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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Flakoll Bloomberg | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Political expert at Bloomberg, vague role. | 1 | 1 |
| Derya Incedursun Nordea | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position at Nordea not specified. | 1 | 1 |
| Des Traynor co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer · Intercom | Excluded | Business executive | Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Intercom. | 1 | 1 |
| Désanne van Brederode schrijver en filosoof | Selected | Commentator | Writer and philosopher. | 2 | 2 |
| Desidério Murcho Professor de filosofia | Selected | Academic | Professor of philosophy. | 2 | 2 |
| Desiree Fixler senior executive · Deutsche Bank | Excluded | Business executive | Senior executive at Deutsche Bank. | 1 | 1 |
| Desiree Tims Innovation Ohio | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Politician, currently in office (Ohio state representative). | 1 | 1 |
| Desmond Dinan Jean Monnet Professor · George Mason School of Public Policy | Selected | Academic | Jean Monnet Professor at George Mason. | 1 | 1 |
| Desmond O'Neill special agent · US Secret Service | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Special agent Secret Service. | 1 | 1 |
| Desmond Shum tycoon | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Desy Forato | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Detlef D. Soost | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 2 |
| Detlef Haberland Professor Dr. | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Only announced as Professor Dr. in a Kaempfer Japan episode; the Germanist profile shows no link to the topic, and namesakes exist. | 1 | 1 |
| Detlef Jantzen Dr. arkeolog | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Archaeologist in state service. | 1 | 1 |
| Detlef Pollack Religionssoziologe · Universität Münster | Selected | Academic | Sociologist of religions at Universität Münster. | 1 | 1 |
| Dev Ittycheria CEO of MongoDB · MongoDB | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of MongoDB. | 1 | 1 |
| Devi Boerema correspondent · NRC | Excluded | Journalist | Correspondent. | 2 | 2 |
| Deviant Ollam physical penetration specialist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Cybersecurity specialist. | 1 | 1 |
| Devin Goure scholar | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Devin Nunes CEO · Truth Social | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Truth Social. | 2 | 2 |
| Devin O'Connor senior fellow · Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | Selected | Think tank | Senior Fellow at Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. | 1 | 1 |
| Devina Gupta BBC | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at BBC Delhi office. | 1 | 1 |
| Devindra Hardawar editor · Engadget | Excluded | Journalist | Engadget editor. | 1 | 1 |
| Devon Ryan Johnson investor and entrepreneur | Excluded | Business executive | Investor and entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Dharshini David chief economics correspondent · BBC News | Selected | Commentator | Chief Economics correspondent at BBC, economic analyst. | 2 | 8 |
| Diamant Salihu famous Swedish journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Famous Swedish journalist, journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Diamantis Koukouvinos grundare · Doctor Diamantis | Excluded | Business executive | Founder of Doctor Diamantis. | 1 | 2 |
| Diamond Dallas Page Wrestling Legend | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Buttu Palestinian scholar | Selected | Academic | Jurist affiliated with Birzeit University. | 5 | 7 |
| Diana Cucuz Dr | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Deutsch emeritus professor · University of California, San Diego | Selected | Academic | Emeritus Professor at UC San Diego. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Díaz experta en salud y bienestar | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Position not specified in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Evans | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Female novelist. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Filippova essayiste et romancière | Selected | Commentator | Essayist and novelist. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Krieger ceo · Soverin | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Soverin. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Morant ministra de Ciencia e Innovación · Gobierno de España | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Science Spain in office. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Parra professor · Washington University in St. Louis | Selected | Academic | Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. | 1 | 3 |
| Diana Pasulka professor of religious studies · University of North Carolina Wilmington | Selected | Academic | Professor of Religious Studies at UNC Wilmington. | 6 | 8 |
| Diana Scherer kunstenaar | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Soller investigadora · Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais da Universidade Nova de Lisbia | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Portuguese university institute. | 2 | 6 |
| Diana Svennevig | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Diana Villegas Maîtresse de conférences en droit privé et sciences criminelles · Université Panthéon-Assas | Selected | Academic | Senior lecturer at University Pantheon-Assas. | 1 | 1 |
| Diane Bernard professeure · UCLouvain Saint-Louis | Selected | Academic | Professor at UCLouvain Saint-Louis. | 1 | 1 |
| Diane Davis Diversity & Inclusion Champion · Minority Recognition Awards NI | Excluded | Business executive | Diversity and inclusion director. | 1 | 1 |
| Diane Mazloum Ecrivaine | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Female novelist. | 1 | 1 |
| Diane Morgan actress | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Diane Tempel Sprecherin · Volksbund | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Diarmaid Ferriter author | Selected | Commentator | Author of history book. | 4 | 5 |
| Dick Berlijn voormalig Commandant der Strijdkrachten | Selected | Former official | Former commander of armed forces. | 6 | 8 |
| Dick Harrison historiker · Lunds universitet | Selected | Academic | Professor of history at Lunds universitet. | 9 | 26 |