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.
Episodes
252 episodes
From the Archives: Fanachu Episode 10 (2017): Water Sovereignty with PJ San Nicolas
From the Fanachu archives - here is the tenth ever episode of Fanachu, recorded and hosted by the Godfather and Founder of Fanachu - Manny Cruz way back in 2017. Fanachu was started by Manny Cruz through the Media Committee for Inde...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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55:09
Advancing and Achievement & Maintaining our Chamoru Identity with Peter J. Santos
This 2023 episode of Fanachu featured as guest attorney and veteran Peter J. Santos who discussed issues of Chamoru advancement and achievement both in the islands and abroad. On the episode he shared his own experiences but also those of other...
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Season 7
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Episode 251
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59:34
From the Archives: Fanachu Episode 9 (2017): Decolonizing Education with Albert Toves
From the Fanachu archives - here is the ninth ever episode of Fanachu, recorded and hosted by the Godfather and Founder of Fanachu - Manny Cruz way back in 2017. Fanachu was started by Manny Cruz through the Media Committee for Inde...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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56:28
From the Archives: Fanachu Episode 8 (2017): Decolonizing Anarchism
From the Fanachu archives - here is the seventh ever episode of Fanachu, recorded and hosted by the Godfather and Founder of Fanachu - Manny Cruz way back in 2017. Fanachu was started by Manny Cruz through the Media Committee for In...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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46:51
From the Archives: Fanachu Episode 7 (2017): Colonized Peoples' Support Group
From the Fanachu archives - here is the seventh ever episode of Fanachu, recorded and hosted by the Godfather and Founder of Fanachu - Manny Cruz way back in 2017. Fanachu was started by Manny Cruz through the Media Committee for In...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:25:12
"Inafa'maolek and Restoring Environmental Balance" with Dr. Olivia Quintanilla
What does inafa’maolek mean? What has it meant in the past and what does it mean today? Dr. Olivia Quintanilla, a UC President's Postdoc and a professor of Ethnic Studies at MiraCosta College focused on these questions in terms of climate justi...
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Season 7
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Episode 252
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1:03:51
From the Archives: Fanachu Episode 6 (2017): What You Need to Know About War Reparations with Robert Underwood
From the Fanachu archives - here is the sixth ever episode of Fanachu, recorded and hosted by the Godfather and Founder of Fanachu - Manny Cruz way back in 2017. Fanachu was started by Manny Cruz through the Media Committee for Inde...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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43:00
From the Archives: Fanachu Episode 5: Wrapping up the Year with Ray Lujan
From the Fanachu archives - here is the fifth ever episode of Fanachu, recorded and hosted by the Godfather and Founder of Fanachu - Manny Cruz way back in 2016. Fanachu was started by Manny Cruz through the Media Committee for Inde...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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49:58
Fino' Chamoru Episode with Chanter and Poet Jay Baza Pascua
One of the strongest poetic voices in the Chamoru language over the past two decades has been that of chanter and writer Jay Baza Pascua or "Sinangan." He is well-known for several poems and chants most notably "Fakmåta" and joined for this 202...
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Season 7
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Episode 244
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1:00:06
From the Archives: Fanachu Episode 4 Introducing Independent Guåhan's Outreach and Campaign Committees
From the Fanachu archives - here is the fourth ever episode of Fanachu, recorded and hosted by the Godfather and Founder of Fanachu - Manny Cruz way back in 2016. Fanachu was started by Manny Cruz through the Media Committee for Ind...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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56:44
Consciousness into Action Episode 1 by Tori Manley Speaking with guest Jenelyn Abinales
The first official episode of consciousness into action! 🌱 New Episode Alert | Consciousness Into Action on Fanachu! 🎙 Goal One: Zero Poverty with special guest Jenelyn Abinales What does it mean to be poor on a rich isl...
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Season 9
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Episode 363
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41:45
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From the Archives: Fanachu Episode 3: Freedom Food with Jason Datuin (DFRNT)
From the Fanachu archives - here is the third ever episode of Fanachu, recorded and hosted by the Godfather and Founder of Fanachu - Manny Cruz way back in 2016. Fanachu was started by Manny Cruz through the Media Committee for Inde...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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57:52
From the Outside Kitchen to the Recording Studio with Tom Bejado from Stel Star Productions
If you own a Chamoru music CD, there is a very good chance that Siñot Tom Bejado and Stel Star Productions had a chance in creating it. For this 2023 episode of Fanachu, we spoke to Siñot Bejado as he reflected back on decades of making music i...
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Season 7
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Episode 247
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55:59
From the Archives: Fanchu Episode 2: Decolonizing the Mind (2016)
From the Fanachu archives - here is the second ever episode of Fanachu, recorded and hosted by the Godfather and Founder of Fanachu - Manny Cruz way back in 2016. Fanachu was started by Manny Cruz through the Media Committee for Ind...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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1:00:45
From the Archives: Fanchu Episode 1: Coffee Shop Convos (2016)
From the Fanachu archives - here is the first ever episode of Fanachu, recorded and hosted by the Godfather and Founder of Fanachu - Manny Cruz way back in 2016. Fanachu began through a series of coffee shop conversations and community meetings...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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1:19:57
Protesting the Camp Blaz Activation Ceremony (2023) with Prutehi
On January 26, 2023, a group of activists protested a ceremony for the reactivation of the new US Marine Corps Base on Guam, Camp Blaz. Despite not disrupting the event in any way save for the holding of banners and signs, they were escorted aw...
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Season 7
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Episode 245
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1:10:22
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
