Check Your Brain

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...

After decades of mindless kids programming on network television, there was a push for more educational TV in the early 1990s. The idea they claimed was to help children learn about recycling and the environment, but the real reason was more sinister. The goal was the create a generation of political and social activists through subversive propaganda, and that seems to have worked.   Check Your Br...

A slew of famous celebrities bit the dust in 2024, including Toby Keith, Willie Mays, Jerry West, Bob Newhart, James Earl Jones, Pete Rose, Quincy Jones, Jimmy Carter, and...you guessed it...OJ Simpson. There were also some wild pop culture moments that occurred, from the Hawk Tuah girl's rise and fall to comedians being allowed to be funny again, and controversies over playing Beyonce's album on...

Ray Hyclak is a comedian from Cleveland and massive fan of the DabbleVerse. With it being Christmas, Tony Mazur decided to have some fun on the Check Your Brain podcast to remember the glory days of the Opie & Anthony Show. They talked about how they were introduced to the show, when exactly those glory days were, the comedians and characters on the program, and all of the podcast/streaming of...

There were more Tommy John surgeries performed on pitchers in 2024 alone than there were in the first 25 years of the procedure's existence. That is a scary precedent, and Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur doesn't see a course correction anytime soon. Tony lays out the factors as to why these injuries keep occurring, from only playing one sport to overuse and overbearing parents.     Be sure to subscr...

It's mid-December on the Check Your Brain podcast, and host Tony Mazur is here to cover the major stories that made waves in 2024. Tony paid tribute to the cats and the dogs that were eaten, as well as a euthanized squirrel and raccoon. There were indictments and assassination attempts, a successful coup, a re-election, mass campus protests, a controversial kicker, and Jews crawling out of tunnels...

This is a rhetorical question, as Tony Mazur lays out why young men aren't risking being fired or expelled over flirting with women. Tony talks about how we got to this place in society, discussing the four waves of feminism.     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.c...

Daniel Penny was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely. Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur believes Penny is a hero for saving a train full of people from a mentally-ill homeless drug addict in 2023, even if he doesn't believe so. Tony also plays the response from BLM activists who think Penny got away with murder.   Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $3 ge...

Who is having the better week: Hunter Biden and his family after a blanket 11-year pardon, or Dr. Jay Battacharya, the man called a "fringe epidemiologist" now heading up the NIH? Well, what the Bidens did was criminal, and what Dr. Jay said throughout the Covid hysteria was correct, but they're all sleeping better at night. Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur covers both of these major stories.   Be su...

Last week, Check Your Brain's own Tony Mazur pulled the trigger and saw the band Creed for the first time since 2009, and it was a pretty solid show. In fact, the venue was close to, if not, a sellout. Creed Nationalism is sweeping the country, or at least with Millennial men. As America comes back, so does Creed, so in today's podcast, Tony attempts to defend the band from Gen-Xers who say they'r...

Ryan Hoppe is a radio guy and podcaster originally from Chicago who makes his home for the last decade in Tampa, with a brief stay in Cleveland. He joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast to talk about, well, podcasting, the rapidly-dying old media and their lack of adaptability to new mediums, and the not-so-glamorous life of radio.   Ryan's show, Hoppe Hour, is available wherever you g...

David Chapman is an author and political commentator, and is now hosting his own YouTube stream. He made a return appearance on the Check Your Brain podcast to talk about Donald Trump's landslide victory in the 2024 election, which surprised many people except David, who predicted this as early as the end of his last term. David and Tony Mazur chatted about Trump's appeal, the political realignmen...

Tony Mazur is feeling generous this week, so he decided to reward his listeners with a bonus episode of the Check Your Brain podcast. Tony breaks down his favorite liberal meltdowns over the re-election of Donald Trump, and he gets an education in what the 4B Movement is.   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 wel...

The 45th President of the United States will now identify as the 47th President come January, as Donald Trump handedly defeated Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. Tony Mazur gives his raw reaction to the win, and he showcased the meltdowns on MSNBC, CNN, The Young Turks, and The Daily Show. Tony's biggest takeaway: after more than nine years, the progressives still have not learned how to stump t...

Tony Mazur is no political expert, no pollster, no prognosticator; just a former radio guy who does podcasts these days. But he does lay out what could happen if indeed Donald Trump wins a non-consecutive term, which may include more lunacy from progressives either screaming at the sky, checking into psychiatrists or rehabs, or perhaps getting violent.   Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $3...