Latest Guam Podcast Episodes
CNMI Ceasefire Resolution and Linking Liberations: Updates from Marianas for Palestine
Fanachu! Podcast - April 16, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis episode of Fanachu featured updates from solidarity work being done across the Marianas by the group Marianas for Palestine. The group discussed the passage of a resolution supporting a ceasefire in Gaza last year by the CNMI legislature, protests and demonstrations for peace and demilitari...
Legends of Guam Podcast Plays with Breaking Wave Theatre
Fanachu! Podcast - March 18, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsFor this episode of Fanachu, meet some of the team that produced and provided voice-acting from the the wonderful "Legends of Guam Podcast Play Series" from Breaking Wave Theatre back in 2022. The stories they have re-imagined included Puntan and Fu'una, the Legend of the Trongkon Niyok (Coconut...
Larry Raigetal & Melissa Taitano's Traditional Navigation Class with Annie Fay Camacho
Fanachu! Podcast - March 11, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOn this episode of Fanachu! Annie Fay Camacho sits down with Pairourou Navigators Larry Raigetal and Melissa Taitano and students in their traditional navigation class to talk about canoe house building, community, and traditional learning! Students interviewed are Nolan Flores, Mikayla Blas and...
Fino' Chamoru Episode with Pulani Peredo
Fanachu! Podcast - February 28, 2024 15:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsPulani Peredo is the daughter of difunto Joseph Blas Peredo, a Chamoru teacher and activist, who also wrote memorable songs such as “Hagu Islan Guåhan” and “Ayuda I Famagu’on-ta.” She is in her early 20s and was taught the Chamoru language by her parents and wants to help future generations to l...
MR Journals #005 - Take Back Guam. No to a Failed Society.
Master Random - February 23, 2024 09:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsThis episode focuses on the two failed hospital bills and sneaky power play. Also! COPE North 2024, Murder at Thai Thai, and the KMart fiasco. Plus! Election 2024 and making it onto Kandit News with Congressman MSN. If there is anything that you do this coming election.....VOTE TONY ADA 2024!
"From Earth to Body: The Environment and You Episode 2" with Tori Manley Speaking
Fanachu! Podcast - February 18, 2024 00:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings‘The Environment and You’ Episode 2: "From Earth To Body" This is part of a special series of Fanachu hosted by Tori Manley Speaking. This episode focuses on how we can holistically inform our bodies to heal with the information about the food we consume. We talk about the importance of dive...
"Barriers to Climate Change & Sustainable Living" with Tori Manley Speaking (The Environment and You)
Fanachu! Podcast - January 28, 2024 07:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe first episode of "The Environment and You" from Tori Manley Speaking is now live! This episode is titled "Barriers to Climate Change & Sustainable Living" and here is Tori's description for the episode: "Let's expand our consciousness, shift our awareness of barriers, reflect about how w...
MRJournals #004 - Hiatus 2 OVER? 2024 is (y)our year!
Master Random - January 15, 2024 21:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsMaster Random: The Podcast is back with MRJournals! The studio is getting finished.....again. Guest on the show soon but first! I talk about where I've been and introduce my new producer. I do commentary on local news from starlink on Guam?!?! to mask mandates again!! to the cryptoDUDE getting 4...
The Power of Art and Inafa'maolek with Jerrold Dwayne Castro
Fanachu! Podcast - January 15, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsJerrold Dwayne Castro is a Chamoru Fine Artist who currently works as an adjunct professor at the University of Guam. He incorporates themes of culture, history and identity into his work drawing out the complexities of the Chamoru experience and context. Learn more about the way he explores the...
Life in Dededo 1963-1964 with John A. Kurtz
Fanachu! Podcast - January 07, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsArtist John A. Kurtz was stationed in Guam from 1963-1964 and was befriended by the family of Tun Eloy Benavente in the village of Dededo during his time on island. He took hundreds of images of the family and life in the village, which was still rebuilding after Typhoon Karen. In 2022 he donate...
