Fanachu! Podcast

Send us Fan MailFrom the Fanachu archives - here is the sixteenth 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 Independent Guåhan and many of those early episodes were recorded either in classrooms at the University of Guam, at Independent Guåhan events or remotely in peoples' offices such as this episode. For this episode Manny spoke to Joe Bradley who had worked as a longtime economist for the Bank of Guam. In 2000 he had published a study outlining the economic potentials for Guam under different political statuses. In this interview he talked about his findings and provided some updates. He also surprised Manny with his sense of humor. This episode was produced by Manny Cruz and premiered on Soundcloud on March 16, 2017.Look out for more episodes from the archives as continue to migrate Fanachu content to new platforms. Support the show

Send us Fan MailTyphoon Mawar devastated Guam in May 2023, and even before the winds had calmed, those in the diaspora with Guam ties were already actively searching for ways to support and assist those back home. This episode of Fanachu premiered just 1 month after Typhoon Mawar hit the Marianas, and featured organizers from the Inafa'maolek Mutual Aid Ginen Sanlagu Group which coordinated supplies, donations and more that was sent back to Guam. Featured on the episode as guests are Alex “Tåddong” White, Janai Limtiaco and Kutturan Chamoru Foundation Fafa’na’gue Heidi Quenga.This episode premiered on June 21, 2023. This episode was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua and the audio for this episode was produced by Tåsi Chargualaf.Support the show

Send us Fan MailFrom the Fanachu archives - here is the fifteenth 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 Independent Guåhan and many of those early episodes were recorded either in classrooms at the University of Guam, at Independent Guåhan events or like this episode recorded at the newly opened Guam Museum.This episode featured as guest prominent Micronesian and Pacific Studies Dr. Vicente Diaz. In 2017 he gave a presentation at the Guam Museum and right afterwards was interviewed by Manny Cruz for this podcast episode. They focused on the trauma of cultural misrepresentations of Pacific Islanders in Western media. This episode was produced by Manny Cruz and premiered on Soundcloud on March 14, 2017.Look out for more episodes from the archives as continue to migrate Fanachu content to new platforms. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThis was the last episode of Fanachu prior to the arrival Typhoon Mawar in 2023, which featured as guest David Flores Jr., a musician, educator and one of the founders of Chief Gadao Academy. He shared stories of his grandparents Tun Guillermo Sablan Flores (Familian Kabesa 1898-1973) and Tan Rita Pangelinan De Leon Flores (Familian Bådu 1892-1980). Tun Emo' and Tan Rita are also the great-grandparents of Miget. This episode premiered on May 17,, 2023. This episode was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua and the audio for this episode was produced by Tåsi Chargualaf.Support the show

Send us Fan MailFrom the Fanachu archives - here is the fourteenth 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 Independent Guåhan and many of those early episodes were recorded either in classrooms at the University of Guam, at Independent Guåhan events or like this episode recorded at the coffee shop Chamoru language classes for Miget Bevacqua. This episode was recorded for "Ha'ånen Fino' Chamoru Ha'" a campaign started by Michael Lujan Bevacqua and Ken Gofigan Kuper to encourage people to try to speak Chamoru as much as possible for a single day at the start of Mes Chamoru or Chamoru Month. For this episode, the guests, which included Ed "Pulan Speaks" Leon Guerrero, Ray Lujan, AJ Taimanglo, Arielle Taitano Lowe, Maria Lynn Cruz and BJ Bell, they all tried their best to use Chamoru in their comments even though it was difficult. This episode was produced by Manny Cruz and premiered on Soundcloud on March 6, 2017.Look out for more episodes from the archives as continue to migrate Fanachu content to new platforms. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe first episode of Fanachu in the wake of Typhoon Mawar in 2023, featured diasporic Chamoru musician PC Muñoz, whose diverse musical interests ranged from free jazz, funk, hip hop and even the belembaotuyan.  This episode premiered on June 14, 2023. This episode was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua and the audio for this episode was produced by Tåsi Chargualaf.Support the show

Send us Fan MailSiñora Chris Carbullido Bethea moved away from Guam many years ago and retired from the US military after more than 20 years of service. In 2022, she began taking free Chamoru language classes on Zoom with Dr. Michael Lujan Bevacqua for Chamoru as a way to learn more about the grammar and spelling of the language and also connect to home. For this May 10th, 2023 episode of Fanachu, she joined for a Fino' Chamoru episode to talk about her family and also share some of her poetry. This episode was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua and the audio for this episode was produced by Tåsi Chargualaf.Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn 2021, Siñot Joe Taimanglo, who has been a musician for many decades, both in Guam and the states, including releasing two Chamoru language vinyl records, joined for an episode of Fanachu "Remembering the Roots of Contemporary Chamoru Music." In that episode he recalled the pioneers and icons from the 1960s and 1970s who helped build the first recording studios and also created a local music scene, where none had existed before. On May 3, 2023 he joined for a sequel episode for this series, which is also a "Fino' Chamoru" episode, where he discusses the Chamorro Nights at Joe and Flo's in Asan, as well as what it was like to record in the Charfauros Brothers Studios in Chalan Pågo. This episode was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua and the audio for this episode was produced by Tåsi Chargualaf.Support the show

