When It Clicked: A Better Way to Treat Kids Who Make Mistakes
No One is Coming to Save Us
Lemonada Media
4.7 • 981 Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
This week we're introducing you to When It Clicked, whose newest season focuses on what a better justice system can look and feel like.
How can we think differently about accountability for kids in the justice system? Hollywood producer Scott Budnick built his career making blockbuster hits like The Hangover, but his real passion is working with incarcerated youth. In this episode of When It Clicks, Scott talks about how one visit to a juvenile hall reshaped his purpose and set him on a mission to support young people caught in the justice system. As founder of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition and CEO of 1Community, Scott is helping youth rewrite their stories – and pushing for a system that gives them a real chance.
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| 0:00.0 | Two films, one powerful message. Our justice system needs a new story. Sing Sing from A24 and Daughters from |
| 0:09.4 | Simpson Street are two new films that shine a light on the cracks in our justice system and the |
| 0:15.5 | resilience of those impacted by incarceration. And while they are beautiful and entertaining, |
| 0:22.6 | they're also calls to action. |
| 0:27.6 | You can watch Daughters Now on Netflix and Sing Sing in a theater near you. |
| 0:36.9 | Hey, it's me, Steve Burns, and I'm so glad you're here because you and I go way back, right? Yeah. And look at us now. |
| 0:38.7 | Like, we're all grown up. We've got this new podcast where we talk about all this grown up stuff and there's special guests like Jamie Lee Curtis |
| 0:43.8 | and Bill Nye, but for the most part, it's about you. I mean, it's always been about you. |
| 0:50.5 | From Lemonada Media, Alive with Steve Burns is coming September 17th, wherever you get your podcasts, or you can watch every episode on YouTube. |
| 1:01.7 | Lemonada. |
| 1:04.9 | Welcome to When It Clicked. I'm your host, Anna Zamora. I'm the founder and CEO of the Just Trust, an organization fighting for a justice system that works better for all of us. |
| 1:20.8 | This season, we're showing you what a better justice system actually looks and feels like and why it should matter to you. We're going way |
| 1:30.0 | beyond talking about what's bad and broken because a better way is already happening right now. |
| 1:36.2 | We just need more of it. Our guests are innovators and advocates, entertainers and government |
| 1:42.5 | officials, and they're all on a mission to help the American justice system |
| 1:47.3 | move beyond being just a tool of punishment |
| 1:50.5 | to a tool of real accountability. |
| 1:54.5 | Today's guest is someone whose career took a dramatic turn, |
| 1:58.6 | from producing Hollywood blockbusters like The Hangover, |
| 2:02.6 | to becoming one of the most influential people working toward a better justice system in America. |
| 2:09.0 | Scott Budnick has spent more than two decades mentoring young people in prison, |
| 2:13.4 | helping hundreds, maybe thousands of people, find a better path. |
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