Check Your Brain

Dave Parker was an incredible all-around player from the mid-seventies till the early 1990s, having an entire arsenal of trophies and accolades. However, it took until 2025 when he was finally inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Sadly, he won't be in attendance, as he passed away over the weekend at age 74. Tony Mazur interviewed The Cobra on his podcast back in 2021, and he decided to re-sha...

Ben Chew is an NBA author, blogger, and analyst, and he joined Tony Mazur's Check Your Brain podcast to recap the NBA Finals and champion Oklahoma City Thunder. Ben and Tony also touched on how the new crop of talent aren't getting their just due, the NBA clinging to elder players, and the viability of the league in existing and potentially future markets.   Ben co-authors a book on the 75 Greates...

Each year around mid-June, Tony Mazur invites his wife Leah onto the Check Your Brain podcast for a fun chat. They're celebrating five years of marriage this week, and this is the fifth edition of this podcast. They talk about AI songs, cooking mishaps, Tinder adding height preferences, and growing old together.   Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $3 gets you just audio, $5 gets video AND au...

Father's Day is this weekend, and Mother's Day was a month ago, and Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur salutes both of you in this podcast. But how does one become a parent? How do couples even meet these days? It's looking bleak out there, boys, so Tony talks about what's going on in the dating world and how to fix it.   Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $3 gets you just audio, $5 gets video AND...

Ever notice how so many commercials on TV lampoon the buffoonish white guy? Or is it just Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur? He has pointed this out on a few podcasts, and here's another round of stupid white guy commercials.   Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $3 gets you just audio, $5 gets video AND audio, and $10 has all of the above, as well as bonus podcasts per week. Visit Patreon.com/Ton...

Though there's no doubt the Democrat Party will regroup in someway ahead of the midterms in 2026 and 2028 presidential election, they really aren't learning their lessons as far at outreach to males. Almost as if calling them horrible, racist, chauvinistic patriarchal bigots for decades had some crippling effects. Tony Mazur of the Check Your Brain podcast talks about the Democrats' issue with men...

This week, it was announced that former president Joe Biden was diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer. The odds that no one knew about this diagnosis until a few days ago are very, very slim, as Tony Mazur points out in this week's podcast. This news came out the week a damning book about the final years of Biden's presidency by Jake Tapper is set to hit bookstores.   Be sure to subscribe to Tony...

As some of you may know, Tony Mazur was once a radio guy and music program director, so every now and then he shares his insight on the state of music. In today's Check Your Brain podcast, he discusses some of the songs that made the Spotify Top 100 most played list for the week, as well as another that got the boot from the platform.   Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $3 gets you just audi...

The Shiloh Hendrix story is a fascinating one, especially since it wasn't long ago where the woke mobs successfully ruined the lives and souls of individuals for the crime of expressing non-regime-approved viewpoints. Sarah Braasch became persona non grata back in 2018 over a "sleeping while black" hoax at Yale Law. She joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast to give the perspective of s...

According to Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur, we live in perennial high school, where everyone wants to be accepted into the "in" crowd. A big part of that is staying up-to-date on the latest TV shows, movies, music, slang, and trends, such as Sabrina Carpenter, the Savannah Bananas, etc. Or as Tony and others would call it these days, slop.   Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $3 gets you just...

Will Tanner is law school graduate, Substack writer, and knower of all things Rhodesia, a country that fell nearly five decades ago and was renamed Zimbabwe. Will joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast to talk about the renewed interest in Rhodesia, its rise, its independence, its fall, and its aftermath since 1980, as well as his infatuation with the country and its aesthetics.   Will'...

A much different Check Your Brain podcast this week, as Tony Mazur pays tribute to his friend Anthony Petrone, who passed away on April 6th at the age of 45. Anthony was one of Tony's best friends and biggest supporters, even being the first to subscribe to his Patreon (he later unsubscribed after three months because he "just doesn't listen to podcasts") In this episode, Tony tells stories about...

Bruce Hall is a long-time friend of Tony Mazur's, dating back to his days of hosting a Sunday morning sports show out of Westchester, NY. Tony had Bruce come on to talk about the absolutely nothing coming out of both the Epstein and JFK files release, then he expanded on other theories that the corporate press has deemed conspiracy. Among these topics: who were the Dulles, the World Bankers' blood...

