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This is the latest & BRAND NEW special episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the week of March 9, 2018 which features audio from the "Black Heroes Matter" panel that was held at Emerald City Comic Con on Friday, March 2, 2018 in Seattle, Washington. As per the Emerald City Comic Con website description: "David Walker ("Luke Cage", "Planet of the Apes") moderates an incredible discussion between Ryan Benjamin ("Brothers Bond", "Overwatch"), Carl Varnado (Blacks in Gaming) Sanford Greene ("Powerman and Iron Fist"), Taneka Stotts ("ELEMENTS: Fire"), and Nilah Magruder ("M.F.K") about the roles of black people in science fiction and fantasy and their impact on society." This panel also featured special guest actor Phil Lamarr! For more information about Emerald City Comic Con, go to their offical website at https://www.EmeraldCityComicCon.com! Feel free to check out some recent episodes of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast over at our official blog, B

Due to some extra in & out of state 9 to 5 plus creative work travels during the past 2 weeks on the both of our ends, here's a FLASHBACK episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast for the weeks of February 23 & March 2, 2018 [originally broadcast on the weeks February 25 & March 4, 2015] with some new and classic music from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary. This week's radio show breakdown (by minutes/hours): 0:00 - 1:32:27 Introduction & Extended Commentary 1:32:27 - 2:15:05 DJ Fusion Mix 2:15:05 - 3:13:37 Ausar Ra Black Hawk Mix Our extended commentary thay week on the show (it takes up about the 1st hour and a half of the radio show) after being back from some illness from the past 2 weeks touched base on the crazy winter weather in the U.S., net neutrality finally passing via the FCC in the United States (for now), the FOX soap opera "Empire" becoming a huge thing in current popular culture and our feelings on how the TV series has developed & Black broadcast TV at large,

** NOTE: We did an awesome longform review of Marvel's "Black Panther" then #WhompWhomp, the audio got completely fried by some weird computer issue during editing. SMDH. Anyway, here's some flashback audio for folks to check out from days of FuseBox Radio Past and whatnot... - DJ Fusion ** This is a flashback episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the weeks of February 9 & 16, 2018 (originally broadcast on the Week of February 11, 2015) with some new and classic music from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary. This week's radio show breakdown (by minutes/hours): 0:00 - 5:55 SUPER Short Introduction 5:55 - 1:00:40 DJ Fusion Mix 1:00:40 - 1:59:30 Democracy Now! Commentary & News Segment 1:59:30 - 3:00:00 Ausar Ra Black Hawk Mix While we're under the weather this week (flu and a cold respectively, so can barely talk at all) we DO have a new show on deck for everyone! Our extended commentary this week has been replaced by an episode of Dem

This is a straight up commentary episode of the FuseBox Radio Broadcast where DJ Fusion & The Black Hawk talked about the news story about actress & comedian Leslie Jones' frustration about dating (especially feeling like there is no point to it & getting discouraged) and how it related to our personal lives & interactions, how other heads can go through it at large on that end regardless of looks, employment, class, etc., the f*ckery of false, stoic "strength" when dealing with someone else's crap in a romantic relationship as a Black person (and person in general), the casual cruelty with other folks' judgement of one's worthiness for a relationship, how folks reacted to Leslie Jones' feelings on the Internet (some not very well at ALL), how men & women deal with crap of weirdly fluctuating expectations, dealing with folks bullsh*t in a healthy way after they say you're not worthy of a relationship and more. Feel free to check out some recent episodes of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast over at our

This is a BRAND NEW episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the week of January 24, 2018 with some new and classic Hip-Hop & Soul Music, news and commentary. This week's radio show breakdown (by minutes/hours): Introduction/Commentary 0:00 - 1:52:01 DJ Fusion Music Mix 1:52:01 - 2:46:53 Ausar Ra Black Hawk Music Mix: 2:46:53 - 3:58:37 Our extended commentary this week as a bit on the scattershot side with us getting back in the mix after a nice bit of vacation & dealing with life at large, including talking about the FuseBox Radio reaching it's 20th anniversary this year, U.S. politics update (which is still a dumpster fire, including the "shithole countries" controversy & the "Fire and Fury" book with some decent news with the #J20 trials) & who Donald Trump as president isn't even necessarily the biggest story at all on that end (more so his supporters from the top on down), the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. beyond the mainstream spin, how the a

