Podcasts about suzka

Suzka Mares is an RTT hypnotherapist, yoga teacher & world music artist who shares her knowledge and experience from her life & practice in dealing with narcissists. Find her at www.suzkamares.com

Wonders in Dementialand - a book, podcast and film in the making about love, strength and vulnerability between a daughter and her mother while living with the dementias. Lori La Bey talks with Suzka, Author and Podcaster of "Wonders in Dementialand" and Radek Wegrzyn who is a founding member of Magical Realist Film’s filmography. This hour will fly by with a fun and uplifting conversation filled with hope, love and passion. Contact our guests at: Suzka:      Email: suzka@dementialand.com        Book: Wonders In Dementialand - available on Amazon Dementialand Podcast: Subscribe  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-_h6Dr_ivYEob-F4pvqIgA Dementialand's Special Powers:  https://youtu.be/9ACIcO1Twvs Radek Wegrzyn     Website: www.magical-realist.com           Email: mail@magical-realist.com Contact Lori La Bey Lori@AlzheimersSpeaks.com with questions or branding needs and visit Alzheimer’s Speaks www.AlzheimersSpeaks.com   Alzheimer's Speaks Radio delivering sounds news, not just sound bites since 2011.

TOMA: DRUMROLL please.... Welcome to Episode 3 of The Republic of Toma  podcast presented by ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME magazine! I sit down with German Producer, Director and Writer Radek Wegrzyn and American Author, Artist and Podcaster Suzka Susan Collins  to discuss their upcoming film Wonders in Dementialand. Coming from 3 different locations — me in Venice, Radek in Berlin and Suzka in Los Angeles — we discuss how life in the times of the Coronavirus feels like an altered reality. Wonders in Dementialand is the name of Suzka’s book, which discusses the other side of dementia. Suzka writes in her book, “Dementialand is a topsy turvy place of secrets and discovery where I often found myself in the mirror of dementia. Its sense of reversal showed me the other side of everything and the other side of myself.” I draw comparison to this time of the pandemic as an opportunity to reveal us to ourselves as we’re faced with a new way of living. Meet TOMA: https://www.republicoftoma.com/about Producer: Radek Wegrzyn: http://www.magical-realist.com Don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE to  Dementialand Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-_h6Dr_ivYEob-F4pvqIgA The Republic of Toma Podcast: https://www.republicoftoma.com/podcasts ‘Wonders In Dementialand’ BOOK Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Wonders-Dementialand-Suzka/dp/0692795243/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478277633&sr=8-1&keywords=dementialand  

Toma Clark Haines - host of The Republic of Toma podcast presented by ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME magazine - sits down with German Producer, Director and Writer Radek Wegrzyn and American Author, Artist and Podcaster Suzka Collins to discuss their upcoming film Wonders in Dementialand. Coming from 3 different locations - Toma in Venice, Radek in Berlin and Suzka in Los Angeles they discuss how life in the times of the Coronavirus feels like an altered reality. Wonders in Dementialand is the name of Suzka’s book which discusses the other side of dementia. Suzka writes in her book, “Dementialand is a topsy turvy place of secrets and discovery where I often found myself in the mirror of dementia. Its reverseness showed me the other side of everything and the other side of myself.” Toma draws comparison to this time of the pandemic as an opportunity to reveal us to ourselves as we’re faced with a new way of living. When living with and caring for her mother, Suzka decided to embrace the dementia and step into her mothers world. Toma discusses learning to embrace solitude in these times but also her personal struggles with loneliness in quarantine. While Radek, as a writer who typically spends large quantities of time alone writing, looking inward, says in many ways he feels that the rest of the world as they went into self sheltering were seeing how he typically lives as a creative entrepreneur. He explained how this pandemic has brought him closer to his extended family and actually pulled him out into more familial socialization and regular routine than he normally experiences. Sharing 3 unique experiences during the pandemic from 3 different countries, these friends laugh, share experiences, but also share themselves. ABOUT: Suzka is a painter and a writer. Her work evokes a vibrant magical world that exists just a step outside reality. In her quirky, heart-warming debut book Wonders in Dementialand Suzka takes her readers on an exhilarating journey into the world of dementialand. Suzka’s novel is a thoughtful exploration, a testament to the author’s unique insight into her personal visit to Dementialand. Chicago born, Suzka studied at the Chicago Academy of Art and received a degree from Northern Illinois University. In Chicago Suzka was involved in theater, both directing and producing; a performer of Mime for the city of Chicago, and a student of ‘improv’ from Chicago's Second City Company. As a published cartoonist, Suzka moved to California in 1986 to write/create her second book but fell in love with paint instead. She never returned to Chicago and never returned to the small boxes of her cartoon characters. As a painter, Suzka has exhibited her work in numerous one-woman shows. Her huge installations have been exhibited at Chicago‘s Navy Pier and throughout the Monterey Peninsula and has a dedicated following of collectors throughout the country. Suzka is the stage set designer and painter for the Monterey Jazz Festival since 1996 and has delighted the Monterey jazz audiences with her powerful architectural aesthetic for over two decades. https://www.suzka.com/copy-of-work Radek Wegrzyn Before receiving a masters degree for directing from the Film University Babelsberg, Radek Wegrzyn, co-founder of MAGICAL REALIST, studied political science in Bonn (Germany), working part time jobs as chimney sweep, night porter, insurance rejection letter typist, Chai Wallah and dishwasher. Professional storytelling really was the next logical step. His credits as writer, director and executive producer include the award winning tragicomedy FATHER, SON & HOLY COW as well as the theatrical documentaries VIOLINISSIMO and THE SCHOOL ON MAGIC MOUNTAIN. Radek is also alumnus of the Maine Media College and the Documentary Campus Master School program. http://www.magical-realist.com/

