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This episode of Fanachu features members of the first ever Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Museum Institute who represented the Marianas in 2022. Six people from the Marianas were chosen for the program's first cohort and spent six months in zoom classes and one month doing in-person training in Hawai’i working with the East-West Center, the Bishop Museum and other institutions. 

Erlinda Naputi (Joeten-Kiyu Public Library, Saipan), Archie Ajoste (Northern Mariana Islands Museum, Saipan) and Elyssa Santos (Kumision I Fino' CHamoru giya Guåhan) were guests for this episode, which airled live on Facebook and YouTube on July 13, 2022 and was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua. 

Episode was audio engineered by Curtis J. Jewell and uses music from Jonah Hånom and his performance at the 2021 Na'lå'la' Songs of Freedom Vol 5 concert. 

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This was the first in a series of Fanachu! podcast episodes from 2020 discussing “Operation Christmas Drop,” the 2020 Netflix film and the drop itself.  This episode featured a critical commentary with the voices of activists, scholars and youth, sharing their thoughts on the film and the issues it ignores about the realities of Guam's political status and American militarism in the Pacific. 

This episode first premiered live on Facebook on November 25, 2020 and was hosted by Dr. Manny Cruz. It featured as guests Monaeka Flores, Nicole Duenas and Isabella Olalia.

Today’s episode will feature a critical conversation with activists, scholars and youth about the film.

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For the 2020 Guam elected, Prutehi Litekyan distributed a candidate survey for those seeking to be elected to the Guam Legislature or serve as Guam's single non-voting delegate. On this August 21, 2020 episode of Fanachu, Maria Hernandez May, then a core-member of Prutehi Litekyan discussed the results of their candidate survey and also shared updates on the buildup to places such as Magua' or Litekyan. 

This episode was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua. 

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This 2020 episode of Fanachu featured Senator Kelly Marsh-Taitano talking about her Resolution 365-35 (LS) which called on the US Navy to cease using active sonar in critical habitat areas in the Marianas because of the negative impact it has on marine mammals.

This episode premiered on Facebook on September 9, 2020 and was hosted by Lawrence "Siguenzama" Lizama. 

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The 215th episode of Fanachu! featured Dr. Jesi Lujan Bennett who discussed the important of nurturing and growing of diasporic Chamoru communities. Dr. Lujan Bennett is a faculty member in Pacific and Indigenous Studies at the University of Waikato in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Check out this episode to learn more about the work she and others are doing in terms of developing diasporic Chamoru networks and connecting them to the Marianas.

This episode went live on Facebook and YouTube on July 6, 2022 and was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua. 

Episode was audio engineered by Curtis J. Jewell and uses music from Jonah Hånom and his performance at the 2021 Na'lå'la' Songs of Freedom Vol 5 concert. 

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This episode of Fanachu! Features as guest Monaeka Flores, queer Chamoru artist and activist, who is an integral member of several local activist groups including Prutehi Litekyan and Independent Guåhan. Part of the discussion is focused on gender and sexuality in Chamoru culture across history and also a celebration of different Chamoru queer artists in the community today. 

Episode went live on Facebook and Youtube on June 22, 2022 and was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua. 

Episode was audio engineered by Curtis J. Jewell and uses music from Jonah Hånom and his performance at the 2021 Na'lå'la' Songs of Freedom Vol 5 concert. 

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Dr. Christine Taitano Delisle is a scholar of indigenous, feminist and Chamoru studies and was guest for this episode of Fanachu! which premiered live on Facebook, Youtube and Twitter on June 29, 2022. Delisle authored the book "Placental Politics: CHamoru Women, White Womanhood, and Indigeneity under U.S. Colonialism in Guam," which she discusses in this interview.

This episode was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua. 

Episode was audio engineered by Curtis J. Jewell and uses music from Jonah Hånom and his performance at the 2021 Na'lå'la' Songs of Freedom Vol 5 concert. 

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For this 2020 episode of Fanachu! Tun Antonio Cruz White and his son Alex are the guests, telling the story of their family, which begins in prewar Guam, goes through Japanese occupation and the Manenggon March, to migrating to the states after the war and working to reconnect the Mariana Islands today. 

Tun Antonio and Alex would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land upon which they recorded the podcast from, which is the ancestral home and unceded, occupied territory of the Tséstho’e (Cheyenne), Jicarilla Apache, and Núu-agha-tʉvʉ-pʉ̱ (Ute) peoples who have been living, working and stewarding that land since time immemorial. They pay their respects to the elders past, present, and emerging - for they hold the memories, traditions, and culture of their people across the nation.

This episode was prerecorded and initially aired on Facebook on November 14, 2020 and was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua. 

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This episode of Fanachu! featured a conversation with former staff in the US Congress who have worked in the Guam delegate's office in Washington D.C. As guests Mike Blas, Captain (Ret.) John Salas, Colonel (Ret.) Ed Yanger, Maria deGuzman Pangelinan and Angie Pangelinan Borja shared their experiences working for a member of Congress, who isn't one of its members, and what strategies their offices used to make sure the voice of Guam was heard, even in a system where the territories are often voiceless. 

This episode was livestreamed on Facebook on September 16, 2020 and was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua. 

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Every June, Guam celebrates the sacrifices and stories of Chamoru war survivors. This commemoration is often highlighted by activities organized by the Guam War Survivors Memorial Foundation, especially their Sentimental Journey concert series. 

For this episode of Fanachu, Siñot Joey Franquez, who is a member of the GWSM Foundation discusses the 2022nd or 5th rendition of Sentimental Journey "A Chamoru Symphony." You can view the virtual concert here on YouTube courtesy of PBS Guam. https://youtu.be/gLBynDA5WnI

This episode initially aired live on Facebook and Youtube on June 16, 2022 and was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua. 

Episode was audio engineered by Curtis J. Jewell and uses music from Jonah Hånom and his performance at the 2021 Na'lå'la' Songs of Freedom Vol 5 concert. 

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