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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Bozell Media Research Center | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brent Buchanan pollster | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Pollster, not an economist. | 1 | 1 |
| Brent Friedman creator | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Screenwriter, audiovisual creator, undefined role. | 1 | 1 |
| Brent Johnson | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Activity outside the six roles. | 1 | 1 |
| Brent Neiman Edward Eagle Brown Professor of Economics · University of Chicago's Booth School of Business | Selected | Academic | Professor of economics at the University of Chicago. | 1 | 1 |
| Brent Sullivan independent tax analyst | Selected | Economist or consultant | Independent tax analyst. | 3 | 3 |
| Bret Taylor current chairman of OpenAI · OpenAI | Excluded | Business executive | Current president of OpenAI. | 1 | 1 |
| Bret Weinstein PhD · DarkHorse Podcast | Selected | Commentator | Evolutionary biologist, co-host of DarkHorse Podcast. | 16 | 229 |
| Brett Adcock Founder & CEO · Figure | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Figure. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Anderson reporter for New York Times Food and Cooking · New York Times | Excluded | Journalist | Food reporter New York Times | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Benson Associate Professor of Political Science · Vanderbilt University | Selected | Academic | Associate professor of political science at Vanderbilt. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Christophers professor at Uppsala University · Uppsala University | Selected | Academic | Professor at Uppsala University, non-fiction author. | 6 | 8 |
| Brett Connellan | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Eagleson | Excluded | Personal testimony | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Favre Hall of Fame quarterback | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Finlay microbiologist | Selected | Academic | Microbiologist university teacher at University of British Columbia. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Goldstein Special Advisor to the Chancellor · Vanderbilt University | Selected | Academic | Special advisor to the chancellor at Vanderbilt. | 1 | 1 |
| Brett Murphy reporter · ProPublica | Excluded | Journalist | Reporter ProPublica | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Allen | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Armstrong co-founder and CEO · Coinbase | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder and CEO of Coinbase. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Bernasek Co-Head of Americas Corporate Private Equity · Carlyle | Excluded | Business executive | Co-Director at Carlyle Private Equity. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Beutler author | Selected | Commentator | Political columnist, author of Off Message newsletter. | 7 | 9 |
| Brian Boxer Wachler MD | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Physician influencer on social media. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Brøndum Møller | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Brushwood stage magician | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Stage magician and illusionist. | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Burgoon prof. dr. · UvA | Selected | Academic | Professor of political economy at the University of Amsterdam. | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Cameron Lucky astrofísico · Universidad de Oxford | Selected | Academic | Astrophysicist at University of Oxford. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Carroll documentarian · Netflix | Selected | Commentator | Documentary maker, author of 'A Deadly Marriage'. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Catlos expert | Selected | Academic | Professor of history at University of Colorado Boulder. | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Chesky founder and CEO · Airbnb | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and CEO of Airbnb. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Cox physicist, professor | Selected | Academic | Professor of physics at Columbia, author and science communicator. | 7 | 8 |
| Brian Cranley Author | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Davenport Senior Vice President of Operations · A1 Garage Door Services | Excluded | Business executive | Vice-President Operations A1 Garage. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Deese economic adviser · Obama and Biden administrations | Selected | Former official et Economist or consultant | Former director of White House National Economic Council, outside position. | 4 | 4 |
| Brian Derrick political strategist, and the founder and CEO · Oath | Excluded | Business executive | Political strategist and founder/CEO of Oath. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Dixon | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Doherty | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Entin senior national correspondent · NewsNation | Excluded | Journalist | National correspondent for NewsNation. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Finucane editor · Just Security | Selected | Think tank | Editor of Just Security, political think tank. | 3 | 7 |
| Brian Fishman Cinder | Selected | Think tank | Published with Brookings Institution. | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Gibson Commanding General · 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command | Excluded | Serving politician | General commanding active military unit. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Greene theoretical physicist and author · Columbia University | Selected | Academic | Professor of physics at Columbia, author. | 4 | 10 |
| Brian Greve CEO · Hunkemöller | Excluded | Business executive | CEO of Hunkemöller. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Hie Stanford researcher · Stanford | Selected | Academic | Researcher at Stanford University. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Higgins GP · Galway Primary Care | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | General practitioner at Galway Primary Care. | 1 | 5 |
| Brian Hurst Founder and Chief Investment Officer · ClearAlpha | Excluded | Business executive | Founder and investment director of ClearAlpha. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian J. Ruggeberg Consultant · Spencer Stuart | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Consultant at Spencer Stuart. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Janous co-founder and chief strategy officer · Cloverleaf Infrastructure | Excluded | Business executive | Co-founder and strategist at Cloverleaf Infrastructure. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Kjærgaard Hansen fysiker og professor · Aarhus Universitet Center for Funktionell Integratif Neurovidenskab | Selected | Academic | Physicist professor at University of Aarhus. | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Klaas political scientist | Selected | Commentator | Political scientist, author of Fluke. | 11 | 13 |