Check Your Brain

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Check Your Brain episodes

June 30, 2021 Dennis Kucinich - The Division of Power & Light
Dennis Kucinich has been a mayor (at just 31 years of age), state senator, and member of the US House of Representatives. His blue-collar style of politics has drawn undying support and staunch criticism from members of both parties in nearly a half century in politics.

Kucinich has a new book out called The Division of Light and Power, which not only chronicles his fight as mayor of Cleveland versus the banks, utility services and general political corruption, but how it happens elsewhere, too.

You can purchase Dennis's new book here: https://www.amazon.com/Division-Light-Power-Dennis-Kucinich/dp/1638772347

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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].
39 min
June 23, 2021 Chef Andrew Gruel - Restaurants Know the Struggle
Andrew Gruel is a chef, restaurant owner, and TV/radio personality based in Southern California. Restaurants across the country were obliterated not by the COVID-19 virus, but the government response to it, and it will take a monumental effort for them, as well as the owners, managers, and employees, to recover.

86 Restaurant Struggle is a fund to help those workers whose jobs and livelihoods were lost over the last 15 months in response to the virus. Visit 86Struggle.com to donate to this cause.

Chef Andrew and Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur talk about that struggle restaurants are facing, not just as they reopen, but as unemployment has incentivized folks to stay home and not return to the working world.

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Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $5 a month gets you bonus content, extra podcasts, and early access to guests. Visit Patreon.com/TonyMazur.

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].
56 min
June 16, 2021 Reintroducing Mr. & Mrs. Mazur
As you may have noticed, there has been a worldwide pandemic going on since early 2020. And because of that, pretty much every event had been postponed for over a year, with certain exceptions. Leah and Tony Mazur did get married in 2020, but will have a mask-free, full-capacity wedding in 2021.

Leah Mazur, the wife of Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur, joined her husband in the studio to talk about the perils of planning a wedding during a pandemic, how Covid followed her at her March 2020 bachelorette party, and how the (somewhat) newlyweds first met.

Follow Tony on his various social media platforms:
Twitter - @TonyMazur
Instagram - @tmaze25

Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $5 a month gets you bonus content, extra podcasts, and early access to guests. Visit Patreon.com/TonyMazur.

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].
54 min
June 09, 2021 Jim Clark - Ten Cent Beer Night Revisited
Beer for a dime? So conceivably, a person can get trashed at the ballpark for just one dollar? Many such cases occurred on June 4th, 1974 at Cleveland Stadium between the Indians and Texas Rangers, which caused a brouhaha between the fans and players as the game progressed (or regressed).

Jim Clark is the play-by-play man for the Akron RubberDucks and the author of the book Rally 'Round Cleveland, which chronicles the 1974 Cleveland Indians. Why the '74 team, who finished with a mediocre 77-85 record? Well, if it wasn't for the likes of Gaylord Perry, Oscar Gamble, George Hendrick, and others, and the excitement they brought, the Indians may have moved elsewhere.

If one thinks there is no possibility their team could relocate, Jim assures them they are wrong (see the 1995 Cleveland Browns).

Jim still has copies of his book available: https://www.amazon.com/Rally-Round-Cleveland-Franchise-Saving-Indians/dp/0578205300

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Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $5 a month gets you bonus content, extra podcasts, and early access to guests. Visit Patreon.com/TonyMazur.

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].
1 hr 14 min
June 02, 2021 Lucas Miles - Saying No to Christian Marxism
The Social Gospel has been used as a wedge to inject social justice causes inside Christianity, essentially gutting it from the inside.
How do we as Christians fight this? Lucas Miles has some ideas, and he gives some background in his new book, The Christian Left: How Liberal Thought Has Hijacked the Church.
Lucas talks to Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur about this Christian Cabal, the progressive agenda to infiltrate the churches, and the poor messaging coming from Christianity.
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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].
56 min
May 26, 2021 David Giffels - From Barnstorming to Beavis & Butt-Head
Native Ohioan David Giffels has penned a new tome on his home state and how it is a microcosm for the rest of the country. From its farming roots in the rural areas to the high tech larger cities, to the numerous colleges, Ohio has it all.
Giffels sat down via Zoom with Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur to chat about the Buckeye State, its affection for demagogue politicians, and how Ohio seems to be the crossroads of America.
In addition to his novels, Giffels also had a stint writing for Mike Judge during the first run of MTV's Beavis & Butt-Head.
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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].
58 min
May 19, 2021 Russ Cohen - All The Balls
Russ Cohen is an author and podcaster. He is the go-to guy when it comes to New York and Philadelphia sports, most notably baseball and hockey.

