Encore: The Magic Touch
Circle Round
WBUR
4.5 • 16.8K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Edi Gathegi ("The Harder They Fall," "For All Mankind") stars in this East African story about twin brothers, enchanted fruit, and the magic of an open heart.
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| 0:00.0 | WBUR Podcasts, Boston. |
| 0:12.2 | Hi, Rebecca Shear here. |
| 0:14.9 | We're excited to circle around with you this weekend at the mega-awsome, super huge, wicked fun podcast playdate in Boston. |
| 0:22.8 | In-person tickets to our April 25th show are sold out, but we invite you to join our live |
| 0:28.2 | stream. Get your tickets at WbR.org.org slash circle round. While we gear up for the performance, |
| 0:35.2 | this week we're bringing you an encore edition of Circle Round, |
| 0:38.1 | a magical episode you may have missed the first time around. |
| 0:41.7 | We'll be back with a new episode soon. |
| 0:51.1 | Think about a time somebody showed you kindness. |
| 0:55.1 | Maybe a family member gave you a compliment, |
| 0:57.5 | or a friend helped you solve a problem. |
| 1:00.1 | We're about to meet a character who's all about being kind to others, |
| 1:03.3 | and the result is truly magical. |
| 1:06.6 | Music I'm Rebecca Shear, and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time. |
| 1:19.9 | Today our story is called The Magic Touch. |
| 1:23.1 | Versions of this tale originally come from East Africa. |
| 1:29.4 | Some really great people came together to bring you our adaptation of this folk tale, including |
| 1:33.7 | Eddie Githegi, whom you grown-ups may recognize from the American Western film, The Harder |
| 1:38.4 | They Fall, and watch for him in the third season of the space drama for all mankind on Apple TV Plus. |
| 1:47.6 | So circle around, everyone, for the magic touch. |
| 1:55.3 | There once were two brothers, twins, actually. |
| 1:59.1 | Their names were Juma and Imani. Juma and Imani were raised by their |
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