Send us Fan MailFrom the Fanachu archives - here is the thirteenth 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 Independent Guåhan and many of those early episodes were recorded either in classrooms at the University of Guam or like this episode at events that Independent Guåhan was organizing or supporting. This episode was recorded during Lukao Fuha 2017, the annual procession to Fouha Rock in Humåtak that marks the start of the Chamoru new year. Manny hosts and speaks to some of the participants in the Lukao about their experiences, rediscovering a sense of the sacred in Fouha Rock and also learning about whether there might be historical truth to the story of Fu'una and Puntan.This episode was produced by Manny Cruz and premiered on Soundcloud on March 1, 2017.Look out for more episodes from the archives as continue to migrate Fanachu content to new platforms. Support the show

Send us Fan MailFrom the Fanachu archives - here is the twelfth 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 Independent Guåhan and many of those early episodes were recorded either in classrooms in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building at the University of Guam.For this episode, Manny spoke Joni Kerr and Sabina Flores Perez, community activists who were founding members of what would later become Prutehi Litekyan/Save Ritidian and today known as Prutehi Guåhan. The group was formed by a coalition of organizations, activists, families and scholars who were all seeking at the time to protect the Litekyan (Ritidian) area from becoming part of the Surface Danger Zone (SDZ) for the US military's proposed firing range. The conversation also focused on issue of indigenous rights and environmental stewardship in the Marianas. This episode was produced by Manny Cruz and premiered on Soundcloud on February 12 2017. Look out for more episodes from the archives as continue to migrate Fanachu content to new platforms. Support the show

Send us Fan MailFrom the Fanachu archives - here is the eleventh 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 Independent Guåhan and many of those early episodes were recorded either in classrooms in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building at the University of Guam.For this episode, Manny spoke to taotao Hågat and former Assistant Secretary to the Department of the Interior for Insular Affairs Tony Babauta. He talked about his experiences working in Guam politics and in D.C. on on issues related to the US territories and how we could gain some traction on issues like political status and decolonization. This episode was produced by Manny Cruz and premiered on Soundcloud on February 15, 2017. Look out for more episodes from the archives as migrate Fanachu content to new platforms. Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn the early 1970s a diverse coalition on Guam formed to challenge and protest the transferring of the Sella Bay Area in southern Guam over to the US military in order to build an ammunition wharf. This coalition included educators who largely came from the US, to members of the Guam Legislature by Senator Paul Bordallo and also a group of young Chamorus who publicly protested in the name of indigenous rights and protection of land. One of those protestors was Siñora Lani Tydingco Bordallo. She joined for this episode of Fanachu to talk about her life of Chamoru activism and how she brought her sense of community advocacy into the classroom as well. This episode was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua and originally aired on April 19, 2023. The audio for this episode was produced by Tåsi Chargualaf.Support the show

Send us Fan MailFrom 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 Independent Guåhan and many of those early episodes were recorded either in classrooms in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building at the University of Guam.For this episode, Manny spoke to PJ San Nicolas, who was then an undergraduate at the University of Guam studying agriculture, about Guam's abundant water resources, the threats that development and militarization pose to them, and how we can develop industries around our water resources through independence. This episode was produced by Manny Cruz and premiered on Soundcloud on February 5, 2017. Look out for more episodes from the archives as migrate Fanachu content to new platforms. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThis 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 Chamorus who have persevered in systems of discrimination and racism to excel in the ranks of the US military, higher education and business. This episode originally premiered on April 5, 2023. This episode was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua. The audio for this episode was produced by Tåsi Chargualaf.Support the show

Send us Fan MailFrom 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 Independent Guåhan and many of those early episodes were recorded either in classrooms in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building at the University of Guam.For this episode, Manny spoke to Albert Toves, about his ides about decolonizing education. Toves was then a member of the Independent Guåhan Media Committee, and a Chamorro Studies Major at the University of Guam, who later went on to study education with an emphasis on indigenous studies. This episode was produced by Manny Cruz and premiered on Soundcloud on January 26, 2017. Look out for more episodes from the archives as migrate Fanachu content to new platforms. Support the show

