The quest to "cancel" Joe Rogan continues, this time with compilations of him using the N-word in different contexts. Spotify is in an odd place as being a platform for podcasts, not a publisher, yet the calls to throw Rogan off of the service are white hot.

Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur weighs in on this predicament, which he believes to be a bad precedent as far as furthering sometimes uncomfortable conversations.

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Ever wonder what it would be like to meet one of your childhood heroes? How about getting the chance to work with said hero? Steve Stoliar had that chance, as he worked as an assistant to the legendary Groucho Marx from 1974 to 1977.

Steve and Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur talked about those final years working with Groucho, which are documented in his book, Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho's House. Steve also shared his favorite Marx Brothers films in order, to which he (and most other die-hards) prefers the Paramount movies to the MGM ones.

Raised Eyebrows is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Raised-Eyebrows-Inside-Grouchos-Expanded/dp/1593936524/ref=sr_1_1?crid=H29F6Z4MFW3D&dchild=1&keywords=steve+stoliar+raised+eyebrows&qid=1609778949&s=books&sprefix=steve+stoliar%2Cstripbooks%2C154&sr=1-1

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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].

Bob Ethington is a recently-retired pop culture expert from the Akron-Summit County Public Library, and in part one of this podcast, he and Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur go over the changes in how the public views entertainment. They also talked about the biggest celebrity deaths in 2021 in the worlds of music, broadcasting, and sports. Some of those names include Charlie Watts, Michael Nesmith, Phil Spector, Larry King, Rush Limbaugh, Hank Aaron, and Demaryius Thomas.