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Feb 2020
23m 52s

Jaime, el artista (Jaime, The Artist)

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A Spanish fashion designer works hard to give her autistic son every opportunity—then discovers that he has a special talent and makes him her business partner.

A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3Hu1ZpG.

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