Seven Silver Rings
5/19/202621 min
Marielle Heller (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Can You Ever Forgive Me) and Jorma Taccone (The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast, Little Fox and the Wild Imagination) headline a Seneca and Shawnee legend about how the raccoon got its eye mask and tail stripes.
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[instrumental music plays] WBUR podcasts. Boston.
Rebecca Sheir· Host0:04
Have you ever lost something dear to you? If so, how did it feel? Probably not so great, right? In today's tale, an unassuming bird loses a treasured possession, not because it goes missing, but because a bushy-tailed double-crossing thief steals it away. [instrumental music plays] I'm Rebecca Sheir, and welcome to Circle Round, where storytime happens all the time. Today, our story is called Seven Silver Rings. It comes from several indigenous groups in present-day North America, including the Seneca and Shawnee. Some really great people came together to bring you our version of this tale, including real-life couple Marielle Heller and Jorma Taccone. Actress, writer, and director Marielle Heller has directed such films as The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. You grown-ups can see her in the Golden Globe-winning TV series The Queen's Gambit. Writer, actor, director, musician, and comedian Jorma Taccone authored the children's book Little Fox and the Wild Imagination. As part of the comedy trio The Lonely Island, he co-hosts The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast. So circle around, everyone,