Suzka's producer Radek Wegrzyn discusses why he decided to produce Dementialand as a movie.

iTunes —>   Episode#24: Espionage                       The Stake-Out   #dementia #espionage #paranoia At times her thoughts were more of a suspicious nature. Paranoia just laughed and threw in all kinds of scenarios to keep Violet distracted. This perhaps this was another distraction.....  Written and produced by Suzka. Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand available on Amazon Don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE and check ‘thumbs-up’ Enjoy YouTube, Spotify, Podcast.com: DementialandWritten and produced by Suzka. Eszter’s Voice:Natasa Warasch Sovina Voice: Alisa Hidalgo Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand available on Amazon Don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE and check ‘thumbs-up’ Enjoy YouTube, Spotify, Podcast.com: Dementialand

Al, Flo and Vida speak out regarding the COVID Virus. Al's voice: Albert Cristy Flo’s Voice: Stacey Murray, ‘Soul Songress’ Detroit Jazz Singer of the Year 2019 Vida’s Voice: Cristi Ritter Loper Call-in voice: Suzka  Thank you. For additional information:  https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-...

It certainly hasn’t been easy writing this podcast when the world around me is falling apart. The unreal has become very real. Right now keeping myself open is the best I can do because something is being born that is still shapeless, and undefined. I hope you enjoy the Dementialand Podcast. Adding a little humor and maybe even insight to situations that turn our world upside down is what we need right now. My name is Suzka and this is my story. Written and produced by Suzka. Eszter’s Voice:Natasa Warasch Sovina Voice: Alisa Hidalgo Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand available on Amazon Don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE and check ‘thumbs-up’ Enjoy YouTube, Spotify, Podcast.com: Dementialand  

#worms #mystics #caregivers ‘Ya can’t do this alone’. This was an eye opener. Hiring a caregiver was a very good idea. And I believe it took pressure off my mother. She didn’t feel like she was a burden on her children, even if she didn’t know who I was. Written and produced by Suzka. Fiona’s Voice: Lola Cheatham Flo’s Voice: Stacey Murray, ‘Soul Songress’ Detroit Jazz Singer of the Year 2019 Vida’s Voice: Cristi Ritter Loper AD Reader Voice: Albert Cristy Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand available on Amazon Don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE and check ‘thumbs-up’ Enjoy YouTube, Spotify, Podcast.com: Dementialand

#detective #oldradio #Marlowe The Dementialand Podcast Presents a Marlowe Mystery, starring Albert Cristy the world’s famous crime investigator. Marlowe, the tough cynical private detective, interrogates Violet in an attempt that Violet will be able to identify her daughter out of a line of suspects. Written and produced by Suzka. Detective Marlowe voice: Albert Cristy Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand available on Amazon Don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE and check ‘thumbs-up’ Enjoy YouTube, Spotify, Podcast.com: Dementialand “When I dropped my daughter title…. I saw my mother with open eyes not curtained by her motherhood or my ego.”

Suzka is a fine artist who lived in California until her mother needed caregiving in Chicago. From the start, Suzka experienced her mother’s dementia not as a loss, but as an opportunity to have a very different relationship and live in her mother’s memory-less world. She found the experience enlightening and profound. Her book, “Wonders in Dementialand” is being made into a movie. Suzka also has a podcast on YouTube called Dementialand. Find out more about the Zestful Aging Podcast at ZestfulAging.com.

#memory #dementia #storytelling After the Barbara’s visit (Episode#19) I went back to the grocery store. This situation was bigger and more serious than I had thought.  I bought Lewy, Parker and Honey Hunter. I had to hit this head on, I was not going to be caught off guard.  So, I gathered all the airheads and placed them in a straight line; a line that started at the front door and ended where my mother was sitting in the back room, the area I called Dementialand. Everyone was taken aback by the mob of inflated characters. No one could avoid their compelling presence. It was a brilliant distraction around Violet’s muted recollections. Written and produced by Suzka. Flo’s Voice: Stacey Murray, ‘Soul Songress’ Detroit Jazz Singer of the Year 2019 Vida’s Voice: Cristi Ritter Loper AL, Lewy and Parker’s voices: Albert Cristy Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand available on Amazon Enjoy

#jazz #barber #storytelling Barbara the Barber visits Violet. Violet is a bit nervous. She does not recognize her visitor. Two airheads (balloons), Flo and Vida protect her from interrogating questions and overall attitude. Written and produced by Suzka. Flo’s Voice and song: Stacey Murray, ‘Soul Songress’ Detroit Jazz Singer of the Year 2019 Vida’s Voice: Cristi Ritter Loper Al and Interviewer’s voice; Albert Cristy Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand available on Amazon Don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE and check ‘thumbs-up’ Enjoy iTunes, Spotify, Podcast.com: Dementialand

