If Objects Could Talk

Artifacts from the museum’s collection join us in the recording studio

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Announcer: This is a Getty Podcast.

Zoe Goldman: Have you ever wondered how a snake bracelet celebrates her favorite holiday?

[Celebration sounds]

Snake: Everything is DIVINE at a party. The gods walked among us on those nights, I’m sure of it!

Goldman: Or what Athena’s owl thinks about the Greek marketplace?

[Mediterranean music begins]

Owl: It was at the agora where a vendor cut into me just to make sure I was really made out of silver.

[Metal slicing then owl squawk]

Well he could’ve just asked!

Goldman: This fall, we’re launching a new family podcast called If Objects Could Talk, where artifacts come alive to share their side of the story.

[Music ends]

Cat statuette: I also heard that I am some sort of diva.

[Disco music begins]

A cat wears a little jewelry and suddenly you’re typecast? Fine. Guilty as charged!

Goldman: Each episode, you’ll hear from different objects about everything, from how they were made:

[Energetic music begins]

Feet lamp: Ok, picture it: I was nothin’! Just a ball of damp clay.

Goldman: To their role in daily rituals and routines:

Lar: Most nights I would even join the family for dinner; I’d sit right on the table!

[thump]

Goldman: To how they played with children just like you.

[music ends, pounding beat begins]

Astragalos: He took a deep breath. He tossed me into the air...I twisted and turned under the open sky and...I stuck the landing like a pro! The crowd went wild!

[cheering and celebratory music]

[theme music begins]

Goldman: If Objects Could Talk is coming this fall wherever you listen to podcasts and on getty dot edu slash podcasts.

[theme music ends]

What is Athena’s owl doing in the Greek marketplace? How does a snake bracelet celebrate her favorite holiday?

This season on If Objects Could Talk, the newest series from Getty Podcasts, artifacts leave the museum vault and come alive to share their side of the story. Featuring objects from Getty’s antiquities collection, each episode introduces listeners to the history, creation, and everyday use of incredible items like an Egyptian cat statue, an ancient kind of dice, and a glass flask shaped like a fish. Voice actors and immersive sound design bring these historical fiction tales to life.