Check Your Brain

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...

The political realignment continues, as Dick and Liz Cheney are voting for Kamala Harris, while RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard are on Team Trump. Mitt Romney hasn't actually endorsed Harris, but his TDS won't allow him to pull the lever for the Orange Man. Which begs the question: other than his large immediate family, who on the political spectrum actually likes Romney? Tony Mazur touches on that, as...

It's been nearly two years since Tony Mazur dedicated a round of stupid white guy commercials on his Check Your Brain podcast, but here he is ahead of the 2024 election. Are these ads made to be silly, or is there something sinister going on? Is this a way to make men (mainly white men) out to be ridiculous, inconsiderate, and unaware morons, or is Tony making a mountain out of a molehill?   Be su...

All across the globe, there are efforts to ban smoking, flavored tobacco, and nicotine pouches such as Zyn. Yet those same entities seem to look the other way when it comes to vaping, marijuana use, and fast food intake. Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur talks about the war on tobacco and nicotine usage, why it's fairly classist in nature, and how Big Tobacco quietly became Big Food in the 1980s. Late...

The Athletics have joined the Raiders and the Golden State Warriors in leaving the city of Oakland since 2019. Rather than blaming corporate greed, Tony Mazur goes into why it's the best business decision to leave Oakland, and not just the sports teams. Oakland doesn't deserve big businesses due to rampant crime and DAs/politicians looking the other way and letting it all happen.   Be sure to subs...

In this week's free episode, Tony Mazur laughs at the notion that "white dudes" are making mad rushes to the polls to vote for Kamala Harris, or that her running mate is the pinnacle of modern-day masculinity. And what does it mean to be a manly man in today's culture?   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 a...

In this week's free episode of Check Your Brain, Ohio podcaster Tony Mazur covers what he believes to be a purposeful invasion of Haitians into towns such as Springfield, and how most do not assimilate to American cultures. Is this what's called "Great Replacement"? Doesn't seem so great for Heritage Americans.   Tony also covered another potential assassination attempt of Donald Trump over the we...

Check Your Brain host Tony Mazur stayed up late last evening and watched the entire debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. This was a simulcast, so you'll hear Tony's raw reactions to what was said, including the many real-time fact-checks for the former president and kid gloves treatment for the current VP.   Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $3 gets you just audio, $5 gets video AN...

Tony Mazur is the host of the Check Your Brain podcast, and this week he welcomes his friend and former football show co-host Ken Mosca to preview the upcoming NFL season. They largely agree on the division winners, and in typical Ken and Tony fashion, they ride the wayback machine and discuss quarterbacks, teams, and broadcast booth analysts of the past. Also, speaking of analysts, will Tom Brady...

In a much shorter episode than normal, Check Your Brain podcast host Tony Mazur covers a recent story about Gus Walz, the neurodivergent son of Minnesota governor and Kamala Harris VP pick Tim Walz. Tony's take is that it's not smart or humane to mock his son, but he'll be damned if he's lectured to a group of people who would have aborted Gus if his disease was detected in the womb.   Be sure to...

Brian Elliott is an actor from Virginia, and he has been making strides in mainstream Hollywood productions. He spoke with Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur about catching the acting bug early on, his move to Los Angeles and getting his SAG-AFTRA card, and staying active in the business while working across the country.   Brian's biggest role to date is 2019's Miss Virginia, starring Uzo Aduba, Vaness...

Long-time radio producer Dan Falato joined Tony Mazur and Chad Zumock to talk about his friendship with Harry Shearer and Cub great Mark Grace, working with Artie Lange and Nick DiPaolo, and how Howard Stern stole many bits from his boss, Steve Dahl, in Chicago.   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...