Hot Potatoes

Circle Round

WBUR

Ages 4-10, Children, Storytelling, Kids & Family, Childrens' Story, Books, Stories For Kids, Kids, Storytime, Story

4.4 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Arlen Escarpeta (Found, The Oath) headlines a tale from southern Africa about stolen spuds and hare-brained schemes.

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0:00.0	Hi, Rebecca Shear here with some really fun news.
0:06.0	On February 8th, Circle Round Live is coming to Symphony Hall in Boston, and you're invited.
0:11.9	Join us for a live recording of two new episodes featuring me, composer Eric Shimelonis,
0:17.3	plus Boston Symphony Orchestra players and a star-studded cast. Get your tickets today at
0:22.4	WBUR.org slash Circle Round.
0:29.6	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:40.8	An old proverb from Africa says,
0:43.1	Truth is like oil.
0:48.0	No matter how much water you pour on it, it will always float.
0:52.1	In other words, no matter how much you try to hide the truth,
0:56.5	it will eventually reveal itself. As we'll hear in today's story,
1:03.4	when one tricky character tries covering up the truth, an even trickier character blows his cover.
1:12.8	I'm Rebecca Shear, and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time.
1:24.8	Today, our story is called Hot Potatoes. It was inspired by tales from the Tonga, a Bantu ethnic group who are part of the Songha people of South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique.
1:33.8	Some really great people came together to bring you our adaptation of this tale, including Arlen Escarpeta,
1:37.9	who stars as Zeke Wallace on the NBC series, Found.
2:00.0	So circle around everyone for Hot Potatoes. for hot potatoes. It was a blisteringly hot day on the savannah, and hair was desperate for a drink. Oh, I'm so thirsty.
2:04.3	If I don't find water soon, I'll dry up into a husk
2:08.0	from the tips of my long, pointy ears to the back of my short bushy tail.
2:14.7	Under a blazing sun,
2:16.7	hair bounded across the grasslands in search of a waterhole. When he
2:21.1	finally found one, who should he find standing beside it? Her horned brown head raised high and alert,
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