Disclosure Day and What’s Making Us Happy

披露日与我们的幸福之源

Pop Culture Happy Hour

2026-06-12

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Stephen Spielberg brings aliens back to the big screen in Disclosure Day. But how does his new blockbuster compare to his alien classics like E.T. and Close Encounters of The Third Kind? Our heroes Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor are compelled by something they don’t understand, and there are authority figures trying to keep a huge secret from the public.  If you need more summer blockbusters, check out: ‘Jaws’ is still stuck in our teeth, 50 years laterThe summer blockbusters we finally watched Connect with Pop Culture Happy Hour:Letterboxd / FacebookOur weekly newsletterSupport Pop Culture Happy Hour+ See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
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  • What can be disclosed about Disclosure Day?

  • Well, it finds Steven Spielberg back in blockbuster Aliens Among Us sci-fi thriller territory,

  • a genre he helped create with close encounters.

  • And it feels like a spiritual companion to that 1977 masterpiece.

  • Just like that movie, our heroes are humans who are feeling compelled by something they don't understand.

  • And they come up against a lot of authority figures trying to keep a huge secret from the public.

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