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
27,729 people
| Person | Decision | Role or reason | Why | Podcasts | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ya-Wen Lei professor of sociology · Harvard University | Selected | Academic | Professor of sociology at Harvard. | 2 | 2 |
| Yann Bouvier enseignant, historien, et vulgarisateur | Selected | Academic | Teacher and historian. | 2 | 2 |
| Yohann Michel Chargé d'études · IESD de Lyon-3 | Selected | Academic | Research officer at IESD school. | 2 | 2 |
| Yvonne Kroonenberg auteur en columnist | Selected | Commentator | Author and columnist, current affairs analysis for the public. | 2 | 2 |
| Zahi Zalloua Cushing Eells Professor of Philosophy and Literature · Whitman College | Selected | Academic | Cushing Eells Professor at Whitman College, university. | 2 | 2 |
| Zaida Cantera exdiputada · PSOE | Selected | Former official | Former PSOE deputy, former public official. | 2 | 2 |
| Ziad Majed Politiste, chercheur, professeur · Université américaine de Paris | Selected | Academic | Professor at American University of Paris. | 2 | 2 |
| Zoë Papaikonomou schrijver, onderzoeksjournalist en docent | Selected | Academic | Docent (professor) in journalism and research. | 2 | 2 |
| Zuzanna Warso ekspertka, szefowa badan · Komisja Europejska, Open Future Foundation | Selected | Think tank | Head of research at Open Future Foundation. | 2 | 2 |
| Álvaro de Argüelles colaborador · El Orden Mundial | Selected | Think tank | Contributor to El Orden Mundial, analysis media. | 2 | 2 |
| Ángel Monterrubio historiador | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Historian guest on Spanish history topics; the OpenAlex profiles with this name are sparse, one is medical, and none clearly matches the episodes. | 2 | 2 |
| Øivind Østberg advokat · MannsForum | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer. | 2 | 2 |
| Łukasz Adamski wicedyrektor · Centrum Mieroszewskiego | Selected | Think tank | Vice-Director Mieroszewski Center. | 2 | 2 |
| Karl Johan Molnes aksjekommentator | Selected | Commentator | Stock market analyst commenting publicly on market news. | 1 | 215 |
| Phil Giraldi | Selected | Commentator | Foreign policy columnist. | 1 | 133 |
| Christoph Mörgeli Prof. | Selected | Academic | Prof. explicit university title. | 1 | 103 |
| Sandrine Pégand avocate | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer in practice. | 1 | 90 |
| Emmanuelle Dancourt journaliste indépendante | Selected | Commentator | Columnist journalist. | 1 | 77 |
| Frédéric Simottel journaliste · BFM Business | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist BFM Business, generalist journalist. | 1 | 66 |
| Víctor Lapuente | Selected | Academic et Commentator | Professor of political science at the University of Gothenburg. | 1 | 46 |
| Carsten Schmiester Experte en défense | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Defense podcast host tied to NDR; the profile is a Deutschlandradio journalist with no field, so the employer differs and nothing is confirmed. | 1 | 43 |
| Emmanuel de Villiers chef d'entreprise | Excluded | Business executive | Company executive, entrepreneur. | 1 | 36 |
| Søren Linding erhvervskommentator · Finans | Selected | Commentator | Business commentator and opinion writer. | 1 | 35 |
| Cath Haddon senior fellow · Institute for Government | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow Institute for Government. | 1 | 34 |
| Joëlle Dago-Serry coach de vie | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Life coach. | 1 | 32 |
| Bruno Poncet cheminot | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 31 |
| Elena Pisonero | Selected | Former official | Former Secretary of State and Ambassador. | 1 | 30 |
| Antoine Diers consultant | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently clear role in texts. | 1 | 29 |
| Robert Gwiazdowski profesor, adwokat · Uczelnia Łazarskiego | Selected | Academic et Lawyer | Professor and lawyer, Uczelnia Lazarskiego. | 1 | 29 |
| Junko Terao editor di Asia · Internazionale | Selected | Commentator | Asia section editor-in-chief, Internazionale. | 1 | 27 |
| Didier Giraud éleveur de bovins · Saône-et-Loire | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 26 |
| Fatima Aït Bounoua prof de français | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Professor of French. | 1 | 26 |
| Scott R. Anderson Senior Editor · Lawfare | Selected | Think tank | Fellow at Brookings Institution. | 1 | 26 |
| Robert Shrimsley FT correspondent · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Chief political commentator at Financial Times, analyst. | 1 | 25 |
| Francesca Gnetti editor di Medio Oriente · Internazionale | Selected | Commentator | Middle East editor at Internazionale. | 1 | 25 |
| Abel Boyi éducateur | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Educator. | 1 | 24 |
| Allison Nathan Goldman Sachs | Selected | Economist or consultant | Strategist at Goldman Sachs. | 1 | 24 |
| Jon Alterman CSIS | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at CSIS. | 1 | 23 |
| Alain Pitous senior advisor ESG · Ai for Alpha | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Advisor ESG consultant independent strategy. | 1 | 21 |
| Francis Villatoro | Selected | Academic | Physicist, professor at University of Malaga. | 1 | 21 |
| Louis de Montalembert président · Pléiade AM | Selected | Economist or consultant | President of Pleiade AM, investment fund manager. | 1 | 21 |
| Ian Guider columnist · Business Post | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for Business Post. | 1 | 21 |
| My Rohwedder Expert · Aftonbladet | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist with no proof of analysis. | 1 | 20 |
| Paweł Jaskuła dr · Instytut Boyma | Selected | Think tank | Doctor at Boyma Institute. | 1 | 19 |
| Charles Liu astrophysicist | Selected | Academic | Astrophysicist at College of Staten Island. | 1 | 19 |
| Justin Sherman Senior Fellow · Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University | Selected | Academic | Senior Fellow Sanford School of Policy Duke University. | 1 | 19 |
| Camilla Desideri editor · Internazionale | Selected | Commentator | Internazionale editor. | 1 | 18 |
| Marek Kozubel dr | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 17 |
| Pascal Perri | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 17 |
| Franz Simonini collaboratore · Rivista Domino | Selected | Economist or consultant | Geopolitical analyst, magazine contributor. | 1 | 17 |