Alexandra (Alex) Schwartz

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352 appearances 14 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 21 Aug

Alexandra (Alex) Schwartz’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 14 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 7.

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The New Yorker Radio Hour · From Critics at Large: Steve Spielberg's Blockbusters · 23 Jun 2026 podcast

This is true.

This is Spielberg's movie from 1977.

And science fiction and the idea of science fiction and aliens had never totally been my thing.

And I say had because...

It's an amazing movie.

I think, like, this is going to be the theme.

We each are watching a known minted Spielberg classic movie.

Like, surprise!

They're awesome.

But in a way, I kind of think I like our—I mean, I'm anticipating Nomi's reaction to her choice, and maybe she'll have hated it, and I'll be completely wrong in my prediction here.

But I do think that—

This is something that has dogged Spielberg forever, where because he became such a commercial filmmaker so young, because Jaws ended up being this huge surprise hit, and because then he repeated it with Close Encounters, and then he blasts out of the park with Jurassic Park, people like to think of him as, you know, oh, he's like the popcorn guy.

And then you watch his movies and you're like, these are amazing.

What a great filmmaker.

Yeah.

In India, a whole group of people is ecstatically singing a melody.

And when they're asked, where did you hear this sound?

They all point with their forefinger to the skies.

François Truffaut is running around in the guise of Lacombe, the character he plays.

I mean, guys, there's an amazing Truffaut performance accompanied by a wonderful Bob Balaban as his assistant translating from the French.

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