On “Skillset,” every guest is an expert. And in every episode, these experts are going to teach us a new way to look at motion pictures. We're going to meet the behind-the-scenes specialists who make movie magic: cat trainers and shark-attack consultants and authorities on ’80s underwear. We're going to send real-life punk singers and barbers to movies about punk singers and barbers to learn the facts behind the fiction. And each week we're going ask our favorite actors about the extracinematic obsessions that have shaped them.
Global View Columnist Bret Stephens and Editorial Board Member Mary Kissel discuss President Obama's foreign policy sangfroid and economic distress signals phoning home.
26 Min
Jan 13, 2016
Jamelle Bouie talks to Greg Sargent of the Washington Post about James Comey's testimony and whether or not this will change the Republicans' approach to Donald Trump.
21 Min
Jun 8, 2017
Slate critics Katy Waldman, David Haglund, and Parul Sehgal discuss the first in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan trilogy.
43 Min
Jan 9, 2015