Circle Round: 'The Lion's Whisker'
But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids
Vermont Public
4.3 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2018
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Instead of an episode of But Why, we're going to check out an episode of one of our other favorite podcasts. Circle Round is a storytelling show from WBUR, a public radio station in Boston. On Circle Round, they find stories from all around the world and then get really interesting people to act them out. This week we're sharing one of their episodes with you! This is one of our favorites. And it's actually about sharing. It's called 'The Lion's Whisker.'
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| 0:00.0 | But why? A podcast for curious kids is known for serious answers to silly questions sent |
| 0:07.0 | in by kids just like you. But did you know that but why is now a book series? |
| 0:12.9 | Our first book, Our Lama's Ticklish, answers questions from real kids about farm animals. |
| 0:18.8 | This colorfully illustrated book is perfect for kids ages 8 to 10. And our second book, |
| 0:24.4 | To Fish Breathe Underwater, explores the underwater world of the ocean. Learn more at |
| 0:29.4 | at thebykids.org slash books. |
| 0:55.4 | This is But Why, a podcast for curious kids from Vermont Public Radio. I'm Jane Lindholm. |
| 1:02.3 | On this podcast, we usually take questions from kids like you and find interesting people |
| 1:07.5 | to help answer them. But you know how it can be really fun to go over to one of your |
| 1:12.6 | friends' houses and see what kinds of activities they do, games they play, toys they play |
| 1:17.9 | with, or make? Well, we love that kind of swap and share stuff too, which is why we're |
| 1:24.0 | doing something a little bit different this week. Instead of a normal episode of But Why, |
| 1:29.4 | we're going to check out an episode of one of our other favorite podcasts. We're doing |
| 1:34.3 | a swap in fact. Circle Round is a storytelling show from WBUR, a public radio station in |
| 1:41.5 | Boston. On Circle Round, they find stories from all over the world and then get really |
| 1:47.2 | interesting people to act them out. While the creative people who make Circle Round are |
| 1:52.9 | busy producing new episodes, they shared one of ours all about baking bread and making |
| 1:58.7 | cake with the kids and families who listen to their show. So this week, they are sharing |
| 2:04.6 | an episode with us and it's one of our favorites. It's actually about sharing. It's called |
| 2:11.9 | the Lions Whisker. Here's the host of Circle Round, Rebecca Shear, to introduce it. |
| 2:18.1 | It isn't always easy getting along with others, right? Sometimes you just don't want to |
| 2:23.1 | share or maybe you don't want to wait your turn. Well, today we're going to meet a brother |
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