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The Crane Bag PodcastA Reading of the Odyssey, Book OnePoet and Storyteller Jay Leeming reads and comments on book one of Homer's Odyssey. Note: Unusually for this podcast this is not a storytelling performance but a reading, for those who wish to dive a little deeper into the Homeric version of this story which has inspired my own. www.JayLeeming.com
2025-12-2952 minThe Crane Bag PodcastOn the Road in Greece and CyprusNotes from poet and storyteller Jay Leeming during his two-month storytelling journey through Greece and Cyprus in 2025.
2025-12-1634 minThe Crane Bag PodcastDiarmuid and the Princess From Beneath the SeaA story from the Irish epic of Finn MacCool (Fionn MacCumhail) brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2025-12-0956 minThe Crane Bag PodcastIliad Deep DiveA deep dive into the craft of storytelling with performance storyteller Jay Leeming, exploring the creation of the opening scenes of his version of the Iliad. www.JayLeeming.com
2025-11-1346 minThe Crane Bag PodcastEpisode #122: Draupadi, the Princess Born From a FireA princess born from a fire; a journey to speak with gods at the top of the world; a small boy who remains miraculously alive in an apocalyptic wasteland. These are three stories from the great epic of India known as the Mahabharata, brought to life through words and music by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2025-10-2958 minThe Crane Bag PodcastEzra Pound: Canto OneStoryteller and poet Jay Leeming explores canto one of "The Cantos" by the American poet Ezra Pound. Sequoia trees, blood for ghosts, and the dance of Aphrodite amid a shimmer of gold. www.JayLeeming.com
2025-10-1439 minThe Crane Bag PodcastIf You Want to Find Out Who You Are"If you want to find out who you are, cut off your head and enter the forest." A story out of French alchemy, told and explored by storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2025-10-1325 minThe Crane Bag PodcastGary Snyder: "Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout"An exploration of the American poet Gary Snyder's poem "Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout" by poet and storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2025-09-0228 minThe Crane Bag PodcastThe Iliad, Part Eight: The Wrath of AchillesWhat moonlit god comes down to punish the Greeks with his arrows? What stray dog is the first unlikely victim of Agamemnon's wrath, and what the heck is that boat full of onions and cabbages doing in this story? The story of the Iliad continues, as brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2025-08-151h 02The Crane Bag PodcastPablo Neruda: "The Art of Poetry"An exploration of Pablo Neruda's poem "The Art of Poetry" by poet, storyteller, and musician Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2025-08-1221 minThe Crane Bag PodcastRobert Frost: "Directive"An exploration of Robert Frost's poem "Directive" by poet, storyteller, and musician Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2025-07-2929 minThe Crane Bag PodcastOisin in the Land of Tir Na NogThe epic of the Irish hero Finn MacCool (Fionn MacCumhail) comes to a close in this story brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2025-07-221h 00The Crane Bag PodcastEmily Dickinson: "I heard a fly buzz when I died"An exploration of Emily Dickinson's poem "I heard a fly buzz when I died" by poet, storyteller and musician Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2025-07-1523 minThe Crane Bag PodcastJames Wright: "Goodbye to the Poetry of Calcium"An exploration of James Wright's poem "Goodbye to the Poetry of Calcium" by poet, storyteller, and musician Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2025-07-0819 minThe Crane Bag PodcastThe Iliad, Part Six: Achilles Among the Dancing GirlsBefore you go to war, it's probably best to spend a year living as a dancing girl on the island of Skyros. That's the wisdom which this beautiful story brings to us, just in time for us to put on our own dancing shoes and sing our way into the deepening wilderness of this epic brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2025-05-2754 minThe Crane Bag PodcastSteve Scafidi Interview: "What if Faulkner is Wrong and We Do Not Endure or Prevail"An interview with the poet Steve Scafidi, who reads his poem "What if Faulkner is Wrong and We Do Not Endure or Prevail" and discusses laughter, oblivion, religion, high school, and poetry with host Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2025-04-1531 minThe Crane Bag PodcastSharon Olds: "California Swimming Pool"An exploration of the poem "California Swimming Pool," by Sharon Olds. www.JayLeeming.com
