The Sharpest Tack

Circle Round

WBUR

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

4.4 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Negin Farsad (Fake the Nation, Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!) and Stacey Vanek Smith (Planet Money, The Indicator) face off in a battle of wits in this tale with roots in North America, China, and the Middle East.

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0:30.0	We'll start our story today with a riddle. You can live by me, You can keep me about you. But if you're not careful, you can also come to my end.
0:39.0	What am I? The answer is your wits! When you live by your wits, you're using your cunning and cleverness.
0:49.5	When you keep your wits about you, you're cautious and alert. But if you come to your Witz and you're
0:54.8	desperate and don't know what to do next. Today's tale is all about Witz, including
1:00.5	a battle of Witz, where the sharpest wit wins.
1:05.0	I'm Rebecca Sheer and welcome to Circle Round,
1:10.0	where story time happens all the time.
1:12.0	Today our story is called The Sharpest Tack.
1:15.0	It's inspired by tales from many cultures,
1:18.0	including the Apache and Lakota of North America
1:21.0	and the Uyghur people of China. You'll also find versions from Turkey
1:24.7	and across the Middle East. Some really great people came together to bring you our
1:29.6	story including Naguen, Farsad and Stacey Vanick Smith.
1:33.0	Writer, director, comedian, and actor Nagee Farside hosts the Political Comedy Podcast,
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