Check Your Brain

Mary Jane Murphy is a comedian from the New York area, though she got her start a decade ago in Hawaii. She joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast to first talk about "California sobriety," where one refrains from alcohol but does every drug under the sun.   One area where Mary Jane is quite serious about is the protection of women's sports, which have been infiltrated by biological men...

Nathan Timmel is a comedian and writer based out of the Midwest, and is touring at a venue near you. He spoke with Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast ahead of his headlining dates at the Funny Stop in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Nathan and Tony talked about comics' appearances on radio, making the move to LA and returning, and his viral TikTok moment.   Nathan's special, Unapologetic, is availab...

A 25-year veteran of NPR spills the beans how his employer lost the trust of America. The brains of the publicly-funded radio outlet seemed to have been broken by Donald Trump's election in 2016, and they have continued down the path of far left-wing dogma ever since, as covered on today's show by Tony Mazur.   The opening clip is from the podcast Honestly with Bari Weiss.   Be sure to subscribe t...

Not only is Nashville-based singer/songwriter Rick Monroe making his second appearance on the Check Your Brain podcast, but he brought his band, The Hitmen, with him. Their album Six Gun Soul is out April 12th, and they chatted with Tony Mazur about their newest work, the different genres of country music, and how the band got together.   Go to RickMonroe.com for tour dates and how to purchase/str...

Larry Hankin is a long-time character actor and comedian, who is now spending his days writing and playing guitar. He has been seen in movies such as Escape from Alcatraz, Home Alone, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, and Billy Madison, as well as TV series' like Seinfeld, Breaking Bad, and Friends.   Larry chatted with Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast on his early days as a comedian, be...

Is pornography as innocent as mainstream voices make it seem? Is it just a marital aid for exploring or distressed couples, or a "valve release" for single young men? Or is it more nefarious than we expected? And if it's the latter, why is it being pushed so hard? Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur takes a stab at these questions.   Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $3 gets you just audio, $5 get...

Mike Morse is a comedian, comedy writer, and podcaster, who's been spending his days of late on the Shuli Network. Mike talked with Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur about his days writing for Mad and Cracked magazines, getting on the radar of Howard Stern and Jay Leno, and being one-third (sometimes one-fourth) of the Uncle Rico Show.   Mike can be found on social media at @MikeMorseSays, and the Unc...

Four years ago this week, the world as we knew it changed over a flu-like virus from China. And for four years every March, Tony Mazur chronicles the insanity pushed by public health "experts," politicians, and online grifters. In this podcast, he covers where we were then and where we are today, and he tells a heartbreaking story of a man who lost his mother to cancer because doctors refused to t...

Every mid-March, Tony Mazur hosts an annual podcast about the Covid-19 pandemic and the hysteria surrounding it. From the lockdowns and mask mandates of 2020, to the vaccine mandates of 2021, to where we are now with the CDC essentially saying Covid is the flu, Tony covers it all on the Check Your Brain podcast. 2024 celebrates four years since "15 days to flatten the curve."   Be sure to subscrib...

Scott and William are the hosts of the show History Homos, and they joined Tony Mazur's Check Your Brain podcast to talk about a variety of things. Some of those include leaving libertarianism, why World War I is rarely covered in schools, and their favorite conspiracy theories. Check out their show archive at Rokfin.com/HistoryHomos.   Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $3 gets you just audi...

Thompson returns to the Check Your Brain podcast to recap their weekend in Atlantic City, why her and Rachel Dolezal have an OnlyFans account (not together, of course), and how her engagement to previous guest Geno Bisconte is going. 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 Patre...

Jonathan Rosen is a children's author and former educator, and is now the co-host of the  @PopCultureRetro  podcast, along with child actor Ike Eisenmann. Rosen joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast to talk about some of the old school Hollywood guests they've had on their show, and why they have such affinity for that era of showbiz.   They also touched on the conflict in the Middle E...

Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur was in Atlantic City last weekend doing a gig with previous podcast guests Chad Zumock, Geno Bisconte, and Keanu C. Thompson. But some other members of the MLC/DabbleVerse made appearances at the Borgata Hotel & Casino, including Patrick Melton, Kevin Brennan, Bob Levy, and, notably, Stuttering John Melendez. In this podcast, Tony explains the history of what's ca...

