{"podcast":{"title":"Is It? The Art Mystery Podcast","slug":"is-it-the-art-mystery-podcast-7505217","podcast_index_feed_id":7505217,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/WVp91Ydq","website_url":"https://is-it-the-art-mystery-podcast.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/f1ec9843-cc45-45af-b29f-053ac6b37f33/6058e14f-d260-4074-9ed2-6c56f40e92ef/3000x3000/is-20it-20series-20logo.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Noah Charney","episode_count":14,"summary":"Is It? is a brand new podcast on art history’s mysteries. In each episode, we ask the question of whether a certain painting is by a certain famous artist. These are puzzle paintings, works that have divided and confounded scholars, sometimes for centuries. To answer this question, we bring in a guest expert, a specialist in the artist in question. And we also bring in an expert in AI authentication from Art Recognition. While our guest expert is the star of the show, we’ve also conducted a cutting edge, brand new AI analysis of the painting in question—and we’ll reveal what it says in the final part of this episode. The podcast is hosted by award-winning presenter and best-selling art historian, Professor Noah Charney. We cover suspected works by Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Van Eyck and many more. So subscribe and listen for free wherever you get podcasts to find out: Is it? This series is sponsored by Art Recognition, a Zurich-based AI art analysis firm that tests the works featured in each episode. It is produced by Urska Charney.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T20:20:34.675265+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/is-it-the-art-mystery-podcast-7505217"},"episode":{"title":"Can AI Solve an Art Theft? Interview with Steve Berry on the Ghent Altarpiece","slug":"can-ai-solve-an-art-theft-interview-with-steve-berry-on-the-ghent-altarpiece","published_at":"2026-02-28T10:36:51+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/is-it-the-art-mystery-podcast-7505217/can-ai-solve-an-art-theft-interview-with-steve-berry-on-the-ghent-altarpiece","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/is-it-the-art-mystery-podcast-7505217","url":"https://is-it-the-art-mystery-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/interview-with-steve-berry-HeGeodZ4","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/9141c8f2-798b-4b42-bb3d-a8cc0d9d7f05/a17eb4b4-f4ee-4603-948b-8b76b9290a7f/episodes/audio/group/f4889239-d59e-44c2-af31-d6e58d150418/group-item/168566e7-bc16-40b6-bbd9-bb3f38726ee2/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=WVp91Ydq","summary":"In this special episode, we chat with Steve Berry. Steve is the mega bestselling author of thoughtful art and artefact treasure hunt thrillers. He has sold over 26 million books and counting, selling an average of a book every thirty seconds. His thrillers are deeply researched and include a note from the author section clarifying what has been changed to suit the plot, so that the reader will be clear on what is fact and where the fiction begins. Noah was Steve's expert consultant for the novel \"The Omega Factor,\" which features Jan van Eyck's \"Ghent Altarpiece.\" For this episode, Art Recognition tested the famous Judges panel from the altarpiece, which was stolen in 1934 and never recovered. Or was it? A conservator in the 1970s theorized that the replacement panel, painted by infamous restorer (and art forger) Jef van der Veken might actually be the stolen panel, painted over to surreptitiously return it to the cathedral of St Bavo from which it was stolen. Art Recognition's AI image analysis will determine whether this was the case, or if the missing panel is still out there. Along the way Steve and Noah chat about writing, research, van Eyck...and Noah introduces Steve to AI image analysis.","meta_description":"In this special episode, we chat with Steve Berry. Steve is the mega bestselling author of thoughtful art and artefact treasure hunt thrillers. He has sol…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2151,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/is-it-the-art-mystery-podcast-7505217/episodes/can-ai-solve-an-art-theft-interview-with-steve-berry-on-the-ghent-altarpiece/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/is-it-the-art-mystery-podcast-7505217/can-ai-solve-an-art-theft-interview-with-steve-berry-on-the-ghent-altarpiece.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}