Mayim Bialik's Breakdown
Mayim Bialik
Consciousness. Spontaneous healing. UAPs. Near Death Experiences. Manifestation. Psychic phenomena. Angels. Nothing is off limits if it can be approached with curiosity and rigor.
MBB started as a conversation about mental health — and quickly became something much bigger. Because the deeper you go into what it means to be human, the faster you run into questions science hasn’t fully answered yet.
Hosted by neuroscientist and cultural icon Mayim Bialik and spiritual explorer Jonathan Cohen, MBB is a multi-award-winning podcast where science and spirituality meet. Together they break down the assumptions, the misperceptions, and the boundaries between disciplines — and every breakdown is a breakthrough. This is where the biggest questions get taken seriously — and where you realize you’ve never been alone in asking them.
Can the mind actually heal the body? Can quantum physics explain psychic phenomena? What do Near Death Experiences reveal about the nature of consciousness and the seat of the human soul? What if the only thing separating you from your own intuition - or even God - is the assumption that it’s out of reach? And if governments are publicly acknowledging the existence of UFOs, what does that mean for the future of humanity?
These are the questions Mayim Bialik's Breakdown asks every week.
Subscribe on Substack for ad-free episodes and bonus content, and check us out on YouTube (@MayimBialik) for video versions of our episodes!
MBB started as a conversation about mental health — and quickly became something much bigger. Because the deeper you go into what it means to be human, the faster you run into questions science hasn’t fully answered yet.
Hosted by neuroscientist and cultural icon Mayim Bialik and spiritual explorer Jonathan Cohen, MBB is a multi-award-winning podcast where science and spirituality meet. Together they break down the assumptions, the misperceptions, and the boundaries between disciplines — and every breakdown is a breakthrough. This is where the biggest questions get taken seriously — and where you realize you’ve never been alone in asking them.
Can the mind actually heal the body? Can quantum physics explain psychic phenomena? What do Near Death Experiences reveal about the nature of consciousness and the seat of the human soul? What if the only thing separating you from your own intuition - or even God - is the assumption that it’s out of reach? And if governments are publicly acknowledging the existence of UFOs, what does that mean for the future of humanity?
These are the questions Mayim Bialik's Breakdown asks every week.
Subscribe on Substack for ad-free episodes and bonus content, and check us out on YouTube (@MayimBialik) for video versions of our episodes!
Episodes
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May 13, 2026 • 1h 13min
Part Two: Vincent Tolman Died in a Dairy Queen Bathroom at 25 — He Was Gone for Over an Hour and Came Back With 10 Messages About the Afterlife
Vincent Tolman, author and near-death experiencer who returned from a prolonged clinical death, recounts a luminous, timeless realm and meeting a guide named Drake. He describes healing imagery, a life-review that felt like feeling others' pain, and 10 messages about purpose, free will, authenticity, and why children seem more connected. He also discusses medical mysteries and how the experience reshaped his life.
May 12, 2026 • 1h 12min
Vincent Tolman Died in a Dairy Queen Bathroom at 25 — He Was Gone for Over an Hour and Came Back With 10 Messages About the Afterlife
Vincent Tolman, author and near-death experiencer who survived 45–90 minutes of clinical death, shares a mind-bending account of crossing over and returning with ten messages about life and the beyond. He describes floating out of his body, a life review, meeting a radiant guide, why Earth feels like a school, how free will and suffering fit into purpose, and how tech and vibration shape our spiritual paths.
May 8, 2026 • 1h 18min
Re-Air: We Aren’t Our Thoughts! Simple Steps to Achieving Inner Peace, Letting Go of Negative Thoughts & Becoming Happier, Healthier & Calmer
Joseph Nguyen, New York Times bestselling author and meditation teacher who transformed his life after rock bottom. He explores why changing circumstances fails, how judgmental thinking creates suffering, practical PAUSE steps to interrupt overthinking, and ways to integrate nonjudgmental meditation into daily life for more calm and clarity.
