Check Your Brain

Steve Stoliar is a TV writer and voice actor, and is the author of Raised Eyebrows, which chronicled his time working inside Groucho Marx's house from 1974 to 1977. Steve joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast to talk about his career after Groucho, which saw him working with Dick Cavett and writing for Simon & Simon and The New WKRP in Cincinnati.   Steve also worked with Bill Mele...

Geoff Dale is a Canadian-based writer and former film critic, and is now the author of the book Much More Than a Stooge: Shemp Howard. Geoff talked to Check Your Brain podcast host and big Three Stooges fan Tony Mazur about his book, the history of Shemp and the Howard/Horowitz family, Shemp's long solo career, and the Stooges' career after both Curly and Shemp.   Geoff's book is available now in...

Lisa De Pasquale is a writer, author, podcaster, and former director of CPAC. She joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast to discuss a plethora of topics in today's world. Those topics include Zoomers vs. Millennials, the 2024 presidential race, left-wingers facing cancel culture, Lisa's weightloss journey, and introducing Rush Limbaugh and Donald Trump at CPAC.     Follow Lisa on her wr...

Zach Arnold is a voice actor, musician, and impressionist now based out of Florida. He joined Tony Mazur's Check Your Brain podcast to showcase is impressions of Jimmy Stewart, Ed Sullivan, and some former presidents. He also talked about his love of Golden Age Hollywood, becoming a Ringo Starr impersonator, and how he received a letter from Fred Rogers as a child.   His YouTube channel is  @thein...

Ashleigh Marie Thornton is a California-based screenwriter who has released a new short film titled Dead Air. Check Your Brain podcast host Tony Mazur makes a brief voice cameo in Dead Air, which will be viewed at film festivals nationwide in the coming months. Ashleigh talked about the process of getting short films into the hands and minds of studios, what inspired her, and she gives Tony a taro...

Tracey West is the lead singer and "ringleader" of the Nashville-based '80s metal cover band Three Legged Circus. Brigitte Byron is the hypewoman of the group, and is the co-host of the Hardcore Horror podcast. They joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast to talk about the band, the resurgence of '80s music, and the glory days of horror movies and its franchises.     Shows, merch, and co...

Mike Cannici is a podcaster based out of Derby, Connecticut, and is the host of the shows In The Spotlight and Hometown Heroes. He joined Tony Mazur's Check Your Brain podcast to promote his show, talk about interviewing people both local and noteworthy, and a Tri-State area perspective on the years since September 11th.   Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $3 gets you just audio, $5 gets vid...

Max Weiner is a talented artist and musician, which isn't surprising art and performance run in the family. His father is Marc Weiner, a long-time comedian, street performer, and actor, and was the host of his own Nickelodeon show Weinerville in the mid-1990s.   Check Your Brain podcast host Tony Mazur talked to Max about growing up in this performance enviornment and how he was inspired by his fa...

Jessica Kramer is an opinion writer and host of the podcast The Based Catholic. She joined Tony Mazur's Check Your Brain podcast to discuss what it means to be "based" these days, the rift inside the Catholic Church between the traditionalists and the Jesuits, and how conservatives need to fight harder in the Culture Wars.     Jessica's show, The Based Catholic, is heard wherever one downloads his...

In this week's solo Check Your Brain podcast, Tony Mazur covers John Fetterman's child-like dress code saga and his rambling speeches, arresting grandmothers outside abortion clinics, Ukraine wanting more money, taking down George Washington statues, and how parents apparently don't have a say in their kids' education.   Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $3 gets you just audio, $5 gets video...

Ken Becks, AKA "The Scout," joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast to talk about the Aaron Rodgers injury, trends throughout the game, and the impact of Deion Sanders so far at Colorado.   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/TonyMazur.   Tony is also o...

Dr. Jill Biden has tested positive for Covid-19, as has Oscar winner and View panelist Whoopi Goldberg. Are the powers that be really trying to ramp up the Covid hysteria again? Tony Mazur went into great detail about this on the Check Your Brain podcast and if it's a winning strategy for the elites again.   Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $3 gets you just audio, $5 gets video AND audio, a...

