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Ke Huy Quan reflects on escaping Vietnam on ‘Settle In’

Season 2026 Episode 207 | 3m 44s

Actor Ke Huy Quan went from arriving in America as a refugee to starring in Indiana Jones and The Goonies. Decades later, he made an Oscar-winning comeback. In the latest episode of our PBS News podcast “Settle In,” Amna Nawaz spoke with him about his debut memoir “Never Say Die,” which starts with his family’s harrowing attempts to escape post-war Vietnam.

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