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
27,729 people
| Person | Decision | Role or reason | Why | Podcasts | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Beutler author | Selected | Commentator | Political columnist, author of Off Message newsletter. | 7 | 9 |
| Julia Angwin investigative journalist | Selected | Commentator | Investigative journalist. | 7 | 9 |
| Sebastian Junger author | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction. | 7 | 9 |
| Tyler Austin Harper | Selected | Academic | University teacher and literary scholar at Bates College. | 7 | 9 |
| Vali Nasr Professor at Johns Hopkins-SAIS · Johns Hopkins-SAIS | Selected | Academic | Professor, Johns Hopkins-SAIS, university faculty. | 7 | 9 |
| Nicola Sturgeon former First Minister · Écosse | Selected | Former official | Former First Minister of Scotland. | 7 | 8 |
| Brian Cox physicist, professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of physics at Columbia, author and science communicator. | 7 | 8 |
| Angela Merkel Ex-Bundeskanzlerin | Selected | Former official | Former German Chancellor. | 7 | 8 |
| Eva Asselmann Psychologieprofessorin · HMU Health and Medical University | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology, HMU. | 7 | 8 |
| Susan Rice ancienne ambassadrice · ONU | Selected | Former official | Former UN Ambassador and National Security Adviser. | 7 | 8 |
| Amy Webb futurist and CEO of the Future Today Strategy Group · Future Today Strategy Group | Selected | Commentator | Futurist strategist and author. | 7 | 8 |
| Andreas Krieg military expert · King's College | Selected | Academic | Military expert at King's College, university affiliation. | 7 | 8 |
| Bernhard Pörksen Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaftler | Selected | Academic | Professor Universität Tübingen, university teacher. | 7 | 8 |
| Charles Moore biographer | Selected | Commentator | Columnist and Margaret Thatcher biographer. | 7 | 8 |
| Daniel Immerwahr auteur | Selected | Commentator | Author of How To Hide An Empire, non-fiction book. | 7 | 8 |
| David Goodhart | Selected | Commentator | Editorialist journalist at Financial Times. | 7 | 8 |
| Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett Professor of Psychology | Selected | Academic | Professor of Psychology, explicit academic title. | 7 | 8 |
| Hendrik Vos Hoogleraar politicologie | Selected | Academic | Professor of political science. | 7 | 8 |
| Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk Historiker | Selected | Commentator | Historian, German writer. | 7 | 8 |
| Jay Van Bavel professor · NYU | Selected | Academic | Professor at NYU. | 7 | 8 |
| Jung Chang Auteure | Selected | Commentator | Author of Wild Swans, nonfiction historical book. | 7 | 8 |
| Rebecca Boyle auteur | Selected | Commentator | Author of Our Moon: A Human History. | 7 | 8 |
| Sebastian Kurz ehemaliger österreichischer Bundeskanzler | Selected | Former official | Former Federal Chancellor of Austria. | 7 | 8 |
| Adam Galinsky professeur · Columbia University | Selected | Academic | Professor, Columbia Business School. | 7 | 7 |
| Luis Elizondo former U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent · Pentagon | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent. | 7 | 7 |
| Adam Mastroianni social psychologist | Selected | Commentator | Social psychologist, essayist and author of analysis newsletter. | 7 | 7 |
| Carsten Brzeski global head of macro at ING Think · ING Think | Selected | Economist or consultant | Global head of macro at ING Think, macro analyst. | 7 | 7 |
| Danny Shaw senior fellow - and former BBC home affairs correspondent · Institute for Government | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow Institute for Government. | 7 | 7 |
| Helen Castor historian and author | Selected | Commentator | Historian and author Helen Castor. | 7 | 7 |
| Hélène Landemore Professor of Political Science · Yale University | Selected | Academic | Professor of Political Science, Yale University. | 7 | 7 |
| Alvin Roth professor · Stanford University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Stanford University, Nobel economist. | 7 | 7 |
| Andrew McAfee principal research scientist · MIT | Selected | Academic | Principal research scientist at MIT. | 7 | 7 |
| Angela Stent Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor, explicit academic title. | 7 | 7 |
| Kai Bird Pulitzer prize-winning biographer | Selected | Commentator | Biographer, Pulitzer Prize winner. | 7 | 7 |
| Liz Oyer Former Pardon Attorney | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. Pardon Attorney. | 7 | 7 |
| Malcolm Turnbull former Prime Minister of Australia | Selected | Former official | Former Prime Minister of Australia. | 7 | 7 |
| Nick Gillespie editor-at-large · Reason | Selected | Commentator | Editor-at-large at Reason magazine. | 7 | 7 |
| Pablo Melchor author | Selected | Commentator | Author of the book Altruismo racional (nonfiction). | 7 | 7 |
| Susana Peralta | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at Nova School of Business and Economics. | 7 | 7 |
| Sven Beckert historian · Harvard | Selected | Academic | Historian at Harvard. | 7 | 7 |
| Timothy Garton Ash Professor | Selected | Academic | Professor Timothy Garton Ash. | 7 | 7 |
| Yuval Levin political theorist, director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies · American Enterprise Institute | Selected | Think tank | Political theorist, director at American Enterprise Institute think tank. | 7 | 7 |
| David Rothkopf expert politique · The DSR Network | Selected | Commentator | Political expert, podcast analysis host. | 6 | 238 |
| Daniel Oliveira comentador · SIC Notícias | Selected | Commentator | Commentator on SIC Notícias and Expresso, analyst. | 6 | 183 |
| Pedro Marques Lopes comentador · SIC | Selected | Commentator | Commentator and political columnist. | 6 | 125 |
| Helene Bubrowski Politik-Redakteurin · F.A.Z. | Selected | Commentator | Politics editor at F.A.Z. | 6 | 100 |
| Ad Verbrugge filosoof, schrijver, hoogleraar · Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Philosophy professor at VU Amsterdam. | 6 | 85 |
| Patrick Maguire Chief Political Commentator · The Times | Selected | Commentator | Chief Political Commentator and columnist. | 6 | 78 |
| Larry Donnelly law lecturer · University of Galway | Selected | Academic | Law lecturer at University of Galway. | 6 | 64 |
| Marc Polymeropoulos CIA leader · CIA | Selected | Former official | Retired CIA officer, former public official. | 6 | 63 |