Everyday, we walk around this world, bumping into people, smiling at strangers (hopefully) and never really thinking about what one person may have to say, that you need hear or feel or know. One day a few years ago, I walked into a Starbucks in San Diego, and was drawn to this beautiful woman, writing at the counter.  I sat next to her and we began talking.  I love connecting with people, but I just felt like I HAD TO connect with her.  So I did.  And as it turns out, we both had aha moments that day. You have certain talents and gifts to offer the world. Unique gifts, not that only one person has, but that only one human being, YOU, possesses in the exact way that you do.  And you have everything you need to take those talents and strengths, and make the world a better place! On this episode I chat with Suzka, a successful writer and artist about how attitude is everything, you have to take chances, and you're always exactly where you're supposed to be. Suzka's creative boundaries appear to be endless. She is a picaresque artist, a painter, writer and author. Every stroke, every word she creates is irreverent, imaginative, funny, delightfully manic and brimming with color. Suzka studied at the Chicago Academy of Art and received a degree from Northern Illinois University. In Chicago, she was active in theater, directing and producing, a performer of Mime and a student of ‘improv’ from Chicago's Second City Company. But while working in California, she fell in love with paint and never returned to Chicago. Suzka has exhibited paintings in numerous one-woman shows and installations throughout California as well as Chicago‘s Navy Pier. She is best known in the jazz world as the designer/creator of Monterey Jazz Festival’s stages for over 25 years. In 2013, fate changed Suzka's course. After caring for her mother who had dementia, Suzka began to write and authored, 'Wonders in Dementialand', the other side of dementia no one is talking about. Suzka is presently the writer/producer for the Dementialand Podcast and part of the scriptwriting team for the movie to be filmed in Berlin/Hanover and the US. Suzka’s works brilliantly uncovers the other side of everything that one dares to imagine.

It started with one airhead, a huge round balloon... Popping out from the top of its head were two black eyes painted on transparent eye sockets. The balloon was filled with helium and was held in space by a thin gift ribbon that was clipped to the magazine rack at the grocery's checkout counter. A card attached to his rubberneck read SKU 44751.  I couldn't resist buying it. It looked as if it could pick you up, suck you out of yourself and carry you away; away from computers, canvases and slippery couches with unruly fallen sheets; away from mothers everywhere, mosquitoes and the dementias. It might sound strange....but I liked this little guy.   And that was just the beginning of the community of airheads moving into Dementialand.     Written and produced by Suzka. Voices of neighbors: Albert Cristy and Natasa Warasch Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand available on Amazon   Please RATE AND REVIEW this podcast ALSO: YouTube Channel: Dementialand Enjoy

My mother had an unexpected visitor one night. Milton the Magician.     Written and produced by Suzka. Voice of Milton by Albert C. Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand available on Amazon Please RATE AND REVIEW this podcast ALSO: YouTube Channel: Dementialand Enjoy

#dementia #podcast #audiobook I was learning more and more about my mother. Getting her driver’s license renewed has got to be on the top of my list (Episode 16).  I don’t know how this happened. It might sound like I am fixated on this but it was the beginning of a series of peculiar behavior patterns and secrets.   Written and produced by Suzka. Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand available on Amazon Don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE and check ‘thumbs-up’ Enjoy iTunes: Dementialand YouTube Channel: Dementialand

This was Violet's birthday month and the month her driver's license would expire. But she was more confused these day so I was concerned. She often didn’t remember my name or how many children she had. But she remembered the expiration date on her driver license. It was bitter sweet. This could change everything. She was exceptionally alert this day as if she exercised her brain all night long. Her wits were to be tested. The stakes were high.   Written and produced by Suzka. Voices of The Greeter, Bulldog Man, Lady Eye Tester, Whimpering Man and Frederick the Examiner were by Albert C. Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand available on Amazon Please SUBSCRIBE and check ‘thumbs-up’ Enjoy iTunes: Dementialand YouTube Channel: Dementialand  

I brought my mother home from the nursing home.  She had finished the 10 day antibiotic treatment for the meningitis-encephalitis.  We were now committed roommates.  I slipped off my shoes and sunk into the sofa, resting my head on the back cushion. My mother hardly noticed that I had surrendered myself to her stories and the tiny breath that separated them. We were unplugged from the world. What I thought was real just minutes ago had lost its grip. I allowed myself to be cradled in the nonsensical, cockeyed rhythm of my mother's chatter. The crazy babbling and chopped up sentences were more engaging than trying to interpret their meaning.  Written and produced by Suzka. Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand available on Amazon Please RATE AND REVIEW this podcast ALSO: YouTube Channel: Dementialand   Enjoy

Thank you for listening to this podcast ‘She Cannot Live Alone’. For me, it is the most important episode, the turning point in my story.  My life in Dementialand started in 2007 and after a decade, I still remember the weight of those 4 words – 'she cannot live alone'. It was devastating to hear. I was scared to death. But I must tell you, moving in with my mother to that place I called Dementialand was more amazing than horrifying. There is a certain amount of freedom that comes with memory loss. I wrote a note on a paper napkin during that time, "I learned to see my mother with my eyes opened and not curtained by her motherhood or my ego. I let go of that daughter I thought I was suppose to be.  We met each other for the first time ....almost daily.”  To this day I try to carry a little bit of Dementialand with me.  My name is Suzka. The writer and producer of the Dementialand Podcasts Voice by Doctor: William McCray Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand™ Please RATE AND REVIEW this podcast ALSO, check out YouTube’s Dementialand’s Channel.    Enjoy

Let me introduce myself. My name is Suzka. I am an artist, a painter and author, obsessed with a story that needed to be written. A story that begins the day I left my converted warehouse in California and moved into Dementialand located in Chicago where my mother lived. I moved myself to a place where I was no more a daughter but rather part of an oddball cast one would expect to see in a Fellini movie. That time was extraordinary. But it was actually during my flight back to the states when I first realized the enormity of the subject and how important it is to tell this story. There's another side of dementia that no one is talking about. I wrote the book I needed to read during that time caring for my mother titled, ‘Wonders In Dementialand’ and now it is a serial podcast.  Today more than 47.5 million are living with Dementia worldwide. Multiply that number by the family members and caregivers affected by dementia directly, day in and day out and you have a universe of people living in or near Dementialand. This is my story.

