- 755
- Episodes
- 82
- Transcribed
- 19,778
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
- 21M
- YouTube views
About Circle Round
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.
- Publisher
- WBUR
- Category
- kids & family
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 8 Jun 2017
- Latest episode
- 3 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
82 of 755 episodes have a transcript.
3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Encore: All The King's Dogs
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Encore: Little Cu
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Encore: The Polka-Dotted Pigeon
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Encore: All The King's Dogs
Published 3 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] They lived in the same village outside the capital city. But life had dealt each man a very different hand. Laszlo had inherited many acres of lush, fertile land from his parents. He had also inherited a full staff of workers to harvest corn, wheat, and potatoes, and to raise pigs, sheep, and chickens. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Jeremy Sisto
- Rory Culkin
- Desmin Borges
- Adam Goldberg
- Saara Chaudry
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 21,093,030
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 16,974 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 2,804 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 64 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 51
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 100
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- Guest appearances
- Does not typically book guests
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The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
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