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Whitney Jones

One of our favorite audio storytellers, Whitney's stories are raw, human, revealing.

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Cowbird is a public library of human experience, offering a simple set of storytelling tools — for free, and without ads. 34,520 authors from 181 countries have told 70,216 stories on 26,561 topics. We invite you to join us and contribute your stories.

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Peaches

A story by Emily Ramser with 129 loves

Seeds

24 seeds

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Write a one-sentence lesson that somebody taught you (e.g. “This is Sarah; Sarah taught me…”). Pair it with a photo of that person.

A seed with 29 sprouts

Topics

26,561 topics

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Politics

A topic with 239 stories

Places

3,952 cities

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Peoria

Illinois, USA

Dates

138 years

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1968

A year with 35 stories

Authors

34,520 authors

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Jonathan Harris

Artist, Brother, Computer Scientist, Nomad, Seeker, Storyteller

Roles

2,769 roles

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Director

A role with 118 people

Collections

683 collections

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Best of Cowbird

A collection by Cowbird

Loves

804,188 loves

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Why I became a Social Worker

James Cooney loved Why I became a Social Worker by Cowgirlrose

Comments

60,878 comments

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“I think that was a nervous twitch,”

A comment by Mary Stebbins Taitt on Real? by Mary Stebbins Taitt

Sprouts

11,555 sprouts

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This is Gwyn.

Emma sprouted this story from Write a one-sentence lesson that somebody taught you (e.g. “This is Sarah; Sarah taught me…”). Pair it with a photo of that person. — a seed planted by Jonathan Harris

Dedications

5,068 dedications

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Nade of fruit

Kathy CoxTurteltaub dedicated this story to Moms

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