Encore: The Scholar’s Reward
Circle Round
WBUR
4.4 • 14.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Summer Bishil (The Magicians, Four Samosas) and Michael Maliakel (Aladdin on Broadway) star in an India tale about the first chess game and the surprising ripple effects of our actions.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Rebecca Shear here inviting you to Circle Round with us live. |
| 0:04.6 | Circle Round is hitting the road this fall with live episode recordings in Parker, Colorado, Boston, Massachusetts, and Charlotte, North Carolina. |
| 0:12.2 | Get your tickets at WBUR.org.org slash Circle Round. We're announcing more tour stop soon. Join the Circle Round Club, and you'll be first in line for tickets. |
| 0:20.4 | Club members are also invited |
| 0:21.5 | to a special meet and greet with me and Eric Shimalones after each show. Visit WBUR.org |
| 0:26.5 | slash Circle Round now. |
| 0:29.8 | WBUR Podcasts, Boston. |
| 0:46.0 | If you're a Circle Round super fan and you're listening the week this episode comes out, |
| 0:53.2 | then you know we've got some exciting events coming up, including live recordings in Colorado, North Carolina, and Massachusetts. |
| 0:58.6 | Select tickets remain, so get yours at WBUR.org slash Circle Round. |
| 1:04.5 | While we're gearing up for our live shows, please enjoy this special encore edition of Circle Round. |
| 1:09.1 | A story that's gotten countless fans hooked on a certain game. |
| 1:10.9 | Which game is it? You'll soon find out. |
| 1:19.2 | Have you ever noticed what happens when you toss a pebble into a pond or lake? |
| 1:25.2 | First, circles appear on the surface, right? Then they ripple outward and seem to go on |
| 1:30.7 | forever. That's called a ripple effect. And as we'll hear in today's story, just like a little |
| 1:37.1 | pebble can create big ripples in the water. Our actions can create big ripples too, beyond our wildest dreams. |
| 1:52.1 | I'm Rebecca Shear, and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time. |
| 1:58.1 | Today, our story is called the Scholars' Reward. Versions of this tale come from the |
| 2:03.2 | Southeast Asian country of India. Some really great people came together to bring you our |
| 2:11.8 | adaptation of this folktale, including Summer Bischel and Michael Maliaquel. Summer Bishel stars in The Magicians on sci-fi, |
| 2:20.3 | as well as the recent indie film for Samosas. |
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