in-house or at the bar253Economist or consultantEconomist, analyst or adviser, in a firm or independent867CommentatorAnalyzes current affairs or ideas for the general public: columnist, essayist1,976
Why the others are excluded
People
7 people
| Person | Decision | Role or reason | Why | Podcasts | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainer Weiss physicist | Excluded | Décédé | Décès en 2025. Introduced as physicist discussing LIGO and gravitational waves; Wikidata: American physicist at MIT (1932 to 2025), episodes predate death. | 2 | 2 |
| Lars Ericson Wolke Historiker | Excluded | Décédé | Décès en 2026. Introduced as historian and professor; Wikidata: Swedish historian at Abo Akademi, whose 2026 death does not precede the 2025 episodes. | 1 | 8 |
| Goffredo Fofi writer | Excluded | Décédé | Décès en 2025. Introduced as writer in interviews on literature, theatre and cinema; Wikidata: Italian writer, critic and journalist, still alive in 2024. | 1 | 5 |
| Carolyn Shoemaker Mount Palomar Observatory | Excluded | Décédé | Décès en 2021. Subject of an astronomy episode on the Shoemakers and Levy at Palomar; Wikidata: American astronomer (died 2021), a historical subject. | 1 | 1 |
| Czesław Miłosz | Excluded | Décédé | Décès en 2004. Very well known Nobel poet (101 Wikipedias) named in an episode on Polish literature; he is the subject, not a speaker. | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Puccio | Excluded | Décédé | Décès en 2012. Episode retells the Claus von Bülow trial and features him as a historical figure; Wikidata: American lawyer who died in 2012. | 1 | 1 |
| Wangari Maathai Friedens-Nobelpreisträgerin | Excluded | Décédé | Décès en 2011. Named as Nobel Peace laureate from Kenya in a radio episode, as a historical subject; Wikidata: Kenyan environmentalist, Nobel Peace Prize 2004. | 1 | 1 |