Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown is a quirky, informative, and interactive podcast breaking down the myths and misunderstandings about mental health and emotional well-being. Neuroscientist Mayim Bialik combines her academic background with vast personal experience to provide listeners with valuable practical advice focusing on removing the stigma surrounding mental health and encouraging an understanding of the mind-body connection. Nothing is off limits as Mayim breaks it down with an amazing collection of guests.
If you’ve ever wondered, “What’s actually real when it comes to UAPs, aliens, and nonhuman intelligence?”...today, you’re getting real answers.
This episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown cuts through decades of speculation, misinformation, and stigma to bring you hard science, firsthand research, and never-before-shared insights from one of the most credible scientists studying UAPs today.
For years, the public has been left guessing—Are UFOs real? Are aliens visiting us? Are people actually being harmed? And why won’t mainstream science touch this topic?
That changes today.
We're sitting down with Dr. Garry Nolan, Professor of Pathology at Stanford University School of Medicine, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Sol Foundation (a leading research institute focused on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena), and a featured expert in the hit documentary The Age of Disclosure.
Dr. Nolan explains how he scientifically proved the infamous Atacama “alien” skeleton was not extraterrestrial, revealing what the DNA of true nonhuman life might actually look like if we ever encounter it.
We also explore his classified-adjacent work studying UAPs, including deeply unsettling cases of alleged human injuries linked to possible UAP encounters and energy weapons, and the shocking implications these cases may have for regions of the human brain tied to intuition, perception, and consciousness itself. Dr. Nolan shares what he’s uncovered from analyzing alleged UAP artifacts, including materials connected to Roswell, and how his lab studies metal fragments containing anomalies that appear to defy known physics.
This episode goes where most won’t—and does so with data, restraint, and scientific rigor.
We're breaking down:
- Why the Atacama “alien” skeleton fooled the world, and how science finally solved it
- What alien or nonhuman DNA would actually look like (and why Hollywood gets it wrong)
- What UAP-related human injury cases may reveal about the brain, intuition, and perception
- How alleged UFO materials and Roswell fragments are analyzed at the atomic level
- What Dr. Nolan believes the true goal of nonhuman intelligence might be
- Why he thinks aliens should allow humanity to evolve naturally before further interference
- What he personally witnessed as a child involving UAPs and nonhuman intelligence
- How he responds to skepticism and backlash from fellow scientists
- And whether humanity faces a physical or existential risk from alien contact
This is not science fiction. This is cutting-edge science colliding with the biggest mystery of all time.
Once you hear this, you may never look at reality the same way again.
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What if every health issue is actually part of the same underlying problem?
In this powerful episode of Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown, Dr. Will Bulsiewicz — world-renowned gastroenterologist, gut health expert, and author of Plant Powered Plus — explains why your gut health is a story of your brain-gut connection. He shares why filling the ‘God-shaped hole’ is a biological requirement to reduce inflammation and start to heal.
Skin issues, bloating, autoimmune disease, chronic pain, fatigue, brain fog, and even bloating may all be hidden symptoms of inflammation, driven by modern life, chronic stress, poor sleep, trauma, disconnection, and most importantly, a lack of spiritual connection.
Dr. B shares a startling personal story of his own spiritual awakening that he had previously been too self-conscious to share.
Dr. Bulsiewicz also breaks down:
- Why modern convenience keeps us stuck in fight-or-flight instead of rest & digest
- Practical, science-backed ways to reduce inflammation
- Why health protocols help, but are never one-size-fits-all
- Why the colon is your first line of defense against inflammation
- Top 3 ways we’re destroying our gut microbiome
- How GLP-1 drugs (Ozempic, Wegovy) are changing gut health, and their potential long-term risks
- Importance of fiber, protein quality, diet variety, and why the Western diet fuels inflammation
We also explore the powerful link between science, faith, and healing — why spirituality, purpose, and human connection measurably improve physical health, and how loneliness, trauma, and individualism damage the gut and immune system. Backed by science, we unpack how trauma causes digestive disease and why forgiveness can literally heal the body.
