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Chicken Scratches

5/5/202615 min

Musician and podcaster Hrishikesh Hirway (Song Exploder) plays a cocky rooster in this Southern American tale about judging a book by its cover and eating humble pie.

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First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 00:01

    WBUR Podcasts. Boston.

  2. Rebecca Sheir· Host0:04

    Have you ever jumped to conclusions? We've all done it, made a judgment about something or someone before we learn or consider all the facts. In today's tale, a flock of feathered friends jump to conclusions at a big feast, and as a result, all they wind up eating is humble pie. [upbeat music] I'm Rebecca Sheir, and welcome to Circle Round, where story time happens all the time. Today our story is called Chicken Scratches. It's inspired by tales from the American South. Some really great people came together to bring you our version of this folktale, including Hrishikesh Hirway. You grownups may know Hrishikesh from his podcasts, The West Wing Weekly, Home Cooking, and Song Exploder, which has been made into a Netflix original series. Hrishikesh is also a singer-songwriter, whose latest album, In The Last Hour Of Light, is out now. So circle round everyone for Chicken Scratches.

  3. Unknown speaker1:18

    [upbeat music]

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