Urban Development and the US Military in Guam since World War II with Kyle Galindez
Fanachu! Podcast - December 13, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis episode of Fanachu featured author and PhD student at UC Santa Cruz Kyle Galindez who shared his research focusing on the connections between militarization, urban development and imperialism in Guam. This episode premiered on Facebook and YouTube on September 7, 2022 and was hosted by Mic...
Tip of the Spear with Alfred Peredo Flores
Fanachu! Podcast - November 24, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis episode of Fanachu features Dr. Alfred Peredo Flores who is discussing his new book "Tip of the Spear: Land, Labor, and US Settler Militarism in Guåhan, 1944–1962" published by Cornell University Press. Alfred P. Flores is an assistant professor of Asian American Studies at Harvey Mudd C...
A Brief History of Guam at the United Nations
Fanachu! Podcast - November 13, 2023 23:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe Decolonization Conversation, the movement to change Guam's political status to something other than being a territory, was first started in the late 1960s. One key site in this movement has been the United Nations, where Guam is on a list of 17 non-self-governing territories that have yet to...
Pairourou Master Navigator Melissa Taitano Interviewed by Annie Fay Camacho
Fanachu! Podcast - November 02, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsOn this episode of Fanachu, Independent Guåhan's media and solidarity committee co-chair, Annie Fay Camacho returns to the podcast with Pairourou (Master Navigator) Melissa Taitano! Join Annie and Melissa as they talk story about their journeys in seafaring, the importance of connection, and the...
Fino' Chamoru Episode with Yo'åmte Siñot Donald Mendiola
Fanachu! Podcast - October 24, 2023 04:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis episode of Fanachu features Yo'åmte and CNMI Cultural Icon Siñot Donald Mendiola as guest discussing his life teaching the Chamoru language and culture, especially through traditional healing and medicine. This was a Fino' Chamoru episode and premiered on Facebook and YouTube on September...
Individual Impact Matters featuring Tori Manley Speaking, and Maria Balbin and Kaity McManus
Fanachu! Podcast - September 27, 2023 14:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsTori Manley Speaking guest hosts this special episode of Fanachu titled "Individual Impact Matters" and talks with activists Maria Balbin and Kaity McManus. You can follow Tori Manley Speaking on Instagram @Currynt_Leaf_a_Barefoot_Tori https://www.instagram.com/curryntleaf_a_barefoot_tori/ R...
More Chamoru Learning Journeys
Fanachu! Podcast - September 12, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis episode of Fanachu! featured a panel of active learners of the Chamoru language, who shared their experiences and their journeys in learning Chamoru and embracing more of their heritage. All of the guests have been students in Dr. Michael Lujan Bevacqua's free zoom Chamoru classes offered e...
Filipino Women's Activist Histories and Contemporary Solidarities in Guåhan with Josephine Ong
Fanachu! Podcast - August 24, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis Fanachu! featured Josephine Ong, doctorate student at UCLA and member of the group Filipinos for Guåhan. She discussed her scholarly work and the historical and contemporary intersections between Filipino activist histories and contemporary struggles for sovereignty and decolonization in Gu...
Chamoru War Survivor Stories Tulu: Part 3
Fanachu! Podcast - July 31, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsDuring the month of July, Chamorus reflect most heavily on their past, in particular the experiences of our elders who endured the Japanese occupation of Guam in World War II. This is the third episode of a series focusing on Chamoru war survivor stories hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua, that t...
The USS Theodore Roosevelt and Guam's Colonial Status with I Hagan Famalao'an Guåhan
Fanachu! Podcast - July 23, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis episode of Fanachu originally aired on Facebook on April 8, 2020 just a few weeks into the first COVID-19 lockdown on Guam. In that time of crisis, the divisions on island between civilian and military or federal and territorial relations became increasingly apparent, whether in terms of re...