Dr. Bulsiewicz shares his personal journey into spirituality, his emotional reconciliation with his father, and the remarkable experiences that followed his passing.
If you’ve been struggling with unexplained symptoms, chronic inflammation, gut issues, fatigue, or are searching for a more whole-person approach to health, this episode may completely change how you think about healing.
Dr. Will Bulsiewicz’ new book, Plant Powered Plus: https://theguthealthmd.com/plantpoweredplus/
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What if every health issue is actually part of the same underlying problem?
In this powerful episode of Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown, Dr. Will Bulsiewicz — world-renowned gastroenterologist, gut health expert, and author of Plant Powered Plus — explains why your gut health is a story of your brain-gut connection. He shares why filling the ‘God-shaped hole’ is a biological requirement to reduce inflammation and start to heal.
Skin issues, bloating, autoimmune disease, chronic pain, fatigue, brain fog, and even bloating may all be hidden symptoms of inflammation, driven by modern life, chronic stress, poor sleep, trauma, disconnection, and most importantly, a lack of spiritual connection.
Dr. B shares a startling personal story of his own spiritual awakening that he had previously been too self-conscious to share.
Dr. Bulsiewicz also breaks down:
- Why modern convenience keeps us stuck in fight-or-flight instead of rest & digest
- Practical, science-backed ways to reduce inflammation
- Why health protocols help, but are never one-size-fits-all
- Why the colon is your first line of defense against inflammation
- Top 3 ways we’re destroying our gut microbiome
- How GLP-1 drugs (Ozempic, Wegovy) are changing gut health, and their potential long-term risks
- Importance of fiber, protein quality, diet variety, and why the Western diet fuels inflammation
We also explore the powerful link between science, faith, and healing — why spirituality, purpose, and human connection measurably improve physical health, and how loneliness, trauma, and individualism damage the gut and immune system. Backed by science, we unpack how trauma causes digestive disease and why forgiveness can literally heal the body.
Dr. Bulsiewicz shares his personal journey into spirituality, his emotional reconciliation with his father, and the remarkable experiences that followed his passing.
If you’ve been struggling with unexplained symptoms, chronic inflammation, gut issues, fatigue, or are searching for a more whole-person approach to health, this episode may completely change how you think about healing.
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What if your purpose isn’t something you need to find, but something you need to remember?
In this wide-ranging, eye-opening episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Simon Sinek reveals why fulfillment, optimism, and meaning don’t come from chasing success, titles, or external validation, but from looking inward. As technology and AI reshape work, relationships, and identity, Simon explains why understanding your WHY is more important than ever, and how leaning into timeless human skills can help you thrive in a rapidly changing world.
Simon goes far beyond leadership theory and gets deeply human. He breaks down:
- Why who you are and what you’re meant to do may already be inside you, shaped by your values, DNA, and life journey
- How to think about identity beyond job titles and surface-level roles
- Why your passions, frustrations, and questions about the world are clues to your purpose
- How discovering your personal WHY leads to a more resilient, meaningful, and fulfilling life
- Why purpose matters more than ever in the age of AI (and why trying to “outcompete” technology is the wrong goal)
- Why we’re expecting more meaning from work than any generation before us
- Why Simon is a perpetual optimist and truly believes anyone can find fulfillment in whatever work they do
- Real, science-backed benefits of a positive mindset
- Why elite athletes and longevity-obsessed people may actually end up with shorter lifespans
- Why conflict is unavoidable, but peaceful resolution is always possible
- Responsibilities of leaders (and why leadership is about service, not status)
- Key differences in how men and women tend to lead (and why both styles matter)
- Why you sometimes have to fail before you can succeed
- How to know when it’s time to move on from a work relationship that no longer serves you
And perhaps most hopeful of all: Why Simon finds real optimism in young people choosing connection over status, and why the future belongs not to the most productive, but to the most human.
If you’re questioning your career, your purpose, your leadership style, or simply how to live well in an uncertain world, this conversation will challenge how you think, and might just change how you live!
