The Crane Bag Podcast

By Jay LeemingArts Performing Arts

The Crane Bag Podcast episodes

October 27 Boy Sings to Egg
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.

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22 min
October 20 Larry Levis: "Photograph: Migrant Worker, Parlier, California, 1967"
An exploration of the work of Larry Levis by storyteller, poet, and musician Jay Leeming.

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16 min
October 16 The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell
Stories from around the world brought into the here and now by storyteller, poet and musician Jay Leeming.
29 min
October 13 Reading the Mahabharata
An exploration of the Mahabharata by performance storyteller Jay Leeming.

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49 min
October 06 The Craft of Storytelling Part Three: Composing a Story
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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41 min
September 29 Episode #266:The Oldest Boy
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38 min
September 22 101 Stories in 101 Days: Conclusion
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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35 min
September 18 101 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!
25 min
September 17 101 Stories Day 72: Pages From a Book of Sand
This is day 72 from my "101 Days of Story," which is a bit late to the party due to a technical glitch.
14 min
September 16 101 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?

23 min