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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Ferguson MacroStrategy | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | MacroStrategy strategist, consultant without clearly named firm. | 1 | 1 |
| James Fishback Azoria | Excluded | Business executive | Chief Investment Officer and co-founder, business executive/investor. | 1 | 1 |
| James Fishkin Professor · Stanford University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Stanford University. | 1 | 1 |
| James Flanagan Service User · Focus Ireland | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| James Foster marketing · HUGO Boss | Excluded | Business executive | Marketing at HUGO Boss (company executive). | 1 | 1 |
| James Gallagher health and science correspondent · BBC News | Excluded | Journalist | Health and science correspondent for BBC News. | 1 | 1 |
| James Garrison Director · New Paradigm Institute | Selected | Think tank | Director of New Paradigm Institute. | 1 | 1 |
| James Graham playwright | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| James Grant founder and editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer · Grant's Interest Rate Observer | Selected | Economist or consultant | Founder and editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer. | 1 | 1 |
| James Greenwood-Reeves Lecturer in Law · The University of Leeds | Selected | Academic | Lecturer in law at University of Leeds. | 1 | 1 |
| James Grimmelmann Tessler Family Professor · Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School | Selected | Academic | Tessler Family Professor at Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School. | 1 | 1 |
| James Hawkins co-founder · PostHog | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder of PostHog. | 1 | 1 |
| James Hoffmann coffee expert | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Coffee expert businessman, YouTuber presenter. | 1 | 1 |
| James Howells engineer | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| James Johnson pollster | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Pollster (non-economist per guidelines). | 1 | 1 |
| James Lacatski Dr. · DIA | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Dr. at DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency). | 1 | 1 |
| James Leonard Community Worker, criminologist | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Community worker, criminologist. | 1 | 1 |
| James McHugh founder and chairman · Tquila | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and chairman of Tquila. | 1 | 1 |
| James McNaney reporter · Belfast Telegraph | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter Belfast Telegraph | 1 | 1 |
| James Norton | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| James P. Leary Professor Emeritus of Folklore and Scandinavian Studies · University of Wisconsin-Madison | Selected | Academic | Professor Emeritus at University of Wisconsin-Madison. | 1 | 1 |
| James Poniewozik chief TV critic · The New York Times | Selected | Commentator | Chief TV critic at New York Times, critic analyst. | 1 | 1 |
| James Q. Whitman Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative and Foreign Law · Yale Law School | Selected | Academic | Ford Foundation Professor at Yale Law School. | 1 | 1 |
| James R. Webb | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Navy. | 1 | 1 |
| James Randi | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Canadian-American magician and skeptic. | 1 | 1 |
| James Reed Chairman and CEO · Reed Group | Excluded | Business executive | Chairman and CEO of Reed Group. | 1 | 1 |
| James Reynolds journalist · BBC | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist BBC. | 1 | 1 |
| James Rothwell Berlin Correspondent · The Telegraph | Excluded | Journalist | Berlin correspondent for The Telegraph. | 1 | 1 |
| James Shields restaurant entrepreneur · Xeno's Pizza | Excluded | Business executive | Restaurant entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| James Stock Harvard University | Selected | Academic | American economist, university teacher at Harvard University. | 1 | 1 |
| James Timpson CEO · Timpson | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Timpson. | 1 | 1 |
| James W. Keyes former CEO | Selected | Former official | Former CEO of 7-Eleven and Blockbuster. | 1 | 1 |
| James Wong RHS Ambassador · Royal Horticultural Society | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | British ethnobotanist, horticulturist, presenter. | 1 | 1 |
| James Woods actor and musician | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| James Zimring Professor of Experimental Pathology · University of Virginia | Selected | Academic | Professor of Experimental Pathology at University of Virginia. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Butler medier | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Dettmer Opinion Editor · POLITICO | Selected | Commentator | Opinion editor at POLITICO. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Dimon CEO · JPMorgan Chase | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of JPMorgan Chase. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Dornan actor | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Greene MSP West of Scotland region · Liberal Democrats | Excluded | Serving politician | MSP West of Scotland region, Liberal Democrats. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Hord professional organizer · Horderly | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Professional organizer, does not correspond to any of the 6 roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Jarrad Former Deputy Commanding General · U.S. Army Pacific | Selected | Former official | LTG (Ret.) Deputy Commanding General U.S. Army Pacific. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Koenig co-leader of Global Separations Practice · McKinsey & Company | Selected | Economist or consultant | Co-leader of Global Separations Practice at McKinsey & Company. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Loeb professional tennis player | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Redknapp | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Tahsin Journalist | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamie Tarabay Reporter | Excluded | Journalist | Documentary reporter | 1 | 1 |
| Jamil Jaffer former Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer · Senate Foreign Relations Committee | Selected | Former official | Former Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer. | 1 | 1 |
| Jamila Meischke NRC-redacteur | Excluded | Journalist | Dutch media editor | 1 | 1 |
| Jamy Gourmaud | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | French journalist and science communicator. | 1 | 1 |