Elena the Wise: A Russian Fairy Tale
​The Crane Bag is a podcast that explores stories from around the world. Each episode focuses on a different story, using words and music to bring that story to life in the here and now. Past episodes are archived at the bottom of this page. 
A wild dream-ceremony come straight from the thunderous mind of the Baba Yaga within us all, a tribal blueprint to help all of us cross the river of fire and find out who we really are.

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