'The Missing Knight' | Circle Round 133Duchess Sarah Ferguson of York (Storytime With Fergie) and Jason Mantzoukas (How Did This Get Made, Housebroken) play a crafty queen and scheming advisor who face off in an unforgettable...PlayCircle Round27:32May 11, 2021
'The Bearded Lake' | Circle Round 132Owen Teale (Game of Thrones, Dream Horse) stars in this Welsh legend about a desperate farmer who becomes too greedy for his own good.PlayCircle Round22:26May 4, 2021
Encore: 100 RoomsIn this favorite episode from the archives, seven-time Emmy-Award winner Ed Asner (Up, The Mary Tyler Moore Show) plays a wise father who challenges his daughters to solve a tricky...PlayCircle Round19:46Apr 27, 2021
'Growing Courage' | Circle Round 131Kyla Pratt (Call Me Kat, The Proud Family) headlines this Ethiopian story about the power of facing your fears.PlayCircle Round22:34Apr 20, 2021
'The Giant's Causeway' | Circle Round 130Alison Wright (Snowpiercer, The Americans) stars as a wise and witty Irish giant who proves she's colossal in both size and smarts.PlayCircle Round20:43Apr 13, 2021
'The Fire Within' | Circle Round 129Comedian and actor Maz Jobrani (Pandemic Warrior, Back To School With Maz Jobrani) plays a wise man with an on-fire imagination in this clever tale from Turkey, Balochistan, India, Ethiopia,...PlayCircle Round18:48Apr 6, 2021
'The Governor's Puzzle' | Circle Round 128Tiffany Espensen (Spider-Man: Homecoming, Kirby Buckets) stars in this Chinese folktale about thinking outside the box and inside the boat. PlayCircle Round22:33Mar 30, 2021
Encore: The Queen’s GiftThis favorite episode from our archives is in loving memory of an actor you've heard in numerous Circle Round stories, including this one: Delores King Williams.PlayCircle Round18:21Mar 23, 2021
'Mangoes In The Middle' | Circle Round 127In this tale from India, Utkarsh Ambudkar (Brittany Runs a Marathon, We Are Freestyle Love Supreme) plays an ingenious royal advisor who cunningly proves the true owner of a fruitful...PlayCircle Round17:04Mar 16, 2021
'Counting Crocodiles' | Circle Round 126In this playful tale from Indonesia and Malaysia, Tiya Sircar (Star Wars Rebels, The Good Place) plays a cunning mouse deer who teaches a cantankerous crocodile a lesson.PlayCircle Round19:16Mar 9, 2021
'The Uncommon Offering' | Circle Round 125Tony Award Winner Ruthie Ann Miles (The King and I, All Rise) stars in this Paraguayan story about giving the most rare and precious gift of all.PlayCircle Round23:33Mar 2, 2021
'The Red Leather Shoes' | Circle Round 124Aasif Mandvi (The Daily Show, Evil) and Madhur Jaffrey (Madhur Jaffrey's Curry Nation, I Feel Bad) co-star in this Indian story about a wise king, a generous shoemaker, and a...PlayCircle Round22:47Feb 23, 2021
'The Wind Catcher' | Circle Round 123Tony Award winner Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon, Les Misérables) headlines this Marshallese tale about how the first sailboat came to be.PlayCircle Round21:13Feb 16, 2021
Encore: One Speckled HenThis week, we bring back a favorite story from the archives: Tony Award winner André De Shields (Hadestown, The Full Monty) stars in a Jewish tale that tests the old...PlayCircle Round20:29Feb 9, 2021
'All The King's Dogs' | Circle Round 122Jeremy Sisto (Law and Order, FBI) and Rory Culkin (Waco, Halston) co-star in this Hungarian story about two farmers, one wise king, and a whole mess of canines.PlayCircle Round20:35Feb 2, 2021
'The Fishermen's Leftovers' | Circle Round 121In this magical tale from Japan, Marc delaCruz (If/Then, Hamilton) plays a lowly cook whose kitchen scraps bring him a golden reward.PlayCircle Round19:36Jan 26, 2021
Circle Round's Listener Survey!Love Circle Round? Complete our quick listener survey to tell us why you listen and how we can make the show even more fun in 2021 and beyond. When you're...Circle RoundJan 25, 2021
'The Horse of a Different Color' | Circle Round 120Christina Anthony (Mixed-ish, Key & Peele) and Tony winner Lindsay Mendez (Carousel, All Rise) play a one-of-a-kind horse and rider in this enchanted tale from across the Spanish-speaking world.PlayCircle Round24:17Jan 19, 2021
'The Head and the Heart' | Circle Round 119Joshua Malina (The West Wing, Scandal) and Hrishikesh Hirway (Song Exploder, The West Wing Weekly) co-star in this Jewish tale about two brothers who make two very different ways in...PlayCircle Round26:43Jan 12, 2021
'Three Little Critters' | Circle Round 118Mason Gooding (Love, Victor; Scream 5) and Allen Maldonado (Sneakerheads, The Last O.G.) co-star in this East African story about the big power of a little teamwork.PlayCircle Round24:49Jan 5, 2021
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