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
224 episodes
Trying Transportation Part 2 with Tori Manley Speaking (The Environment and You)
For this episode of Fanachu, Tori Manley Speaking sits down with Mike Manley, Trusted Car salesman, Father and Veteran. They discuss the most common mode of transportation, our expectation of well being and status through our cars....
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Season 8
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Episode 313
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17:47
"Trying Transportation" The Environment and You with Tori Manley Speaking
In this episode of "The Environment and Your," host Tori Manley Speaking discusses the most common modes of transportation, their obstacles, possible solutions and calls to action. Here's a message from Tori about this episode:&nbs...
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Season 8
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Episode 313
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23:26
"A Culture of Helping" - Pulan Chamoru Episode of The Environment and You with Tori Manley Speaking
"Imagine how good you feel when you help people; you feel grateful to be able to give to others. Your helpfulness brings joy, love, and hope. Being helpful can strengthen the best parts of you." - Tori Manley Speaking. Volunteering or helping i...
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Season 8
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Episode 296
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41:46
Gi Oriyan i Latte gi Museon Bishop giya Hawai'i (FESTPAC Episode)
Hundreds of people gathered at the Bishop Museum on June 15th, 2024 for a ceremony around latte stones taken from the Mariana Islands in the 1920s and 1950s.For this episode of Fanachu some of those who organized and attended the event ...
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Season 8
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Episode 309
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1:04:35
I Famagu'on i Manmasters - Carrying on Chamoru Cultural Legacies at FESTPAC Hawai'i
The Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency (Guam CAHA) has recognized dozens of cultural masters in recent decades who have all played important roles in teaching and perpetuating parts of Chamoru culture and heritage. At the 13th Festi...
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Season 8
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Episode 308
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1:07:19
West Papua Activists Seeking Solidarity at FESTPAC Hawai'i (Interview with Herman Wainggai)
As thousands of delegates from Micronesia, Polynesia and Melanesia gather in Hawai'i this month for the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture or FESTPAC, Fanachu interviews two West Papuan activists who are attending the event in hopes of b...
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Season 8
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Episode 307
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43:12
The Little Book of Pentagon Words in the Pacific with Dr. Isa Arriola (hosted by Monaeka Flores)
How does the Pentagon and US military use words like strategic, steward or buildup to obscure the nature of their activities in our region? That’s one of the goals of the “Little Book of Pentagon Words in the Pacific” a booklet edited by Dr. Is...
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Season 8
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Episode 305
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1:28:18
Thoughtful Fashion (2 out of 3) The Environment and Us with Tori Manley Speaking
From the special Fanachu's series, "The Environment and Us", enjoy a three part bite sized episode emphasizing on human and environmental rights worldwide. Our clothing choices are interlinked with the well-being of others, and is a direct refl...
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Season 8
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Episode 302
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9:31
Thoughtful Fashion (1 out of 3) The Environment and Us with Tori Manley Speaking
From the special Fanachu's series, "The Environment and Us", enjoy a three part bite sized episode emphasizing on human and environmental rights worldwide. Our clothing choices are interlinked with the well-being of others, and is a direct refl...
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Season 8
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Episode 302
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13:49
Continuing the Work of Guam Place Name Restoration with Robert Underwood and Elyssa Santos
Some of the names we use for places in Guam can be traced by centuries, others are more recent. Within each village there are areas and places that also bear names that go back into the history of the island, carrying with them memories, storie...
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Season 6
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Episode 232
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1:08:31
CNMI Ceasefire Resolution and Linking Liberations: Updates from Marianas for Palestine
This 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, ...
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Season 8
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Episode 299
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1:16:56
Legends of Guam Podcast Plays with Breaking Wave Theatre
For 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 a...
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Season 6
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Episode 231
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1:09:21
Larry Raigetal & Melissa Taitano's Traditional Navigation Class with Annie Fay Camacho
On 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! Stu...
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Season 8
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Episode 294
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1:02:58
Fino' Chamoru Episode with Pulani Peredo
Pulani 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 h...
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Season 8
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Episode 292
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43:55
"From Earth to Body: The Environment and You Episode 2" with Tori Manley Speaking
‘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 inform...
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Season 8
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Episode 291
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43:11
"Barriers to Climate Change & Sustainable Living" with Tori Manley Speaking (The Environment and You)
The 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 ...
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Season 8
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Episode 287
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38:21
The Power of Art and Inafa'maolek with Jerrold Dwayne Castro
Jerrold 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 a...
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Season 6
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Episode 230
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1:00:05
Life in Dededo 1963-1964 with John A. Kurtz
Artist 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 sti...
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Season 6
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Episode 227
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1:02:06
Urban Development and the US Military in Guam since World War II with Kyle Galindez
This 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 Faceb...
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Season 6
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Episode 226
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53:19
Tip of the Spear with Alfred Peredo Flores
This 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...
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Season 7
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Episode 280
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1:12:51