The Craft of Storytelling, Part One: Approaching a Story
The Crane Bag Podcast
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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Walt Whitman: Song of Myself, Part Five
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A reading and exploration of part five of Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" by storyteller and poet Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
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The Iliad, Part Twelve: The Death of Hector
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The Iliad brought to life without a script and without a net by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
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The Iliad, Part Eleven: The Shield of Achilles
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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. www.JayLeeming.com
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Lao-Tzu: Poems #76 and #1 from "the Tao Te Ching"
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"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. www.JayLeeming.com
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A Reading of the Odyssey, Book One
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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. www.JayLeeming.com
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On the Road in Greece and Cyprus
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Notes from poet and storyteller Jay Leeming during his two-month storytelling journey through Greece and Cyprus in 2025.
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Diarmuid and the Princess From Beneath the Sea
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A story from the Irish epic of Finn MacCool (Fionn MacCumhail) brought to life by performance storyteller Jay Leeming. www.JayLeeming.com
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Rilke: "Sometimes a Man Stands Up During Supper"
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An exploration of the poem "Sometimes a man stands up during supper" by Rainer Maria Rilke. www.JayLeeming.com
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Iliad Deep Dive
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A 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.
info_outlineStoryteller 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.
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