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As we kick off the New Year, with many of us setting fresh intentions and trying to build momentum and healthy habits to take us through 2026, we’re revisiting an episode from 2023 with one of our favorite comedians, Ron Funches (stand-up comedian, New Girl, Loot)!
Ron joins us in the studio to discuss the complicated dynamics of divorce, coparenting, body image stressors, raising an autistic son, and the spiritual component of jiu jitsu. He explains what it’s like to have kids a generation apart and the different parenting resources he has at his disposal now that he didn’t have the first time around. Ron opens up about what his son’s autism has taught him, his self-focus after being a “serial monogamist” for so long, his mom’s career as a social worker, and the eye-opening advice he learned from Mayim years ago. Mayim opens up about the shame of divorce and Ron explains how vision boards work.
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Male Loneliness Is Exploding...Tech, AI, and Society Are Making It Worse
Scott Galloway — NYU Stern Professor of Marketing, serial entrepreneur, bestselling author of Notes on Being a Man, and one of the most influential voices on culture, masculinity, and economics — returns to Mayim Bialik's Breakdown for a brutally honest conversation about what’s happening to young men today… and why it affects all of us.
In this wide-ranging discussion, Galloway breaks down why young men are more lonely, economically insecure, and socially disconnected than any generation before them, and how technology, AI companionship, and synthetic relationships are hijacking young male brains at an unprecedented scale.
We explore the growing maturity gap between men and women, why women are now surpassing men financially and educationally, and why young men are struggling so badly in the modern dating market. Scott also dives into the alarming rise of AI chatbots and synthetic relationships, especially among young people, and the hidden dangers no one is talking about.
Scott also breaks down:
- Why young men today are at a disadvantage compared to prior generations
- How tech, AI, and economic insecurity are fueling male loneliness
- Why women’s success does NOT cause men to fail
- Why young men are falling behind in education, income, and dating
- Shocking prevalence of human–AI relationships and why they’re dangerous
- Why resilience is the most important trait for long-term success
- Why older generations of men have a moral obligation to pay it forward
- How single-parent households affect children, especially boys (The U.S. has the highest rate of single-parent homes in the world!)
- Best ways to truly connect with your kids in a digital world
- Why Scott identifies as a reluctant atheist and how belief, meaning, and purpose fit into modern life
This is a conversation about masculinity, responsibility, technology, parenting, faith, and the future, and why fixing the crisis facing young men is one of the most important challenges of our time.
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Male Loneliness Is Exploding...Tech, AI, and Society Are Making It Worse
Scott Galloway — NYU Stern Professor of Marketing, serial entrepreneur, bestselling author of Notes on Being a Man, and one of the most influential voices on culture, masculinity, and economics — returns to Mayim Bialik's Breakdown for a brutally honest conversation about what’s happening to young men today… and why it affects all of us.
In this wide-ranging discussion, Galloway breaks down why young men are more lonely, economically insecure, and socially disconnected than any generation before them, and how technology, AI companionship, and synthetic relationships are hijacking young male brains at an unprecedented scale.
We explore the growing maturity gap between men and women, why women are now surpassing men financially and educationally, and why young men are struggling so badly in the modern dating market. Scott also dives into the alarming rise of AI chatbots and synthetic relationships, especially among young people, and the hidden dangers no one is talking about.
Scott also breaks down:
- Why young men today are at a disadvantage compared to prior generations
- How tech, AI, and economic insecurity are fueling male loneliness
- Why women’s success does NOT cause men to fail
- Why young men are falling behind in education, income, and dating
- Shocking prevalence of human–AI relationships and why they’re dangerous
- Why resilience is the most important trait for long-term success
- Why older generations of men have a moral obligation to pay it forward
- How single-parent households affect children, especially boys (The U.S. has the highest rate of single-parent homes in the world!)
- Best ways to truly connect with your kids in a digital world
- Why Scott identifies as a reluctant atheist and how belief, meaning, and purpose fit into modern life
This is a conversation about masculinity, responsibility, technology, parenting, faith, and the future, and why fixing the crisis facing young men is one of the most important challenges of our time.
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What if neurodivergence, intuition, and psychic ability are all connected, and we’ve been misunderstanding them this entire time?
