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Andrew Lam Andrew is a syndicated writer and an editor with the Pacific News Service, a short story writer, and a regular commentator on NPR's All Things Considered.
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Global Warming: One More Thing to Fret About

Commentator Andrew Lam, the author of Perfume Dreams, sees global warming as the result of a consumer society that regularly throws away the old and is never satisfied with the new.

Global Warming: One More Thing to Fret About

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Communicating Through Karaoke

Commentator Andrew Lam's family recently got together for a birthday party. When they sang karaoke, they were able to communicate in a way they never could before. Lam is an editor with Pacific News service and author of Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora.

Communicating Through Karaoke

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Leaving Vietnam, 30 Years Ago Today

As America prepares to mark the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War -- a war called the "American War" in Vietnam -- Noah Adams speaks with author Andrew Lam about his boyhood departure from Vietnam 30 years ago Thursday. Lam is an essayist for NPR's All Things Considered.

Leaving Vietnam, 30 Years Ago Today

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Boarding a New Direct Flight to Vietnam

United Airlines begins the first American direct commercial flights to Vietnam. Commentator Andrew Lam, who was on the last cargo plane out of Vietnam at the end of the war 30 years ago, boards Flight 869 from San Francisco to Ho Chi Minh City.

Boarding a New Direct Flight to Vietnam

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Commentary: Muscle Memory

As a child, commentator Andrew Lam fled Vietnam with his family. He returned for a visit a year ago -- and found that at least one thing felt unchanged, even after almost 30 years. Andrew Lam lives in San Francisco. The documentary, My Journey Home, airs on PBS stations April 7.

Commentary: Muscle Memory

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Commentary: Homework Help

Commentator Andrew Lam got an e-mail from a college student asking for help. She was reading one of Lam's short stories in her class and was supposed to write about the story's theme. Could he explain it to her? The last time he answered a question like this, the student didn't get a good grade.

Commentary: Homework Help

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Ethnic Media


Guests:

Andrew Lam
*Editor, New California Media and Pacific News Service

Pilar Marrero
*Political Editor, La Opinion

Ibrahim Nidal
*Founder and Publisher, Arab-American Business Magazine

Mei Ling Sze
*Managing Editor, Cantonese News, KTSF, San Francisco, Calif.

Many recent immigrants don't read or listen to the mainstream American media, at least not first. In their own home-grown newspaper or radio station the language is familiar and the copy is full of news they can use. In this hour of Talk of the Nation, Neal Conan talks with journalists from a variety of ethnic media on a special broadcast from NPR's West studios in Los Angeles.

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