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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Alandete corresponsal | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent Washington. | 1 | 2 |
| David Albright president · Institute for Science and International Security | Selected | Think tank | President of international science security institute. | 4 | 5 |
| David Alemán periodista | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Journalist journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| David Amsellem spécialiste | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| David Andrews co-CEO · Gryphon Investors | Excluded | Business executive | Co-CEO at Gryphon Investors. | 1 | 1 |
| David Annotel Lieutenant-colonel · Fédération nationale des sapeurs-pompiers de France | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Lieutenant-Colonel firefighters federation. | 1 | 1 |
| David Arrowsmith author | Selected | Commentator | Author. | 1 | 1 |
| David Austin Walsh historian and author | Selected | Commentator | Historian and author. | 1 | 1 |
| David Autor economist · MIT | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at MIT. | 5 | 5 |
| David Baddiel Comedian | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 3 | 3 |
| David Bather Woods author | Selected | Commentator | Author. | 2 | 2 |
| David Baumgartner Gründer · Dean & David | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Dean & David restaurant. | 1 | 1 |
| David Beauchemin | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Beckham soccer star | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Beers former head of sovereign credit ratings · S&P | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Former head of sovereign credit at S&P. | 1 | 1 |
| David Bell | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (non) : Guest of a pop-history show on Saudi Arabia and US conservatism, while the linked profile is a historian of France, so likely a namesake. | 1 | 2 |
| David Berger Publizist und Theologe · philosophia perennis | Selected | Commentator | Publicist and theologian. | 1 | 3 |
| David Bernstein law professor | Selected | Lawyer | Law professor. | 2 | 2 |
| David Bigdong director | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Blair chief foreign affairs commentator · The Telegraph | Selected | Commentator | Chief foreign affairs commentator at Telegraph. | 3 | 8 |
| David Blanchflower professor of economics · Dartmouth College | Selected | Economist or consultant | Professor of economics, Dartmouth. | 1 | 1 |
| David Bolchover | Selected | Commentator | British writer. | 1 | 1 |
| David Booth founder of Dimensional Fund Advisors · Dimensional Fund Advisors | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Dimensional Fund Advisors. | 1 | 1 |
| David Botello divulgador | Selected | Commentator | Science communicator and history program director. | 3 | 6 |
| David Bozell President · Media Research Company | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | President of Media Research Company. | 1 | 1 |
| David Brooks New York Times columnist · New York Times | Selected | Commentator | New York Times columnist. | 11 | 14 |
| David Brophy Conductor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Brown A&M Consumer and Retail Group | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Bruce Chief Business Officer · Sunderland | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Business Officer at Sunderland. | 1 | 1 |
| David Brucklacher | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Byrne musician, author and iconic frontman of Talking Heads | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David C. Barnett expert en acquisition | Excluded | Business executive | Expert in acquisitions. | 1 | 1 |
| David Campbell-Bannerman former Tory MEP | Selected | Former official | Former Tory MEP, Brexit minister. | 1 | 1 |
| David Carpenter | Selected | Academic | Medieval historian, biographer of Henry III. | 2 | 4 |
| David Cerdá economista, doctor en filosofía · ESIC | Selected | Academic | Economist and philosophy doctor at ESIC. | 2 | 4 |
| David Chambille Directeur de la photographie | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Director of photography. | 1 | 1 |
| David Charter journalist · Times of London | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist Times of London. | 1 | 1 |
| David Chazan Paris correspondent · The Times | Excluded | Journalist | Paris correspondent, The Times. | 1 | 1 |
| David Commins professor of history · Dickinson College | Selected | Academic | Professor of history at Dickinson College. | 1 | 1 |
| David Corn Author | Selected | Commentator | Author of American Psychosis. | 3 | 6 |
| David Costarrosa | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| David Cregg clinical psychologist · South Texas Veterans Health Care System | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Clinical psychologist, not university. | 1 | 1 |
| David Criekemans hoogleraar internationale politiek | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 2 |
| David Davis former Brexit minister | Excluded | Serving politician | British member of Parliament in office. | 2 | 2 |
| David Dayen | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Interviewed on US politics shows; the American journalist profile fits, but no organization or specific field links them. | 2 | 2 |
| David De Cremer professor · National University of Singapore Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor at National University of Singapore Business School. | 2 | 2 |
| David de Jong correspondent in het Midden-Oosten · Het Financieele Dagblad | Excluded | Journalist | Middle East correspondent for FD. | 1 | 2 |
| David de la Croix economist · CEPR | Selected | Think tank | Economist at CEPR, think tank. | 1 | 1 |
| David Defendi scénariste et entrepreneur · Genario | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Screenwriter and entrepreneur at Genario. | 1 | 1 |
| David Dehenauw weerman · HLN | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 2 | 5 |