Milk from a Bull

Circle Round

WBUR

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

4.4 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Recorded live at Tanglewood with Boston Symphony Orchestra musicians and a star-studded cast, this tale with roots in India, Mongolia, Siberia and the Philippines is all about thinking outside the box... and inside the jar.

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0:00.0	Hi, Rebecca Shear here. Before we get to our story, exciting news. Circle Round is going back on tour with live recordings across the United States.
0:09.1	Our first stop, Sunday, October 5th in Parker, Colorado at the Pace Center. And Circle Round Club members are invited to a special post-show meet and greed with me and composer Eric Shimalonis.
0:19.4	Get your tickets at WbUR.org.org
0:21.4	slash Circle Round and click on events. We're announcing more tour stop soon, so stay tuned.
0:26.2	We look forward to circling round with you live.
0:29.0	Support for Circle Round comes from Shriners Children's, home to the world's leading pediatric
0:34.6	orthopedic care, critical burn care, and care for craniofacial
0:38.7	differences. Shriners never allows the inability to pay to compromise the treatment a child needs.
0:45.3	The most amazing care anywhere begins at Shrinerschildren's.org. WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:59.8	This Circle Round episode was recorded in August 2025 at Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
1:08.2	To be first in line for upcoming Circle Round events, including our annual
1:12.5	Tanglewood recording, join the Circle Round Club. Grownups, sign up your superfan today and support
1:18.7	the public media podcast you love at WBUR.org slash Circle Round Club. And now, on with the story.
1:38.1	Thank you. club. And now, on with the story. Think about the last time you faced a challenge. How did you try and tackle it? Sometimes to overcome challenges, we have to get creative and think in unexpected and unconventional ways.
1:47.8	It's what we call thinking outside the box.
1:51.7	We're about to meet a woman who doesn't just think outside the box.
1:55.7	She thinks inside the jar.
2:00.2	Music inside the jar.
2:10.4	I'm Rebecca Shear, and welcome to Circle Round, live at Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts.
2:13.1	Today our story is called Milk from a Bull.
2:19.3	It's inspired by tales from the Asian countries of India, Siberia, Mongolia, and the Philippines.
2:29.3	Joining me on stage is a star-studded cast of actors, Michael Bobbitt, Mariel Heller, Omar Offendom, and Yorma Tocconi.
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