In this mind-expanding episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Dr. Julia Mossbridge—cognitive neuroscientist, author of Have a Nice Disclosure!, and Human Potential Research Lead for The Telepathy Tapes—returns to the studio to pull back the curtain on the brain, consciousness, and humanity’s untapped abilities.
Dr. Mossbridge reveals what neurodivergence actually looks like in the brain (and why individual lived experience matters more than labels), her groundbreaking view that there’s no true distinction between unconscious processing of local information and non-local information, why information is not the same as matter or energy (and why that changes everything), and what kinds of information we can access non-locally through remote viewing.
She also breaks down:
- Tips anyone can use to strengthen intuition, psychic perception, and precognition
- Why nonspeakers may lead the next love revolution, and what their abilities are teaching us about consciousness
- How to safely explore non-local awareness without losing grounding
- Hidden positives & real drawbacks of diagnostic labels (and how they can both empower and limit us)
- Cognitive drain we’re all experiencing from modern society, and why so many people feel chronically overwhelmed
- Why most people don’t understand how they operate until they revisit their childhood and caregiver relationships
- How identifying your special abilities offers the clearest window into your internal world
- Brain-based factors that affect our ability to filter environmental and non-local input
- True definition of unconditional love—and why it’s a functional state, not a feeling
Dr. Julia also opens up about deeply mysterious chapters of her life, including:
- Her experiences in a gifted childhood program she believes she doesn’t fully remember
- Possible ulterior motives of the program’s administrators
- Potential ties to research on radiation exposure and radio waves
- What it’s been like to publicly acknowledge extrasensory abilities as a respected academic
- When she first realized she had psychic abilities, and how those abilities evolved over time
PLUS...Julia guides Mayim through a live remote viewing exercise, demonstrating how unconditional love can be used as a signal to access information from the future, in real time.
This episode challenges neuroscience, psychology, and everything we think we know about the limits of the human mind. TUNE IN to MBB to change how you see yourself, your brain, and reality itself!
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What if neurodivergence, intuition, and psychic ability are all connected, and we’ve been misunderstanding them this entire time?
In this mind-expanding episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Dr. Julia Mossbridge—cognitive neuroscientist, author of Have a Nice Disclosure!, and Human Potential Research Lead for The Telepathy Tapes—returns to the studio to pull back the curtain on the brain, consciousness, and humanity’s untapped abilities.
Dr. Mossbridge reveals what neurodivergence actually looks like in the brain (and why individual lived experience matters more than labels), her groundbreaking view that there’s no true distinction between unconscious processing of local information and non-local information, why information is not the same as matter or energy (and why that changes everything), and what kinds of information we can access non-locally through remote viewing.
She also breaks down:
- Tips anyone can use to strengthen intuition, psychic perception, and precognition
- Why nonspeakers may lead the next love revolution, and what their abilities are teaching us about consciousness
- How to safely explore non-local awareness without losing grounding
- Hidden positives & real drawbacks of diagnostic labels (and how they can both empower and limit us)
- Cognitive drain we’re all experiencing from modern society, and why so many people feel chronically overwhelmed
- Why most people don’t understand how they operate until they revisit their childhood and caregiver relationships
- How identifying your special abilities offers the clearest window into your internal world
- Brain-based factors that affect our ability to filter environmental and non-local input
- True definition of unconditional love—and why it’s a functional state, not a feeling
Dr. Julia also opens up about deeply mysterious chapters of her life, including:
- Her experiences in a gifted childhood program she believes she doesn’t fully remember
- Possible ulterior motives of the program’s administrators
- Potential ties to research on radiation exposure and radio waves
- What it’s been like to publicly acknowledge extrasensory abilities as a respected academic
- When she first realized she had psychic abilities, and how those abilities evolved over time
PLUS...Julia guides Mayim through a live remote viewing exercise, demonstrating how unconditional love can be used as a signal to access information from the future, in real time.
This episode challenges neuroscience, psychology, and everything we think we know about the limits of the human mind. TUNE IN to MBB to change how you see yourself, your brain, and reality itself!