Everyone thinks about this day. Where you’re going to be, how you’re going to react, and under what circumstances will that phone call be made. A parent has an accident and you’re forced to make decisions that change everything. For myself, I remember clearly one night. I painted into the morning. I was deliriously happy and super creative. The call came at 6:27 am. My mother fell and I needed to get home. This episode follows the physical trip as well as my head trip from my studio to the front door of my mother’s home.   Written and produced by Suzka. Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand Please RATE AND REVIEW this podcast ALSO: YouTube Channel: Dementialand   Enjoy

I replayed that night a million times over in my head.  Did I miss something? How sick was my mother.  All I know is, she wasn’t quite the mother I remembered.  And between you and me... I think liked this one better. Written and produced by Suzka. Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand Check and Like on YouTube: Dementialand Channel And don’t forget to subscribe. Enjoy  

Botticelli's Birth of Venus is one of the most treasured artworks of the Renaissance.  It is a painting of a goddess named Venus. Venus emerges from the sea sitting on a shell.  Her shell is pushed to the shore from winds produced by the wind-gods in a shower of roses.  As Venus is about to step out of her shell and onto the shore, a Nymph reaches out to cover her with a cloak.  Suzka realizes her new role at this point might be a Nymph. Written and produced by Suzka. Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand Check and Like on YouTube: Dementialand Channel And don’t forget to subscribe. Enjoy

#caregivers #dementia #memory The transfer for Violet from the hospital to The Aged Oaks Pavilion begins. Written and produced by Suzka. Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand™ Please RATE AND REVIEW this podcast Check and Like on YouTube: Dementialand Channel

The words that doctor told me regarding my mother.... 'she cannot live alone' piled up on top of each other and stuck in my head. I could not breathe. I felt faint and damp. I blinked fast as not to cry…. "If your name is chosen, there is no turning back. As from this moment, the Triwizard Tournament has begun."   – Albus Dumbledore My name is Suzka. The writer and producer of the Dementialand Podcasts Voice of Doctor: William McCray Voice of Dumbledore: Albert Cristy Voice of Nurse Lucy: Precious Mizell Voice of Miss Blanchard: Crystal Welch Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand™ Please RATE AND REVIEW this podcast ALSO, check out YouTube’s Dementialand’s Channel.    Enjoy

“My mother’s name was Violet. She was the oldest of four children. Two girls came first and then two boys born twelve and thirteen years later. The first boy’s birth was difficult. According to my mother, the midwife had to use two gallons of lubricating oil.  My mother’s baby brother didn’t slide out like a pound cake from its pan, fresh out of the oven.” Written and produced by Suzka. Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand™ Please RATE AND REVIEW this podcast Check and Like on YouTube: Dementialand Channel And don’t forget to subscribe.

GUILT:  This is not good. I signed all the the papers that condemned my mother to a nursing home for ten days. It was the hospital and my mother’s insurance company that made that decision. I was assured that she would be in good care. They told me it was the best place for her treatment, the infusion of antibiotics needed for her meningitis-encephalitis. But that didn’t make me feel any better.  For me, it was going to be ten days in hell. She’s gonna kill me. My name is Suzka. The writer and producer of the Dementialand Podcasts Voice of Charles Dickens: Albert Cristy  Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand™ Please RATE AND REVIEW this podcast Check and Like on YouTube: Dementialand Channel Enjoy

#memories #painting #mentor A picturesque story about Suzka, the painter, whose struggle with life and its unpredictable conditions, led her decades later to Dementialand. Episode#9 Voice of snowplow engineer and Mentor: Albert Cristy Written and produced by Suzka. Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand™ Please RATE AND REVIEW this podcast Check and Like on YouTube: Dementialand Channel

The Aged Oak Pavilion from the linoleum side. Not sure I ever told you how I started the Dementialand podcast. It is my version of the audio book Wonders In Dementialand. Episodes are short 10-15 minute in length created for the very, very busy listeners. Let me know your thoughts in the comment section or email me directly. Thank you. Suzka   Written and produced by Suzka. Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand™ Please RATE AND REVIEW this podcast Check and Like on YouTube: Dementialand Channel

#wheeloffortune #caregivers #dementia There is light at the end of this tunnel. Violet decided to stay at the Aged Oaks Nursing Home Pavilion once she heard the game “Wheel of Fortune” was a scheduled event in the home’s main dining room every Sunday night. Hallelujah. Voices of Residents:  Albert Cristy, Yargo Duarte and his band (The Visitors)  and Charlie the dog   Written and produced by Suzka. Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand™ Please RATE AND REVIEW this podcast Check and Like on YouTube: Dementialand Channel  

#wheeloffortune #gameshows #dementia Activity Night at the Aged Oaks Nursing Pavilion takes a dark turn that banned Suzka from all social activities. Enjoy.  My name is Suzka. The writer, narrator and producer of the Dementialand Podcasts Voices of Residents:  Albert Cristy and friend inside myself.   Written and produced by Suzka. Based on the book: Wonders In Dementialand™ Please RATE AND REVIEW this podcast Check and Like on YouTube: Dementialand Channel

My thinking: Something happened to me during the time when I was living with my mother’s dementias that I can’t explain. Maybe it started when I dropped my daughterness and met this woman who use to be my mother.  Written and produced by Suzka. Check and Like on Facebook: Dementialand Channel And don’t forget to subscribe.