Due to some extra in & out of state music travels & booking during the past week, here's a FLASHBACK episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast for the week of January 17, 2018 [originally broadcast on the week March 28, 2013] with some new and classic music from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary. Our extended commentary during that week touched base on the "Monstanto Protection Act" slipping through the U.S. Congress, some of the recent Hip-Hop community controversy about the latest verse by Rick Ross on the Rocko song "U.O.E.N.O." that advocated date rape & his response, hate-on-hate YouTube videos by Black Men & Women on each other, an Idaho school district having issues over a biology teacher using the word "vagina", New Jersey's latest Powerball winner having to now hand up on paying a LOT of child support and some other things here and there. Feel free to check out some recent episodes of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast over at our official blog, BlackRadioIsBack.com

This is the last one of our top 3 most downloaded episodes of 2017 to share during our winter vacation break over here at the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the week of January 10, 2018 with some new and classic from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary on everything from politics to pop culture. This week's radio show breakdown (by minutes/hours): Introduction/Commentary 0:00 - 1:41:15 DJ Fusion Music Mix 1:41:15 - 2:34:20 Ausar Ra Black Hawk Mix 2:34:20 - 3:42:15 Our extended commentary on the FuseBox Radio during that show (originally broadcast on the Week of July 13, 2017) touched base on: * What we've been up to since we've been able to do the last new, live recorded episode (it's been a LOT, including upgrading the recording lab, events, etc.) * Death of Prodigy of Mobb Deep & his impact in Hip-Hop and our personal soundtracks of life * an mini-movie review of the Tupac biopic "All Eyez On Me" via Black Hawk * Educated Rapper of UTFO Pas

** NOTE: This week is an explicit/not radio friendly episode on the music and commentary ends... ** This is one of our most downloaded episodes of 2017 to share during our winter vacation break over here at the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the week of January 3, 2018 with some new and classic from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary on everything from politics to pop culture. This week's radio show breakdown (by minutes/hours): Introduction + Commentary: 0:00 - 1:09:22 DJ Fusion Music Mix: 1:09:22 - 2:05:33 Ausar Ra Black Hawk Music Mix: 2:05:33 - 3:08:56 Our commentary during the week of January 25, 2017 had touched base on our viewpoints and personal experiences on & at the various protests that have happened since the inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the U.S. in D.C. & beyond, how folks can miss the point trying to find the "perfect" way to be a part of positive change & activism, the crippling mess that is White Feminism,

This is one of our most downloaded episodes of 2017 to share during our winter vacation break over here at the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the weeks of Dec. 20 & 27, 2017 with some new and classic Hip-Hop & Soul Music, news and commentary. This week's flashback show was originally broadcast on July 27, 2017 and was a special music mix sampler episode done by DJ Fusion of tunes based off of the Newport Jazz Festival performance lineup that occurred in Newport, Rhode Island from August 4 - 6, 2017). For more information about the Newport Jazz Festival, its history, performance lineup this year, how to get tickets, transportation and more, go to: http://www.NewportJazz.org https://www.facebook.com/NewportJazzFest http://twitter.com/NewportJazzFest https://www.instagram.com/NewportJazzFest Feel free to check out some recent episodes of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast over at our official blog, BlackRadioIsBack.com - most of the shows are clean/radio fr

Due to some extra out of state business travels via the 9 to 5 AND the music ends during the past few weeks, here the latest FLASHBACK episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast for the weeks of Dec. 6 & 13, 2017 [originally broadcast on the week August 20, 2008] with some new and classic music from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary. During that week, we had a great interview with author Douglas A. Blackmon for his book, "Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II" (now currently out on Doubleday Books), which "brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history—when a cynical new form of slavery was resurrected from the ashes of the Civil War and re-imposed on hundreds of thousands of African-Americans until the dawn of World War II" by throwing Black Men, Women and Children into prison in the South for labor purposes under false pretenses to be arrested. Feel free to check out more information about him