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Julia's Writings: https://theinspiracy.love/
Julia's nonprofit: https://loveandtime.org
Julia's RV team: https://intuitiveforecasting.com
Inside The Power We Hold: https://share.google/TY9v2AhHlmgMUVsgI
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In this mind-expanding conversation of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Michael A. Singer—legendary author of bestsellers The Untethered Soul, Living Untethered, and The Surrender Experiment, and founder of Temple of the Universe—returns to reveal the real truth behind spiritual awakening...and why most people are getting it wrong.
If you’ve ever wondered what a spiritual awakening actually looks like on a practical, everyday level, this is the breakdown you’ve been waiting for. Michael shares a step-by-step framework for building your spiritual identity, and explains why awakenings mean nothing unless you can properly integrate them into your daily life.
You’ll learn why resilience is the #1 key to coping with modern stress, and why every authentic spiritual teacher puts compassion at the forefront of their teachings. Michael reveals how compassion and acceptance are deeply connected—and how this powerful combination leads to cooperation, unity, and humanity’s highest good.
We also dive into the science behind spirituality, exploring the brain states of acceptance vs. resistance, and how eliminating the distractions of early emotions and personal narratives can open the door to higher consciousness. Michael even explains why we don’t matter nearly as much as we think we do—and why that realization is actually the most liberating truth of all.
You’ll hear his bold perspective on why we must fix ourselves before trying to fix the world, his belief that science is finally catching up to spirituality, and why the power of awe might be the missing ingredient in your spiritual evolution. Michael also breaks down the concept of the higher self, how to access it, and what it truly feels like to live untethered and surrender to the universe (spoiler: it DOESN’T mean blindly accepting everything that happens—he explains the difference).
Plus: his surprising proof that rich people are just as unhappy as everyone else, and his heartfelt message for beginners stepping onto the spiritual path for the first time.
And for the first time ever, he shares an exclusive announcement and preview of his upcoming book, along with his mind-bending thoughts on where consciousness really lies… and what happens to consciousness when we die.
If you’re ready to challenge everything you think you know about spirituality, identity, awakening, and the nature of existence itself, this is the episode of MBB you can’t afford to miss.
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In this mind-expanding conversation of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Michael A. Singer—legendary author of bestsellers The Untethered Soul, Living Untethered, and The Surrender Experiment, and founder of Temple of the Universe—returns to reveal the real truth behind spiritual awakening...and why most people are getting it wrong.
If you’ve ever wondered what a spiritual awakening actually looks like on a practical, everyday level, this is the breakdown you’ve been waiting for. Michael shares a step-by-step framework for building your spiritual identity, and explains why awakenings mean nothing unless you can properly integrate them into your daily life.
You’ll learn why resilience is the #1 key to coping with modern stress, and why every authentic spiritual teacher puts compassion at the forefront of their teachings. Michael reveals how compassion and acceptance are deeply connected—and how this powerful combination leads to cooperation, unity, and humanity’s highest good.
We also dive into the science behind spirituality, exploring the brain states of acceptance vs. resistance, and how eliminating the distractions of early emotions and personal narratives can open the door to higher consciousness. Michael even explains why we don’t matter nearly as much as we think we do—and why that realization is actually the most liberating truth of all.
You’ll hear his bold perspective on why we must fix ourselves before trying to fix the world, his belief that science is finally catching up to spirituality, and why the power of awe might be the missing ingredient in your spiritual evolution. Michael also breaks down the concept of the higher self, how to access it, and what it truly feels like to live untethered and surrender to the universe (spoiler: it DOESN’T mean blindly accepting everything that happens—he explains the difference).
Plus: his surprising proof that rich people are just as unhappy as everyone else, and his heartfelt message for beginners stepping onto the spiritual path for the first time.
And for the first time ever, he shares an exclusive announcement and preview of his upcoming book, along with his mind-bending thoughts on where consciousness really lies… and what happens to consciousness when we die.
If you’re ready to challenge everything you think you know about spirituality, identity, awakening, and the nature of existence itself, this is the episode of MBB you can’t afford to miss.
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