Today we are lucky to have author Suzka with us. She is a painter, muralist, set designer for the Monterey Jazz Festival, cartoonist and now… writer. We will have a wonderful conversation about her book “Wonders In DementiaLand,” which is an Intimate and Whimsical Account of Dementia, Memory Loss, Caregiving and Dancing Gypsie. Contact Information For ‘Wonders In Dementialand’ – available on Amazon Website: www.dementialand.com Facebook: dementialand Facebook: Suzka Susan Collins eAddress: suzka@dementialand.com Twitter: dementialand Instagram: Dementialand Pinterest: Dementialand Dementialand™ Additional Resource Information: Alzheimer’s Speaks Resource Website: https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/ Keynote Speaker: https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/event-planners Dementia Chats™: https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/dementia-chats-webinar Dementia Conference & Cruise: https://alzheimersspeaks.com/cruise-with-us Become Dementia Friendly Business or Community: https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/become-dementia-friendly

Today we are lucky to have author Suzka with us. She is a painter, muralist, set designer for the Monterey Jazz Festival, cartoonist and now… writer. We will have a wonderful conversation about her book “Wonders In DementiaLand,” which is an Intimate and Whimsical Account of Dementia, Memory Loss, Caregiving and Dancing Gypsie. Contact Information For ‘Wonders In Dementialand’ – available on Amazon Website: www.dementialand.com Facebook: dementialand Facebook: Suzka Susan Collins eAddress: suzka@dementialand.com Twitter: dementialand Instagram: Dementialand Pinterest: Dementialand Dementialand™ Additional Resource Information: Alzheimer’s Speaks Resource Website: https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/ Keynote Speaker: https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/event-planners Dementia Chats™: https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/dementia-chats-webinar Dementia Conference & Cruise: https://alzheimersspeaks.com/cruise-with-us Become Dementia Friendly Business or Community: https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/become-dementia-friendly

When I first met Suzka, a couple of years ago, she was playing in a world fusion band. Since then, this classically-trained performer has dedicated herself to enriching hip hop music with the violin. She has shared the stage with RZA (from the Wu-Tang Clan) and recorded with Canadian hip hop legend Maestro Fresh Wes (of “Let your backbone slide” fame)! I chat with Suzka about the backstage afterparty with RZA, working with the Maestro and much more. Take a listen! Tracks played on the show... 1) Suzka, Source "The Force” ft Jaro 2) Suzka, Source "Narcotic” ft Maestro Fresh Wes 3) Suzka, Source "Truth” ft Emotionz 4) Suzka, Source "Sparks” ft Bukue One ALL songs CANCON

** Due to some travel, we weren't able to get a new show up but however, we still wanted to give our listeners something to listen to with for this week's radio show with a flashback episode...enjoy! ** This is a flashback episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Jon Judah (aka Ausar Ra Black Hawk) for the week of July 9, 2014 (originally broadcast on the week of November 30, 2011) with some new and classic music from the international Black Diaspora, news and commentary. Our extended commentary this week touched base on some updates on the Occupy Wall Street and other movements in relation to Black America & beyond, a recent medical study about Race & Illegal Drug Use + it's relation to the U.S. justice system, the passing of actor & comedian Patrice O'Neal (R.i.P.), the fall of the Maybach automobile line, this year's mostly "meh" Grammy Awards nominations, the end of the NBA lockout and some other diverse topics here and there. There are brand new Black Agenda Report, Black University Radio Network (B.U.R.N.) DIRECT EFX and Free Press "Media Minutes" mini-segments on this week's episode. FuseBox Radio Playlist + Charts for the Week of July 9, 2014 (originally broadcast on the week of November 30, 2011) Top Spins (Music Still Lasting in Rotation/Music Played Live on Air Each Week/As Well As Music Requested By The Listeners) 1, KRS-One/Just Like That/KRS-One.com (Played Live) 2. Gregory Porter/1960 What? (Opolopo Kick & Bass RMX)/Tokyo Dawn Records (Played Live) 3. Meshell Ndegeocello/Dirty World/Naive (Top Song Requested) 4. Dres of Black Sheep & Jarobi of A Tribe Called Quest/PTI/White Label (Top Song Requested) 5. Rahsaan Patterson/6 AM (Old School RMX)/Mack Avenue Records (Top Song Requested) 4. Suzka fat. Maestro Fresh Wes/Narcotic/Never So Deep Records (Top Song Requested) 5. Nuwamba/Unusual/White Label (http://SoulfulManOnAMission-Nuwamba.blogspot.com) (Top Song Requested) 6. Superstar Quamallah & DeQawn/Guerrilla Tactics/Cotter & Brick Records (Top Song Requested) 7. Nicolay with The Hot At Nights/Satellite/FE Music (Top Song Requested) 8. Murs/Reach Hire/DD176 & BlueRoc (Top Song Requested) 9. Immortal Technique/Natural Beauty/Viper Records (Top Song Requested) 10. Dr. Maddvibe/Revolutionary Girl/DrMadVibe.com (Top Song Requested) 11. Nicolay with the Hot At Nights/Shibuya Station/FE Music (Top Song Requested) 12. SmCity faet. Skyzoo & Kokayi/Twilight/SmCityMusic.com (Top Song Requested) 13. Goapele/Money/Skyblaze & Decon (Top Song Requested) 14. DJ Premier feat. Nas & The Berklee Symphony Orchestra/Regeneration/White Label (Top Song Requested) 15. Afama Mara/Black Lullaby/Arama-Mara.com (Top Song Requested) 16. Common/Blue Sky/White Label (Top Song Requested) 17. Maya Azucena/Changed My Mind/MayaAzucena.com (Top Song Requested) 18. Sola Rosa/Turn Around/SolaRosa.com (Top Song Requested) 19. Phil Ade/Not Enough/368 Music Group (Top Song Requested) 20. Phonte feat. Pharoahe Monch/We Go Off/FE Music (Top Song Requested) 21. Christopher Titus/Blacker Persident/Comedy Central Records (Top Song Requested) 22. The Roots feat. Big K.R.I.T./Make My/OkayPlayer & Def Jam (Top Song Requested) 23. Robert Koch/Midnight On the Moon/Project Mooncircle (Top Song Requested) 24. Ravage a.k.a. MeccaGodzilla/TREAD (Occupy Wall Street RMX)/MeccaGodzilla.com (Top Song Requested) 25. Justice/Civilization/Ed Banger, Because Music, Elektra & Vice (Top Song Requested) Top Adds (New Joints Played Live On This Week's Broadcast) 1. The Roots feat. Phonte & Dice Raw/One Time/Def Jam 2. Pete Rock & Camp Lo/Get Away/White Label 3. Tanya Morgan/Whatever That's Mine/IMCulture.com 4. J*Davey/Queen of Wonderland/JDaveyBaby.com 5. Georgia Ann Muldrow/Whollyspirit/AnimatedCarTunes.com 6. Sketch Malkus/The Hustler/GhettoPunkRocker.com 7. Shawn Lee's Incredible Tabla Band/Apache/Ubiquity Records 8. See-I/Reign in 2 Light (Clayton & Fulcrum RMX)/Fort Knox Recordings 9. Notes To Self feat. Evidence/Nobody (Recoil RMX)/NotesToSelf.net DJ Fusion Flashback Tracks: Nas/No Idea's Original/White Label Beastie Boys/Thirty Three Percent (BB & DB Mix)/White Label Barry Llewellyn from The Heptones/Book of Rules/White Label PLUS Some Extra Special Hidden Tracks in the Jon Judah (aka Ausar Ra Black Hawk) Master Mix w/ Old School Black Music Classics and Independent Music Finds