2025-03-1823 minThe Crane Bag PodcastJoel Christensen: Stories as Living BeingsAn interview with Professor Joel Christensen about Homeric Epic and the possibility of regarding stories as living beings. www.JayLeeming.com
2025-03-0649 minThe Crane Bag PodcastPablo Neruda: "Ode to My Socks"The odes of Pablo Neruda explored by poet and storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2025-02-2424 minThe Crane Bag PodcastThe Iliad Part Three: Paris, the Sea-Dragon, and the Prophecies of CassandraThe epic of the Iliad brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2025-02-1847 minThe Crane Bag PodcastThe Iliad Part Two: The Judgement of ParisThe epic of the Iliad, brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2025-01-2842 minThe Crane Bag PodcastThe Iliad Part One: Prometheus, Paris, and the Goddess of Deep WaterPerformance storyteller Jay Leeming brings the sprawling epic of the Iliad alive with all of its birds, thunder, and goddesses intact. www.JayLeeming.co
2025-01-021h 03The Crane Bag PodcastEpisode #123: The Birth of OisinOnce again Finn MacCool stumbles into relationship with the Otherworld, in this story from the Irish Finn cycle brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2024-10-3125 minThe Crane Bag PodcastEpisode #121: The Mermaid in the MirrorDo we live in a world of infinite possibilities, or of barriers and limits? A wizard, a blue snake, and a mermaid help us to explore this question in this story from deep within the mythic cosmos known as Stories from One Thousand and One Nights. www.JayLeeming.com
2024-10-301h 06The Crane Bag PodcastEpisode #120: Finn MacCool and the Spell of a Hundred YearsThough these stories seem to focus on the exploits of Finn and his band of poetical warriors, the Goddess is always present in all her forms and liable to show up in the most unlikely of circumstances. In this episode Finn sets out into the wild but soon finds himself in a territory of weakness and forgetting unlike any he has stumbled into before. www.JayLeeming.com
2024-10-1438 minThe Crane Bag PodcastEpisode #119: Finn MacCool and the FomoriansHere's a rowdy dream-vision involving a house thatched with feathers, pigs that never die and a sea-god for whom story is the fire that warms his house; it's the journey of King Cormac into the Otherworld as brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2024-09-201h 03The Crane Bag PodcastEpisode #118: Talking About the Mahabharata With Geetha ReddyStoryteller Jay Leeming and playwright Geetha Reddy discuss her recent adaptation of the Mahabharata.
2024-08-2052 minThe Crane Bag PodcastEpisode #117: The Boyhood of Finn MacCool, Part TwoThe Irish epic of Finn MacCool, brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2024-08-0743 minThe Crane Bag PodcastEpisode #116: The Boyhood of Finn MacCool, Part OneThe Irish epic of Finn MacCool brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
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The Two Boots Word VaultRobert Bly, Timothy Young, Jay Leeming, Danny Deardorf and Martin Shaw: Poetry Party, Part 2In late August and early September 2008 a number of poets, musicians, and storytellers associated with the Minnesota Men's Conferences and Robert Bly had been invited to the UK to perform over a period of two weeks. This troupe of artistic brigands included Robert Bly, Martin Shaw, Danny Deardorff, Judith-Kate Friedman, Thomas R. Smith, Jay Leeming, Ben Dennis, Timothy Young, the Brothers Frantzich, Tim and Paul, and Gioia Timpanelli. We were guests at the West Country Storytelling Festival, various coffeehouses, radio programs, schools, and other venues. Martin's home in Ashburton, Devon served as our base, and friends, Jonny Bloor, Sarah De...
2024-07-1812 min
The Two Boots Word VaultRobert Bly, Timothy Young, Thomas R. Smith, Jay Leeming at Martin Shaw's home 9-4-08In late August and early September 2008 a number of poets, musicians, and storytellers associated with the Minnesota Men's Conferences and Robert Bly had been invited to the UK to perform over a period of two weeks. This troupe of artistic brigands included Robert Bly, Martin Shaw, Danny Deardorff, Judith-Kate Friedman, Thomas R. Smith, Jay Leeming, Ben Dennis, Timothy Young, the Brothers Frantzich, Tim and Paul, and Gioia Timpanelli. We were guests at the West Country Storytelling Festival, various coffeehouses, radio programs, schools, and other venues. Martin's home in Ashburton, Devon served as our base, and friends, Jonny Bloor, Sarah De...
