Circle Round

By WBURKids & Family

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Circle Round episodes

November 30, 2021 The Bags of Seeds feat. Boston Symphony Orchestra
Recorded live at Tanglewood with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and an all-star cast, this Vietnamese origin story imagines how a very important grain first came to earth.
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19 min
November 23, 2021 Lookalike Falls (feat. Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Recorded live at Tanglewood with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and an all-star cast, this tale from Mexico explores wisdom, folly, and everything in between.
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24 min
November 16, 2021 Encore: The Very Busy Fairies
In this zany Celtic tale from the archives, when fairies come to help Parker Bates (This Is Us) with his chores, he discovers the spirited creatures are far more trouble than they're worth.
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20 min
November 09, 2021 The Bright Yellow Hat feat. Jona Xiao
Jona Xiao (Raya and the Last Dragon, Hightown) plays a flower peddler who makes gardens and goodness grow in this story with Chinese, Tibetan, Japanese, Moroccan, French, Canadian, and Peruvian roots.
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25 min
November 02, 2021 Clear as a Bell feat. Carla Hall
Chef, author, and TV personality Carla Hall (Carla and the Christmas Cornbread, Holiday Baking Championship) plays a sly, surprising judge in this courtroom tale with roots in China and the Ozarks.
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20 min
October 26, 2021 Catching Fire feat. Lilli Cooper & Chuck Cooper
Broadway stars and father-daughter duo Chuck Cooper ("The Life," "Trouble In Mind") and Lilli Cooper ("Tootsie," "SpongeBob SquarePants") headline this West African adventure tale about using your inner spark to change the world.
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17 min
October 19, 2021 The Persimmon Sisters feat. Tennille Read
In this story with Jewish, Arab, and Korean origins, Tennille Read (SurrealEstate, Workin' Moms) plays a young woman who learns the true meaning of sisterly love.
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18 min
October 12, 2021 Encore: The Woman in the Moon
In honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day, we bring back a favorite tale from the archives: Irene Bedard (Pocahontas, Ralph Breaks the Internet) stars in an Alaska Native story about the out-of-this-world power that comes when we work together.
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21 min
October 05, 2021 Getting Skunked feat. Terrence Terrell
Terrence Terrell (B Positive, Giants) stars in this Native American tale about a gentle giant who brings night and day to the world, and gives a certain striped critter its telltale scent.
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18 min
September 28, 2021 Fools Thrush In feat. Anthony Alabi
Anthony Alabi (Family Reunion, black-ish) headlines an Oneida and Mohawk story about how one of the most beautiful bird songs of all came to be.
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19 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…