Listen Notes, the leading podcast database and search engine, has ranked the CHECK YOUR HEAD Podcast in the top five percent most popular shows in global listenership out of an estimated 2.6 million podcasts.
About CHECK YOUR HEAD Podcast:
Launched in 2019, Mari Fong, a seasoned music journalist and certified Life Coach for Musicians, is producer and host of the CHECK YOUR HEAD Podcast. Living with depression and anxiety herself, Fong relates to the open, honest and intimate conversations about mental wellness and recovery with the likes of Gilby Clarke of Guns N’ Roses and Kings of Chaos, Fred Armisen, drummer for Late Night with Seth Meyers and comedian from SNL and Portlandia, Shaun Morgan of Seether, The Bloody Beetroots, Frank Zummo of Sum 41 and Street Drum Corps, Emilio Castillo of Tower Of Power, Sean Long of While She Sleeps, Yesod Williams of Pepper, Jordan Benjamin AKA grandson, Sammi Doll of IAMX and Kat Von D and the iconic Linda Ronstadt.
Mental health experts and advocates are paired with each episode topic such as suicide prevention expert Dr. Dan Reidenberg of SAVE.org, psychiatrist Dr. Ish Major, relationship expert from WE tv’s “Marriage Boot Camp,” Johan Svanberg of Record Union on the groundbreaking “The 73 Percent Report,” Cat Moore, USC’s Director of Belonging and Tim Ringgold, music therapist and author of Sonic Recovery.
Now with 30 episodes and counting under her belt, Fong’s CHECK YOUR HEAD Podcast continue on with the important mission of normalizing the conversations around mental health, encouraging others to get help and providing solutions for recovery on www.checkyourheadpodcast. CHECK YOUR HEAD is fiscally sponsored by DBSA San Gabriel Valley, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with all donations tax-deductible.
Listen to the CHECK YOUR HEAD Podcast on www.checkyourheadpodcast.com, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and everywhere you listen to your favorite podcasts.
About Mari Fong
As a seasoned music journalist, Fong has interviewed and covered a variety of musicians including Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, Ozzy Osbourne, Aerosmith, Cage the Elephant, The White Stripes, Green Day, Devo, Foo Fighters, Korn, Beastie Boys, System of A Down, Gene Simmons of KISS, Incubus, blink-182, The Strokes, Rage Against the Machine, David Bowie and Paul McCartney.
Fong is also a certified Life Coach for Musicians with over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry. As an advocate for musicians and their mental health, she was featured on Today, I’m Brave, a nonprofit that spotlights extraordinary people making brave, positive changes.
Fong was Executive Producer on the Sirius XM radio show, “The Inner Circle with Neil Strauss,” Strauss being the best-selling author of “The Dirt: Confessions from the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band” with Motley Crue and “The Game,” his infamous book on pick-up artists. |