Russ and Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur talked about a variety of baseball-related topics, from their favorite current and past ballparks, the greatest players in New York Mets history, who New Yorkers root for, and the best rookie seasons in baseball history.

Check out Russ's work at: http://www.sportsology.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].
51 min
May 12, 2021 Rock On - 2021 Rock Hall Inductees & Norm N. Nite
On May 12th, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced the newest members to grace their hallowed halls. Tina Turner, The Go-Go's, Foo Fighters, Jay Z, Todd Rundgren, and Carole King make up the 2021 class at the Rock Hall.

For today's podcast, Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur chats with John Goehrke, the Director of Fan Engagement and Onstage Experience at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland about the inductees, as well as the influencers such as Billy Preston and LL Cool J who also made it this year.

But how did the Rock Hall come about, and why Cleveland, Ohio of all places? Tony also talks to Norm N. Nite, long-time rock 'n' roll historian and radio DJ in Cleveland and New York City, about his latest book, The House That Rock Built. He is also the author of the Rock On series, an encyclopedia of the early days of the genre.

Follow Tony on his various social media platforms:
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Be sure to subscribe to Tony's Patreon. $5 a month gets you bonus content, extra podcasts, and early access to guests. Visit Patreon.com/TonyMazur.

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].
54 min
May 05, 2021 Geno Bisconte pt. 2 - Always In Hot Water
This is part two of Tony Mazur's conversation with NYC-based comedian and host of In Hot Water and Gum Fridays' Geno Bisconte.

In this episode (which was split in two, as it lasted nearly three hours), Tony and Geno talk about what New York and Los Angeles will look like after the pandemic is over, the hysteria surrounding COVID-19, his relationship with cohost Aaron Berg, and watching sports growing up in Vineland, New Jersey.

In Hot Water is live Monday through Thursday at 2 PM on CompoundMedia.com, and Gum Fridays is available on Patreon: http://patreon.com/gumfridays

Follow Tony on his various social media platforms:
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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].
1 hr 18 min
April 28, 2021 Anika Orrock & Bill Ripken - Baseball's Past & Present
If you turn on basic cable right now (well, after you listen to this podcast), A League of Their Own is probably on somewhere, either IFC, Sundance, or TBS. But how accurate was the film? And how accurate are analytics in today's game?

In this two-part episode, Check Your Brain's Tony Mazur first chats with Anika Orrock, author of the book The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, a comprehensive look at the AAGPBL, which was around from 1943 to 1954. The book has wonderful illustrations designed by Anika.

Check out Anika's book: https://www.amazon.com/Incredible-All-American-Professional-Baseball-League/dp/1452173648/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=anika+orrock&qid=1609777806&s=books&sr=1-1

In part two of this podcast, Tony talks to former MLB infielder and MLB Network analyst Bill Ripken about his book, State Of Play: The Old School Guide to New School Baseball. "Billy" talks about the increased use of advanced stats in today's game and the effect it's having on the sport. Spoiler: Tony did NOT ask Ripken about his infamous baseball card, which he appreciated.

Check out Billy's book: https://www.amazon.com/State-Play-School-Guide-Baseball/dp/1635766591/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3RPK3EKZ8UTNO&dchild=1&keywords=bill+ripken&qid=1609777679&s=books&sprefix=bill+ripken%2Cstripbooks%2C164&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].
42 min

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Tony Mazur is a radio personality and stand-up comedian who has a diverse array of interests and hobbies, from old Hollywood and TV shows to sports, to contemporary pop culture and politics. Not every…