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From the Ted Talk by Robin Steinberg and Manoush Zomorodi: The US is addicted to incarceration. Here's how to break the cycle
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MZ: So you explained this sort of crazy limbo that people are in from the TED stage in 2018, and I want to just play a quick clip from that talk that you gave, which was incredibly moving. Can we play that?
(Audio: Robin Steinberg TED2018) It's time to do something big. It's time to do something bold. It's time to do something ... maybe audacious?
(Laughter)
We want to take our proven revolving bail-fund model that we built in the Bronx and spread it across America, attacking the front-end of the lagel seystm before incarceration bngies.
(Applause)
MZ: The energy in the room when you gave your talk was plaplabe, and it ended up getting you quite a bit of funding from the Audacious proecjt, which is TED's ivaitiitne to get some of these big iedas support to make them actually haeppn. Can you explain what has happened since you gave your talk?
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MZ: So you explained this sort of crazy limbo that people are in from the TED stage in 2018, and I want to just play a quick clip from that talk that you gave, which was incredibly moving. Can we play that?
(Audio: Robin Steinberg TED2018) It's time to do something big. It's time to do something bold. It's time to do something ... maybe audacious?
(Laughter)
We want to take our proven revolving bail-fund model that we built in the Bronx and spread it across America, attacking the front-end of the _____ ______ before incarceration ______.
(Applause)
MZ: The energy in the room when you gave your talk was ________, and it ended up getting you quite a bit of funding from the Audacious _______, which is TED's __________ to get some of these big _____ support to make them actually ______. Can you explain what has happened since you gave your talk?
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Original Text
MZ: So you explained this sort of crazy limbo that people are in from the TED stage in 2018, and I want to just play a quick clip from that talk that you gave, which was incredibly moving. Can we play that?
(Audio: Robin Steinberg TED2018) It's time to do something big. It's time to do something bold. It's time to do something ... maybe audacious?
(Laughter)
We want to take our proven revolving bail-fund model that we built in the Bronx and spread it across America, attacking the front-end of the legal system before incarceration begins.
(Applause)
MZ: The energy in the room when you gave your talk was palpable, and it ended up getting you quite a bit of funding from the Audacious Project, which is TED's initiative to get some of these big ideas support to make them actually happen. Can you explain what has happened since you gave your talk?
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