Insights from recent episode analysis
Audience Interest
- family-friendly content
- folktales from around the world
Podcast Focus
- adapting folktales into plays
- exploring kindness and generosity
Publishing Consistency
- weekly episodes released
- active for eight years
Platform Reach
- available on major podcast platforms
- targeted towards families
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Total monthly reach
Estimated from 38 chart positions in 38 markets.
By chart position
- 🇺🇸US · Kids & Family#41M to 3M
- 🇨🇦CA · Kids & Family#7300K to 1M
- 🇦🇺AU · Kids & Family#33100K to 300K
- 🇬🇧GB · Kids & Family#1075K to 30K
- 🇰🇷KR · Kids & Family#6100K to 300K
- Per-Episode Audience
Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
710K to 2.2M🎙 Daily cadence·438 episodes·Last published 3d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
2.4M to 7.3M🇺🇸41%🇨🇦14%🇦🇺4%+35 more - Active Followers
Loyal subscribers who consistently listen
947K to 2.9M
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Summer Camp: The Missing Mountainside
Jun 9, 2026
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Encore: The Four Winds
Jun 2, 2026
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The Storyteller
May 26, 2026
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Seven Silver Rings
May 19, 2026
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Leader of the Birds
May 12, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/9/26 |  Summer Camp: The Missing Mountainside | Welcome to Circle Round Summer Camp! This summer, camp counselor Erika Henningsen (The Four Seasons, The Midnight Rebellion) will be reintroducing us to some of our favorite episodes celebrating the great outdoors and spending time with others outside. In this Taiwanese tale starring Karen Huie (Welcome to Flatch, Abominable and the Invisible City), a town learns the bad taste it can leave when you bite off more than you can chew! This Circle Round episode originally was released on Jan. 24, 2023. Sign up for our monthly newsletter, "The Lion's Roar", here. | — | ||||||
| 6/2/26 |  Encore: The Four Winds | This Circle Round episode originally was released on Oct. 31, 2023. Kimberly Guerrero (Spirit Rangers, Reservation Dogs) stars in a tale from the Lakota people about one thieving fox and four wise winds. Sign up for our monthly newsletter, "The Lion's Roar", here. | — | ||||||
| 5/26/26 |  The Storyteller | Film, TV and theater star Maria-Christina Oliveras (The Balusters, Cymbeline) headlines a Portuguese tale about the magical ways stories bring us together. Sign up for our monthly newsletter, "The Lion's Roar", here. | — | ||||||
| 5/19/26 |  Seven Silver Rings | Marielle Heller (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Can You Ever Forgive Me) and Jorma Taccone (The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast, Little Fox and the Wild Imagination) headline a Seneca and Shawnee legend about how the raccoon got its eye mask and tail stripes. Sign up for our monthly newsletter, "The Lion's Roar", here. | — | ||||||
| 5/12/26 |  Leader of the Birds | Carolyn Michelle (Familiar Touch, The Chi) and Christopher Rivas (Brown Enough, Rubirosa) headline a Maya tale about lies having short legs... and long tails! Sign up for our monthly newsletter, "The Lion's Roar", here. | — | ||||||
| 5/5/26 |  Chicken Scratches✨ | children's storyhumility+3 | Hrishikesh Hirway | Circle RoundWBUR+1 | — | roosterhumble pie+3 | — | 14m 54s | |
| 4/28/26 |  Encore: The Blizzard Wizard✨ | supernatural spiritindigenous stories+3 | Vivien Lyra Blair | Obi-Wan KenobiThe Boogeyman | Siberia | Blizzard WizardVivien Lyra Blair+5 | — | 21m 47s | |
| 4/21/26 |  Encore: The Magic Touch✨ | twin brothersenchanted fruit+3 | Edi Gathegi | The Harder They FallFor All Mankind | East Africa | Edi Gathegitwin brothers+3 | — | 29m 12s | |
| 4/14/26 |  Lighting a Spark✨ | French legendorigin of fire+3 | Charlene Amoia | The BreadwinnerHow I Met Your Mother+1 | — | firelegend+4 | — | 18m 03s | |
| 4/7/26 |  Swift Fox and the Coyote Twins✨ | multi-cultural legendcoyotes+3 | Sterling K. BrownMandy Moore+1 | This Is UsThat Was Us | — | Swift FoxCoyote Twins+5 | — | 21m 54s | |
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| 3/31/26 |  A Tale of Two Neighbors✨ | friendshipcommunity+3 | — | WBURA Tale of Two Neighbors | Cleveland, OH | friendshipneighbors+3 | — | 20m 42s | |
| 3/24/26 |  Copper and Dumplings✨ | Japanese storyfacing fears+3 | — | Copper and Dumplings | Cleveland, OH | ClevelandJapanese story+5 | — | 24m 16s | |
| 3/17/26 |  Encore: The Laughing Canoe✨ | teamworkBrazilian story+3 | George Salazar | WBURThe Laughing Canoe | — | George SalazarThe Laughing Canoe+3 | — | 20m 22s | |
| 3/10/26 |  The Bolt of Silk✨ | sorcerytrouble+3 | Samantha Béart | Baldur's Gate 3Star Wars: The Old Republic | SudanEgypt+1 | sorceresstrouble+5 | — | 25m 28s | |
| 3/3/26 |  The Beech-Wood Box✨ | Romani taleviolin+3 | Krassimira BelevChristian Hebel | The TherapyThe Beech-Wood Box | — | violinRomani tale+3 | — | 24m 40s | |
| 2/24/26 |  Stealing Summer✨ | children's literaturemythology+3 | Meena Harris | Maya's Big QuestionKamala and Maya's Big Idea | ShoshoneShasta+1 | Meena Harrischildren's author+4 | — | 17m 26s | |
| 2/18/26 |  Down the Garden Path✨ | Buddhist storyhelping others+3 | — | Boston Symphony OrchestraDown the Garden Path | TibetIndia | BuddhismTibet+5 | — | 25m 13s | |
| 2/10/26 |  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. Sign up for our monthly newsletter, "The Lion's Roar", here. | — | ||||||
| 2/3/26 |  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. Sign up for our monthly newsletter, "The Lion's Roar", here. | — | ||||||
| 1/27/26 |  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. Sign up for our monthly newsletter, "The Lion's Roar", here. | — | ||||||
| 1/20/26 |  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. Sign up for our monthly newsletter, "The Lion's Roar", here. | — | ||||||
| 1/13/26 |  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. Sign up for our monthly newsletter, "The Lion's Roar", here. | — | ||||||
| 1/6/26 |  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. Sign up for our monthly newsletter, "The Lion's Roar", here. | — | ||||||
| 12/30/25 |  Encore: The Patched-Up Coat | NPR's Peter Sagal (Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!) stars in this Russian story about how fantastically priceless a little generosity can be. Sign up for our monthly newsletter, "The Lion's Roar", here. | — | ||||||
| 12/23/25 |  Encore: Finding the Light | Kennedy Kanagawa (Into The Woods) plays a young man who brings light to a dark world in this tale with roots in Alaska Native and First Nations legends. Sign up for our monthly newsletter, "The Lion's Roar", here. | — | ||||||
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Chart Positions
38 placements across 38 markets.
Chart Positions
38 placements across 38 markets.