Check Your Brain

Ken Silva is a journalist and author of the new book The Trump Assassination Plots: What the Investigations Missed and Why It Matters. He joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast to go over what occurred in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13th, 2024, from the actual story to the narratives peddled in the aftermath, to who Thomas Crooks actually was and why Donald Trump, the man who was shot, continues to praise his secret service detail.

Ken also talked about the potential shooting in West Palm Beach just two months later by Ryan Routh, a man with a checkered past and NAFO ties. And there another supposedly attempted assassination of Trump by Iranians, which is why they claim to have fought a war over.

The book is available on Amazon, and Ken's news website is HeadlineUSA.com.

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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].

This week on the Check Your Brain podcast, Tony Mazur is joined by John Kerezy, a retiring associate professor at Cuyahoga Community College. In his second appearance on the show, John and Tony talked about the changing of consumer habits when it comes to mass media, specifically the dwindling relevance of late night comedy shows. They also touch on AI's use in media and the backlash it is already having from Generation Z, along with John's continued research on famous Ohioan and Olympian Jesse Owens.

For more information on John's work, check out EyeOnCleveland.com.

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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].

In yet another free solo episode of the Check Your Brain podcast, Tony Mazur (along with ZeroHedge) asks the question, where have the men gone? He lays out what has gone on, from being forced out of the workforce to lacking a purpose in life, culminating in an incel, defeatist mentality. It's not too late to fix this.

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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].

Prior to Napster and LimeWire, the music industry seemed to be a cash cow. Everyone wanted in. But in the world of streaming, artists are making literal pennies on the dollar. Some bands will need tens of thousands of listens and likes to make a paycheck. The music industry is broken, which is why Bruce Springsteen and the Red Hot Chili Peppers have cashed in their chips and sold their music catalogue.

In this solo episode of the Check Your Brain podcast, Tony Mazur analyzes the issues in modern music. He plays interviews from Rick Beato and Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan who said rock 'n' roll was systematically destroyed three decades ago, and the only way one makes it in the music industry is if they have rich parents subsidizing their kids' vanity project. He also touches on the ridiculous New York Times' list of 30 Greatest Living Songwriters, the unoriginality in modern music, and the phenomenon known as "Blue Dot Fever."

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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].

The Savannah Bananas have become one of the most polarizing topics on social media. Fans either love 'em or love how their kids react to them, or have a deep hatred of all things Banana Ball. Tony Mazur talks about the meteoric rise and how some kids' first introduction to baseball may be because of the Bananas, and that may not be the best thing. He also covers travel ball and the changes Rob Manfred has pushed onto the game to court younger fans the last decade.

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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].

The city of Pittsburgh hosted the 2026 NFL Draft, where over 800,000 football fans made the trek to the Three Rivers town. Prior to the draft, Alleghany County bragged about their efforts to clean up the city, but the question Tony Mazur poses in this week's Check Your Brain podcast is, why can't cities be this nice the other 362 days a year? Why can't urban areas remain pleasant on days when a foreign national or ESPN aren't in town?

Tony gives a brief history on the degradation of cities, which happened nearly 60 years ago, and we're seeing it all over again since 2020. He mentions how we don't need to put up with rampant lawlessness, from public urination to outright murder, even though urbanites will tell us it's "all part of living in the big city" and that "you gotta be tough" to live here.

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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].

Gord Magill is a long-time trucker from Canada, and is now a podcaster and author. His new book End of the Road - Inside the War on Truckers is available now. He talked with Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast about the "Competence Crisis" on the roads, the unfettered immigration and how it's affecting the trucking industry, the Freedom Convoy of 2022, and if/when AI and automation will replace the OTR truck driver soon.

Gord's book is on Amazon if that is easier for the reader, but it is better to go to his publisher, Creed & Culture, to purchase.

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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].

In this solo episode of the Check Your Brain podcast, Tony Mazur goes through the archives of how pop songs are intended to sound timeless, as they are mainly used to sell products. He also explores why, in the Napster/LimeWire universe, artists may be purposely putting out mediocre crap because they know they will barely see a dime in royalties.

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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].

Laura Stack is a mother, activist, and Founder & CEO of Johnny's Ambassadors. Her son, Johnny, committed suicide at just 19 years young after becoming psychotic from high doses of THC. Laura joined Tony Mazur on the Check Your Brain podcast to talk about her son, who was not psychotic before the THC, nor did her family have a history of psychosis; in fact, Johnny was an athlete and a 4.0 student. She also discussed how this isn't our grandparents' marijuana, and how dangerous it is for the teenage and young adult brains.

For more information on Laura, Johnny, and her advocacy, visit JohnnysAmbassadors.org.

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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].

After 41 years (and 20 in its current location), Tony Mazur's home comedy club, the Funny Stop, is no more. In this solo episode of the Check Your Brain podcast, Tony looks back at his time there, why it meant so much to him, and why it closing isn't anything like other businesses that have closed up shop.

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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].