Summary
Brittany Ishibashi (Marvel’s Runaways, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) stars in a Japanese tale about the power of stories, and the value of reading -- and listening -- between the lines.
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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. |
| 0:05.2 | 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.com. |
| 0:16.3 | WBUR Podcasts, Boston. |
| 0:23.5 | Think about your favorite story. |
| 0:27.0 | If I asked, you could probably tell me its plot, right? |
| 0:30.9 | The series of events that unfold. |
| 0:33.9 | But what if I were to ask you about its theme, the message the story is trying to convey? |
| 0:40.4 | Sometimes the message of a story is easy to figure out. |
| 0:44.5 | But, as we'll hear in today's episode, sometimes it's hidden and requires some serious reading or listening between the lines. |
| 1:01.7 | I'm Rebecca Shearer and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time. |
| 1:08.3 | Today our story is called Out of Time. We found versions of this tale from the East Asian |
| 1:14.0 | Island Nation of Japan. Some really great people came together to bring you our version of this |
| 1:20.7 | folktale, including Brittany Ishibashi. You kids may recognize her voice from teenage mutant |
| 1:26.3 | ninja turtles, Mickey and the Roadster Racers, and Ultraman Rising. Grownups, you'll know You kids may recognize her voice from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, |
| 1:30.4 | Mickey and the Roadster Racers, and Ultraman Rising. |
| 1:35.8 | Grownups, you'll know, Brittany, from Grace and Frankie, Hawaii 50, and Marvel's Runaways. |
| 1:40.0 | Watch for her in the upcoming Apple TV Plus comedy series, Brothers. |
| 1:42.4 | So, circle around, everyone. |
| 1:46.3 | For out of time. |
| 2:01.5 | There once was a clockmaker who designed and built beautiful clocks inside a little shop in the middle of town. |
| 2:06.5 | The clockmaker had spent months working on her most exciting project yet. |
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