Steve Grillo is a former Howard Stern Show intern, and he lived to tell his story on both the Check Your Brain podcast, as well as his new book Gorilla Parts: Top Shelf Stories from the Most Famous Stern Show Intern Ever. He talked to Tony Mazur about how he got the most envied internship in radio, working with the cast at an ungodly hour, the greatness of Billy West, and getting to know Stern Sho...

No, not Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur, though he is certainly not on the lookout for a radio gig. But Anthony Cumia of Opie & Anthony fame has returned to regular radio at WABC and then some, as the rapid and rabid response for him garnered a syndication deal. Tony talks about why this is win-win for Cumia, as well as the state of radio in general, which usually shies away from "controversial...

Recently, Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur was a guest on his pal Chad Zumock's Public Access Show, where they watch old commercials, talk all things retro, and harken back to both of their radio days. They both did the latter in discussing Anthony Cumia's return to terrestrial radio and his subsequent syndication deal.   Admittedly, this is more of a video show without a set timeslot, so follow Chad...

The week of March 8th, 2020 began with a recommendation to wash your hands and don't touch your face, and it ended with "oh my God, the world is ending." That, of course, was a hysterical reaction, but that reaction continued on for well over two years. In his annual recap of the 2020 insanity, Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur lays out everything from the mandates like wearing masks in swimming pools...

A former Check Your Brain podcast guest and lead singer of the Misfits continues to have his gigs canceled, really, for the "grave" sin of having right-of-center politics. Basically the only way to see a Michale Graves live performance is in your living room. Tony Mazur talks about how the tentacles of cancel culture remain, as Graves and other comedians continue to have venues pull the plug.   Su...

Cal Yeater is an actor from South Carolina, and he joined the Check Your Brain podcast to talk about a wide array of topics. He and host Tony Mazur talked about meeting Ron Jeremy, comedians actually being funny again, and their favorite conspiracy theories to tell at cocktail parties.   Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $3 gets you just audio, $5 gets video AND audio, and $10 has all of the...

Claude Stuart is a comedian, writer, and actor living in Southern California, by way of Mississippi and Texas. He joined Tony Mazur's Check Your Brain podcast to talk about the process of comedy, adapting to new distribution mediums, working with Dennis Miller, Vince Vaughn, and Louis CK, and some advice for young comics.   Claude's Dry Bar special is available on Tubi and YouTube, and his most re...

Is this it for the Kansas City Chiefs? Will the Bills or Ravens finally break through next season, or will the Texans, Chargers, Redskins, or another dark horse team come out of nowhere? Tony Mazur had two of his favorite people in Rick Morris and Ken Mosca not only recap the Super Bowl and NFL season, but the business of sports as a whole. Is baseball becoming a glorified niche sport? Will the NF...

Adam Nutter is a comedian and podcast hailing from the East Coast, and he is 1/5th of the 5 Til' Midnight Podcast, which streams live every Monday at 8 PM ET. Adam joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast to discuss a variety of topics pertaining to politics and popular culture. Some of those topics include the immediate impact of Donald Trump's presidency, the rudderless ship that is the...

Courtney Allen is the host of the Patriot Strong Podcast, which is available on most platforms. She joined Tony Mazur on his podcast, which is called Check Your Brain, to recap the first week of Donald Trump's second administration. They also chatted about the MAGA movement and political realignment, if the Democrat Party will continue to embrace the "woke" faction, and how podcasts and alternativ...

Much has been said about Donald Trump's political comeback, but what about his VP JD Vance? What prompted Trump to move away from a career Republican politician and be intrigued by a Millennial venture capitalist/author from small-town Ohio? Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur chatted with JD back in 2021 prior to his nomination for US Senate, and he laid out why he, not Mike Pence, is the present and f...

Joe Biden's one and only term as president comes to an end next Monday. Tony Mazur began the Check Your Brain podcast not long after Biden took the Oath of Office, and he documented his favorite "highlights" of this administration. Tony gives the context of who Biden is, from his days lifeguarding and fending off Corn Pop to launching a presidential campaign based on a hoax.   Be sure to subscribe...