This is the latest episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Jon Judah for the weeks of December 7, 2011 with some new and classic Hip-Hop & Soul Music, news and commentary. Our commentary this week touched base on the death penalty being removed for Mumia Abu-Jamal, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain withdrawing from the 2012 Election Race, the FDA saying there's arsenic in chicken now, the new Spike Lee/Eddie Murphy movie project about former DC Mayor Marion Barry and some other diverse topics here and there. There are brand new Black Agenda Report and Free Press "Media Minutes" mini-segments on this week's episode. FuseBox Radio Playlist + Charts for the Weeks of December 7, 2011 Top Spins (Music Still Lasting in Rotation/Music Played Live on Air Each Week/As Well As Music Requested By The Listeners) 1. The Roots feat. Phonte & Dice Raw/One Time/Def Jam (Played Live) 2. Pete Rock & Camp Lo/Get Away/White Label (Played Live) 3. Tanya Morgan/Whatever That's Mine/IMCulture.com (Played Live) 4. J*Davey/Queen of Wonderland/JDaveyBaby.com (Played Live) 5. Georgia Ann Muldrow/Whollyspirit/AnimatedCarTunes.com (Played Live) 6. Notes To Self feat. Evidence/Nobody (Recoil RMX)/NotesToSelf.net (Played Live) 7. Christopher Titus/Blacker Persident/Comedy Central Records (Top Song Requested) 8. Sketch Malkus/The Hustler/GhettoPunkRocker.com (Top Song Requested) 9. Shawn Lee's Incredible Tabla Band/Apache/Ubiquity Records (Top Song Requested) 10. See-I/Reign in 2 Light (Clayton & Fulcrum RMX)/Fort Knox Recordings (Top Song Requested) 11. Gregory Porter/1960 What? (Opolopo Kick & Bass RMX)/Tokyo Dawn Records (Top Song Requested) 12. Meshell Ndegeocello/Dirty World/Naive (Top Song Requested) 13. KRS-One/Just Like That/KRS-One.com (Top Song Requested) 14. Superstar Quamallah & DeQawn/Guerrilla Tactics/Cotter & Brick Records (Top Song Requested) 15. Goapele/Money/Skyblaze & Decon (Top Song Requested) 16. Nicolay with the Hot At Nights/Shibuya Station/FE Music (Top Song Requested) 17. Phil Ade/Not Enough/368 Music Group (Top Song Requested) 18. Nuwamba/Unusual/White Label (http://SoulfulManOnAMission-Nuwamba.blogspot.com) (Top Song Requested) 19. Rahsaan Patterson/6 AM (Old School RMX)/Mack Avenue Records (Top Song Requested) 20. Dres of Black Sheep & Jarobi of A Tribe Called Quest/PTI/White Label (Top Song Requested) 21. Immortal Technique/Natural Beauty/Viper Records (Top Song Requested) 22. Dr. Maddvibe/Revolutionary Girl/DrMadVibe.com (Top Song Requested) 23. Murs/Reach Hire/DD176 & BlueRoc (Top Song Requested) 24. SmCity faet. Skyzoo & Kokayi/Twilight/SmCityMusic.com (Top Song Requested) 25. Suzka fat. Maestro Fresh Wes/Narcotic/Never So Deep Records (Top Song Requested) Top Adds (New Joints Played Live On This Week's Broadcast) 1. Common/Sweet/GOOD 2. Jill Scott/Golden (DJ K. Millz RMX)/White Label 3. Nujabes feat. Cise Star/Sky Is Tumbling/Hydeout-Tribe.net 4. Doodlebug feat. Digable Planets/Fight For Ya Right/White Label 5. Eric Roberson/Tale of Two (Tall Black Guy RMX)/Tall Black Guy Productions 6. Metronomy/Everything Goes My Way (Ewan Pearson RMX)/Big Beat & Because 7. Robin Thicke/Lovely Lady/Star Trak & Geffen 8. Acid Reign/The Grind/Uncommon Records 9. Milk & Sugar vs. Vaya Con-Dios/Hey (Nah Neh Nah)/Ultra 10. Machel Montano feat. Friday/Make Yuh Rock/E1 11. Paris Toon (of Mother's Favorite Child)/Brooklyn Baby/White Label 12. Busy Signal/Caribbean Jabb/Truckback Records 13. Rayvon/Felony (Kinky Wine Riddim)/White Label DJ Fusion Flashback Tracks: Main Source/Looking at the Front Door/Wild Pitch Gangstarr/The Question Remainz/Jive PLUS Some Extra Special Hidden Tracks in the Jon Judah Master Mix w/ Old School Black Music Classics and Independent Music Finds

