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

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Podcast: [It's the Pictures](https://stenobird.com/podcast/it-s-the-pictures-50634)
Published: 2026-06-10T17:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

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.

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