Fanachu! Podcast

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1852328/open_sms] 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 in the Marianas and working with some well-known and some not-so-well known names to get their music from backyard into the studio and then back onto the cha cha dance floor.  This episode originally aired on March 8, 2023 and was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua. The audio for this episode was produced by Tåsi Chargualaf.  Support the show [http://www.patreon.com/fanachu]

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1852328/open_sms] 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 Independent Guåhan and early episodes such as this one were recorded in the Humanities Division Conference Room in the HSS Building.  For this episode, hosted by Manny Cruz, guests Michael Lujan Bevacqua, Ed "Pulan Speaks" Leon Guerrero, Jesse Chargualaf and Becka Garrision talk about decolonizing the mind, and make connections to the protests at Standing Rock, education and populism.  This episode was recorded on December 9, 2016 and was produced by Manny Cruz.  Look out for more episodes from the archives as migrate Fanachu content to new platforms.  Support the show [http://www.patreon.com/fanachu]

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1852328/open_sms] 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 organized by Independent Guåhan, the first of which became this podcast episode recorded at Java Junction recorded on November 4, 2016.  Featured on this episode are Victoria-Lola Leon Guerrero, Jesse Chargualaf, BJ Bell, Becka Garrision and Michael Lujan Bevacqua.  Look out for more episodes from the archives as migrate Fanachu content to new platforms.  Support the show [http://www.patreon.com/fanachu]

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1852328/open_sms] 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 away by Guam Police SWAT officers.  This February 2023 episode of Fanachu features the voices of some of those protestors who were representing the group Prutehi Litekyan (now Prutehi Guåhan), discussing what motivated themselves to demonstrate that day, especially the consequences and costs of the US military buildup that the local government and media weren't adequately discussing. As of 2025, Camp Blaz has been reopened, but the protests continue.  This episode features as guests Monaeka Flores, Paige Aguon, Ally Sablan and Daesha Ojeda. It is hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua and originally aired on February 1, 2023.  The audio for this episode was produced by Tåsi Chargualaf and features intro and outro music from oliver_dee [https://pixabay.com/users/oliver_dee-41462276/].  Support the show [http://www.patreon.com/fanachu]

Send us a text [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1852328/open_sms] 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 administration. He has been a guest on Fanachu many times over the years and for this episode he focused on ways, despite Guam's current political status as an unincorporated territory or a non-self-governing territory, we can still begin to thinking outside the colonial box.  This episode went live on March 29, 2023 and was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua.  The audio for this episode was produced by Tåsi Chargualaf, Support the show [http://www.patreon.com/fanachu]