Due to some high out of state business travels during the past week (and the exhaustion right behind it), here the latest FLASHBACK episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Jon Judah for the week of Nov. 29, 2017 [originally broadcast on weeks of April 10 & 17, 2013] with some new and classic music from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary. Our commentary during that week touched base on the death of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher & her political legacy, the passing of author & film critic Roger Ebert, the multi-faceted terribleness of the "Accidental Racist" song by Brad Paisley & LL Cool J, actor Wesley Snipes getting out of jail, when trying to make hentai be real with an eel goes EXTREMELY wrong plus some other things here and there. Feel free to check out some recent episodes of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast over at our official blog, BlackRadioIsBack.com - most of the shows are clean/radio friendly. FuseBox Radio Playlist + Charts for th

This is a BRAND NEW episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the week of Nov. 23, 2017 with some new and classic Hip-Hop & Soul Music, news and commentary. This week's radio show breakdown (by minutes/hours): Introduction/Commentary 0:00 - 1:23:21 DJ Fusion Music Mix 1:23:21 - 2:23:07 Ausar Ra Black Hawk Music Mix: 2:23:07 - 3:26:33 Our commentary this week as a bit on the scattershot side with the extended Thanksgiving Weekend 2017 holiday going down, with us talking about even MORE news updates of sexual assault & harassment in Hollywood & U.S. Politics (including Russell Simmons' e-mailing Terry Crews telling the latter to give a pass to the man who harassed him, which...ugh on mad levels) + how that's putting a LOT of cats from regular folks to famous heads on the spot with their behaviors (not just the abusers, but those who basically knew what was going on and covered up that bullsh*t), the upcoming "She Gotta Have It" Netflix series (which had us

This is a special episode based off of the audio from this year's great DC PodFest panel on diversity in podcasting ("Not All Podcasters Are White") that occurred at the Wonderbread Factory in Washington, DC on Saturday, November 11, 2017 featuring DJ Fusion (FuseBox Radio Broadcast; http://www.FuseBoxRadio.com), Ebone Bell (Tagg Nation; http://www.TaggNation.com), Morgan Givens (Dispatches; http://www.goatrodeodc.com/dispatches) & Charneil Bush (What About Your Friends; https://soundcloud.com/what-about-your-friends) talking candidly about their experiences as Podcasters of Color on multiple fronts (folks' trying to put what you talk about on your show in a box from the outside community - and sometimes your own - in the realms of race, class, sexuality, etc., how everyone got started with podcasting, the hustle one has to be on to be a quality indie media outlet at large, what IS diversity honestly, how to deal with people trying to push back against your viewpoints & expressing them and more). For more

This is a BRAND NEW episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the week of Nov. 1, 2017 with some new and classic Hip-Hop & Soul Music, news and commentary. This week's radio show breakdown (by minutes/hours): Introduction/Commentary 0:00 - 1:32:43 DJ Fusion Music Mix 1:32:43 - 3:00:45 Our commentary this week as a bit on the scattershot side, talking about everything from what looks like the Road to Impeachment for Donald Trump, the plethora of news of sexual assault & harassment in Hollywood (from Harvey Weinstein and more), how folks use all kinds of power dynamics to take advantage of people from college to your 9 to 5s, Tyrese's bad relationship with social media with telling a tad bit TOO much of what's on his mind all of the time, various TV & movies we've watched lately and some other things here and there. Feel free to check out some recent episodes of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast over at our official blog, BlackRadioIsBack.com - most

Due to some high out of state business as of late (and the exhaustion behind it), here's a flashback episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk episode for the week of October 19, 2017 (originally broadcast for the week of December 3, 2014) with some new and classic music from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary. Our commentary during that week (it takes up the 1st half of the radio show; stops at about 1 hour & 25 minutes in) touched base on the travesty of the grand jury's verdict in Ferguson, MO with the killing of Michael Brown & it's after effects (the very tilted mainstream media coverage here in the States post-verdict, racists & respectability politics folks coming out from multiple angles, how it has resparked activism all over the U.S. and more), the new & old charges of sexual assault against actor Bill Cosby, some quick pop culture news items of interest (including Marvel Comics dropping a "Black Panther" movie in the upcoming futur

