Check Your Brain

10 Biggest Stories of 2023

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.

 

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Cover art for the Check Your Brain podcast is by Eric C. Fischer. If you need terrific graphic design work done, contact Eric at illstr8r@gmail.com.

2023 in Review

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 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.

 

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Cover art for the Check Your Brain podcast is by Eric C. Fischer. If you need terrific graphic design work done, contact Eric at illstr8r@gmail.com.

Sports Landscape in 2023 with Rick Morris

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 what about some famous athletes who passed this year? 

 

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.

 

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Cover art for the Check Your Brain podcast is by Eric C. Fischer. If you need terrific graphic design work done, contact Eric at illstr8r@gmail.com.

Celebrity Deaths in 2023

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 several more in this podcast.

 

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 on Rumble! Go find his video podcasts over there for free.

 

Cover art for the Check Your Brain podcast is by Eric C. Fischer. If you need terrific graphic design work done, contact Eric at illstr8r@gmail.com.

No Static At All?

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 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 on Rumble! Go find his video podcasts over there for free.

 

Cover art for the Check Your Brain podcast is by Eric C. Fischer. If you need terrific graphic design work done, contact Eric at illstr8r@gmail.com.

Jennifer Sey - Chalked Up & Unbuttoned

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 podcast to discuss her books Chalked Up (on the gymnastics scandals) and Levi's Unbuttoned, which chronicled her fight against the "woke mobs."

 

Her books are available on Amazon, and for all things Jennifer, visit SeyEverything.com.

 

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 on Rumble! Go find his video podcasts over there for free.

 

Cover art for the Check Your Brain podcast is by Eric C. Fischer. If you need terrific graphic design work done, contact Eric at illstr8r@gmail.com.

Steve Stoliar - Life After Groucho

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 Melendez on a few Peanuts specials in the 1990s. On the topic of Groucho, Steve also discussed thoughts on Minnie's Boys, and the urban legends surrounding his house guests. Raised Eyebrows can be found on Amazon, but one can obtain a signed copy at SteveStoliar.com.

 

A previous radio interview where Steve and Tony talk about the book, Erin Fleming, and favorite Marx Brothers movies can be found on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.

 

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 on Rumble! Go find his video podcasts over there for free.

 

Cover art for the Check Your Brain podcast is by Eric C. Fischer. If you need terrific graphic design work done, contact Eric at illstr8r@gmail.com.

Geoff Dale - Shemp Was Much More Than a Stooge

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 both hard and softcover at Barnes & Noble.

 

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 on Rumble! Go find his video podcasts over there for free.

 

Cover art for the Check Your Brain podcast is by Eric C. Fischer. If you need terrific graphic design work done, contact Eric at illstr8r@gmail.com.

Lisa De Pasquale - Social Media, 2024 & the SJW Handbook

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 writings at Substack.com/@GetBright, her books (including the Social Justice Warrior Handbook) on Amazon, and check out her podcast Pop Culture Warriors with Brett R. Smith.

 

 

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 on Rumble! Go find his video podcasts over there for free.

 

Cover art for the Check Your Brain podcast is by Eric C. Fischer. If you need terrific graphic design work done, contact Eric at illstr8r@gmail.com.

Zach Arnold - The Incredible Impression

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  @theincredibleimpression.

 

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 on Rumble! Go find his video podcasts over there for free.

 

Cover art for the Check Your Brain podcast is by Eric C. Fischer. If you need terrific graphic design work done, contact Eric at illstr8r@gmail.com.