2024-07-1527 minThe Crane Bag PodcastEpisode #115: Girl Meets Wolf: Exploring "Red Riding Hood"There's trouble out there, big nasty toothy trouble and this life isn't just sitting with bread and honey by a warm fire. That's the truth expressed in this age-old narrative of innocence becoming wisdom, a primal building-block of story explored by storyteller Jay Leeming and who knows if on the way we might also meet the Buddha on the road? www.JayLeeming.com
2024-05-0232 min
The Crane Bag PodcastThe Odyssey Part One: Feasting the Sea-GodThe epic of the Odyssey brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2024-05-0255 minThe Crane Bag PodcastSongbox #1: Odysseus, Guslar and the Belly of the worldA live and unscripted riff on hunger, myth, and the origins of poetry by performance storyteller Jay Leeming, unedited and rowdy as an apple on a branch. www.JayLeeming.com
2024-04-1844 minThe Crane Bag PodcastThe Odyssey Part Ten: Once I Went HuntingThe Odyssey brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2024-03-011h 01The Crane Bag PodcastThe Odyssey Part Eleven: The Rooted BedThe Odyssey brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2024-03-011h 00The Crane Bag PodcastThe Odyssey Part Nine: Now You Must Be Someone ElseThe Odyssey brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2024-03-0158 minThe Crane Bag PodcastOdyssey Part Seven: Blood for GhostsThe Odyssey brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
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The Crane Bag PodcastThe Odyssey Part Five: My Name is NobodyThe epic of the Odyssey brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
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The Crane Bag PodcastThe Odyssey Part Four: Welcome, StrangerThe epic of the Odyssey brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
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The Crane Bag PodcastThe Odyssey Part Three: Some Say He is My FatherThe epic of the Odyssey brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
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The Crane Bag PodcastThe Odyssey Part Two: The Kingdom of Rust and HoneyThe epic of the Odyssey brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
2024-02-1641 minThe Crane Bag PodcastOdyssey Part Eight: A Song You Must Not HearThe Odyssey as brought to life by performance storyteller and poet Jay Leeming.
2024-02-151h 01The Crane Bag PodcastThe Odyssey Part Six: With a Hawk Feather in Her HairJay Leeming tells Part Six of the Odyssey.
2024-02-151h 11The Crane Bag PodcastThe Seven SistersCould some stories really be 100,000 years old? A meditation on oral memory, story, and the constellation of the Pleiades, complete with music (played on the dilruba of India) for our winter darkness. www.JayLeeming.com
2023-12-1522 minThe Crane Bag PodcastStoryteller Daniel Morden interviewed by Jay LeemingJay Leeming interviews the Welsh storyteller Daniel Morden about the Odyssey, his path to storytelling, and much more.
2023-09-281h 22The Crane Bag PodcastThe Mahabharata Part Sixteen: The Journey to the OtherworldThe age of Kali begins, kingdoms are destroyed and Yudishtira and his brothers set out for the otherworld, all in this final episode of the Mahabharata as told by performance storyteller Jay Leeming.
2023-08-291h 13The Crane Bag PodcastThe Mahabharata Part Fifteen: TranquilityIn the aftermath the river Ganges returns as the luminous, magical thread joining every part of this story, healing the survivors and joining the three worlds. Meanwhile Yudishtira wrestles with his doubts and seeks the wisdom of Bhisma, still clinging to life on the battlefield beneath the circling stars.
2023-08-221h 032023-08-1559 minThe Crane Bag PodcastMahabharata Part Thirteen: The Death of DronaTruth and lies, elephants and chariots collide on the battlefied of Kurukshetra, where the vows and desires of every character create a pattern no one could have foreseen and the battle in the world is revealed to be also a battle within.
2023-07-1351 minThe Crane Bag PodcastMahabharata Part Twelve: The Death of BhismaThe epic which began with the theft of a cow continues as all the fruits of action grow ripe on the branches of what's possible, leading to a battle in which even a god can lose his way and the razor-sharp choices of one woman in her past life lead to the death of the Grandfather of us all.
