Screening of candidates
Only guests who fit one of the 6 roles of the Atrium spec are kept.
Guests identified28,587
Excluded19,663
Selected8,924
Selected by role
AcademicNamed position at a university or research institution4,498Think tankNamed position at a think tank or public policy institute736Former officialHeld a position in a public authority: ministry, regulator, central bank, parliament551LawyerPractices law, in a firm, in-house or at the bar255Economist or consultantEconomist, analyst or adviser, in a firm or independent873CommentatorAnalyzes current affairs or ideas for the general public: columnist, essayist2,011
Why the others are excluded
People
483 people
| Person | Decision | Role or reason | Why | Podcasts | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tina Harnesk author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer (Sami-Swedish novelist). | 1 | 1 |
| Tina Huber auteur · Tages-Anzeiger | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author at Tages-Anzeiger, journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Tobias Bukkehave forfatter | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Novelist. | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Ysewijn auteur | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author of a travel narrative. | 1 | 1 |
| Tommi Schmitt Witzautor | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Humor Writer, joke author, humorist. | 1 | 1 |
| Tomé Martínez escritor | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Director and journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Tony Parsons author and journalist | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author and journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Uwe Tellkamp | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | German novelist and physician. | 1 | 1 |
| Vaishnavi Sundar femme cinéaste féministe et activiste | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Feminist filmmaker and activist, not commentator. | 1 | 1 |
| Val McDermid | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author of crime novels, fiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Valter Hugo Mãe autor | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Portuguese writer and poet. | 1 | 1 |
| Victoria Rush director | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Female filmmaker, neither academic nor six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Vincent V. Severski autor | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author of spy novels, fiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Viola Davis auteur | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Actress, not non-fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Virginie Despentes escritora, cineasta, dj | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer, filmmaker, DJ. | 1 | 1 |
| Whitley Strieber autor | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | American writer and novelist of fiction and science fiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Willem Wallyn scenarioschrijver | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Screenwriter of series (fiction author). | 1 | 1 |
| Wisława Szymborska | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Polish poet, not commentator (poetry is fiction). | 1 | 1 |
| Witold Szabłowski | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Polish journalist and reporter, not commentator. | 1 | 1 |
| Wojciech Bonowicz poète | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Poet (fiction). | 1 | 1 |
| Wojciech Chmielarz auteur | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Fiction author, novels. | 1 | 1 |
| Xan López escritor · Corriente cálida | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer attached to a literary magazine. | 1 | 1 |
| Yasmina Khadra écrivain | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Fiction novelist. | 1 | 1 |
| Yung Pueblo poet and author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Poet and author, poet status excludes commentator role. | 1 | 1 |
| Zbigniew Herbert poln. Dichter | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Polish poet, poet/fiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Zbigniew Rokita author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Polish journalist, no analytical elements. | 1 | 1 |
| Zeruya Shalev écrivaine | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer, fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Ziemowit Szczerski pisarz | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Polish writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Zita Seabra | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Portuguese female politician, member of Assembly. | 1 | 1 |
| Åsa Kalmér director and author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Female filmmaker and fiction author, does not match any role. | 1 | 1 |
| Åsa Moberg journalist, author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist and author, journalist is not a commentator in the sense of these guidelines. | 1 | 1 |
| Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt Dramaturge, romancier, essayiste, cinéaste | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Dramaturg and novelist. | 1 | 1 |
| Оксана Забужко письменниця, літературознавиця | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer and literary critic. | 1 | 1 |