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Ke Huy Quan reflects on his family's escape from post-war Vietnam on 'Settle In'

PBS NewsHour · October 9, 2026 at 6:15 PM

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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Ke Huy Quan reflects on his family's escape from post-war Vietnam on 'Settle In'

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