2023-06-3041 minThe Crane Bag PodcastThe Mahabharata Part Eleven: Krishna's Last EffortsThe Kurus and the Pandavas hurtle towards a war which it seems cannot be stopped, though Krishna does everything in his power to prevent it in this episode of the Mahabharata as brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming.
2023-03-221h 12The Crane Bag PodcastThe Mahabharata Part Ten: In the Court of King VirataThe epic of the Mahabharata brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming through the power of music and the spoken word.
2023-03-171h 10The Crane Bag PodcastEpisode 87: Persephone, Queen of the UnderworldDown we go, down the roots of this bright flower-loud world into the depths of the winter kingdom ruled by Hades himself. "The glacier knocks in the cupboard / the desert sighs in the bed / and the crack in the teacup opens / a lane to the land of the dead." So wrote the poet W.H. Auden, and by cracks and brokenness we learn who we are-- though the journey might also involve cattle-rustling, a mouthy youngster and the invention of the lyre. Let us go!
2023-03-1459 minThe Crane Bag PodcastThe Mahabharata Part Nine: Draupadi and the Jambul TreePrincess Draupadi and the five sons of Pandu confront the limits of their powers in a wilderness alive with magical beings, rakshasas, and speaking trees in this episode of "The Mahabharata" as brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com www.Patreon.com/StoryJL
2023-03-131h 00The Crane Bag PodcastThe Mahabharata Part Eight: The Search for WeaponsPerformance storyteller Jay Leeming brings to life the Indian epic of the Mahabharata through music and the power of the spoken word. In this part of our story the Pandavas encounter powers greater than any they have encountered before; non-human powers who school them in humility and weakness. Along the way they meet the monkey god Hanuman, the sage Parashurama and the ageless seer Markandeya who gives them a glimpse of the end of the world. www.JayLeeming.com www.Patreon.com/StoryJL
2023-03-051h 07The Crane Bag PodcastEpisode 84: The Mahabharata Part Seven: Into the ForestPrincess Draupadi and the five sons of Pandu leave their kingdom behind and begin their thirteen-year exile in the forest; the vast epic of the Mahabharata, brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming.
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The Crane Bag PodcastOrpheus and EurydiceThe story of Orpheus and Eurydice, brought into the here and now by storyteller, poet and musician Jay Leeming.
2022-11-1030 minThe Crane Bag PodcastEpisode 81: The Mahabharata Part Four: The Birth of DraupadiWho's that stepping out of the bonfire? It's Draupadi, the princess who will change the world permanently and forever; who will witness the end of the third age of time and will even get to laugh hysterically for a few brief and beautiful moments.
2022-10-1742 minThe Crane Bag PodcastThe Norse Creation MythDarkness and fire and the tree at the center of all things: storyteller Jay Leeming brings the Norse creation myth to life through music, story, and the power of the spoken word.
2022-10-121h 042022-10-041h 01The Crane Bag PodcastEpisode 80: The Mahabharata Part Three: DronaDeeper into the forest we go, tracking the story of the wizard-like teacher Drona to its source in water and in fire.
2022-10-011h 02The Crane Bag PodcastExploring the Odyssey #2 with Bethany DixonWhy do the gods do what they do? What's up with all the weeping and washing in the Odyssey, and can baking five cakes in one day get us some answers? Poet Bethany Dixon and I sat down on a summer's day to explore the feminine characters of the Odyssey, and the result is a wide-ranging exploration of gender, the divine, and the good trouble of being alive.
2022-09-2947 minThe Crane Bag PodcastEpisode 79: The Mahabharata Part Two: The Birth of the PandavasA blind king, a visit to the king of the fishermen, and yet another hunting trip gone wrong: it's part two of the epic of the Mahabharata, as brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming.
2022-09-1542 minThe Crane Bag PodcastEpisode 78: The Mahabharata Part One: OriginsA plunge into the mythic cosmos of the Mahabharata, an epic story in which the destinies of gods and humans intertwine and the roll of a die decides the fate of an entire kingdom.
2022-09-1042 minThe Crane Bag PodcastEpisode 77: The Birth of BhismaA king without a queen marries a river goddess who then does a few monstrous things; that's the news straight from the start of the Mahabharata, a beautiful Hindu epic in which gods and humans mingle in both lovely and destructive ways.
