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If Objects Could Talk

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If Objects Could Talk

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

Parent info: If Objects Could Talk is recommended for ages 6-10 and 11 plus. It's an Episodic show that can be listened to in any order. Made in the USA, it's about History and Education for kids. Launched in 2025, it has 2 seasons.

There are 20 episodes

Episodes
The most recent appears first.

  • Coming Soon: Bastille Day (and Season 2)

    4 min Season 2 Trailer 9 July 2026

    Announcing Season 2, this mini-episode features Purrquoise, a bright turquoise porcelain cat that was made in China in the 1700s and has traveled the world ever since. Now that he’s made himself at home in Los Angeles, he’s ready to pitch his script all about …

  • (Rerun) Snake Charm on Your Arm

    10 min 6 March 2026

    (Rerun) How does a snake bracelet celebrate her favorite holiday? Learn about gold jewelry, the meaning of snakes for ancient Egyptians, and the Roman holiday of Saturnalia from this snake who knows all the best secrets!…

  • Going for Glory: A History of the Ancient Olympics

    12 min 2 February 2026

    You probably know that the Olympics started in ancient Greece, but did you know that they started as just a single running race? Or that the athletes—all male—competed naked and covered in oil?…

  • Introducing Constant Wonder Kids: Do Plants Think?

    Season 1 Promo 26 January 2026

    This season on If Objects Could Talk we imagined what would happen if museum objects could talk. But have you ever wondered if plants could talk?…

  • Your Ultimate Saturnalia Gift Guide!

    8 min Episode 11 17 December 2025

    From bad poetry and papyrus to candles and boar, give the gifts any Roman would love to receive with our Ultimate Saturnalia Gift Guide! (Cue the air horns.)…

  • Culture Kids Collab: You're Invited to an Ancient Roman Dinner Party! (Part 2)

    16 min 15 December 2025

    This week we’re sharing part two of our collaboration with the Culture Kids podcast. (Head back to the feed for part one if you haven't listened yet!)…

  • Culture Kids Collab: Culture Train Time Travel to Ancient Rome! (Part 1)

    17 min 8 December 2025

    This week we’re sharing a collaboration with the Culture Kids podcast. Asher and his mom Kristen join If Objects Could Talk producer Zoe at the Getty Villa Museum to learn about Roman dinner parties—then we travel back in time to experience one!…

  • (Rerun) All's Fair in Love and Games

    12 min 17 November 2025

    (Rerun) Does this acrobatic astragalos (an ancient kind of dice) have what it takes to win the big game? Learn about the twists and turns of ancient gameplay and how sheep knucklebones aren’t so different from modern dice.…

  • Introducing Who Arted: The Treasures of King Tutankhamun's Tomb

    6 min Season 1 Promo 10 November 2025

    This week we're sharing an episode of another art history podcast we love! Who Arted celebrates art in all of its forms and in terms anyone can understand. Each episode tells the story of a different artist and artwork. Who Arted is written and produced by art…

  • The Case of the Missing…Me?!

    13 min Episode 10 27 October 2025

    Like a noir detective, this key with a horsehead handle becomes embroiled in a mysterious disappearance—her very own! Help her investigate the blacksmith’s workshop and solve the case so she can open her special box again.…

  • Dude, Where’s My Sheep?

    14 min Season 1 Episode 9 20 October 2025

    This dancing Satyr—half goat, half man, all prankster—is on the move, sealing important documents that travel across Etruria, a pre-Roman civilization. With his good-luck scarab on his back, he travels to help a birthday girl’s wish come true and only gets the…

  • A Water Jug Spills the Tea

    13 min Season 1 Episode 8 13 October 2025

    One of the three women on this hydria (water jug) gives us a peek at some old-fashioned water cooler gossip. At a time before indoor plumbing, the water fountain was a center of urban life—so these ladies got to hear it all!…

  • Lar, Help Us!

    10 min Season 1 Episode 7 6 October 2025

    Start your day the Roman way with an offering to this pocket-sized household demigod called a Lar. Follow along with a family’s daily rituals and routines and hear how this Lar protected two young boys from getting into trouble.…

  • Schooled by a Fish

    13 min Season 1 Episode 6 29 September 2025

    Blowing glass is just like blowing bubbles, sort of. This fish flask is used to leading a school (she is a fish, after all!) so she’ll teach you all about Roman glassblowing and ancient apprenticeships—as well as the importance of creativity and kindness.…

  • I’m Ready for My Closeup Meow

    12 min Season 1 Episode 5 22 September 2025

    This Egyptian cat statuette is here to set the record straight. Yes, she’s a little bit of a diva, but don’t all cats deserve to be worshiped? No, she’s not really the goddess Bastet, just an offering to her, thank you very much. And no, she’s certainly no pho…

  • Light on Your Feet

    9 min Season 1 Episode 4 15 September 2025

    A pair of feet lights up the scene—literally. This feet-shaped lamp knows he’s a little silly, but he’s got some seriously important work to do! Hear about how ancient houses were designed and lit in a time before you could just flip a switch.…

  • A Very Brave Owl

    12 min Season 1 Episode 3 8 September 2025

    What dangers await Athena’s brave and loyal owl at the Greek marketplace? This Athenian coin shares his take on how money was made and used in ancient Greek city states—and how different states had different rules around the agora, or marketplace, that could s…

  • All’s Fair in Love and Games

    12 min Season 1 Episode 2 8 September 2025

    Does this acrobatic astragalos (an ancient kind of dice) have what it takes to win the big game? Learn about the twists and turns of ancient gameplay and how sheep knucklebones aren’t so different from modern dice.…

  • Snake Charm on Your Arm

    10 min Season 1 Episode 1 8 September 2025

    How does a snake bracelet celebrate her favorite holiday? Learn about gold jewelry, the meaning of snakes for ancient Egyptians, and the Roman holiday of Saturnalia from this snake who knows all the best secrets!…

  • If Objects Could Talk Trailer

    1 min Season 1 Trailer 18 August 2025

    Trailer for the first season of Getty's new podcast for kids and families

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