Check Your Brain

Shane Harris - Inside the DC Beast

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 just before January 6th, as well as other topics at hand concerning the conservative and libertarian movements.

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This is the link to find Shane's writings in AMAC. https://amac.us/newsline/society/shane-harris/

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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.

Ian Smith - Find Your Hill

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 will lead to solutions.

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Ian's book can be found on his website, FindYourHill.com.

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Tony is also on Locals and Rumble! Look up Check Your Brain and Tony Mazur, respectively, for video content, as well as YouTube @tmaze25.

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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.

Jody Plauche - Why, Gary, Why?

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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 Doucet groomed him and his family, and how his father Gary ended Jeff's life in a Louisiana airport and became a hero to dads everywhere.

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Tony is also on Locals and Rumble! Look up Check Your Brain and Tony Mazur, respectively, for video content, as well as YouTube @tmaze25.

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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.

Keanu C Thompson - Greasy Strings

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.

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Her show Keanu Cast is co-hosted with her mother and whoever pops on, and is available at youtube.com/@keanuCthompson.

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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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Tony is also on Locals and Rumble! Look up Check Your Brain and Tony Mazur, respectively, for video content, as well as YouTube @tmaze25.

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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.

Eddie Deezen - From Eugene to Mandark

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 Jerry Lewis (even though he wasn't nice to him).

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Book a Cameo with Eddie at Cameo.com/EddieDeezen. 

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Tony is also on Locals and Rumble! Look up Check Your Brain and Tony Mazur, respectively, for video content, as well as YouTube @tmaze25.

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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.

To Pete - A Tribute to an Eccentric Comedy Club Owner

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.

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Tony is also on Locals and Rumble! Look up Check Your Brain and Tony Mazur, respectively, for video content, as well as YouTube @tmaze25.

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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.

Tonia Gilbert - Don’t Lose Heart

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 dontloseheartbytonia@gmail.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.

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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.

Spencer Davies - NBA’s Present & Future

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, 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.

Bennett Yellin - A ’Dumb’ Podcast

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 carries nearly 30 years later.

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.

Don Jamieson - That Rocks

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 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.