2022-08-1948 minThe Crane Bag PodcastEpisode 76: Markandeya Walks the WorldIt's tough being a sage who lives forever, especially when the world crashes and burns and you're left crawling through an apocalyptic wasteland; but in that darkness there are still surprises to be found. A cosmic legend of murk, hope and mangoes from the Hindu epic the Mahabharata, as told by performance storyteller Jay Leeming.
2022-07-2128 minThe Crane Bag PodcastExploring the Odyssey #1 with Sam BuggelnTheater director Sam Buggeln talks with performance storyteller Jay Leeming about myth, theater, the supernatural, and bringing the Odyssey to the stage.
2022-04-2635 minThe Crane Bag PodcastEpisode 75: Arawn, Lord of AnnwvynA story from the first branch of the Welsh Mabinogion, told and then explored by performance storyteller Jay Leeming.
2022-04-2042 minThe Crane Bag PodcastEpisode 74: Branwen, Daughter of Llyr (Part Two)Part two of the Welsh story of "Branwen, Daughter of Llyr," brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming.
2022-03-0646 minThe Crane Bag PodcastEpisode 74: Branwen, Daughter of Llyr (Part One)A raven king, a magical cauldron and a talking bird: the Welsh story of "Branwen, Daughter of Llyr" brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming.
2022-03-0640 minThe Crane Bag PodcastEpisode 73: Into the Underworld with the Luckiest Boy AliveThe power of blind chance goes up against the king of death in this fairy tale brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming.
2022-01-291h 08The Crane Bag PodcastEpisode 72: Exploring the Odyssey with Joel ChristensenA journey into the fierce yet healing story of the Odyssey, first through storytelling by Jay Leeming and then through an extended interview with Joel Christensen of Brandeis University.
2022-01-2748 minThe Crane Bag PodcastThe Mermaid and the Falcon PrinceA fairy tale found in a box in an attic in Hamburg in 2012, brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming.
2021-12-061h 20The Crane Bag PodcastOpening to Story with Laura SimmsThe storyteller Laura Simms tells "The Pigeon's Bride" and explores the art of storytelling in an interview with Jay Leeming.
2021-11-101h 01The Crane Bag PodcastThe Theft of Sif's HairThe Norse trickster god Loki steals the golden hair of Sif, the wife of Thor, and thereby releases the rowdy desires of all the gods for fabulous and magical tools.
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House of Legends: World Myths & LegendsEpisode 67: The Birth of Athena with Jay LeemingOur guest this week is Jay Leeming, a performance storyteller whose poetic way of bringing traditional stories alive has captivated audiences in theaters, schools, libraries and National Parks. He is the creator of the Crane Bag Podcast, the author of two books of poetry and the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Recordings and more information about his work can be found at www.JayLeeming.com.Story begins at 36mins; use the chapter mark if you want to go straight there.Note: we replaced the audio of the live telling...
2021-09-141h 032021-08-191h 03The Crane Bag PodcastEpisode 67: Naqqali Storytelling with Morshed Saghi and Arash Ali FarhadipourAn exploration of the Naqqali storytelling tradition of Iran, with Morshed Saghi and Arash Ali Farhadipour.
2021-07-1529 minThe Crane Bag PodcastTag Team FirebirdFour storytellers tell the Russian tale of the Firebird: a live, improvised, cross-Atlantic performance recorded in March of 2021 by Lara McClure, Walton Stanley, Catherine Heinemeyer and Jay Leeming. An exploration of the story by the storytellers follows.
2021-06-2350 minThe Crane Bag PodcastMiguel Rivera and the Poetry of Humberto Ak'AbalAn interview with healer, translator and ceremony-maker Miguel Rivera on the poetry of Humberto Ak'Abal and our relation to the dreaming earth, preceded by the Seneca story "The Storytelling Stone."
2021-06-171h 08The Crane Bag PodcastEpisode #64: Interview with Clare MurphyA conversation between the Irish storyteller Clare Murphy and Jay Leeming in which the big rowdy questions of story and earth and the wide sky are danced with until the music of our questions itself disappears into the whispering understory of what we forgot we knew.
