Welcome back to Circle Round Summer Camp! We're revisiting our favorite stories about the outdoors.

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.

This Circle Round episode originally was released on Nov. 7, 2023.

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Circle Round continues our special presentation of WBUR's new podcast, The Midnight Rebellion, with Chapter 3, "Into the Machine."

If you have not listened to Chapter 1, go back and start there!

The Midnight Rebellion tells the story of a girl on an adventure in a watery world where everything is wrong. She has to set it right—with your help. Each episode ends with a choice that YOU make.

**Recommended for ages 7 and up.**

To hear more episodes, search for The Midnight Rebellion in your podcast app and follow the show, or visit ⁠wbur.org/midnight⁠.

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Circle Round continues our special presentation of WBUR's new podcast, The Midnight Rebellion, with Chapter 2, "Get Hart."

If you have not listened to Chapter 1, go back to the previous episode and start there.

The Midnight Rebellion tells the story of a girl on an adventure in a watery world where everything is wrong. She has to set it right—with your help. Each episode ends with a choice that YOU make.

**Recommended for ages 7 and up.**

To hear more episodes, search for The Midnight Rebellion in your podcast app and follow the show, or visit wbur.org/midnight.

Sign up for our monthly newsletter, "The Lion's Roar", here.

Circle Round brings you a special new podcast: The Midnight Rebellion, by WBUR, the same place that makes our show!

Heads up! This podcast is recommended for ages 7+. 

The Midnight Rebellion, starring Erika Henningsen (Netflix's "The Four Seasons") and others, tells the story of a girl on an adventure in a watery world where everything is wrong. And she has to set it right—with help from YOU.

Each episode ends with a choice. What YOU choose changes the story, sometimes for the better, and sometimes ... not. Either way, it's fun!

To hear more episodes, search for The Midnight Rebellion in your podcast app and follow the show, or visit wbur.org/midnight.

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Welcome back to Circle Round Summer Camp! We're revisiting our favorite stories about the outdoors.

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.

This Circle Round episode originally was released on Dec. 20, 2022.

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Welcome back to Circle Round Summer Camp! We're revisiting our favorite stories about the outdoors.

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.

This Circle Round episode originally was released on Oct. 28, 2025.

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Welcome back to Circle Round Summer Camp! We're revisiting our favorite stories about the outdoors.

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.

This Circle Round episode originally was released on March 28, 2023.

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Welcome to Circle Round Summer Camp! 

This summer, camp counselor Erika Henningsen (The Four Seasons, The Midnight Rebellion) will be reintroducing us to some of our favorite episodes celebrating the great outdoors and spending time with others outside.

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!

This Circle Round episode originally was released on Jan. 24, 2023.

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This Circle Round episode originally was released on Oct. 31, 2023.

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

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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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