Send us Fan MailFrom 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 Independent Guåhan and many of those early episodes were recorded either in classrooms in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building at the University of Guam or in the case of this episode, in the conference room for the Humanities Division in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. For this episode, recorded on January 9, 2017, Manny spoke to Mike (Machålek Sindålu) and Thovie (Gonzalez) and engaged in a conversation around political philosophy and decolonizing anarchism. This episode was produced by Manny Cruz and later premiered on Soundcloud on January 14, 2017. Look out for more episodes from the archives as migrate Fanachu content to new platforms. Support the show

Send us Fan MailFrom 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 Independent Guåhan and many of those early episodes were recorded either in classrooms in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building at the University of Guam or in the case of this episode, as a coffee shop convo organized by Independent Guåhan. For this episode, hosted by Manny Cruz, a coffee shop convo was held on January 7, 2017 at the Java Junction Coffee Shop in Hagåtña, in which more than a dozen people attended with most sharing reflections on how colonization has personally affected them in their lives. Some of the voices you'll hear on this episode are Shannon McManus and Jon Glaser from Microchild, poet Arielle Taitano Lowe and Edward "Pulan Speaks" Leon Guerrero.This episode was produced by Manny Cruz and later premiered on Soundcloud on January 9, 2017. Look out for more episodes from the archives as migrate Fanachu content to new platforms. Support the show

Send us Fan MailWhat 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 justice, decolonization and restoring environmental balance. She talked about her dissertation and other scholarly work when she was a guest on this Fanachu episode that premiered on April 12, 2023. This episode was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua. The audio for this episode was produced by Tåsi Chargualaf and includes the song "Memorias" by Chamolinian. Support the show

Send us Fan MailFrom 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 Independent Guåhan and many of those early episodes were recorded either in classrooms in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building at the University of Guam or by Manny taking a mic mobile for an interview. For this episode, hosted by Manny Cruz, he spoke with then President of UOG and former Guam delegate to the US Congress Robert Underwood about an issue that had been ongoing for decades, but was at the time of recording, coming to a somewhat problematic close, that of Chamoru World War II reparations. Combining his years of experiences as an activist, a scholar and also his time in Congress pushing for this issue and others, Underwood talks about war reparations and how it has always been about righting a wrong the right way, within the limited realm of possibility in Congress always deadlocked and distracted. This episode was produced by Manny Cruz and later premiered on Soundcloud on January 5, 2017. Look out for more episodes from the archives as migrate Fanachu content to new platforms. Support the show

Send us Fan MailFrom 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 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, he spoke with Ray Lujan who was then a UOG Social Work major and also volunteer member for Independent Guåhan assisting with media and with research. Michael Lujan Bevacqua also joined in the episode meant to close out 2016 and the first calendar year for Fanachu. This episode was recorded on December 29, 2016 was produced by Manny Cruz and later premiered on Soundcloud on January 1, 2017. Look out for more episodes from the archives as migrate Fanachu content to new platforms. Support the show

Send us Fan MailOne 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 2023 Fino' Chamoru episode of Fanachu where he discussed some of his research and theories on our ancient ancestors. This episode and other Fino' Chamoru episodes of Fanachu are part of this podcast's commitment to promoting the Chamoru language and creating more avenues and resources for language learners. This episode originally aired on February 15, 2023 and was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua.The audio for this episode was produced by Tåsi Chargualaf.Support the show

Send us Fan MailFrom 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 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, he spoke with then Kulo' members for Independent Guåhan Melvin Won Pat-Borja, who was on the Campaigns Committee for the group and Monaeka Flores, who was on the Outreach Committee. Joining them as well was special guest Tihu Lujan, working then as a reporter for the Guam Daily Post. This episode was recorded on December 19, 2016 was produced by Manny Cruz and later premiered on Soundcloud on December 28, 2016. Look out for more episodes from the archives as migrate Fanachu content to new platforms. Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe 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 island? Why is poverty a violation of our human rights—not a personal failure? In this episode, we get real about how colonial systems, militarization, and economic barriers keep us stuck in cycles of powerlessness. Main Points: 🔥 Why poverty on Guam is a human rights issue (UDHR Article 25) ✊ How overcoming internalized powerlessness is part of decolonization What would an island of financial possibility look like after Guam has been decolonized and demilitarized? 🧭 Calls to Action Rooted in Values 🌾 SDG 1: Support local businesses. 📚 SDG 4: Share free knowledge. 💚 Earth Charter Principle 2: Care for the community of life—starting with your own. 🧡 Earth Charter Principle 14: Integrate knowledge, values, and sustainability into your daily rhythm.This is the first episode in a special series hosted and produced by Tori Manley Speaking. This episode premiered on July 16, 2025. Support the show