The sixth and final episode of the first h then we'll be taking a little break so you can enjoy your august vacations in peace. The last few episodes of the season will be released starting in september. There an estimated 20 million lives have been uprooted by one crisis after another russian war, Retreatistan, the obliteration of syria; every era has its own humanitarian crises. After the end of vietnam when the communists took what had been south bietam's ethnic chinese country turned on the new government, 800 thousand people fled via nam,. escaping across the gulf of tyland in overcrowded boats. Around my mother's dining room table.
Malcolm tells the story of how his parents and their friends sponsored three Vietnamese refugees, in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. And wonders: do we underestimate the value of ordinary acts of kindness?
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