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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Poulos political theorist | Selected | Commentator | Political theorist author, political theory essayist. | 3 | 7 |
| James Stout auteur de Against the State | Selected | Commentator | Author of 'Against the State'. | 3 | 16 |
| Jan Egeland former UN humanitarian chief | Selected | Former official | Former UN humanitarian chief. | 3 | 3 |
| Janai Nelson President and Director-Counsel · NAACP Legal Defense Fund | Selected | Lawyer | President and Director-Counsel of NAACP Legal Defense Fund. | 3 | 3 |
| Jason Riley author · Manhattan Institute | Selected | Think tank | Author of the Manhattan Institute. | 3 | 5 |
| Javier del Valle inversor, analista macroeconómico · JF Partners | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investor, macroeconomic analyst at JF Partners. | 3 | 4 |
| Jean Asselborn Ex-Außenminister · Gouvernement du Luxembourg | Selected | Former official | Former Foreign Minister of Luxembourg. | 3 | 3 |
| Jeff Coller mRNA researcher · Johns Hopkins Universität | Selected | Academic | MRNA researcher at Johns Hopkins University. | 3 | 3 |
| Jeffrey Kopstein | Selected | Commentator | Co-author of The Assault on the State, political essayist. | 3 | 3 |
| Jeh Johnson former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. | 3 | 3 |
| Jen Smith personal finance expert | Selected | Economist or consultant | Personal finance expert, finance consultant. | 3 | 3 |
| Jesús Fernández Úbeda escritor, periodista | Selected | Commentator | Writer and journalist. | 3 | 4 |
| Joakim Lamotte Journalist | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and social debater. | 3 | 4 |
| Joanne Freeman historian · Yale University | Selected | Academic | Historian at Yale University. | 3 | 7 |
| John Brennan | Selected | Former official | Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (end of 2017). | 3 | 7 |
| John C McManus author | Selected | Commentator | Author of a history book on WWII. | 3 | 6 |
| John Fitzgerald columniste | Selected | Commentator | Columnist. | 3 | 5 |
| John Kaag professor of philosophy | Selected | Academic | Professor of philosophy and co-author. | 3 | 3 |
| John Mullan Professeur d'anglais, auteur | Selected | Academic | Professor of English and author. | 3 | 3 |
| John Sellars Reader in philosophy · Royal Holloway, University of London | Selected | Academic | Reader in philosophy at Royal Holloway University of London. | 3 | 4 |
| John Tidd director general and investment director · HAMCO AM | Selected | Economist or consultant | General director and investment director in asset management. | 3 | 3 |
| Jon Kabat-Zinn Molekularbiologe | Selected | Academic | Professor emeritus at University of Massachusetts. | 3 | 4 |
| Jonas Bals historiker og forfatter | Selected | Commentator | Historian and author. | 3 | 5 |
| Jonathan Coe author | Selected | Commentator | Author and fiction novelist. | 3 | 3 |
| Jonathan Eig biographer | Selected | Commentator | Biographer, author of bestseller on King. | 3 | 3 |
| Jonathan White auteur | Selected | Commentator | Author of 'The Future as a Political Idea', essayist. | 3 | 3 |
| Joram Van Klaveren ex-PVV'er | Selected | Former official | Former PVV politician. | 3 | 5 |
| Jorge Galindo director del centro de estudios EsadeEcPol · EsadeEcPol | Selected | Think tank | Director of EsadeEcPol study center. | 3 | 5 |
| Josep Borrell président · CIDOB | Selected | Think tank | President of division, Achmea (insurance). | 3 | 3 |
| José Ignacio Conde-Ruiz Catedrático · Universidad Complutense de Madrid | Selected | Academic et Economist or consultant | Professor at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. | 3 | 3 |
| José Pedro Teixeira Fernandes professor universitário · Instituto Português de relações Internacionais | Selected | Academic | Professor at the Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais. | 3 | 4 |
| Julia Friedlander Geschäftsführerin · Atlantik-Brücke | Selected | Think tank | CEO of Atlantik-Brücke think tank. | 3 | 3 |
| Julian Jackson Professor of History · Queen Mary College, University of London | Selected | Academic | Professor of History, Queen Mary College London. | 3 | 5 |
| Juliette Kayyem Professor of International Security · Harvard Kennedy School | Selected | Academic | Professor of International Security, Harvard Kennedy School. | 3 | 6 |
| Jörg Rocholl Präsident der ESMT · ESMT | Selected | Academic | President of ESMT business school. | 3 | 4 |
| Kalle Lind auktoritet på popkultur | Selected | Commentator | Authority on pop culture, analytical commentary. | 3 | 3 |
| Karan Malhotra Nous Research | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Leibniz University Hannover | 3 | 3 |
| Karen Philippa Larsen forsker · DIIS | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at DIIS, Danish institute. | 3 | 3 |
| Karim Lakhani professor · Harvard Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor, Harvard Business School. | 3 | 4 |
| Karolina Wigura socjolożka i publicystka · Kultura Liberalna | Selected | Commentator | Sociologist and publicist at Kultura Liberalna. | 3 | 9 |
| Katriona O'Sullivan Dr · Maynooth University | Selected | Academic | Dr. at Maynooth University, academic author. | 3 | 3 |
| Keith Houston author | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction book on emoji history. | 3 | 4 |
| Kim Darroch former British ambassador to the United States | Selected | Former official | Former British ambassador to United States. | 3 | 5 |
| Kit Yates senior lecturer | Selected | Academic | Senior Lecturer explicit university title. | 3 | 3 |
| Kjetil Martinsen sjeføkonom · Swedbank | Selected | Economist or consultant | Chief Economist Swedbank analyst. | 3 | 4 |
| Kristen Ghodsee ethnographer and author | Selected | Commentator | Ethnographer and author of Everyday Utopia. | 3 | 4 |
| Kristen R. Ghodsee professor in Russian and East European Studies · University of Pennsylvania | Selected | Academic | Professor in Russian and East European Studies, University of Pennsylvania. | 3 | 3 |
| Krzysztof Wojczal | Selected | Lawyer | Lawyer and specialized blogger. | 3 | 3 |
| Kyle Chayka staff writer · New Yorker | Selected | Commentator | Staff writer New Yorker. | 3 | 6 |
| Laetitia Bucaille Professeure de sociologie politique · INALCO | Selected | Academic | Professor of Political Sociology at INALCO. | 3 | 4 |