Podcast Episodes

The Seamstress and the Deev

Season 9 Episode 1

Recorded live at Tanglewood with Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians and a star-studded cast, this Afghan tale follows a savvy seamstress and her cha…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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Encore: The Unselfish Shellfish

Season 8 Episode 57

Eric Bauza (Bugs Bunny Builders, Woody Woodpecker) and Harry Shum Jr. (Everything Everywhere All At Once, Crazy Rich Asians) star in an Indonesian st…

7 months ago

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Encore: The Missing Mountainside

Season 8 Episode 56

Karen Huie (Welcome to Flatch, Abominable and the Invisible City), stars in a Taiwanese tale about the bad taste it can leave when you bite off more …

7 months, 1 week ago

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Encore: The Mountain Guardian

Season 8 Episode 55

Audrey Hsieh (Here Today, Mixtape) and Alonzo Bodden (Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!, Who's Paying Attention) headline this Tibetan tale about two fami…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

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Encore: Of Beans and Bunnies

Season 8 Episode 54

Efren Ramirez (Napoleon Dynamite, Lightyear) portrays a beloved trickster who lives by his wits, and uses them to outwit others, in this folktale fro…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

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Encore: Mangoes in the Middle

Season 8 Episode 53

Utkarsh Ambudkar (Ghosts, We Are Freestyle Love Supreme) stars in an Indian tale about an ingenious royal advisor who cunningly proves the true owner…

8 months ago

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Encore: Hungry Hippo

Season 8 Episode 52

Scott Lawrence (Star Wars Resistance, Vader Immortal) stars in this African legend about how the hippopotamus came to be the decidedly distinctive cr…

8 months, 1 week ago

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Encore: Strong Mind and Kind Heart

Season 8 Episode 51

Christopher Sean (Star Wars Resistance, Gotham Knights) stars in this Vietnamese tale about two friends, one dream, and the infinite value of a true …

8 months, 2 weeks ago

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Encore: Counting Crocodiles

Season 8 Episode 50

In this playful tale from Indonesia, Japan and Malaysia, Tiya Sircar (Star Wars Rebels, The Good Place) plays a cunning mouse deer who teaches a cant…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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Encore: The Rooster in the Sky

Season 8 Episode 49

In this adventure story with roots in Russia, Hungary and the Middle East, a magical rooster rewards Rachel Matthews (Frozen 2) for her fearless pers…

9 months ago

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