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This very special episode of Fanachu! focused on Cultural Preservation in Guåhan, the Marianas, Hopi Tribal Lands of Arizona and Hawai'i . It featured as guests April Sewequaptewa, Edward "Pulan" Leon Guerrero, Moñeka de Ora, Lokelani Brandt and Lyn Aflague Arroyo.

This episode premiered live on Facebook on January 23, 2021 and was hosted by Ulukoa.

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For this episode of Fanachu! meet with the team and contributors for the new website "I Sakman I Fino'-ta" or the "Vessel of Our Language," which features a variety of articles, essays, stories and poems all written in Chamoru. Check out the website at www.isakman.com

Guests include Benny Anderson, Jay Castro, Siñora Pat Lizama, Siñora Chris Carbullido Bethea and the family of the late Poet Laurette of Guam Siñot Frederick Quinene.

Episode premiered live on Facebook  on April 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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For this special 200th episode of Fanachu! the guests for the very first episode of Fanachu from November 4, 2016 at the Java Junction Coffee shop reunited; Victoria-Lola Leon Guerrero, Jesse Chargualaf and Manny Cruz.

Episode premiered live on Facebook  on March 30, 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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In this episode of Fanachu! sisters Florence and Lilian Cruz share the story of their father Ignacio Candaso Cruz, who was trained with dozens of others by the US Navy as a medical assistant after World War II. The story of these medical assistants has largely gone untold in Guam History books. 

This episode premiered live on Facebook on January 27, 2021 and was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua.

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This episode of Fanachu! featured two scholars from the US Virgin Islands, Dr. Carlyle Corbin and Dr. Hadiya Sewer who shared updates on the decolonization conversation in their islands, which are also an unincorporated territory of the US.

Episode premiered live on Facebook and Youtube on April 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! featured three young women in California who are involved in Progressive California politics and also have Guam ties. Claire White in Sacramento and Czeska Cabuhat and Kylie Taitano in San Diego joined the episode as guests. 

This episode was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua and premiered live on Facebook on February 3, 2021. 

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On this "Mes Chamoru" episode of Fanachu! titled "The Covenant and Decolonization in the CNMI" Richard and Liana Hofschneider share their reflections.

Episode premiered live on Facebook on February 23, 2022 and was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua. 

Episode audio engineered by Curtis J. Jewell and features music by Jonah Hånom from his 2021 Na'lå'al Songs of Freedom concert performance. 

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This episode is the second roundtable table discussion on sustaining Micronesian seafaring and navigation traditions in 2022 hosted by Fanachu! This roundtable series was inspired by the work of 500 Sails in the CNMI and Såkman Chamorro in San Diego, California. 

Recognized masters of seafaring from Micronesia who participated are: Ali Haleyalur, Mario Benito, Tony Pialug, Cecilio Raiukiulipiy and Sesario Sewralur.

Roundtable was aired live on Facebook on March 2, 2022 and was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua. 

Audio for this episode was produced by Curtis J. Jewell. Intro and outro music is from Jonah Hånom from his 2021 Na'lå'la Songs of Freedom concert performance. 

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For this special Mes Chamoru Fino' Chamoru episode of Fanachu! students in Miget's free zoom Chamoru classes gather to share their memories of the elders in their own lives. This episode features as guests Tun Antonio Cruz White, Siñora Pat Lizama, Siñora Chris Carbullido Bethea, Si Lupe Pangelinan Syzmanski and Siñot Vic Quitugua. 

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

Episode was audio engineered by Curtis Jewell. 

Intro and outro music from Jonah Hånom's performance for the 2021 Na'lå'la' Songs of Freedom concert. 

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Leland Bettis worked on the issue of political status change for Guam for more than two decades as the Executive Director for the Commission on Self-Determination and Decolonization. Learn more about his experiences on this episode of Fanachu!

Episode originally aired live on Facebook on February 10, 2021 and was hosted by Michael Lujan Bevacqua. 

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