Screening of candidates
Only guests who fit one of the 6 roles of the Atrium spec are kept.
Guests identified28,587
Excluded19,870
Selected8,717
Selected by role
AcademicNamed position at a university or research institution4,352Think tankNamed position at a think tank or public policy institute735Former officialHeld a position in a public authority: ministry, regulator, central bank, parliament534LawyerPractices law, in a firm, in-house or at the bar253Economist or consultantEconomist, analyst or adviser, in a firm or independent867CommentatorAnalyzes current affairs or ideas for the general public: columnist, essayist1,976
Why the others are excluded
People
27,729 people
| Person | Decision | Role or reason | Why | Podcasts | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley Whitford acteur | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brady Allen Kruse Master of Public Policy student · Duke University | Selected | Academic | Master of Public Policy student Duke University. | 1 | 1 |
| Bram Cisse co-founder · Capisoft | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of Capisoft, company founder. | 1 | 1 |
| Bram de Ridder Psychiater, docent · ISVW | Selected | Academic | Psychiatrist lecturer at ISVW, teacher. | 1 | 1 |
| Bram Mellink Historicus en kenner van de sociaaldemocratie | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bram Mullenders | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Bram Nauta hoogleraar chipontwerp | Selected | Academic | Professor of chip design. | 1 | 1 |
| Bram Sizoo bijzonder hoogleraar Klinische Psychologie van Radicalisering · Universiteit van Amsterdam | Selected | Academic | Associate professor at University of Amsterdam. | 1 | 1 |
| Bram Vandenbroeck manager | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bram Verbruggen Weerman | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bram Vervliet prof. dr. · KU Leuven | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr. KU Leuven. | 1 | 1 |
| Branden Hudson owner of SBY MMA and Fitness · SBY MMA and Fitness | Excluded | Business executive | Owner of SBY MMA and Fitness. | 1 | 1 |
| Brandon Hodge historian and planchette collector | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Brandon Johnson Mayor-elect · Chicago | Excluded | Serving politician | Mayor-elect Chicago Brandon Johnson, politician. | 1 | 1 |
| Brandon Mitchell medic | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brandon Pezely A&M Consumer and Retail Group | Selected | Economist or consultant | A&M Consumer and Retail Group, consulting firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Brandon Rooks CEO · Rockstar Capital Group | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Rockstar Capital Group. | 1 | 1 |
| Brandon Van Grack Contributing Editor · Lawfare | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brandon Warren Barcode Group | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Brandon Zick Chief Investment Officer · Ceres Farmland Fund (now part of Wisdom Tree) | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Investment Officer at Ceres Farmland Fund. | 1 | 1 |
| Brankele Frank stratégie consultant | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Branko Marcetic | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Braulio García Jaén Periodista · EL PAÍS | Selected | Commentator | Ideas supplement journalist at EL PAIS. | 1 | 1 |
| Braxton McCoy veteran, rancher, public lands advocate | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brecht Van de Vyvere | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Bregje Deben auteur | Selected | Commentator | Author of nonfiction book on the price of coffee. | 1 | 1 |
| Bregje Hofstede Schrijver | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Author of novel Oersoep, fiction author. | 1 | 1 |
| Brenda Donohue Woman in the Wild | Excluded | Journalist | Radio and television presenter according to Wikidata, host not commentator. | 1 | 1 |
| Brenda Lodigiani | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brenda Mathijsen Onderzoeker | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Brenda Stevenson | Selected | Academic | Professor of History at UCLA. | 1 | 1 |
| Brendan Burchell Professor · University of Cambridge | Selected | Academic | Professor, University of Cambridge. | 1 | 1 |
| Brendan Farrell | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brendan Hartnett | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brendan Hunt co-creator, writer, and star of Ted Lasso · Apple News Original | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brendan Kane Managing Partner at Hook Point · Hook Point | Selected | Economist or consultant | Managing Partner Hook Point, consulting firm. | 1 | 1 |
| Brendan Ogle activist and trade unionist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Activist and trade unionist, organization activist. | 1 | 1 |
| Brent Bozell Media Research Center | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brent Buchanan pollster | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Pollster, not an economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Brent Friedman creator | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Screenwriter, audiovisual creator, undefined role. | 1 | 1 |
| Brent Johnson | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Brent Neiman Edward Eagle Brown Professor of Economics · University of Chicago's Booth School of Business | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics at the University of Chicago. | 1 | 1 |
| Bret Taylor current chairman of OpenAI · OpenAI | Excluded | Business executive | Current president of OpenAI. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Adcock Founder & CEO · Figure | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Figure. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Anderson reporter for New York Times Food and Cooking · New York Times | Excluded | Journalist | Food reporter New York Times | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Benson Associate Professor of Political Science · Vanderbilt University | Selected | Academic | Associate professor of political science at Vanderbilt. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Connellan | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Eagleson | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Favre Hall of Fame quarterback | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Finlay microbiologist | Selected | Academic | Microbiologist university teacher at University of British Columbia. | 1 | 1 |