The Object
Hosted by Tim Gihring · The Minneapolis Institute of Art
4.7from 220 ratings
- 131
- Episodes
- 40
- Transcribed
- 220
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
- 5M
- YouTube views
About The Object
”The Object” podcast explores the surprising, true stories behind museum objects with wit and curiosity. An object’s view of us.
- Publisher
- The Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Category
- arts · history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 8 Jan 2019
- Latest episode
- 26 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
40 of 131 episodes have a transcript.
26 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Dead Can Dance
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Introducing The Object LIVE! taping series
12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
French Kiss: The Secret History of the World's Most Romantic Photo
Inside a recent episode
The Dead Can Dance
Published 26 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But I think it's important to consider here, again, the geography. We have got the mountains and seas, and so Japan is a big island with lots of mountains and seas. Humans seem to have tended to the idea that there is something supernatural if somebody disappears. So, for example, in the sea, they don't come back from fishing. Well, then there is the, that was Umi Bose. It was the priests of the sea that took them. Yes, exactly. And so, I mean, we in southern Germany have that. The Danube River has a river spirit that could grab you and you're gone. So I think that's what we're looking at here. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Chastity Brown
- Andreas Marks
- Max Bryant
- Eric Kelsey
- Philip Brunelle
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 4,534,335
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 186 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 34 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100
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- Quality
- 56
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 67
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Who hosts The Object?
Tim Gihring host the show. Published by The Minneapolis Institute of Art.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes bi-weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The Object take guests?
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