This is the latest episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Jon Judah for the weeks of November 30, 2011 with some new and classic Hip-Hop & Soul Music, news and commentary. Our extended commentary this week touched base on some updates on the Occupy Wall Street and other movements in relation to Black America & beyond, a recent medical study about Race & Illegal Drug Use + it's relation to the U.S. justice system, the passing of actor & comedian Patrice O'Neal (R.i.P.), the fall of the Maybach automobile line, this year's mostly "meh" Grammy Awards nominations, the end of the NBA lockout and some other diverse topics here and there. There are brand new Black Agenda Report, Black University Radio Network (B.U.R.N.) DIRECT EFX and Free Press "Media Minutes" mini-segments on this week's episode. FuseBox Radio Playlist + Charts for the Weeks of November 30, 2011 Top Spins (Music Still Lasting in Rotation/Music Played Live on Air Each Week/As Well As Music Requested By The Listeners) 1, KRS-One/Just Like That/KRS-One.com (Played Live) 2. Gregory Porter/1960 What? (Opolopo Kick & Bass RMX)/Tokyo Dawn Records (Played Live) 3. Meshell Ndegeocello/Dirty World/Naive (Top Song Requested) 4. Dres of Black Sheep & Jarobi of A Tribe Called Quest/PTI/White Label (Top Song Requested) 5. Rahsaan Patterson/6 AM (Old School RMX)/Mack Avenue Records (Top Song Requested) 4. Suzka fat. Maestro Fresh Wes/Narcotic/Never So Deep Records (Top Song Requested) 5. Nuwamba/Unusual/White Label (http://SoulfulManOnAMission-Nuwamba.blogspot.com) (Top Song Requested) 6. Superstar Quamallah & DeQawn/Guerrilla Tactics/Cotter & Brick Records (Top Song Requested) 7. Nicolay with The Hot At Nights/Satellite/FE Music (Top Song Requested) 8. Murs/Reach Hire/DD176 & BlueRoc (Top Song Requested) 9. Immortal Technique/Natural Beauty/Viper Records (Top Song Requested) 10. Dr. Maddvibe/Revolutionary Girl/DrMadVibe.com (Top Song Requested) 11. Nicolay with the Hot At Nights/Shibuya Station/FE Music (Top Song Requested) 12. SmCity faet. Skyzoo & Kokayi/Twilight/SmCityMusic.com (Top Song Requested) 13. Goapele/Money/Skyblaze & Decon (Top Song Requested) 14. DJ Premier feat. Nas & The Berklee Symphony Orchestra/Regeneration/White Label (Top Song Requested) 15. Afama Mara/Black Lullaby/Arama-Mara.com (Top Song Requested) 16. Common/Blue Sky/White Label (Top Song Requested) 17. Maya Azucena/Changed My Mind/MayaAzucena.com (Top Song Requested) 18. Sola Rosa/Turn Around/SolaRosa.com (Top Song Requested) 19. Phil Ade/Not Enough/368 Music Group (Top Song Requested) 20. Phonte feat. Pharoahe Monch/We Go Off/FE Music (Top Song Requested) 21. Christopher Titus/Blacker Persident/Comedy Central Records (Top Song Requested) 22. The Roots feat. Big K.R.I.T./Make My/OkayPlayer & Def Jam (Top Song Requested) 23. Robert Koch/Midnight On the Moon/Project Mooncircle (Top Song Requested) 24. Ravage a.k.a. MeccaGodzilla/TREAD (Occupy Wall Street RMX)/MeccaGodzilla.com (Top Song Requested) 25. Justice/Civilization/Ed Banger, Because Music, Elektra & Vice (Top Song Requested) Top Adds (New Joints Played Live On This Week's Broadcast) 1. The Roots feat. Phonte & Dice Raw/One Time/Def Jam 2. Pete Rock & Camp Lo/Get Away/White Label 3. Tanya Morgan/Whatever That's Mine/IMCulture.com 4. J*Davey/Queen of Wonderland/JDaveyBaby.com 5. Georgia Ann Muldrow/Whollyspirit/AnimatedCarTunes.com 6. Sketch Malkus/The Hustler/GhettoPunkRocker.com 7. Shawn Lee's Incredible Tabla Band/Apache/Ubiquity Records 8. See-I/Reign in 2 Light (Clayton & Fulcrum RMX)/Fort Knox Recordings 9. Notes To Self feat. Evidence/Nobody (Recoil RMX)/NotesToSelf.net DJ Fusion Flashback Tracks: Nas/No Idea's Original/White Label Beastie Boys/Thirty Three Percent (BB & DB Mix)/White Label Barry Llewellyn from The Heptones/Book of Rules/White Label PLUS Some Extra Special Hidden Tracks in the Jon Judah Master Mix w/ Old School Black Music Classics and Independent Music Finds

