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Circle Round

The Secret of Success

Circle Round

WBUR

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

4.414.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Helen Hong (Family Switch, The Thundermans) stars in a tale with English, Welsh, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Indian roots about how imagination and effort affect supply and demand.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi Rebecca Shear here seeking an ideal holiday gift for your favorite Circle Round fans

0:05.3

then check out our Circle Round swag. Visit W-B-U-R-D.org

0:09.2

slash Circle Round to order the new lunchbox and backpack plus copies of our picture books

0:13.7

autographed by me it's all at w bure dot org slash circle round.

0:19.5

w bure pogcasts Boston you B-U-R- Podcasts, Boston. make some money for your piggy bank. So you decide to open a lemonade stand. The first thing

0:36.0

you need to figure out is how much lemonade you're going to make, right? In other words, how

0:40.9

much you'll supply?

0:43.0

To answer that question, you need to think about demand,

0:46.2

or how much people will want your lemonade.

0:49.2

And that demand could change.

0:51.3

In the warmer months, when people are craving a cool refreshing

0:55.1

beverage demand will be higher, so you'll want your supply to be higher too.

1:00.0

But during the chillier months when people would rather sip hot cocoa, demand will be lower.

1:07.0

So your supply should be lower to? We call this idea supply and demand. And we're about to meet a clever woman who finds an

1:15.7

ingenious way to supply exactly what people demand. And I'm Rebecca Sheer and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time. Today our story is called

1:35.3

The Secret of Success. We found versions of this tale from many places

1:40.3

including the European countries of England and Wales and the Asian nations of China,

1:45.9

Japan, Korea, and India.

1:50.4

Some really great people came together to bring you our version of this folk tale,

1:53.7

including actor, comedian, writer, and podcast host Helen Hong.

1:57.7

A regular panelist on Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me, the NPR News Quiz.

2:01.2

She starred as Mrs. Wong on The Thundermans on Nickelodeon and you can

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