If Objects Could Talk

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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.

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