Summary
Arienne Mandi (The L Word: Generation Q, The Night Agent) and Patrick Renna (You Gotta Believe, The Sandlot) go head-to-head in a battle of wits in this tale with roots across Europe, Asia, the Caribbean and the American Southwest.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, grown-ups. We want to learn more about you and why you listen to circle around. |
| 0:05.1 | Take our short 10-minute survey and get a special bonus story from me, Rebecca Shear. |
| 0:09.9 | Find a link in the show notes of this episode or visit wbUR.org.combe. |
| 0:16.3 | WBUR Podcasts, Boston. |
| 0:23.7 | Imagine you have a friend who's struggling in some way. |
| 0:28.6 | How far would you go to help them out? |
| 0:30.9 | How big would your kindness and generosity stretch? |
| 0:34.9 | We're about to meet a school teacher whose kindness and generosity stretch |
| 0:38.7 | so far, they reach the stars. I'm Rebecca Shear, and welcome to Circle Round, where story time |
| 0:49.0 | happens all the time. Today, our story is called Miss Tilda. It's inspired by tales from many places, including, |
| 0:57.2 | and this is quite a list, the European country of Germany, the African nation of Ethiopia, |
| 1:02.5 | the Caribbean Islands of the West Indies, the Uyghur people of Central and East Asia, |
| 1:06.7 | the Sephardic Jewish community of Portugal and Spain, and the Spanish-speaking community of New Mexico in the southwestern United States. |
| 1:14.6 | Some really great people came together to bring you our version of this folktale, |
| 1:18.6 | including Ariane Mande and Patrick Renna. |
| 1:21.6 | Grownups, you may know Ariane Mande from the L-word Generation Q, the Knight Agent, and the feature film, to Tommy. |
| 1:28.3 | Patrick Renna burst onto the scene as Hamilton Ham Porter |
| 1:31.1 | in the classic 1990s baseball film, The Sandlot. |
| 1:34.6 | He has a new children's book titled |
| 1:36.2 | A Little Slugger's Guide to the Unwritten Rules of Baseball and Life. |
| 1:41.1 | So, circle around, everyone. |
| 1:43.6 | For Miss Tilda. |
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