Episode

Strange Encounters Spielberg with Andrew Liptak | It's the Pictures 222

Podcast: It's the Pictures
Published: Jun 10, 2026
Duration seconds: 5068
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Summary

Max and Evan of It's the Pictures are joined by journalist and newsletter writer, Andrew Liptak. Liptak runs the successful newsletter Transfer Orbit on Science-Fiction / Fantasy novels. The three men discuss Steven Spielberg and his many alien movies including Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., War of the Worlds, and Disclosure Day.