336 episodes

Created and produced by parents of young children, 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.

Circle Round WBUR

    • Kids & Family
    • 4.6 • 84 Ratings

Created and produced by parents of young children, 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.

    The Laughing Bird

    The Laughing Bird

    Kenny Curtis (Greeking Out) stars in a legend from Aboriginal Australia about dark days, light humor, and a little bird with a big laugh.

    • 20 min
    The Rightful Heir

    The Rightful Heir

    Oliver Stark (9-1-1, Into the Badlands) plays a clever king who concocts the perfect plan for telling a good egg from a bad seed.

    • 22 min
    Encore: The Friendship Orchard

    Encore: The Friendship Orchard

    NPR veterans Linda Wertheimer and Susan Stamberg co-star in a Kazakh folktale about lifelong friends whose bond is tested by an unexpected discovery.

    • 16 min
    A Bee in the Bush

    A Bee in the Bush

    Erika Ishii (Worlds Beyond Number, Apex Legends) headlines this Vietnamese tale about getting a bee in your bonnet, buzzing off, and feeling the sting.

    • 23 min
    The Cleverest Person in the Room

    The Cleverest Person in the Room

    Vanessa Aspillaga (Dora Saves the Snow Princess, Leave the World Behind) stars in this Puerto Rican and Chilean tale about baby basil, cuddly kittens, and how two heads can be better than one.

    • 25 min
    The Whole Cart

    The Whole Cart

    Julia Chan (Bojack Horseman, Extinct) and Hrishikesh Hirway (Song Exploder, The West Wing Weekly) co-star in a story from India about matching wits, mincing words, and getting the upper hand.

    • 21 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
84 Ratings

84 Ratings

K.W7 ,

Best podcast ever👍😊

I listen to circle round everyday but i listened all the podcast within half a year.Pls make more episodes.Thank you😁

Maia!!!! ,

GO CIRCLE ROUND!!!

I love all of the stories circle round makes!!!!!!
Keep up the great work and keep making new stories!☺️
❤️❤️❤️

Inoki+SS002 ,

Nah srry

I love Roblox more srry, if u made a podcast about Roblox I would watch it millions of times but, I’m srry , I still like circle round thpigh although I’ve watched a few eps, but four is the least I can do, if I did a five, I would have watched five more eps than 3 (( I gave an extra star for circle round efforts, pls keep posting (: but I’ve stopped watching, I’ve found a new fav podcast)) :3

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