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Carefully chosen folktales from around the world, adapted into sound-rich stories for ages 4 to 10.
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.
This Circle Round episode originally was released on Aug. 5, 2025.
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Summer Camp: Top Banana
Welcome back to Circle Round Summer Camp! We're revisiting our favorite stories about the outdoors.
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
Summer Camp: Crocus-Pocus
Welcome back to Circle Round Summer Camp! We're revisiting our favorite stories about the outdoors.
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 kind
Summer Camp: The Salmon Famine
Welcome back to Circle Round Summer Camp! We're revisiting our favorite stories about the outdoors.
Recorded live at The Aladdin Theater in Portland, OR, this high-flying tale explains how the islands of the Philippines came to be.
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Summer Camp: The Bird of a Different Feather
Welcome back to Circle Round Summer Camp! We're revisiting our favorite stories about the outdoors.
Recorded live at Round House Theatre in Bethesda, MD, this African tale explains how the guinea fowl got its distinctively speckled feathers.
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Summer Camp: The Salmon Famine
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 musicians and a star-studded cast, this indigenous Pacific Northwest tale follows a wily coyote on a daring rescue.
Summer Camp: The Snow Eater
Welcome back to Circle Round Summer Camp! We're revisiting our favorite stories about the outdoors.
Cree Summer (Good Times, Abbott Elementary) headlines a Blackfoot legend about fast friends, warm winds, and why bears hibernate during the winter.
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Summer Camp: The Long Crimson Thread
Welcome back to Circle Round Summer Camp! We're revisiting our favorite stories about the outdoors.
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-
Summer Camp: The Upside-Down Tree
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
Circle Round presents: The Midnight Rebellion, Ch. 3 "Into the Machine"
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 wh
Circle Round presents: The Midnight Rebellion, Ch. 2 "Get Hart"
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
Circle Round presents: The Midnight Rebellion, Ch. 1
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 o