The carpet cleaner who speaks 24 languages
Today on \u201cPost Reports,\u201d we meet a carpet cleaner who speaks two dozen languages \u2014 and we have an update on what\u2019s happened to him since this story was first published in print.
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In a city where diplomats and embassies abound, where interpreters can command six-figure salaries at the State Department or the International Monetary Fund, where language proficiency is r\xe9sum\xe9 rocket fuel, Vaughn Smith was a savant with a secret.
He speaks 24 languages well enough to carry on lengthy conversations \u2014 and has basic understanding of more than a dozen others \u2014 and yet he works as a carpet cleaner.
Today on Post Reports, enterprise reporter Jessica Contrera and audio producer Bishop Sand bring us the remarkable story of a hyperpolyglot with a special brain and a history that has kept him a secret for so long. We also have an update about how his life has started to change since Jessica\u2019s story was first published.
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