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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aditya Chakrabortty columnist | Selected | Commentator | Columnist. | 3 | 4 |
| Anat Admati finance professor · Stanford | Selected | Academic | Finance professor at Stanford. | 3 | 4 |
| Andrzej Krajewski author | Selected | Commentator | Andrzej Krajewski, author of history books. | 3 | 4 |
| Antonio Musarra | Selected | Academic | Historian, teacher at Sapienza University. | 3 | 4 |
| Arthur Laffer | Selected | Economist or consultant | Economist at USC. | 3 | 4 |
| Azadeh Zamirirad Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik | Selected | Think tank | Researcher at Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik. | 3 | 4 |
| Beth Sanner former PDB briefer to President Trump · intelligence community | Selected | Former official | Former senior intelligence official under President Trump. | 3 | 4 |
| Bill Cohan Puck | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction books and financial columnist. | 3 | 4 |
| Bjarne Schieldrop analysesjef for råvarer · SEB | Selected | Economist or consultant | Financial analyst at bank. | 3 | 4 |
| Bruno Jeudy directeur délégué et éditorialiste · La Tribune Dimanche | Selected | Commentator | Columnist at La Tribune Dimanche. | 3 | 4 |
| Christian Ingrao historien | Selected | Academic | Historian, research director at CNRS. | 3 | 4 |
| Christien Brinkgreve auteur | Selected | Commentator | Author, writer and Dutch sociologist. | 3 | 4 |
| Christoffer Ahnemark förvaltare · Ålandsbanken | Selected | Economist or consultant | Fund manager at Ålandsbanken. | 3 | 4 |
| Cliff Sloan professor · Georgetown Law Center | Selected | Academic | Professor, Georgetown Law Center. | 3 | 4 |
| Cordelia Fine professor in the History and Philosophy of Science · University of Melbourne | Selected | Academic | Professor in History and Philosophy of Science at University of Melbourne. | 3 | 4 |
| Dag Blanck professor i nordamerikastudier · Svenska institutet för nordamerikastudier | Selected | Academic | Professor of North American Studies, academic professor. | 3 | 4 |
| Dale Bredesen Neurologe · Buck Institute for Research on Aging | Selected | Academic | Neurologist, Buck Institute for Research on Aging (public research organization). | 3 | 4 |
| David McRaney auteur | Selected | Commentator | Author of How Minds Change. | 3 | 4 |
| Dr. Johannes Gerschewski Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung. | 3 | 4 |
| Eugene Fama Nobel Laureate | Selected | Economist or consultant | Nobel Prize economist, professor at University of Chicago. | 3 | 4 |
| Fernando López-Mirones biólogo, divulgador e investigador | Selected | Commentator | Biologist and science communicator. | 3 | 4 |
| Flemming Splidsboel seniorforsker · DIIS | Selected | Think tank | Senior Researcher at DIIS (think tank). | 3 | 4 |
| Fredrik Nyström läkare, professor i internmedicin och forskare | Selected | Academic | Professor of Internal Medicine, academic title. | 3 | 4 |
| Gene Kim author | Selected | Commentator | Author and researcher, nonfiction writer. | 3 | 4 |
| Gerard Baker Columnist · The Times | Selected | Commentator | Columnist for The Times. | 3 | 4 |
| Gillian Kenny Dr. | Selected | Academic | Dr., academic degree. | 3 | 4 |
| Gouke Moes demissionair minister van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap · Gobierno de Países Bajos | Selected | Former official | Resigned Minister of Education. | 3 | 4 |
| Gunnar Lindstedt auteur | Selected | Commentator | Author of the book Northvolt-fallet. | 3 | 4 |
| Harold James professor · Princeton University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Princeton University. | 3 | 4 |
| Heather Radke auteure | Selected | Commentator | Author of Butts: A Backstory, nonfiction. | 3 | 4 |
| Hugh Newman Author and documentarian | Selected | Commentator | Author and documentarian. | 3 | 4 |
| Hélène MIARD-DELACROIX Professeure d'histoire et de civilisation allemande · Sorbonne Université | Selected | Academic | Professor of History, Sorbonne University. | 3 | 4 |
| Ilona Gizińska Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich | Selected | Think tank | Center for Eastern Studies, think tank. | 3 | 4 |
| Imran Rashid Læge og bestseller forfatter | Selected | Commentator | Doctor and bestselling author. | 3 | 4 |
| Insaff El Hassini auteur | Selected | Commentator | Author of the book 50 phrases to negotiate. | 3 | 4 |
| Ismael López autor del libro Sables al viento | Selected | Commentator | Author of the book Sands in the Wind. | 3 | 4 |
| Jakob Augstein Schriftsteller und Verleger | Selected | Commentator | German writer and publisher, literary analysis. | 3 | 4 |
| James Palmer deputy editor · Foreign Policy | Selected | Commentator | Deputy editor at Foreign Policy (analysis journal). | 3 | 4 |
| Javier del Valle inversor, analista macroeconómico · JF Partners | Selected | Economist or consultant | Investor, macroeconomic analyst at JF Partners. | 3 | 4 |
| Jesús Fernández Úbeda escritor, periodista | Selected | Commentator | Writer and journalist. | 3 | 4 |
| Joakim Lamotte Journalist | Selected | Commentator | Journalist and social debater. | 3 | 4 |
| John Sellars Reader in philosophy · Royal Holloway, University of London | Selected | Academic | Reader in philosophy at Royal Holloway University of London. | 3 | 4 |
| Jon Kabat-Zinn Molekularbiologe | Selected | Academic | Professor emeritus at University of Massachusetts. | 3 | 4 |
| José Pedro Teixeira Fernandes professor universitário · Instituto Português de relações Internacionais | Selected | Academic | Professor at the Instituto Português de Relações Internacionais. | 3 | 4 |
| Jörg Rocholl Präsident der ESMT · ESMT | Selected | Academic | President of ESMT business school. | 3 | 4 |
| Karim Lakhani professor · Harvard Business School | Selected | Academic | Professor, Harvard Business School. | 3 | 4 |
| Keith Houston author | Selected | Commentator | Author of non-fiction book on emoji history. | 3 | 4 |
| 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 |
| Laetitia Bucaille Professeure de sociologie politique · INALCO | Selected | Academic | Professor of Political Sociology at INALCO. | 3 | 4 |