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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naja Marie Aidt écrivaine | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer (Naja Marie Aidt), fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Nanoah Struik schrijver | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author (writer). | 1 | 1 |
| Natalia Litvinova autora | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author, winner with her novel, fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Natalie Livingstone journalist and author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist and author, journalist and author. | 1 | 1 |
| Neige Sinno autrice | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Female novelist, fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Neil Strauss author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Music journalist, no analytical work. | 1 | 1 |
| Nelio Biedermann Schriftsteller | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer (likely fiction). | 1 | 1 |
| Nell Scovell writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer without clear context on content type. | 1 | 1 |
| Nellie Bowles auteur | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist with no demonstrated analytical work. | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Gray | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Entrepreneur and author on the art of entertaining. | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Shaxson journaliste d'investigation et auteur | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Investigative journalist and author. | 1 | 1 |
| Niclas Sennerteg journalist | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist and author. | 1 | 1 |
| Nicola Twilley author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist with no demonstrated analytical work. | 1 | 1 |
| Nikos Kazantzakis pisarz | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer, fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Noah Oppenheim screenwriter · Netflix | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Screenwriter and audiovisual producer. | 1 | 1 |
| Ocean Vuong auteur | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Fiction author, novelist. Novelists do not fit the 6 roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Ole Asbjørn Ness forfatter og podcastvert | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Novelist and podcast host. | 1 | 1 |
| Olga Tokarczuk | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Novelist and writer of fiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Pablo Gallo | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Painter and visual artist. | 1 | 1 |
| Pablo Ruybal | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Filmmaker (likely documentary). | 1 | 1 |
| Pablo Trincia | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Likely an actor. | 1 | 1 |
| Paolo Giordano scrittore | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer, probably fiction. | 1 | 1 |
| Pascale Clark journaliste et écrivaine | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist and writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Patricia Cornwell crime writer and author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Crime writer and fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Patrick S. Tomlinson sci-fi author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Science fiction author, fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Laverty writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Screenwriter and film actor, fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Lynch auteur | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Novelist. | 1 | 1 |
| Paula Hawkins autora | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author of suspense novels. | 1 | 1 |
| Pauline Augustyn réalisatrice | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Female filmmaker. | 1 | 1 |
| Pedro Almodóvar | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Filmmaker and cinema writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Pedro Feijoo novelista | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Novelist. | 1 | 1 |
| Pedro Vallín | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Spanish journalist, non-analyst reporter. | 1 | 1 |
| Peggy Noonan speechwriter | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Speechwriter to Ronald Reagan. | 1 | 1 |
| Philip Pullman author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Fiction author (Philip Pullman novelist), outside the 6 roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Philippa Gregory historical novelist | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Historical novelist. | 1 | 1 |
| Philippa Perry psychotherapist and writer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Psychotherapist and author | 1 | 1 |
| Philippe Jaenada écrivain | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Fiction writer, fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Philippe Pascot écrivain · Anticor | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | French writer and politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Pia Edvardsen | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author and literary critic. | 1 | 1 |
| Pia Fris Laneth forfatter | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author and writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Pia Hauge foredragsholder og forfatter til Pause Power | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Speaker and author of Pause Power. | 1 | 1 |
| Piero Armenti scrittore e urban explorer · Il mio viaggio a New York | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Writer, fiction, urban explorer. | 1 | 1 |
| Piotr Kućma réalisateur · Polskie Radio | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Filmmaker, Polskie Radio, audiovisual producer. | 1 | 1 |
| R B Egan author and former actor | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author and former actor. | 1 | 1 |
| Rachel Mason co-creator · Netflix | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Co-creator at Netflix, filmmaker. | 1 | 1 |
| Ralph Leighton biographer and film producer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Biographer and film producer. | 1 | 1 |
| Rasit Elibol schrijver en redacteur · De Groene Amsterdammer | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author and media editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Rebecca Makkai author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author of novels, novelist, not non-fiction essayist. | 1 | 1 |
| Remigiusz Mróz auteur | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author and jurist, novelist (not essayist). | 1 | 1 |
| Reyes Monforte autora | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author: fiction writer. | 1 | 1 |