Check Your Brain podcast host Tony Mazur dabbles in standup comedy on the side, and he recently celebrated 10 years of getting on stage. He talks about the comedians who inspired him to make this plunge (Dave Attell, Norm Macdonald, Louis CK, Bill Hicks), as well as the comics who helped him along the way (Chad Zumock, Chuck Booms, Dave Landau, Jim Florentine, Don Jamieson). Tony also discussed hi...

In this week's solo Check Your Brain podcast, Tony Mazur discusses the cultural sensation that is Taylor Swift and the NFL and why it matters. Specifically, he urges those who cannot stand this craze to proceed with caution, as a culture war may not end the way you want it to. He also talks about cringe white comics and rappers, dating in your thirties, E. Jean Carroll wins the lottery, elites lyi...

Bruce Hall is a sports handicapper and former radio guy making his third appearance on the Check Your Brain podcast. He and Tony Mazur talked about a plethora of conspiracies that will make Sam Tripoli blush. Those topics include who was really behind 9/11, Elon Musk's influence, the 2020 and 2024 elections, January 6th, and Q. Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $3 gets you just audio, $5 get...

David Chapman is an author, future podcaster, and massive fan of the 45th president. He joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast to talk about not only the continued rise of Donald Trump in the polls, but how Nikki Haley appears to be paid for by her donors and the Ron DeSantis campaign just never took off.     David is the author of the book The Forgotten Nine, which covers nine players...

Anthony Zenhauser is a comedian, actor, and podcaster based in the New York area. He joined a mustachioed Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast to talk about the Jewish tunnels in NYC, all things Stuttering John Melendez, putting the work in as a comedian, and actors attempting comedy.     Zenhauser's shows can be found on his YouTube channel, @zencomedy1979, and he is seen on The BS Show wit...

Sarah Braasch is making her third appearance on Tony Mazur's Check Your Brain podcast. In her first two visits, she discussed the pile-on against her over the "napping while black" race hoax at Yale in 2018. With her backstory and knowledge of novel legal theory, she came back on to break down what DEI is, how companies and universities use it, and how it is an explicit form of anti-white, anti-As...

2023 was not your typical year-before-an-election. Plenty of political and cultural battles were fought, from Trump being banned from the Colorado ballot to the backlash against Bud Light. Then there were disasters in East Palestine and Maui, and a certain skirmish between Palestine and Israel. Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur covers all of that in his final show of the year.   Be sure to subscribe t...

Typically, the year before a presidential election feels like a calm before the storm. Well, 2023 proved that wasn't the case. Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur does a fairly long podcast covering the top stories of 2023, from the disasters in East Palestine and Maul, to the transgender Nashville shooting, Elon Musk vs. boycotts, unrest in Ukraine and Israel, and a plethora of other topics.   Be sure...

Rick Morris is the proprietor of Fantasy Draft Help and the FDH Lounge. He and Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur go back nearly two decades, so Tony invited him on the show to discuss the present and near future of how sports fans will consume their content. Are the days of watching your favorite team on network or cable TV coming to an end? Is Shohei Ohtani's contract good or bad for baseball? And wh...

2023 saw the deaths of legends from the world of music, acting, sports, and politics. Several folks above the age of 90 passed this year, including Burt Bacharach, Bud Grant, Mad Magazine's Al Jaffee, Harry Belafonte, Pat Robertson, Tony Bennett, Bob Barker, David McCallum, Dianne Feinstein, Rosalynn Carter, Henry Kissinger, Sandra Day O'Connor, and Norman Lear, and Tony Mazur talks about them and...

A bipartisan bill is looking to save AM radio from going the way of the dodo bird. Is that a waste of time, or is AM radio worth saving? Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur covers this, as well as the topics of Christian Nationalism, Joe Biden's health, more money for Ukraine, and teachers saying parents have no say in education and transitioning.   Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $3 gets you ju...

In the 1980s, Jennifer Sey made her name as a gymnastics champion. By the '90s, she joined the ranks of Corporate America, eventually becoming the Brand President at Levi's. However, her stance on the 2020 lockdowns and school closures saw her at odds with co-workers and pro-lockdowners everywhere, culminating in her departure from Levi's.   Jennifer joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podca...