Circle Round

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Circle Round episodes

September 06, 2022 Fair-Feathered Friends (feat. Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Recorded live at Tanglewood with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and an all-star cast, this Burmese folktale imagines why the thrush's colors are in its voice, not its feathers.
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23 min
August 30, 2022 Fighting Like Cats and Dogs (feat. Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Recorded live at Tanglewood with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and an all-star cast, this Korean tale offers an enchanting explanation about why cats and dogs don’t get along.
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30 min
August 23, 2022 Encore: Long Hair and the Waterfall (feat. Rosalind Chao)
Recorded live at Tanglewood with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and an all-star cast, this Korean tale offers an enchanting explanation to why cats and dogs don’t get along.
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24 min
August 16, 2022 The Golden Advice feat. Kate Siegel
Kate Siegel (Midnight Mass, The Time Traveler’s Wife) plays a struggling farmer who learns the true value of wisdom in this tale with origins in Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Scotland, Wales, and the Jewish tradition.
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29 min
August 09, 2022 The Tale of Koala's Tail feat. Kaniehtiio Horn
Kaniehtiio Horn (Letterkenny, Reservation Dogs) stars in an Aboriginal Australian tale about a koala whose overbearing pride makes her lose her pride and joy!
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27 min
August 02, 2022 The Princess and the Bee feat. Duchess Sarah Ferguson & Suzie McGrath
Duchess Sarah Ferguson of York (Storytime with Fergie) and Suzie McGrath (Star Wars Resistance, The Punies) star in this charming tale about the importance of having a sound, sensible head, and a warm, fuzzy heart.
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25 min
July 26, 2022 Encore: Curious Boots feat. Colin Hanks
Colin Hanks (Life in Pieces, Jumanji) stars as a precocious little brother whose curiosity earns him a royally big reward in this Norwegian adventure story from the Circle Round archives.
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25 min
July 19, 2022 A Trio of Tricks feat. Della Saba
Della Saba (Zootopia, Physical) headlines an Indonesian and Malaysian tale about a teeny-tiny trickster who outsmarts the other animals with her big wit.
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25 min
July 12, 2022 Pulling Strings feat. Bashir Salahuddin
Bashir Salahuddin (Top Gun: Maverick, South Side) stars in a Ghanaian tale about legendary eight-legged trickster Anansi, and why all spiders have narrow waists.
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21 min
July 05, 2022 A Song for the Spirits feat. Krys Marshall
Krys Marshall (For All Mankind) stars in a West African story about an honest fisherwoman, a haunted forest, and a flute with value beyond compare.
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26 min

About 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…