Due to some high out of state business as of late (and the exhaustion behind it), here's a flashback episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk episode for the weeks of October 5 & 12, 2017 (originally broadcast for the weeks of July 29 & August 5, 2015) with some new and classic music from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary. This week's radio show breakdown (by minutes/hours): 0:00:00 - 1:34:54 Introduction and Extended Commentary 1:34:54 - 2:32:55 DJ Fusion Mix 2:32:55 - 3:34:47 Ausar Ra Black Hawk Mix Our commentary during that week after being out for a while touched base on the passing of a friend of the FuseBox Radio Broadcast (Ambz of O Hell Nawl Blog) & of NYC Hip-Hop MC Sean Price, progress and back slides since Michel Brown's murder a year ago on activist and political ends, the continuing clown car of candidates for the Republican Party for the 2016 Presidential Election, opinions on the release of the movie "Straight Out of Compto

Due to a constant stream out of state business (and the exhaustion behind it), here's a flashback episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk episode for the weeks of Sept. 21 & 28, 2017 (originally broadcast on the week of January 14, 2015) with some new and classic music from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary. Our extended commentary during that week (it takes up about the 1st hour & 19 minutes of the radio show) touched base on how the tragedies in Nigeria (via Boko Haram) & France (via the Charlie Hebdo journalist massacre) were covered by the U.S. mainstream media, Dr. Ben Carson acting up again, Florida police using mugshots of Black male prisoners for target practice, how Run The Jewels is just constantly winning as an indie Hip-Hop crew of folks in their 30s, why are this year's #OscarsSoWhite yet again and why it shouldn't be a surprise, our opposing views of the quality of the Hip-Hop/Music Industry soap opera "Empire" on FOX, Zulu Na

Due to some out of state business (and the exhaustion behind it), here's a flashback episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk episode for the week of Sept. 14, 2017 (originally broadcast on the week of February 4, 2015) with some new and classic music from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary. Our commentary during that week during the show touched base on the many reasons Black History Month is still a necessity in the U.S. (especially after the year that was 2014 for Black America), a school in D.C. that fired teachers for teaching "too much" Black History, updates what has been going on in Ferguson, MO + with the civil suit from Tamir Rice's family, the various happenings behind the scenes and beyond during this year's Super Bowl (including NFL Media Day Dramas with Seattle Seahawk's Marshawn Lynch, Katy Perry's halftime show being made way better by Missy Elliot, insane 4th quarter play calling shenanigans & more), actor/comedian/author/act

Due to a lot of travel and work, here is is a flashback episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the weeks of August 31 & Sept. 7, 2017 (originally broadcast on the week of February 3, 2010) with some new and classic music from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary. Our extended commentary during week focused on the importance still of having an officially recognized Black History Month in the U.S. & U.K., extra updates about the rebuilding efforts & tampering from outside forces after the earthquake aftermath in Haiti (especially with the recent cases of illegal child trafficking), the documentary "Copyright Criminals", Net Neutrality and why it's important for everyone, this year's Grammy Awards, the passing of historian Howard Zinn, soul singer Etta James' current illness and some other subjects here and there. FuseBox Radio Playlist & Charts for Week of August 31, 2017 [originally broadcast on the Week of February 3, 2010] Top Spins

This is a flashback episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Ausar Ra Black Hawk for the week of August 17, 2017 (originally broadcast on the week of February 15, 2012) with some new and classic music from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary. Our extended commentary during that week touched base on some more of the latest updates and our opinions of the reactions from activists, politicians, individuals, the media more about the Trayvon Martin case in the United States and beyond, the crazy case of Black off-duty police officer Howard Morgan and his current charges of attempted murder, the passing & impact of journalism legend Gil Noble ("Like It Is" TV Show), how marketing & getting a check without balances went pretty wrong with Mary J. Blige's Burger King commercial about Crispy Chicken Wraps, U.S. President Barack Obama showing off some of his geek side at the White House with actress Nichelle Nichols and some other diverse topics here and there. There were