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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Törnquist-Plewa professor · Lunds universitet | Selected | Academic | Professor at Lund University. | 1 | 3 |
| Bryan Lanza Former senior advisor · Donald Trump | Selected | Former official | Former senior advisor to Donald Trump. | 1 | 3 |
| Claire Gantet professeur d'histoire moderne · université de Fribourg | Selected | Academic | Professor of Modern History at University of Fribourg. | 1 | 3 |
| Coen Elemans Biolog og forsker i stemmeproduktion | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Voice-production biologist and professor; the profile is a bare researcher with no field, so nothing precise confirms the link. | 1 | 3 |
| Dan Haile Senior Economist · Institute for Government | Selected | Think tank | Senior Economist Institute for Government (think tank). | 1 | 3 |
| Daria Zielinska Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich | Selected | Think tank | Center for Eastern Studies, research institute. | 1 | 3 |
| David Deming economist · Harvard | Selected | Academic | Economist at Harvard. | 1 | 3 |
| Denis Lafay directeur du pôle Idées · La Tribune | Selected | Commentator | Director of ideas section at La Tribune. | 1 | 3 |
| Diana Parra professor · Washington University in St. Louis | Selected | Academic | Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. | 1 | 3 |
| Dr. Robert Person Associate Professor of International Relations · United States Military Academy at West Point | Selected | Academic | Associate professor of international relations at West Point. | 1 | 3 |
| Elena Bacchin | Selected | Academic | Researcher at University of Padua. | 1 | 3 |
| Eugene Volokh senior fellow · Stanford University's Hoover Institution | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow Hoover Stanford. | 1 | 3 |
| Fabien Conord professeur d'histoire contemporaine · université Clermont Auvergne | Selected | Academic | Professor of history at Clermont Auvergne University. | 1 | 3 |
| François Houdecek spécialiste des questions militaires · Fondation Napoléon | Selected | Think tank | Military specialist at Napoleon Foundation. | 1 | 3 |
| Friis Arne Petersen Former director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former Danish ambassador in Washington · Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Selected | Former official | Former director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. | 1 | 3 |
| Gerhard Haszprunar Professor em. für Zoologie · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Selected | Academic | Emeritus Professor of Zoology at Ludwig Maximilian University. | 1 | 3 |
| Gideon Koekoek Natuurkundige · Universiteit Maastricht | Selected | Academic | Physicist at Maastricht University. | 1 | 3 |
| Gijs Schumacher politicoloog en directeur van het Hot Politics Lab | Selected | Academic | Political scientist and director of Hot Politics Lab. | 1 | 3 |
| Giovanni Tria economista | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist. | 1 | 3 |
| Iaroslav Lebedynsky historien · INALCO | Selected | Academic | Historian teaching at INALCO. | 1 | 3 |
| Jarosław Urbaniak KO | Selected | Former official | Member of the Sejm (until 2024). | 1 | 3 |
| Jennifer Chacón immigration law expert · Stanford Law School | Selected | Academic | Immigration law expert at Stanford Law School. | 1 | 3 |
| Jim Fitzgerald former FBI agent · FBI | Selected | Former official | Former FBI agent. | 1 | 3 |
| Johannes C. Bockenheimer | Selected | Commentator | Economic journalist, economic analyst. | 1 | 3 |
| John Foley Lex editor · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | Lex editor at Financial Times. | 1 | 3 |
| John Keller former Chief of the Public Integrity Section · Department of Justice | Selected | Former official | Former Chief of Public Integrity Section at DOJ. | 1 | 3 |
| Julien Rochedy Ancien homme politique, essayiste et éditeur | Selected | Commentator et Former official | Essayist editor, former politician. | 1 | 3 |
| Laborinho Lúcio escritor | Selected | Former official | Former Justice Minister and judge, now writer. | 1 | 3 |
| Laura Kayali defense expert · POLITICO | Selected | Commentator | Defence expert POLITICO. | 1 | 3 |
| Laurent Theis historien | Selected | Commentator | French historian, analyst of public debates. | 1 | 3 |
| Laurenz Malte Nienaber analyste boursier | Selected | Economist or consultant | Stock analyst. | 1 | 3 |
| Marc Lambrechts journaliste économique et chroniqueur financier · L'Echo | Selected | Commentator | Financial columnist at L'Echo. | 1 | 3 |
| Marcin Socha dr · Ośrodka Spraw Azjatyckich Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego | Selected | Academic | Doctor affiliated with university Asian Studies Center. | 1 | 3 |
| Martin Lindstrom | Selected | Commentator | New York Times bestselling author. | 1 | 3 |
| Michael Ferguson Dr. · Harvard Neurospirituality Research Lab | Selected | Academic | Dr., Harvard Neurospirituality Research Lab. | 1 | 3 |
| Michał Skwarzyński Prawnik | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer, lawyer. | 1 | 3 |
| Mireille Hadas-Lebel professeur émérite à la Sorbonne · Sorbonne | Selected | Academic | Emeritus Professor at the Sorbonne. | 1 | 3 |
| Mário Marques climatologiste · Planoclima | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Guest is a climatologist and Planoclima founder; the profile is only an ORCID researcher at the University of Porto with no stated field. | 1 | 3 |
| Narjes Bahhar journaliste et experte du rap français | Selected | Commentator | French rap critic. | 1 | 3 |
| Natasha Hodgson Dr. | Selected | Academic | Medieval historian, university lecturer. | 1 | 3 |
| Ole Gjems-Onstad professor emeritus · BI, Universitetet i Oslo | Selected | Academic | Professor emeritus at University of Oslo and BI. | 1 | 3 |
| Olivier Pérou grand reporter au service Politique · L'Express | Selected | Commentator | Politics service senior reporter at L'Express. | 1 | 3 |
| Paul Kessler Rechtsanwalt | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer. | 1 | 3 |
| Pedro Bingre do Amaral professor · Escola Superior Agrária do Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra | Selected | Academic | Professor at higher education school. | 1 | 3 |
| Per Palmström juriste et rédacteur · Evida | Selected | Lawyer | Jurist and editor. | 1 | 3 |
| Peter Eeckhout Archéologue et historien de l'art · Université libre de Bruxelles | Selected | Academic | Archaeologist and art historian at Free University of Brussels. | 1 | 3 |
| Przemysław Sadura prof. · UW | Selected | Academic | Prof. at UW (University of Warsaw). | 1 | 3 |
| Rebecca Doherty partner · McKinsey & Company | Selected | Economist or consultant | Partner at McKinsey & Company. | 1 | 3 |
| Ricardo Hausmann professor · Harvard Kennedy School | Selected | Academic | Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School. | 1 | 3 |
| Sandra Adams social commentator | Selected | Commentator | Social commentator, main activity analysis. | 1 | 3 |