Screening of candidates
Only guests who fit one of the 6 roles of the Atrium spec are kept.
Guests identified28,558
Excluded19,870
Selected8,688
Selected by role
AcademicNamed position at a university or research institution4,341Think 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
27,700 people
| Person | Decision | Role or reason | Why | Podcasts | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damien Vandermeersch avocat général à la Cour de cassation, professeur émérite à l'UCLouvain · UCLouvain | Selected | Academic et Former official | Emeritus professor, UCLouvain, Advocate General at the Court of Cassation (current principal). | 2 | 2 |
| Damien Véron | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Damien Viel PDG · Bloom Social Analytics | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Bloom Social Analytics, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Damon Gameau film director, speaker and author · Regen Studios | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Film director and speaker (filmmaker, not political analyst). | 1 | 1 |
| Damon Scott Dr. | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Damon West keynote speaker and best-selling author | Selected | Commentator | Keynote speaker and best-selling author. | 5 | 6 |
| Dan Anthony president of Trade Partnership Worldwide · Trade Partnership Worldwide | Excluded | Business executive | President of Trade Partnership Worldwide (commercial organization official). | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Baer Acting Director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Europe Program, former U.S. Ambassador · Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Selected | Think tank et Former official | Acting Director Carnegie Endowment (think tank), former U.S. Ambassador. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Benguigui avocat associé · A&O Shearman | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer associated with A&O Shearman (law firm). | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Bernstein cryptographer | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Guest introduced as a cryptographer on quantum threats; the profile is a bare researcher with a 2007 Weizmann PhD and no cryptography link. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Blakeley former U.S. Army Special Operations Ranger · 75th Ranger Regiment | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Bloom Politico | Excluded | Journalist | Politico journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Bongino host | Excluded | Journalist | Podcast host. | 1 | 2 |
| Dan Buettner New York Times bestselling author | Selected | Commentator | New York Times bestselling author, National Geographic Fellow. | 6 | 6 |
| Dan Byman foreign policy editor · Center for Strategic & International Studies, Lawfare | Selected | Academic et Think tank | Georgetown University professor and CSIS Senior Fellow. | 2 | 3 |
| Dan Caldwell Pentagon | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Carlin podcaster · Hardcore History | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Carril podcaster, Hardcore History | Selected | Commentator | Podcaster, Hardcore History (history commentator). | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Cartmill Sr. Global Product Marketing Director · TXOne Networks | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Sr. Global Product Marketing Director TXOne Networks, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Charles Science writer | Excluded | Journalist | Science writer. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Clays CEO · Omnicom Media Group EMEA | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Omnicom Media Group EMEA. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Cleary Host · Others From Another Mother | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Dan Dailey 15th Sergeant Major of the Army, Vice President · Association of the United States Army | Excluded | Serving politician | 15th Sergeant Major of the Army (active military officer). | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Daly | Excluded | Business executive | Entrepreneur, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Dees co-heads of Global Banking & Markets business · Goldman Sachs | Excluded | Business executive | Co-heads of Global Banking & Markets at Goldman Sachs. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan DeGolier financial leader · Ascent CFO Solutions | Selected | Economist or consultant | Financial leader at Ascent CFO Solutions (financial consultant). | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Dreyfus | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Dworkis Chief Medical Officer · The Mission Critical Team Institute | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Chief Medical Officer at The Mission Critical Team Institute, chief physician. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan E. Parkes author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Titanic Legacy (nonfiction author). | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Engber journalist · The Atlantic | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist The Atlantic. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Faggella AI researcher | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Founder of AI research company. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Froomkin media critic | Selected | Commentator | Media critic, media analyst. | 2 | 2 |
| Dan Girma producer · NPR's Embedded | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Goerke | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Dan Haile Senior Economist · Institute for Government | Selected | Think tank | Senior Economist Institute for Government (think tank). | 1 | 3 |
| Dan Hancox author | Selected | Commentator | Author, scientific analysis of crowds (nonfiction author). | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Harris host of the award-winning 10% Happier podcast | Excluded | Journalist | Host of 10% Happier podcast. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Hasson | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Henry digital marketing entrepreneur · GetClients.com | Excluded | Business executive | Digital marketing entrepreneur GetClients.com (entrepreneur). | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Hitchens The Spectator | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Dan Horowitz | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Guest discusses political prosecutions on a 2023 political commentary show, but the linked Israeli sociologist died in 1991, so a namesake. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Ivascyn chief investment officer · Pimco | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Investment Officer at Pimco, investment manager. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Ives Managing Director and Global Head of Technology Research · Wedbush Securities | Selected | Economist or consultant | Managing Director Global Head Technology Research Wedbush Securities. | 14 | 35 |
| Dan Jones historiador británico | Selected | Commentator | British historian, author of biography of Henry V. | 12 | 48 |
| Dan Korn | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan LaRosa Director of Corporate Retirement Plans · Ritholtz Wealth Management | Selected | Economist or consultant | Director of Corporate Retirement Plans at Ritholtz Wealth Management. | 1 | 2 |
| Dan Levy | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Mandis guest-host · WTN/Nashville | Excluded | Journalist | Host of talk show on WTN Nashville. | 1 | 6 |
| Dan Mapes | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Dan Martell | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Entrepreneur and investor (AI Strategies in Business), no 6-role match. | 1 | 1 |