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Circle Round

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WBUR's Circle Round adapts carefully selected folktales from around the world into sound- and music-rich radio plays for kids ages 3-103. Each 15 to 25-minute episode explores important issues like kindness, persistence and generosity. And each episode ends with an activity that inspires a deeper conversation between children and grown-ups.

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  • 27 episodes
  • weekly
  • Avg 22 min
  • English

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  • S9 · E62
    Tuesday · 29 min

    Encore: The Stork King

    Julian Lerner (The Wonder Years, Alma's Way) stars in a Ukrainian tale about how high-flying risks can pay off in the end.

  • S9 · E61
    September 8 · 26 min

    Encore: The Cleverest Person in the Room

    Vanessa Aspillaga (Dora Saves the Snow Princess, Leave the World Behind) stars in this Puerto Rican and Chilean tale about baby basil, cuddly kittens, and how two heads can be better than one.

  • S9 · E60
    September 1 · 28 min

    Encore: The Seamstress and the Deev

    Recorded live at Tanglewood with Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians and a star-studded cast, this Afghan tale follows a savvy seamstress and her chatty kitty on a royally epic adventure.

  • S9 · E59
    August 25 · 26 min

    Summer Camp: Top Banana

    Tatyana Ali (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Abbot Elementary) and Jack De Sena (Lego Monkie Kid, Avatar: The Last Airbender) headline this Filipino story about getting the upper hand by taking the lower half.

  • S9 · E58
    August 18 · 20 min

    Summer Camp: Crocus-Pocus

    Jacob Laval (The Unbreakable Boy, John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch) and Amanda Warren (The Night Agent, East New York) headline a Sicilian tale about sowing the seeds of kindness, compassion and crocuses.

  • S9 · E57
    August 11 · 19 min

    Summer Camp: The Salmon Famine

    Recorded live at The Aladdin Theater in Portland, OR, this high-flying tale explains how the islands of the Philippines came to be.

  • S9 · E55
    July 28 · 24 min

    Summer Camp: The Salmon Famine

    Recorded live at Symphony Hall with Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians and a star-studded cast, this indigenous Pacific Northwest tale follows a wily coyote on a daring rescue.

  • S9 · E54
    July 21 · 22 min

    Summer Camp: The Snow Eater

    Cree Summer (Good Times, Abbott Elementary) headlines a Blackfoot legend about fast friends, warm winds, and why bears hibernate during the winter.

  • S9 · E53
    July 14 · 21 min

    Summer Camp: The Long Crimson Thread

    Jessika Van (Seoul Searching, Awkward) and Mark Pellegrino (American Rust, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley) co-star in a Welsh tale about a girl, a drought, and a mouse with a life-saving secret.

  • S9 · E52
    July 7 · 20 min

    Summer Camp: The Upside-Down Tree

    Comedian Alonzo Bodden (Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!, Heavy Lightweight) headlines this African legend about how one animal’s mischief created the savanna’s most majestic, magical trees.

  • S9 · E53
    July 2 · 17 min

    Circle Round presents: The Midnight Rebellion, Ch. 1

    Erika Henningsen (Netflix's "The Four Seasons") and others star in WBUR's new podcast The Midnight Rebellion, an adventure in a world where everything is wrong, and YOU have to set it right.

  • S9 · E48
    June 30 · 20 min

    Summer Camp: The Parakeet’s Promise

    Broadway stars Lorna Courtney (& Juliet) and Shoba Narayan (Aladdin) face off in this Indian legend about a tiny bird who opens up a farmer’s eyes in a big way.

  • S9 · E47
    June 23 · 28 min

    Summer Camp: The Sunlight Tree

    Recorded live at Symphony Hall with Boston Symphony Orchestra members and a star-studded cast, this Swedish tale sheds magical light on kindness, caring, and letting roots run deep.

  • S9 · E46
    June 16 · 22 min

    Summer Camp: The Sweet Spot

    Tantoo Cardinal (Killers of the Flower Moon, Three Pines) and Jonathan Joss (King of the Hill, Tulsa King) star in this sweet and sour Wabanaki tale about how people first learned to tap maple trees.

  • S9 · E45
    June 9 · 21 min

    Summer Camp: The Missing Mountainside

    In this Taiwanese tale starring Karen Huie (Welcome to Flatch, Abominable and the Invisible City), a town learns the bad taste it can leave when you bite off more than you can chew!

  • S9 · E44
    June 2 · 23 min

    Encore: The Four Winds

    Kimberly Guerrero (Spirit Rangers, Reservation Dogs) stars in a tale from the Lakota people about one thieving fox and four wise winds.

  • S9 · E43
    May 26 · 35 min

    The Storyteller

    Film, TV and theater star Maria-Christina Oliveras (The Balusters, Cymbeline) headlines a Portuguese tale about the magical ways stories bring us together.

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