Podcast
The Crane Bag Podcast
Myths and stories from around the world brought alive and singing into the here and now by storyteller, musician and poet Jay leeming.
- Episodes
- 105
- Releases
- Twice a week
- Typical length
- 21 min
- On air since
- 2026
- Latest episode
- 22 hours ago
Episodes
105 episodes, newest first
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25 min
Demeter, Odin, and the Well of Wisdom
Show notes
A Crane Bag podcast live recording, which means clicking on "record" and seeing what happens next. Unplanned, unedited, straight into the flow where the lightning dazzles and failure and victory are two doorways which are the same doorway which you step through to find yourself in the new land.
www.JayLeeming.com
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19 min
The Monkey City, Rumi, and the Salmon of Wisdom
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Live storytelling recording by Jay Leeming made on 9-20-2026 and featuring a convocation of monkeys, the legendary meeting of Rumi and Shams of Tabriz and a visit with an Irish bard. No animals were harmed during this production.
www.JayLeeming.com
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16 min
The Boy and the Half-Giantess
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A story from the Hausa people of Nigeria, told by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. What is that in the trees? Slurp, slurp. I've been here before. I remember it all: the tree, the dog, the spear in my hand. And not far off a monstrous hunger which is hard to look at but perhaps makes this world.
www.JayLeeming.com
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21 min
Boy Sings to Egg
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A story from the Venda people of northeastern South Africa, found in the book "African Myths and Tales" (1963, edited by Susan Feldman) and told by speaker-of-images Jay Leeming on the southern shore of Cayuga lake on September 25th, 2026. The journey is the destination.
www.JayLeeming.com
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15 min
Larry Levis: "Photograph: Migrant Worker, Parlier, California, 1967"
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An exploration of the work of Larry Levis by storyteller, poet, and musician Jay Leeming.
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29 min
The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell
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Stories from around the world brought into the here and now by storyteller, poet and musician Jay Leeming.
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48 min
Reading the Mahabharata
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An exploration of the Mahabharata by performance storyteller Jay Leeming.
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41 min
The Craft of Storytelling Part Three: Composing a Story
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Thoughts on composing a story for oral performance by Jay Leeming. "Not I, not I but the wind that blows through me" --D.H. Lawrence
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38 min
Episode #266:The Oldest Boy
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34 min
101 Stories in 101 Days: Conclusion
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The stories never end they just curl their tails around themselves and sleep for awhile. Above them the leaves of the world tree flutter in the wind. The night wind that knows all the answers because it has no need of questions. Somewhere there's a moon, somewhere there's a farmer and his wife sleeping in a feather bed. She laughs once in her sleep and this wakes up the farmer; a moment later he falls back to sleep and dreams of walking through a field of apple trees their apples ripe and sweet.
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25 min
101 Stories Day 73: I Remember Being Lifted Up
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This is day 73 from my "101 Days of Story," coming a bit late to the party due to a technical glitch. But ready to go!
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14 min
101 Stories Day 72: Pages From a Book of Sand
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This is day 72 from my "101 Days of Story," which is a bit late to the party due to a technical glitch.
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22 min
101 Stories Day 101: Scheherazade
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The story of Scheherazade from "Stories from 1001 Nights," told by Jay Leeming as part of the 101 stories in 101 days project all the beans but one and eternity has a hole in the side a little hatch out of which the clever person clambers with a bag containing a carrot and the stub-end of a candle who knows if he might be God in disguise?
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29 min
101 Stories Day 100: King Midas and the Goat-Man
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He has been washed clean of his gift. "King Midas and the Goat-Man" brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming.
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19 min
101 Stories Day 99: The Boy and the Half-Giantess
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21 min
101 Stories Day 98: The Noise is Not My Enemy / Gilgamesh, Enkidu and Humbaba
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O wild man O wild woman
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58 min
101 Stories Day 97: Thorngirl Dreaming
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A story is something which is not true that happens all the time.
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36 min
101 Stories Day 96: Goddess of All That Grows / What the Story Was Made Of
Show notes
Creosote, flouride, and a half a teaspoon of potassium nitrate.
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8 min
101 Stories Day 95: Helen Sets Sail
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5 min
101 Stories Day 94: Mozart Versus Zero
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Open mouth story jump out.
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