Fanachu! Podcast
Fanachu! is a weekly podcast based in Guam in the Marianas Islands. It provides an decolonization and indigenous themed focus to news and events from the Marianas, Micronesia and the Pacific. It is live streamed each week on Facebook and features monthly episodes that promote the use and learning of the Chamoru language.
Podcasting since 2016 • 236 episodes
Fanachu! Podcast
Latest Episodes
Thinking Outside the Colonial Box with Edward A. Alvarez (250th episode)
For the 250th episode of Fanachu recorded back in 2023, we welcomed as guest former Guam Commission on Decolonization Executive Director Edward A. Alvarez, who served in that capacity during the administration of Maga'låhen Eddie Calvo administ...
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Season 7
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Episode 250
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59:30
"See Something, Say Something: Our Family's Struggle Against Hate" with Mike and Moani Muña
Mike Muña was active duty military serving in the US Coast Guard on Guam, when he began to experience discrimination and encountered bigotry against Chamorus that targeted his family and threatened to tear them apart.For this 2022 episod...
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Season 6
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Episode 233
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58:32
Voices of the Chamoru Diaspora - Virtual Zine Launch
In 2022, Fanachu put out a call for Chamorus living outside of the Marianas to share their reflections and experiences in the diaspora. Dozens of artists, writers, musicians and performers responded and in 2023 we released an online zine titled...
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Season 7
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Episode 249
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52:47
Normalizing Chamoru Language Learning
The majority of the Chamoru people in the world today are unable to speak their native language. To help keep the language a living part of our community, it is imperative that we do away with the stigma of not being able to speak Chamoru and i...
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Season 7
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Episode 248
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1:07:33
Fino' Chamoru Episode with Siñot Kin Concepcion
The late Joaquin “JC” Concepcion or Siñot Kin was an integral part of the Fanachu team before he passed away in October 2023. Through his collaboration with Fanachu over several years he hosted almost four dozen Fino' Chamoru dikike' na podcast...
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Season 6
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Episode 241
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1:04:10
