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Aug 2020
21m 37s

La abuela superstar (Grandma Superstar)

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About this episode

Irma Silva was born on a ranch, married young, and raised a large family — the traditional life of a rural Mexican woman. At 80 she thought that was it for her…until her grandson made an offer she couldn't refuse, and invited her to be the lead singer of his band.

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

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