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Circle Round

WBUR

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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  • 29 episodes
  • weekly
  • Avg 22 min
  • English

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  • 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.

  • S9 · E42
    May 19 · 20 min

    Seven Silver Rings

    Marielle Heller (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Can You Ever Forgive Me) and Jorma Taccone (The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast, Little Fox and the Wild Imagination) headline a Seneca and Shawnee legend about how the raccoon got its eye mask and tail stripes.

  • S9 · E41
    May 12 · 21 min

    Leader of the Birds

    Carolyn Michelle (Familiar Touch, The Chi) and Christopher Rivas (Brown Enough, Rubirosa) headline a Maya tale about lies having short legs... and long tails!

  • S9 · E40
    May 5 · 14 min

    Chicken Scratches

    Musician and podcaster Hrishikesh Hirway (Song Exploder) plays a cocky rooster in this Southern American tale about judging a book by its cover and eating humble pie.

  • S9 · E39
    April 28 · 21 min

    Encore: The Blizzard Wizard

    Vivien Lyra Blair (Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Boogeyman) headlines this story from the indigenous peoples of Siberia about a supernatural spirit with a very cold shoulder.

  • S9 · E38
    April 21 · 29 min

    Encore: The Magic Touch

    Edi Gathegi ("The Harder They Fall," "For All Mankind") stars in this East African story about twin brothers, enchanted fruit, and the magic of an open heart.

  • S9 · E37
    April 14 · 18 min

    Lighting a Spark

    Charlene Amoia (The Breadwinner, How I Met Your Mother) plays a tiny but mighty bird in this French legend about the origin of fire.

  • S9 · E36
    April 7 · 21 min

    Swift Fox and the Coyote Twins

    This Is Us co-stars (and That Was Us co-hosts) Sterling K. Brown, Mandy Moore and Chris Sullivan co-star in a multi-cultural legend about two conceited coyotes and the fox who outfoxes them.

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