Detours - Episode 3 - "Memories from Vietnamese refugees"

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Thirty-six years ago, the first wave of Vietnamese refugees landed on American soil. They had left in a hurry -- most of them carried nothing but the clothes on their backs. Christine Trang sat down with three Vietnamese-Americans old enough to remember their first opinions of a new country. She also shared a little of her family's story.



Detours is an offbeat podcast with creative, boundary-pushing audio. Led by radio producer and ARN adjunct teacher Karen Lowe, students cruise the sonic landscape in search of fresh ways to tell stories.