May 6, 2026 • 1h 22min
Part Two: Charged With Murder at 19, Sentenced to 40 years, and Came Out Freer Than Most People Will Ever Be — Shaka Senghor on Forgiveness, Shame, and Escaping the Prisons Nobody Talks About
Shaka Senghor, resilience expert and bestselling author who transformed decades of incarceration into advocacy, shares a harrowing life story. He discusses solitary confinement as a crucible for change. He talks about forgiveness, confronting shame and childhood trauma, learning who shot him, and rebuilding a life through writing, mentorship, and nature.
May 5, 2026 • 1h 1min
Charged With Murder at 19, Sentenced to 40 years, and Came Out Freer Than Most People Will Ever Be — Shaka Senghor on Forgiveness, Shame, and Escaping the Prisons Nobody Talks About
Shaka Senghor, bestselling author and former long-term incarcerated man who rebuilt his life, tells a harrowing life story. He talks about running away, addiction, being shot, the murder and decades behind bars, and surviving years in solitary. He shares how literacy, mentorship, spiritual inquiry, and a mindset shift fueled his remarkable transformation.
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May 1, 2026 • 1h 14min
She Spent 20 Years Inside Cartels, Scam Factories & Black Markets. Investigative Journalist Mariana van Zeller On The $12 Billion Industry Stealing From Americans & Why Everybody Is Scammable
Mariana van Zeller, an Emmy- and Peabody-winning investigative reporter of black and gray markets, recounts two decades inside cartels, scam factories, and trafficking networks. She explores fake drugs, romance scams and pig butchering, AI-enabled deception, scam compounds and forced labor. She also describes dangerous fieldwork, cartel violence dynamics, and why empathy opens closed worlds.
Apr 29, 2026 • 1h 3min
Part Two: NASA Physicist Takes UFOs Seriously: Dr. Kevin Knuth on Aliens Already Living on Earth, Nuclear Missile Shutdowns, and the Government Cover-Up
Dr. Kevin Knuth, a physics professor and former NASA researcher studying UAPs, shares startling claims about nonhuman intelligence possibly living on Earth. He discusses underwater bases, verified nuclear missile shutdowns, objects defying physics, burned humans and scorched trees, mysterious “angel hair,” crash debris analyses, the Water World hypothesis, and historical patterns suggesting a long-running cover-up.
Apr 28, 2026 • 48min
NASA Physicist Takes UFOs Seriously: Dr. Kevin Knuth on Aliens Already Living on Earth, Nuclear Missile Shutdowns, and the Government Cover-Up
Dr. Kevin Knuth, a professor of physics and former NASA research scientist who studies UAPs and anomalous phenomena, joins to discuss startling reports. He covers verified incidents of nuclear missile shutdowns, objects defying known physics, signs of nonhuman intelligence possibly living on or under Earth, mysterious physical effects like scorched trees and disabled cars, and the ocean as a potential hiding place.
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Apr 25, 2026 • 55min
Substack Live Re-Air: The Emotional Journey to a Pain Free Life | Nicole Sachs
Nicole Sachs, LCSW and mind-body medicine expert who created the JournalSpeak method, shares how emotions can show up as chronic pain. She explains the emotional reservoir idea and a breakthrough journaling moment that shifted her life. Learn her three-part approach: knowledge, a daily unbridled journaling practice, and self-compassion. Practical, surprising, and deeply human.
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Apr 24, 2026 • 1h 17min
Re-Air: “I Survived!” Holly Madison’s Journey to FREEDOM
Holly Madison, former Playboy Playmate turned author and producer, reflects on life in the Playboy Mansion, surviving manipulation, and a late autism diagnosis that reframed her past. She discusses love bombing, Stockholm syndrome, body image pressures, numbing through substances, breaking free, and her true crime work including The Playboy Murders.
