The Crane Bag Podcast

By Jay Leeming

Myths and stories from around the world brought alive and singing into the here and now by storyteller, musician and poet Jay leeming.... more

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The podcast currently has 201 episodes available.

The Crane Bag Podcast episodes:

April 07, 2026 Story and Spirituality with Janardan Ghosh
An interview with the storyteller, teacher, and theater maker Janardan Ghosh by Jay Leeming.

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1h 8min
March 24, 2026 The Craft of Storytelling, Part One: Approaching a Story
Approaching a story - story as storm, song, and animal - the story is not a tool - story as forest, story as traveler to be welcomed - the skills of the hunter - courting a story - our illusion of control - orality and literacy - story as dream - Jung's insights as they apply to story - stories approach us
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1h 3min
March 10, 2026 Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part Five
A reading and exploration of part five of Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" by storyteller and poet Jay Leeming.

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26min
February 23, 2026 The Iliad, Part Twelve: The Death of Hector
The Iliad brought to life without a script and without a net by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
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1h 19min
February 02, 2026 The Iliad, Part Eleven: The Shield of Achilles
Part eleven of the Iliad, as told by performance storyteller Jay Leeming.

A complete archive of stories performed on this podcast can be found at the website below.

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48min
January 13, 2026 Lao-Tzu: Poems #76 and #1 from "the Tao Te Ching"
"The hard and strong will fall, the soft and weak will overcome": two poems from the Tao Te Ching, read and then explored by Jay Leeming, poet and storyteller.

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19min
December 29, 2025 A Reading of the Odyssey, Book One
Poet 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.

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53min
December 16, 2025 On the Road in Greece and Cyprus
Notes from poet and storyteller Jay Leeming during his two-month storytelling journey through Greece and Cyprus in 2025.
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35min
December 09, 2025 Diarmuid and the Princess From Beneath the Sea
A story from the Irish epic of Finn MacCool (Fionn MacCumhail) brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming.

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57min
November 25, 2025 Rilke: "Sometimes a Man Stands Up During Supper"
An exploration of the poem "Sometimes a man stands up during supper" by Rainer Maria Rilke.

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28min

FAQs about The Crane Bag Podcast:

How many episodes does The Crane Bag Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 201 episodes available.

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