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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajay Bam Vyrill | Excluded | Business executive | Vyrill, CEO company. | 1 | 1 |
| Ajmal Shinwari Commandant Special Forces · NDS | Excluded | Serving politician | Commander of Special Forces NDS, active military. | 1 | 1 |
| Åke Jonsson tidigare hallåman och språkvårdare · Sveriges Radio | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Former host at Sveriges Radio. | 1 | 1 |
| Akhtar Makoii foreign correspondent · The Telegraph | Excluded | Journalist | Foreign correspondent at The Telegraph. | 1 | 4 |
| Akila Radhakrishnan President · Global Justice Center | Selected | Think tank | President of Global Justice Center. | 1 | 1 |
| Akke Boere operationeel directeur · Artsen zonder Grenzen Nederland | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Operational director of Doctors Without Borders. | 1 | 1 |
| Akram Belkaïd journaliste, rédacteur en chef · Monde diplomatique | Selected | Commentator | Editor-in-chief, Monde Diplomatique. | 1 | 15 |
| Aksel Braanen Sterri Statsviter og filosof | Selected | Academic | Political scientist and researcher affiliated with Harvard and Oxford. | 1 | 1 |
| Aksel Haaning lektor emeritus · Roskilde Universitet | Selected | Academic | Lecturer emeritus at Roskilde University. | 1 | 2 |
| Aksel Heine Mortensen journalist · Finans | Excluded | Journalist | Journalist at Finans. | 1 | 1 |
| Aksel Lund Svindal investor | Excluded | Business executive | Investor and alpine champion Aksel Lund Svindal. | 2 | 2 |
| Aku Kallonen Wolt, Kiekko-Espoo | Excluded | Business executive | Wolt and Kiekko-Espoo, entrepreneur/sports. | 1 | 1 |
| Al Elliott business owner | Excluded | Business executive | Business owner. | 1 | 1 |
| Al Levi consultant and CEO · 7-Power Contractor | Excluded | Business executive | Consultant and CEO of 7-Power Contractor. | 1 | 1 |
| Al Murray Pub Landlord, host · We Have Ways of Making You Talk | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Al Pacino acteur | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Al Roth market-design wizard | Selected | Economist or consultant | Market design specialist and economic theorist. | 2 | 2 |
| Alaa Tartir | Selected | Academic | University researcher, former student at LSE and Utrecht. | 1 | 1 |
| Aladin El-Mafaalani Soziologe | Selected | Academic | Sociologist at FH Münster. | 9 | 17 |
| Alae El Arnouki entrenador personal · Fuerza Explosiva | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Personal trainer at Fuerza Explosiva. | 1 | 1 |
| Alain Bauer professeur de criminologie · Conservatoire des arts et métiers | Selected | Academic | Emeritus professor, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers. | 7 | 36 |
| Alain Bloeykens wijnkenner | Excluded | Profession outside the 6 roles | Wine Connoisseur, wine expert without institution. | 1 | 1 |
| Alain Damasio | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Novelist. | 1 | 1 |
| Alain De Botton modern-day philosopher · School of Life | Selected | Commentator | Philosopher and author, School of Life, society analyst. | 12 | 25 |
| Alain Decrop professeur de marketing · UNamur | Selected | Academic | Professor of marketing at UNamur. | 2 | 2 |
| Alain Dieckhoff sociologue, directeur de recherche · Sciences Po | Selected | Academic | Research director at Sciences Po. | 1 | 4 |
| Alain Duhamel éditorialiste politique BFMTV · BFMTV | Selected | Commentator | Political columnist at BFMTV. | 5 | 11 |
| Alain Frachon éditorialiste · Le Monde | Selected | Commentator | Le Monde columnist. | 6 | 14 |
| Alain Franchon éditorialiste · Le Monde | Selected | Commentator | Le Monde columnist, international relations specialist. | 1 | 1 |
| Alain Goudey directeur général adjoint · Neoma Business School | Selected | Academic | Deputy general director at Neoma Business School. | 1 | 2 |
| Alain Gresh journaliste, fondateur et directeur d'Orient XXI · Orient XXI | Selected | Commentator | Founder and director of Orient XXI. | 1 | 1 |
| Alain Joubert | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alain Lam CFO · Xiaomi | Excluded | Business executive | CFO of Xiaomi, business executive. | 1 | 1 |
| Alain Minc économiste | Selected | Commentator | Economist essayist author writing analysis for the public. | 5 | 5 |
| Alain Némarq PDG et directeur artistique · Mauboussin | Excluded | Business executive | CEO and artistic director of Mauboussin. | 1 | 1 |
| Alain Pitous senior advisor ESG · Ai for Alpha | Selected | Economist or consultant | Senior Advisor ESG consultant independent strategy. | 1 | 21 |
| Alain Policar | Selected | Academic | Affiliated researcher, CEVIPOF and Institute of Political Studies. | 1 | 4 |
| Alain Richard Ancien ministre de la Défense | Selected | Former official | Former Defense Minister. | 1 | 1 |
| Alain Zucker Redaktor · NZZ | Selected | Commentator | Editor NZZ, editor | 1 | 1 |
| Alaina Winters professor emeritus of communication | Selected | Academic | Professor emeritus of Communication. | 1 | 1 |
| Alam Khan | Excluded | Artist | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Andrews Owner of The Old Barracks Coffee Roastery in Tipperary and of Guji Coffees Bars in Limerick and Cork | Excluded | Business executive | Owner of cafes, entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Auerbach University of California, Berkeley | Selected | Academic | Professor at University of California, Berkeley. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Bailey | Excluded | Off-topic profile | Excluded before role classification. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Baratz president · D-Wave Systems | Excluded | Business executive | President and CEO of D-Wave Systems, CEO. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Barrett ESRI research professor · ESRI | Selected | Academic | ESRI research professor. | 2 | 3 |
| Alán Barroso Politólogo, colaborador | Excluded | Position not verifiable | Insufficiently precise role in texts. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Bradley documentary filmmaker and author | Excluded | Fiction or entertainment | Documentary filmmaker, not political or social commentator. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Coleman Wolfgang Digital | Excluded | Business executive | Wolfgang Digital, CEO/entrepreneur. | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Dershowitz author · Harvard Law School | Selected | Academic | Professor emeritus, Harvard Law School and attorney. | 14 | 97 |