Check Your Brain

Whatever one thinks of Elon Musk these days, his purchase of Twitter in 2022 was a major victory in favor of free speech. Because of that, stories like the horrific stabbing death of Iryna Zarutska won’t be swept under the rug.   X users are now asking the tough questions and having the uncomfortable conversations that were considered too hot for the previous Twitter regime. In a sense, X users ar...

Week 1 of the NFL season literally kicks off this week, and long-time friend of Tony Mazur's, Rick Morris of FantasyDraftHelp.com , stopped by for a preview. First, he shared his do's and dont's when it comes to picking players for fantasy leagues, and they got into how not only is the NFL a copycat league, but fantasy sports are like that as well. Then Rick gives his predictions for each division...

If you’ve listened to Tony Mazur’s Check Your Brain podcast since its early years, you may have noticed a shift in his tone and content. That’s no accident. The free weekly podcast used to be more of a standalone show from the solo Patreon episodes, but now the line is blurred. If a guest comes on, it’s because he wants to hear from that person, not a PR guest offered to him.   In this episode, To...

In an episode that crescendos from silly to serious, Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur gets in the Wayback Machine to the early 2010s and covers the phase the West went through with hipsterdom. Hipster culture was exemplified by a phony blue-collar motif, making practical things slightly worse, and listening to terrible music like The Lumineers and Mumford & Sons (hence "stomp, clap, hey"). It's m...

Chad Zumock is a comedian, podcaster, and very frequent guest of the Check Your Brain podcast. However, the vast majority of those appearances are done remotely, with Chad being in Florida and Tony Mazur up in Ohio. But Chad stopped over Tony's house, and they riffed on how the Z-Man gets under peoples' skin, the goals in comedy changing, who he's at war with online, and a tribute to Ryne Sandberg...

Adam Koehler is an entrepreneur from the Cincinnati area (specifically Price Hill) who is more than upset with what is going on in his home city of late. He joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast to blast city leaders and their backwards and divisive mindset. Of course, they addressed the continued fallout from the brawl in downtown Cincinnati that occurred two weekends ago, from the DE...

Courtney Allen is a fellow podcaster and political commentator, and is the host of Patriot Strong. She is based in the Cincinnati, Ohio area, where a brutal racialized beatdown occurred last Friday night at 4th and Elm downtown. Courtney talked to Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast about the crime rates in the Queen City and how she and her husband refuse to head downtown these days. They...

Rick Morris is the proprietor of FantasyDraftHelp.com and main dignitary of The FDH Lounge, a freeform place to talk about whatever Rick is interested in. Recently, he invited Tony Mazur onto his show about the halfway point in the Major League Baseball season, so here is that conversation.   Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $3 gets you just audio, $5 gets video AND audio, and $10 has all o...

George Chiger is a competitive eater hailing from the Poconos region of Pennsylvania and is a top 20 eater in the world. He joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast fresh off competing in the Nathan's Hot Dog Contest in Coney Island to talk about his eating and training process, and if a normal person has what it takes.   George is all over social media, and in September, he will be in Bu...

Some songs are better left untouched. Others can be greatly improved upon. Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur listed his top ten favorite cover songs that, in his opinion, are better than the original. He even asked his X followers, friends, and Patreon supporters what theirs were.   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, a...

Tony Mazur and Chad Zumock used to do a weekly podcast called Mondays with Mazur, but as is the case in life, schedules change and the weekly hit couldn't be met. However, they are resurrecting the show with a monthly themed episode, and this week featured terrible old TV promos and crossovers from the 1980s. Halfway through, comedian Dave Landau calls in for a quick chat.   Be sure to subscribe t...

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...