Circle Round

WBUR

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.

  • 20 minutes 22 seconds
    Encore: The Laughing Canoe

    George Salazar (Be More Chill, Superstore) plays a wise-cracking waterborne vessel in this Brazilian story about the extraordinary things teamwork can bring.

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    17 March 2026, 7:00 pm
  • 25 minutes 28 seconds
    The Bolt of Silk

    Samantha Béart (Baldur's Gate 3, Star Wars: The Old Republic) plays a sorceress with a knack for brewing up trouble in this tale with Sudanese, Egyptian and Palestinian roots.

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    10 March 2026, 7:00 pm
  • 24 minutes 40 seconds
    The Beech-Wood Box

    Krassimira Belev (The Therapy) and acclaimed violinist Christian Hebel star in a Romani tale about how the very first violin came to be.

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    3 March 2026, 8:00 pm
  • 17 minutes 26 seconds
    Stealing Summer

    Bestselling children's author Meena Harris (Maya's Big Question, Kamala and Maya's Big Idea) plays an ambitious coyote in this Shoshone, Shasta and Hupa legend about how summer and winter came to be.

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    24 February 2026, 8:00 pm
  • 25 minutes 13 seconds
    Down the Garden Path

    Recorded live at Symphony Hall with Boston Symphony Orchestra players and a star-studded cast, this Buddhist story from Tibet and India proves we can all be helpers, no matter our size.

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    18 February 2026, 9:02 pm
  • 25 minutes 33 seconds
    The Masked Bandit

    Recorded live at Symphony Hall with Boston Symphony Orchestra players and a star-studded cast, this Sioux legend follows a rascally raccoon on a gutsy -- and gummy -- quest.

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    10 February 2026, 8:00 pm
  • 24 minutes 23 seconds
    The Noise Next Door

    Recorded live in Glendale, CA, this Haitian tale about two blacksmiths whose banging, clanging, clinking and clanking cause a presidential uproar.

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    3 February 2026, 8:00 pm
  • 19 minutes 56 seconds
    Goodnight Sun

    Recorded live in Glendale, CA, this story with roots in India and Vietnam follows a trio of birds on an illuminating adventure to bring back to the sun.

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    27 January 2026, 8:00 pm
  • 23 minutes 18 seconds
    Over the Sea

    Tatyana Ali (Abbott Elementary, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) stars as a savvy starfish who outwits a wily whale in this tale from Aboriginal Australia.

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    20 January 2026, 8:00 pm
  • 27 minutes 45 seconds
    The Fourth Post

    Jeff Meacham (Black-ish, Vampirina) plays a hapless hero whose life turns upside-down in this humorous tale from Great Britain, Italy, Russia and the Philippines.

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    13 January 2026, 8:00 pm
  • 22 minutes 19 seconds
    Encore: The Fairy Fort

    Taylor Richardson (The Gilded Age) and Alison Wright (The Americans, Snowpiercer) co-star in this Irish tale about mischievous fairies and the power of music.

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    6 January 2026, 8:00 pm
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