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.

Cover art for the Check Your Brain podcast is by Eric C. Fischer. If you need terrific graphic design work done, contact Eric at [email protected].

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 [email protected]

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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 [email protected].

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.

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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 [email protected].

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.

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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 [email protected].

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.

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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 [email protected].

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 Check Your Brain podcast with Tony Mazur.

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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 [email protected].

Aaron Peve is the co-host and producer of the B&W Podcast, and he's the author of a children's book called The Rhino That Dreams. He joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain Podcast to discuss a wide variety of topics that polarize Americans, when in reality, those conversations should be had.

Aaron's B&W Podcast is available wherever you download shows, and The Rhino That Dreams is out on Amazon.

Her one-hour special is on Amazon called Divorce Diaries, and she is currently working on a series by the same name. She is appearing at the Funny Stop Comedy Club on May 12th and 13th in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

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 Locals! Visit CheckYourBrain.locals.com and subscribe.

Cover art for the Check Your Brain podcast is by Eric C. Fischer. If you need terrific graphic design work done, contact Eric at [email protected].

Christy Miller is a comedian originally from the West Coast, but has made New York her home for nearly two decades. She joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast to talk about her friendship and "modeling career" with Andrew Dice Clay, coming through the Comedy Store in the 1990s, the comics' comics like Patrice O'Neal and Otto Petersen, and her bodybuilding.

Christy has a new album out now called Brutally Yours, which is available on Amazon.

Her one-hour special is on Amazon called Divorce Diaries, and she is currently working on a series by the same name. She is appearing at the Funny Stop Comedy Club on May 12th and 13th in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

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 Locals! Visit CheckYourBrain.locals.com and subscribe.

Cover art for the Check Your Brain podcast is by Eric C. Fischer. If you need terrific graphic design work done, contact Eric at [email protected].

Michele Traina is an actress and comedian, and is the star of her own one-woman show called Divorce Diaries. She made her return to the Check Your Brain podcast with Tony Mazur to discuss the stigma divorce may have on some audience members, dating in the high tech world, introducing men to children, and other topics.

Her one-hour special is on Amazon called Divorce Diaries, and she is currently working on a series by the same name. She is appearing at the Funny Stop Comedy Club on May 12th and 13th in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

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 Locals! Visit CheckYourBrain.locals.com and subscribe.

Cover art for the Check Your Brain podcast is by Eric C. Fischer. If you need terrific graphic design work done, contact Eric at [email protected].