Palau's Initial Response to the COVID-19 Episode (2020)
Fanachu! Podcast - July 13, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsFor this 2020 episode of Fanachu! we headed to Palau to learn from Tutii Chilton, President of the non-profit LIUS on his island's initial response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. With Palau as an independent country, how did their response to the global crisis differ from Guam's, which remains an non...
Twitter Backlash and Debating Chamoru Dance Authenticity with Pim, Fu'una, and Luke
Fanachu! Podcast - July 05, 2023 15:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEpisode premiered in 2020, in response to debate and backlash on Twitter about the authenticity of contemporary Chamoru dance. Pim Limtiaco, Fu'una Sanz and Luke Tedtaotao, all cultural dancers and musicians gathered for this episode of Fanachu to address the criticism of something that they h...
Twitter Backlash and Debating Chamoru Authenticity with Pim, Fu'una, and Luke
Fanachu! Podcast - July 05, 2023 15:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEpisode premiered in 2020, in response to debate and backlash on Twitter about the authenticity of contemporary Chamoru dance. Pim Limtiaco, Fu'una Sanz and Luke Tedtaotao, all cultural dancers and musicians gathered for this episode of Fanachu to address the criticism of something that they h...
Pandemic Mutual Aid Drive with Para Todus Hit
Fanachu! Podcast - June 26, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThis 2020 episode of Fanachu featured a collective of community members called Para Todus Hit. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when many were fired or put on furlough and the island was struggling economic, this collective was formed to advocate for rent and mortgage freezes, and also org...
Fanachu! yan Fanohge! Members of the Fanohge Coalition talk about Chamoru Self-Determination
Fanachu! Podcast - June 08, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsFor this special 2020 episode of Fanachu!, the Godfather and founder of the podcast Dr. Manny Cruz hosted a virtual discussion with members of the Fanohge Coalition, to share more about Guåhan's struggle for decolonization and the intersections between anti-racist and liberation movements around...
Local Black Lives Matter Voices
Fanachu! Podcast - May 31, 2023 08:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn celebration of Juneteenth 2020, local Black Lives Matters voices joined for this episode of Fanachu, highlighting why supporting the continuing struggle for justice by African Americans is important for those in Guam. In this conversation they connect the struggles of Chamorus and Pacific Isl...
Prexit: Forging Puerto Rico's Path to Sovereignty with Javier Hernandez
Fanachu! Podcast - May 17, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsFor this 2020 episode of Fanachu! author Javier Hernandez is guest sharing his book "Prexit: Forging Puerto Rico's Path to Sovereignty" which challenges misconceptions about Puerto Rico not being viable should it pursue independence. Hernandez proposes a Brexit for his island home, which could ...
Na'lå'la': Songs of Freedom Vol. 4 with Carlos Laguaña and Andrew Gumataotao
Fanachu! Podcast - May 08, 2023 20:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsIn anticipation of the Na'lå'la' Songs of Freedom Vol. 4 held virtually in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Fanachu featured several episodes interviewing musicians who were a part of the lineup for the concert. For this episode Siñot Carlos Laguaña and Andrew Gumataotao were interviewed. They...
Agu'ot: Amplifying Queer Voices in Guåhan: Episode Hugua: Maria Sol Dueñas Marques
Fanachu! Podcast - April 25, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsWelcome to the second episode of a special new Fanachu series titled “Agu’ot: Amplifying Queer Voices in Guåhan” hosted by Helen Yeung. For this second episode, she welcomes Maria Sol Dueñas Marques. Maria (she/they) is a young CHamoru artist and activist living in Sinajaña. They enjoy creating ...
Na'lå'la': Songs of Freedom Vol 4 with Inetnon Gefpågo
Fanachu! Podcast - April 15, 2023 10:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsThe cultural arts group Inetnon Gefpågo has performed regularly at concerts and events for Independent Guåhan, most importantly the Na'lå'la': Songs of Freedom Concert series. Prior to the 2020 Na'lå'la': Songs of Freedom Vol. 4 concert, members of the group joined for an episode of Fanachu to t...