2021-05-121h 13The Crane Bag PodcastThe FirebirdBang! The red feather of desire is right in front of you on the forest path; your talking horse tells you to steer clear, but do you pick it up all the same? Enter the world of Russian earth-wisdom through "The Firebird," an ancient but contemporary story brought to life by storyteller Jay Leeming.
2021-04-281h 12The Crane Bag PodcastEpisode 61: "The Woman of the Sea" told by Regi Carpenter"The Woman of the Sea" told by Regi Carpenter, followed by an interview in which she and host Jay Leeming explore that story as well as her own journey to storytelling.
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The Crane Bag PodcastEpisode 60: Odysseus in the Swineherd's HutCome into the swineherd's hut where who you are is determined by the story you tell, where Odysseus disguised as a beggar is welcomed by his loyal swineherd into the story of things-as-they-are.
2021-03-0957 minThe Crane Bag PodcastThe Power of Dreams with Peter FortunatoIn this episode we explore the power of dreams, first through a story from the One Thousand and One Nights and then through an interview with the poet, author and healer Peter Fortunato. The result is a wide-ranging exploration of dreamwork, poetry, and our relations to the earth.
2021-03-051h 11The Crane Bag PodcastFreya and the Building of the Wall of AsgardThe Norse myth of the building of the Wall of Asgard brought to life by storyteller Jay Leeming, with a discussion of matriarchy, Seidr-magic and the fate of the gods.
2021-03-0148 minThe Crane Bag PodcastOrpheus, Midas and the Goat-Man in the GardenWith Dionysus as our god we wander in the steps of a song-man fresh from the bush of ghosts, lurching perfectly through the story of Pygmalion to find ourselves in the rose garden of a king about to be granted the most disastrous blessing he could ever be foolish enough to ask for.
2021-02-1654 minThe Crane Bag Podcast"The Oldest Boy" told by Walton StanleyA story from the far north brought to life by Walton Stanley, followed by an exploration of the story and storytelling by Walton Stanley and Jay Leeming.
2021-02-121h 00The Crane Bag PodcastSay Goodbye to HollywoodA telling of "Anansi and the Box of Stories" plus an interview with Brain Smolensky, author of the upcoming book Say Goodbye to Hollywood: the Climate Crisis, the Local-lore movement, and the Case for a Future Without the Entertainment Industry.
2021-01-1659 minThe Crane Bag PodcastThe Birth of AthenaThe story of the birth of the ancient Greek goddess Athena, brought to life by storyteller, musician and poet Jay Leeming.
2020-12-2818 minThe Crane Bag PodcastEpisode 50: The Fox Woman told by Daniel DeardorffA Siberian story of a woman who accepts the wild invitations of the wind, told by Daniel Deardorff and then explored by storyteller Jay Leeming.
2020-12-2334 minThe Crane Bag PodcastKing Powell and Lady Rhiannon (Mabinogion, First Branch)The Welsh story of King Powell and the otherworld queen Lady Rhiannon, brought alive by storyteller, poet and musician Jay Leeming.
2020-12-2158 minThe Crane Bag PodcastKing Powell and Lady RhiannonStoryteller Jay Leeming tells the story of King Powell and the Horse-Queen Rhiannon, exploring the depths of hunger and contentment found in this tale from the first branch of the Welsh Mabinogion.
2020-12-201h 05The Crane Bag PodcastInner Vision: Odin and the Well of Wisdom Re-VisitedAn exploration of the Norse myth of Odin and the Well of Wisdom by storyteller Jay Leeming and optometrist and vision therapist Dr. Larry Wallace.
2020-12-0756 minThe Crane Bag PodcastGilgamesh Part Three: The Quest for Eternal LifeGilgamesh's quest to find the secret of eternal life brought into the here and now by storyteller, musician and poet Jay Leeming.
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The Crane Bag PodcastThe Handless Maiden (Part Two)Storyteller Jay Leeming explores "The Handless Maiden" with special guest Elaine Stanton.
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The Crane Bag PodcastThe Handless Maiden (Part One)Storyteller Jay Leeming tells the Grimm's fairy tale "The Handless Maiden" and then explores the landscape of the story with special guest Elaine Stanton,
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