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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boris Johnson former PM · The Spectator | Selected | Former official | Former Prime Minister. | 15 | 18 |
| Tommy Vietor co-host of Pod Save America, Pod Save the World, and the former National Security Council spokesperson under President Obama · Pod Save America | Selected | Commentator | Co-host of Pod Save America, former NSC spokesman. | 15 | 37 |
| Fareed Zakaria CNN political correspondent, author · CNN | Selected | Commentator | Geopolitics analyst, CNN host, book author. | 15 | 22 |
| Robin Wigglesworth redaktør · Financial Times | Selected | Commentator | FT Alphaville editor, financial analyst. | 15 | 45 |
| Ben Rhodes | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator at White House, Wikidata political adviser. | 15 | 22 |
| Luke Gromen Financial analyst · FFTT LLC | Selected | Economist or consultant | Financial analyst macro mind, FFTT LLC. | 15 | 46 |
| Ethan Mollick Wharton professor · Wharton | Selected | Academic | Professor Wharton. | 15 | 17 |
| George Monbiot writer and environmental activist | Selected | Commentator | Writer and Environmental Activist. | 15 | 19 |
| Robert Habeck ministre | Selected | Former official | Former German Vice Chancellor. | 15 | 18 |
| Justin Wolfers professor of public policy and economics · University of Michigan | Selected | Academic | Professor of political economy, University of Michigan. | 15 | 42 |
| Heather Mac Donald author | Selected | Think tank | Political commentator at Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. | 15 | 43 |
| Arthur C. Brooks professor · Harvard | Selected | Academic | Professor, Harvard University. | 15 | 18 |
| David Remnick Editor · The New Yorker | Selected | Commentator | Editor-in-Chief of New Yorker. | 15 | 102 |
| Mary Beard Professor Dame | Selected | Academic | Professor Dame, academic title. | 15 | 18 |
| Robert Greene American author | Selected | Commentator | Author and essayist on strategy and power. | 15 | 19 |
| Rory Sutherland | Selected | Commentator | Columnist and opinion journalist. | 15 | 22 |
| Mark Galeotti historian and Russia-watcher · RUSI | Selected | Academic | Honorary professor at UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies. | 14 | 28 |
| Alan Dershowitz author · Harvard Law School | Selected | Academic | Professor emeritus, Harvard Law School and attorney. | 14 | 97 |
| Albrecht von Lucke Politikwissenschaftler · Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik | Selected | Commentator | Political scientist and publicist analyzing current events. | 14 | 35 |
| Ed Conway economics editor · Sky News | Selected | Commentator | Economics editor at Sky News, economic analyst. | 14 | 38 |
| Gabriel Felbermayr WIFO-Chef · WIFO | Selected | Academic | Prof. Economist and economic adviser, explicit title. | 14 | 19 |
| Peter Schweizer author · The Drill Down | Selected | Commentator | Author and host of The Drill Down (analyst and investigator). | 14 | 66 |
| Brian Stelter reporter · CNN | Selected | Commentator | Media reporter CNN | 14 | 20 |
| Chris Voss former Lead FBI Negotiator · Black Swan Group | Selected | Former official | Former Lead FBI Negotiator. | 14 | 16 |
| David Frum Bloomberg Opinion · The Atlantic | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for Bloomberg and The Atlantic. | 14 | 30 |
| Helen Lewis Staff Writer · Atlantic magazine | Selected | Commentator | Staff Writer · Atlantic magazine. | 14 | 22 |
| Jean-Marc Jancovici The Shift Project, Carbone4 | Selected | Think tank | Associate at Shift Project and Carbone4. | 14 | 26 |
| Matt Abrahams lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business · Stanford Graduate School of Business | Selected | Academic | Lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business. | 14 | 90 |
| Roman Reher Bitcoin-Stratege und Analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | Analyst and independent Bitcoin strategist. | 14 | 21 |
| Susan Glasser columnist · The New Yorker | Selected | Commentator | Columnist and writer for The New Yorker. | 14 | 44 |
| Venki Ramakrishnan Microbiologist | Selected | Academic | Molecular biologist, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge. | 14 | 18 |
| Simon Sinek auteur | Selected | Commentator | Bestselling author of leadership analysis. | 14 | 24 |
| Trita Parsi | Selected | Think tank | Executive Vice-President of Quincy Institute. | 14 | 42 |
| Candace Owens | Selected | Commentator | Political commentator, analyst at Turning Point USA and Blaze Media. | 14 | 193 |
| Dan Ives Managing Director and Global Head of Technology Research · Wedbush Securities | Selected | Economist or consultant | Managing Director Global Head Technology Research Wedbush Securities. | 14 | 35 |
| Dmitri Alperovitch Silverado Policy Accelerator | Selected | Think tank | Silverado Policy Accelerator (think tank). | 14 | 23 |
| Grace Blakeley | Selected | Think tank | Economist and political analyst at IPPR. | 14 | 20 |
| Maggie Haberman authors | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and political historian, author of analytical non-fiction. | 14 | 19 |
| Scott Jennings CNN | Selected | Commentator | Political pundit, conservative political commentator. | 14 | 29 |
| Maurice Höfgen Finanzexperte | Selected | Economist or consultant | Finance expert, economist, economic expert. | 13 | 500 |
| Gerald Knaus Migrationsexperte · ESI | Selected | Think tank | Political scientist at ESI. | 13 | 18 |
| Andrew Weissmann former Mueller prosecutor | Selected | Former official | Former Mueller investigation prosecutor. | 13 | 41 |
| Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook Senior Advisorin · Bertelsmann Stiftung | Selected | Think tank | Political scientist at Bertelsmann Stiftung. | 13 | 19 |
| Dacher Keltner psychologist · Stanford | Selected | Academic | Psychology professor, UC Berkeley and Stanford. | 13 | 28 |
| Rob de Wijk Hoogleraar · Universiteit Leiden | Selected | Academic | Professor of international relations, Leiden. | 13 | 40 |
| Sönke Neitzel Militärhistoriker · Universität Potsdam | Selected | Academic | Military historian at University of Potsdam. | 13 | 24 |
| Andrew Huberman professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology · Stanford | Selected | Academic | Professor at Stanford University. | 13 | 20 |
| Steve Baker investigative reporter · Blaze Media | Selected | Former official | Former Conservative MP. | 13 | 60 |
| Steve Vladeck professor · Georgetown Law | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of Texas School of Law. | 13 | 26 |
| Jonathan Martin Senior Political Columnist · POLITICO | Selected | Commentator | Political columnist for POLITICO. | 13 | 75 |