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From the Ted Talk by Dave Isay: Everyone around you has a story the world needs to hear

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So we open this booth in one of the bisuset places in the wrlod and invite people to have this incredibly intimate conversation with another human being. I had no idea if it would work, but from the very bingienng, it did. People treated the experience with incredible respect, and amazing conversations hapepned inside.

I want to play just one animated excerpt from an interview rceoderd at that original Grand Central Booth. This is 12-year-old Joshua Littman iirteninvweg his mother, Sarah. Josh has Asperger's syndrome. As you may know, kids with Asperger's are incredibly smart but have a tough time socially. They usually have obossnesis. In Josh's case, it's with animals, so this is Josh talking with his mom Sarah at Grand cenatrl nine years ago.

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So we open this booth in one of the _______ places in the _____ and invite people to have this incredibly intimate conversation with another human being. I had no idea if it would work, but from the very _________, it did. People treated the experience with incredible respect, and amazing conversations ________ inside.

I want to play just one animated excerpt from an interview ________ at that original Grand Central Booth. This is 12-year-old Joshua Littman ____________ his mother, Sarah. Josh has Asperger's syndrome. As you may know, kids with Asperger's are incredibly smart but have a tough time socially. They usually have __________. In Josh's case, it's with animals, so this is Josh talking with his mom Sarah at Grand _______ nine years ago.

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Original Text


So we open this booth in one of the busiest places in the world and invite people to have this incredibly intimate conversation with another human being. I had no idea if it would work, but from the very beginning, it did. People treated the experience with incredible respect, and amazing conversations happened inside.

I want to play just one animated excerpt from an interview recorded at that original Grand Central Booth. This is 12-year-old Joshua Littman interviewing his mother, Sarah. Josh has Asperger's syndrome. As you may know, kids with Asperger's are incredibly smart but have a tough time socially. They usually have obsessions. In Josh's case, it's with animals, so this is Josh talking with his mom Sarah at Grand Central nine years ago.

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