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.
Episodes
Summer Camp: The Sunlight Tree
Jun 23, 2026 · 28 min
Summer Camp: The Sweet Spot
Jun 16, 2026 · 22 min
Summer Camp: The Missing Mountainside
Jun 9, 2026 · 21 min
Encore: The Four Winds
Jun 2, 2026 · 23 min
The Storyteller
May 26, 2026 · 35 min
Seven Silver Rings
May 19, 2026 · 20 min
Leader of the Birds
May 12, 2026 · 21 min
Chicken Scratches
May 5, 2026 · 14 min
Encore: The Blizzard Wizard
Apr 28, 2026 · 21 min
Encore: The Magic Touch
Apr 21, 2026 · 29 min
Lighting a Spark
Apr 14, 2026 · 18 min
Swift Fox and the Coyote Twins
Apr 7, 2026 · 21 min
A Tale of Two Neighbors
Mar 31, 2026 · 20 min
Copper and Dumplings
Mar 24, 2026 · 24 min
Encore: The Laughing Canoe
Mar 17, 2026 · 20 min
The Bolt of Silk
Mar 10, 2026 · 25 min
The Beech-Wood Box
Mar 3, 2026 · 24 min
Stealing Summer
Feb 24, 2026 · 17 min
Down the Garden Path
Feb 18, 2026 · 25 min
The Masked Bandit
Feb 10, 2026 · 25 min
The Noise Next Door
Feb 3, 2026 · 24 min
Goodnight Sun
Jan 27, 2026 · 19 min
Over the Sea
Jan 20, 2026 · 23 min
The Fourth Post
Jan 13, 2026 · 27 min
Encore: The Fairy Fort
Jan 6, 2026 · 22 min
Encore: The Patched-Up Coat
Dec 30, 2025 · 19 min
Encore: Finding the Light
Dec 23, 2025 · 19 min
Python’s Drum
Dec 16, 2025 · 27 min
Birbal's Barrels
Dec 9, 2025 · 24 min
The Underestimated Beetle
Dec 2, 2025 · 20 min
A Sticky Situation
Nov 25, 2025 · 20 min
How the Turkey Got Its Gobble (A Podcast Turducken with Terrestrials and Wow in the World)
Nov 18, 2025 · 33 min
Little Peacock’s Plumage
Nov 11, 2025 · 22 min
Whatever You Like
Nov 4, 2025 · 26 min
The Sunlight Tree
Oct 28, 2025 · 27 min
The Tree of Love
Oct 21, 2025 · 25 min
The Stone Horse
Oct 14, 2025 · 25 min
The Palace of Cats
Oct 7, 2025 · 27 min
Encore: The Scholar's Reward
Sep 30, 2025 · 25 min
The Right Apple
Sep 23, 2025 · 22 min
Sundown on Sunday
Sep 16, 2025 · 21 min
The Round Mossy Stone
Sep 9, 2025 · 24 min
The First Councilor
Sep 2, 2025 · 27 min
Princess Persistence
Aug 26, 2025 · 24 min
True Colors
Aug 19, 2025 · 22 min
Milk from a Bull
Aug 12, 2025 · 28 min
The Seamstress and the Deev
Aug 5, 2025 · 28 min
Encore: The Unselfish Shellfish
Jul 29, 2025 · 24 min
Encore: The Missing Mountainside
Jul 22, 2025 · 20 min
Encore: The Mountain Guardian
Jul 16, 2025 · 25 min