This is the latest episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Jon Judah for the weeks of November 16 & 23, 2011 {since we'll be out on vacation during Thanksgiving here in the States} with some new and classic Hip-Hop & Soul Music, news and commentary. Our extended commentary this week touched base on the NYPD's terrible treatment of the press & protesters during Occupy Wall Street (#OWS) including "free speech zones", the midnight raid on Zuccotti Park and more in New York City along with the 2 month anniversary of the international #Occupy movements, Protect-IP & SOPA acts that are trying to be passed in Congress and what that may meant to the Internet as we know it, our opinions on legendary Hip-Hop MC Busta Rhymes recent signing to the Cash Money label, a story from Florida that shows that burning a cross on your yard goes wrong to maintain your interracial marriage and some other diverse topics here and there. There are brand new Black Agenda Report, Black University Radio Network (B.U.R.N.) DIRECT EFX and Free Press "Media Minutes" mini-segments on this week's episode. FuseBox Radio Playlist + Charts for the Weeks of November 16 & 23, 2011 Top Spins (Music Still Lasting in Rotation/Music Played Live on Air Each Week/As Well As Music Requested By The Listeners) 1. Murs/Reach Hire/DD176 & BlueRoc (Played Live) 2. Gregory Porter/1960 What? (Opolopo Kick & Bass RMX)/Tokyo Dawn Records (Played Live) 3. Immortal Technique/Natural Beauty/Viper Records (Top Song Requested) 4. Dr. Maddvibe/Revolutionary Girl/DrMadVibe.com (Top Song Requested) 5. Nicolay with the Hot At Nights/Shibuya Station/FE Music (Top Song Requested) 6. SmCity faet. Skyzoo & Kokayi/Twilight/SmCityMusic.com (Top Song Requested) 7. Goapele/Money/Skyblaze & Decon (Top Song Requested) 8. DJ Premier feat. Nas & The Berklee Symphony Orchestra/Regeneration/White Label (Top Song Requested) 9. Afama Mara/Black Lullaby/Arama-Mara.com (Top Song Requested) 10. Common/Blue Sky/White Label (Top Song Requested) 11. Maya Azucena/Changed My Mind/MayaAzucena.com (Top Song Requested) 12. Sola Rosa/Turn Around/SolaRosa.com (Top Song Requested) 13. Phil Ade/Not Enough/368 Music Group (Top Song Requested) 14. Phonte feat. Pharoahe Monch/We Go Off/FE Music (Top Song Requested) 15. Christopher Titus/Blacker Persident/Comedy Central Records (Top Song Requested) 16. The Roots feat. Big K.R.I.T./Make My/OkayPlayer & Def Jam (Top Song Requested) 17. Robert Koch/Midnight On the Moon/Project Mooncircle (Top Song Requested) 18. Ravage a.k.a. MeccaGodzilla/TREAD (Occupy Wall Street RMX)/MeccaGodzilla.com (Top Song Requested) 19. Justice/Civilization/Ed Banger, Because Music, Elektra & Vice (Top Song Requested) 20. Silent Knight feat. a band called FUSE/Pretty Poison/White Label (Top Song Requested) 21. Malkovich feat. Sum/What I Know/MalkovichMusic.com (Top Song Requested) 22. Bing Ji Ling/Everyday Dub/Tummy Touch (Top Song Requested) 23. DJ Priority & Venomous2000/Rock The Bells/Venomous2000.com (Top Song Requested) 24. Dam-Funk/Electric Breeze/Tokyo Dawn Records (Top Song Requested) 25. Icebird (rjd2 & Aaron Livingston)/King Tut/RJ's Electrical Connections (Top Song Requested) Top Adds (New Joints Played Live On This Week's Broadcast) 1. Meshell Ndegeocello/Dirty World/Naive 2. Dres of Black Sheep & Jarobi of A Tribe Called Quest/PTI/White Label 3. Rahsaan Patterson/6 AM (Old School RMX)/Mack Avenue Records 4. Suzka fat. Maestro Fresh Wes/Narcotic/Never So Deep Records 5. Nuwamba/Unusual/White Label (http://SoulfulManOnAMission-Nuwamba.blogspot.com) 6. Superstar Quamallah & DeQawn/Guerrilla Tactics/Cotter & Brick Records 7. Nicolay with The Hot At Nights/Satellite/FE Music 8. KRS-One/Just Like That/KRS-One.com 9. Dr. Maddvibe/Optimistic-Yes/DrMadvibe.com DJ Fusion Flashback Tracks: House of Pain/On Point (Beatminerz RMX)/Tommy Boy Records PLUS Some Extra Special Hidden Tracks in the Jon Judah Master Mix w/ Old School Black Music Classics and Independent Music Finds