Screening of candidates
Only guests who fit one of the 6 roles of the Atrium spec are kept.
Guests identified28,587
Excluded19,870
Selected8,717
Selected by role
AcademicNamed position at a university or research institution4,352Think tankNamed position at a think tank or public policy institute735Former officialHeld a position in a public authority: ministry, regulator, central bank, parliament534LawyerPractices law, in a firm, in-house or at the bar253Economist or consultantEconomist, analyst or adviser, in a firm or independent867CommentatorAnalyzes current affairs or ideas for the general public: columnist, essayist1,976
Why the others are excluded
People
27,729 people
| Person | Decision | Role or reason | Why | Podcasts | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Longeval auteur, adjunct professor · Kounselor Consulting, Vlerick Business School | Selected | Academic | Adjunct professor at Vlerick Business School, author. | 4 | 5 |
| Janne Stigen Drangsholt professor i engelsk litteratur · Universitetet i Stavanger | Selected | Academic | Professor of English at Universitetet i Stavanger. | 4 | 5 |
| Jonna Mendez chief of disguise · CIA | Selected | Former official | Former U.S. spy, CIA's chief of disguise. | 4 | 5 |
| Joschka Fischer Bundesaußenminister a.D. | Selected | Former official | Former federal foreign minister. | 4 | 5 |
| Kimberly Clausing professor at UCLA | Selected | Academic | Professor at UCLA. | 4 | 5 |
| Lawrence Douglas James J. Grosfeld Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought · Amherst College | Selected | Academic | Professor James J. Grosfeld Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought, Amherst College. | 4 | 5 |
| Lluís Montoliu | Selected | Academic | Researcher at CSIC, public research organization. | 4 | 5 |
| Mark Kimmitt retired General | Selected | Former official | Retired general, former military official. | 4 | 5 |
| Martin Griffiths former UN undersecretary | Selected | Former official | Former UN undersecretary for humanitarian affairs. | 4 | 5 |
| Mary Ziegler law professor · Yale Law Journal | Selected | Academic | Law professor at Yale Law Journal. | 4 | 5 |
| Matt Levine Bloomberg Opinion · Bloomberg | Selected | Commentator | Bloomberg Opinion. | 4 | 5 |
| Matthew Yglesias author · Slow Boring | Selected | Commentator | Author of Slow Boring newsletter. | 4 | 5 |
| Michael Ignatieff auteur, chercheur | Selected | Commentator | Author and researcher, writer-scholar. | 4 | 5 |
| Muriel Asseburg Bruno Kreisky Forum | Selected | Think tank | Bruno Kreisky Forum (Austrian think tank). | 4 | 5 |
| Nazareth Castellanos neurocientífica, divulgadora, autora | Selected | Academic | Neuroscientist researcher at Complutense University. | 4 | 5 |
| Noa Tishby Israel's former Special Envoy for Combatting Anti-Semitism · Israël | Selected | Former official | Israel's former Special Envoy for Combatting Anti-Semitism - Israel. | 4 | 5 |
| Paul Frissen prof. dr. · Tilburg University | Selected | Academic | Prof. dr. Tilburg University. | 4 | 5 |
| Peter Altmaier Ex-Bundeswirtschaftsminister · CDU | Selected | Former official | Former CDU Minister of Economics. | 4 | 5 |
| Raj Chetty Professor · Harvard University | Selected | Academic | Professor, Harvard University institution. | 4 | 5 |
| Robin Sharma author | Selected | Commentator | Author, Wikidata: self-help writer (nonfiction). | 4 | 5 |
| Rémi Lefebvre professeur de science politique · Université de Lille | Selected | Academic | Professor of political science at the University of Lille. | 4 | 5 |
| Samira Rafaela Voormalig Europarlementariër | Selected | Former official | Former Member of European Parliament, former government official. | 4 | 5 |
| Sophie Scott Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience · UCL | Selected | Academic | Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL. | 4 | 5 |
| Stephen Breyer former Supreme Court Justice | Selected | Former official | Former Supreme Court Justice. | 4 | 5 |
| Stephen Walt Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs · Harvard Kennedy School | Selected | Academic | Robert and Renee Belfer Professor, Harvard Kennedy School. | 4 | 5 |
| Steve Webb Sir | Selected | Former official | Former minister and British MP until 2015. | 4 | 5 |
| Sylvie Matelly directrice de l'Institut Jacques Delors · Institut Jacques Delors | Selected | Think tank | Director of Jacques Delors Institute. | 4 | 5 |
| Toby Nangle asset manager | Selected | Economist or consultant | Asset manager and FT contributor. | 4 | 5 |
| William von Hippel former professor of psychology · Ohio State University | Selected | Academic | Professor of psychology, formerly at Ohio State, active in university. | 4 | 5 |
| Zoe Gardner independent researcher on migration policy | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Fiche non confirmée (incertain) : Independent migration policy researcher; the linked profile is a bare University of Leicester researcher, and another namesake is a policy advocate and writer. | 4 | 5 |
| Álvaro Martín divulgador | Selected | Commentator | Science communicator. | 4 | 5 |
| Allie Beth Stuckey BlazeTV host · BlazeTV | Excluded | Journalist | BlazeTV host. | 3 | 5 |
| Andrew Egger The Bulwark | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist with no demonstrated analytical work. | 3 | 5 |
| Aoife Moore author and journalist · Sunday Times Ireland | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist and reporter. | 3 | 5 |
| Björn Hedensjö Psykolog, författare och poddare | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Psychologist. | 3 | 5 |
| Daniel Suhonen chef · Katalys | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 3 | 5 |
| Geoffrey Hinton Nobelpristagare · Google | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Nobel Prize winner at Google, not an academic position. | 3 | 5 |
| Guus Valk Politiek verslaggever · NRC | Excluded | Journalist | Political correspondent at NRC. | 3 | 5 |
| Jacob Soboroff MS NOW correspondent and bestselling author · MSNBC | Excluded | Journalist | MSNBC correspondent and author. | 3 | 5 |
| José Gregorio González periodista | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Journalist. | 3 | 5 |
| Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz Minister funduszy i polityki regionalnej · Trzecia Droga | Excluded | Serving politician | Minister of Funds in office. | 3 | 5 |
| Kevin Doyle Executive Editor · Irish Independent | Excluded | Journalist | General media editor-in-chief, not an analyst. | 3 | 5 |
| Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann FDP-Europaabgeordnete · FDP | Excluded | Serving politician | FDP MEP, politician in office. | 3 | 5 |
| Matt Chorley journalist · 5 Live | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist BBC 5 Live. | 3 | 5 |
| Michał Gramatyka wiceminister cyfryzacji · Polski 2050 | Excluded | Serving politician | Deputy and vice minister in office, politician. | 3 | 5 |
| Pippa Crerar political editor · The Guardian | Excluded | Journalist | Political editor, not analyst. | 3 | 5 |
| Roderich Kiesewetter CDU-Außenpolitiker · CDU | Excluded | Serving politician | CDU politician and member of parliament, politician in office. | 3 | 5 |
| Simon Harris Taoiseach · Irlande | Excluded | Serving politician | Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) IN OFFICE. | 3 | 5 |
| Sébastien Chenu vice-président de l'Assemblée nationale, député RN · Rassemblement national | Excluded | Serving politician | Member in office, vice-president of National Assembly. | 3 | 5 |
| Thorsten Frei Kanzleramtschef · Bundesregierung | Excluded | Serving politician | Chancellor's Minister Germany. | 3 | 5 |