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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Watts historian | Selected | Academic | Historian, professor, author of Mortal Republic. | 5 | 6 |
| Fernando Díaz Villanueva periodista, divulgador histórico · Vozpópuli | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and historical commentator, analyst/journalist. | 5 | 6 |
| Franziska Davies Osteuropa-Expertin und Historikerin · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Selected | Academic | Historian at Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich. | 5 | 6 |
| Heike Specht Dr. · Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften | Selected | Academic | Dr. at Bavarian Academy of Sciences. | 5 | 6 |
| James Comey former FBI director · FBI | Selected | Former official | Former FBI director. | 5 | 6 |
| Jim Grant founder and editor · Grant's Interest Rate Observer | Selected | Economist or consultant | Founder and editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer. | 5 | 6 |
| John Martinis Nobel Prize in Physics Winner | Selected | Academic | Physicist at UC Santa Barbara. | 5 | 6 |
| Julia Ravanis teknikhistorikern | Selected | Academic | Doctoral student at Chalmers University of Technology. | 5 | 6 |
| Kiko Llaneras experto en datos y encuestas · EL PAIS | Selected | Commentator | Survey data expert at EL PAIS, analyst. | 5 | 6 |
| Kim Wehle professor of law and former assistant U.S. attorney | Selected | Academic | Professor of law, former assistant attorney. | 5 | 6 |
| Liz Cheney Vice Chair · January 6th select committee | Selected | Former official | Former Congresswoman, committee now dissolved. | 5 | 6 |
| Lue Elizondo former AATIP (Gov't UFO program) director | Selected | Former official | Former AATIP director, government program. | 5 | 6 |
| Matthew Desmond Princeton sociologist, Pulitzer Prize-winning author · Princeton University | Selected | Academic | Princeton sociologist, Pulitzer Prize-winning author. | 5 | 6 |
| Nadine Dorries former Tory cabinet minister | Selected | Former official | Former Conservative cabinet minister. | 5 | 6 |
| Nicholas Kristof NYT columnist · New York Times | Selected | Commentator | Columnist at New York Times. | 5 | 6 |
| Olga Khazan author | Selected | Commentator | Author of Me, But Better, scientific nonfiction. | 5 | 6 |
| Saul Perlmutter Physiknobelpreisträger | Selected | Academic | Physics Nobel laureate, Berkeley professor. | 5 | 6 |
| Steije Hofhuis docent cultuurgeschiedenis en postdoctoraal onderzoeker · Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin | Selected | Academic | Docent in cultural history at Wissenschaftszentrum. | 5 | 6 |
| Stephon Alexander theoretical physicist · Brown University | Selected | Academic | Theoretical physicist at Brown University. | 5 | 6 |
| Susan Cain auteur | Selected | Commentator | Author Quiet. Primary activity non-fiction writing. | 5 | 6 |
| Tareq Baconi Board President · Al-Shabaka | Selected | Think tank | Board president of Al-Shabaka (Palestinian think tank). | 5 | 6 |
| Tim Weiner auteur | Selected | Commentator | Author of history and non-fiction books. | 5 | 6 |
| Tom Standage deputy editor · The Economist | Selected | Commentator | Deputy editor The Economist, analysis. | 5 | 6 |
| Vanessa Bohns psychologist | Selected | Academic | Professor of Organizational Psychology at Cornell University. | 5 | 6 |
| Vincent Bevins author | Selected | Commentator | Author of analysis book 'If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade'. | 5 | 6 |
| William Bernstein | Selected | Economist or consultant | American financial writer and economist on asset allocation. | 5 | 6 |
| Jimmy Wales co-founder · Wikipedia | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of Wikipedia, startup founder. | 5 | 5 |
| Nigel Farage honorary president · Reform UK | Excluded | Serving politician | Leader and Parliament member, politician in office. | 5 | 5 |
| Volodymyr Zelensky President · Ukraine | Excluded | Serving politician | President of Ukraine in office. | 5 | 5 |
| Wes Streeting health secretary · UK Government | Excluded | Serving politician | Health Secretary, UK Government, currently in office. | 5 | 5 |
| Christiane Vejlø tech-analytiker · Dataetisk Råd | Selected | Commentator | Tech analyst analyzing future trends. | 5 | 5 |
| Mark Miodownik Professor of Materials and Society · University College London | Selected | Academic | Professor of Materials and Society at University College London. | 5 | 5 |
| Rasmus Sinding Søndergaard seniorforsker · DIIS | Selected | Think tank | Senior Researcher at DIIS. | 5 | 5 |
| Sonja Lyubomirsky psychologist | Selected | Academic | Professor of Psychology at University of California, Riverside. | 5 | 5 |
| Antony Beevor author | Selected | Commentator | Author of the definitive book on the Battle of Stalingrad. | 5 | 5 |
| Borja Vilaseca expert en développement personnel | Selected | Commentator | Writer, speaker, personal development expert. | 5 | 5 |
| David Autor economist · MIT | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at MIT. | 5 | 5 |
| Emily Wilson traductrice, classiciste | Selected | Academic | Classicist and translator, university professor. | 5 | 5 |
| Helen Czerski physicist and oceanographer · University College London | Selected | Academic | Associate Professor Mechanical Engineering UCL. | 5 | 5 |
| João Miguel Tavares cronista · PÚBLICO | Selected | Commentator | Columnist PÚBLICO. | 5 | 5 |
| Jöel Broekaert culinair schrijver | Selected | Commentator | Writer and food critic. | 5 | 5 |
| Kenneth Roth former longtime executive director · Human Rights Watch | Selected | Former official | Former executive director of Human Rights Watch. | 5 | 5 |
| Lode Lauwaert filosoof aan de KU Leuven · KU Leuven | Selected | Academic | Philosopher at KU Leuven. | 5 | 5 |
| Mark Leonard director · ECFR | Selected | Think tank | Director of European Council on Foreign Relations think tank. | 5 | 5 |
| Patrice Geoffron Professeur d'économie · Université Paris-Dauphine | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics at University Paris-Dauphine. | 5 | 5 |
| Paul Nurse director · Francis Crick Institute | Selected | Academic | Director of Francis Crick Institute. | 5 | 5 |
| Robert Lustig Dr. · UCSF | Selected | Academic | Endocrinologist at UCSF. | 5 | 5 |
| Sara Seager astrophysicist · MIT | Selected | Academic | Planetary scientist, MIT. | 5 | 5 |
| Thomas Curran psychologist | Selected | Academic | Psychologist at London School of Economics. | 5 | 5 |
| Álvaro de María autor de La filosofía Bitcoin | Selected | Commentator | Author of La filosofía Bitcoin, nonfiction book. | 5 | 5 |