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.

The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell 10/16/2026

Reading the Mahabharata 10/13/2026

The Craft of Storytelling Part Three: Composing a Story 10/06/2026

Episode #266:The Oldest Boy 09/29/2026

101 Stories in 101 Days: Conclusion 09/22/2026

101 Stories Day 73: I Remember Being Lifted Up 09/18/2026

101 Stories Day 72: Pages From a Book of Sand 09/17/2026

101 Stories Day 101: Scheherazade 09/16/2026

101 Stories Day 100: King Midas and the Goat-Man 09/15/2026

101 Stories Day 99: The Boy and the Half-Giantess 09/14/2026

101 Stories Day 98: The Noise is Not My Enemy / Gilgamesh, Enkidu and Humbaba 09/13/2026

101 Stories Day 97: Thorngirl Dreaming 09/12/2026

101 Stories Day 96: Goddess of All That Grows / What the Story Was Made Of 09/11/2026

101 Stories Day 95: Helen Sets Sail 09/10/2026

101 Stories Day 94: Mozart Versus Zero 09/09/2026

101 Stories Day 93: Spirit Lake Excalibur 09/08/2026

101 Stories Day 92: The Mermaid, the Dragon, and the Old Man Who Lives in a Rock 09/07/2026

101 Stories Day 91: Prairie Stories 09/06/2026

101 Stories Day 90: Freight Train Gilgamesh 09/05/2026

101 Stories Day 89: Fargo White Snake North Dakota 09/04/2026

101 Stories Day 88: Nasruddin's Report to the King 09/03/2026

101 Stories Day 87: Iron John Part Four 09/02/2026

101 Stories Day 86: Iron John Part Three 09/01/2026

101 Stories Day 85: Iron John Part Two 08/31/2026

101 Stories Day 84: Iron John Part One 08/30/2026

101 Stories Day 83: I Praise the Beginning 08/29/2026

101 Stories Day 82: In the Palace of the White Bear King 08/28/2026

101 Stories Day 81: Invest in the Impossible 08/27/2026

101 Stories Day 80: A Boy. His Mother. The Sea. 08/26/2026

101 Stories Day 79: Twelve Chapters From the Book of the World 08/25/2026