The Sultan’s Figs feat. Shazad Latif and Anthony Rapp
Circle Round
WBUR
4.4 • 14.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Shazad Latif (Star Trek: Discovery, Penny Dreadful) and Anthony Rapp (Star Trek: Discovery, Rent) headline this Middle Eastern/North African tale about sweet figs, bad breath, and the bitter truth.
When you need advice, what kind of advisor do you turn to?
Someone who’s honest? Trustworthy? Supportive?
In today’s story, we’ll meet an advisor who’s none of these things. And the person he’s advising -- a wealthy, powerful sultan -- has no idea!
Our story is called “The Sultan’s Figs.” Versions of this tale originally come from North Africa and the Middle East.
Voices in this episode include Mike DelGaudio, Shazad Latif and Anthony Rapp. Grown-ups, you can see Shazad and Anthony on the CBS All-Access series, Star Trek. You can also check out Shazad Latif in three Netflix shows -- Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Penny Dreadful and Toast of London -- plus the upcoming indie film, Falling For Figaro. Anthony Rapp has starred in dozens of Broadway plays and musicals, including Rent and If/Then, opposite Idina Menzel. He’s the author of the book, Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent.
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| 0:40.0 | When you need advice, what kind of advisor do you turn to? |
| 0:45.0 | Someone who's honest, trustworthy, supportive? |
| 0:49.0 | In today's story, we'll meet an advisor who is none of those things. |
| 0:53.0 | And the person he's advising, a wealthy, powerful sultan, has no idea. |
| 1:00.0 | I'm Rebecca Scher and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time. |
| 1:13.0 | Today our story is called the Sultan's Figs, versions of this tale originally come from North Africa and the Middle East. |
| 1:21.0 | Some really great people came together to bring you our adaptation of this folktale, including Shazad Latif and Anthony Rap. |
| 1:29.0 | Two stars you grow up might recognize from Star Trek Discovery on CBS All Access. |
| 1:35.0 | So Circle Round everyone for the Sultan's Figs. |
| 1:49.0 | Their once was a Sultan with a fongness for Figs. |
| 1:54.0 | That's right. Figs! |
| 1:56.0 | Oh, is there anything quite like a ripe fig? |
| 2:01.0 | So plump and sweet and juicy. |
| 2:05.0 | But here's the thing about Figs. |
| 2:08.0 | In the sultan's part of the world, Figs only ripened once a year in the summertime. |
| 2:14.0 | So, all through the fall, winter and spring, the great ruler counted the days, hours, minutes and seconds |
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