In another solo Check Your Brain podcast, Tony Mazur discusses the rift inside the Catholic Church, where Pope Francis accuses US Catholics of being "backward" and they've "replaced faith with ideology." He also gets into the low test scores at LeBron James's I Promise School, President Biden's "cold" pullout from Afghanistan, the "black vote," and CNN manipulating articles once again.   Be sure t...

</p> 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/TonyMazur. President Joe Biden took some time from his second vacation in as many weeks to fly to Hawaii and give some tone deaf statements to the residents affected by the wildfires. Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur di...

Shane Harris is a freelance conservative writer with pieces featured in AMAC. Prior to his writing career, he got a job fresh out of college in Washington DC under the Donald Trump administration, and later worked in the office of Senator Bill Hagerty of Tennessee. He joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast to discuss his time in DC, which spanned from the first impeachment hearings till...

Ian Smith got on the radar because he defied the draconian lockdown orders at his gym in Bellmawr, New Jersey throughout 2020 and 2021. But his story isn't necessarily an easy or heroic one, as he mentions in his new book, Find Your Hill. Ian and Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur discuss the book, his fight against Governor Murphy, becoming a darling of the Right before falling out, and what actions w...

</p> 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/TonyMazur. Jody Plauche is a sexual abuse and abduction survivor, and he is the author of the book "Why, Gary, Why?" He joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast to talk about his life as a survivor, how Jeff...

Keanu C Thompson is a comedian and podcaster from New York City, by way of South Carolina. She joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast to talk about her path to comedy and move to the Big Apple, going on the road and making international news with Chrissie Mayr, coping with an eating disorder, and dating fellow comedians. </p> Her show Keanu Cast is co-hosted with her mother and wh...

Eddie Deezen is an actor, voice actor, one-time comedian, and man with the foremost knowledge of everything Beatles related. He joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast to talk about how he moved across to the country to get into comedy, the powers of prayer helping him get the part of Eugene in Grease, his transition to voice acting, and his love of Curly Howard, the Marx Brothers, and J...

The comedy world lost a legendary club owner based out of Northeast Ohio in the last week. Pete Barakat ran the Funny Stop Comedy Club for over 30 years, and many big names had their first stage appearances there, including Steve Harvey and Tammy Pescatelli. Tony Mazur also began his comedy hobby there, and he shared some stories about Pete on the Check Your Brain podcast. </p> Be sure to su...

Tonia Gilbert is a nurse based out of Louisiana, and she is a survivor of domestic abuse. She joined the Check Your Brain podcast with Tony Mazur to discuss the mental health crisis going on and how, as a survivor, she wants to help. Tonia is looking to start a charity for abuse survivors to have free access to service animals. For more information or how to help, email Tonia at dontloseheartbyton...

Spencer Davies is an NBA writer, who now has columns in The Hoop Herald. He joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast to recap the 2022-2023 NBA season, the trends in schemes, recycled coaches, the best players under 30, and the biggest storylines heading into 2023-2024. 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...

Bennett Yellin is a Hollywood writer most famous for co-writing the classic 1994 comedy Dumb & Dumber. Bennett took some time out of his day on the picket lines during a writer's strike to chat with Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast. He discussed why the writers went on strike and what their demands are, the years-long process of pitching Dumb & Dumber to studios, and the legacy the film...

Don Jamieson is a comedian and co-host of the new series That Rocks, along with Eddie Trunk and former podcast guest Jim Florentine. Don makes his second appearance on the Check Your Brain podcast with Tony Mazur, this time to talk about the new show, the rhythm of comedy, and performing on June 18th at a classic Irish bar in Manhattan. Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $3 gets you just audi...

Frankie Pace is a long-time comedian and actor originally from Long Island. He has worked and befriended many comedians over the years, including Otto Petersen, Gilbert Gottfried, and Sam Kinison, and has appeared on Saturday Night Live, The Cosby Show, and the Joan Rivers Show. He talked about getting on SNL, his comedy pals, and how he truly misses his comic friends who recently passed on the Ch...