This week we’re sharing a chat Jonathan held on his Substack page, Practical Spirituality, with Mystic Michaela: author, podcast host, and fourth generation psychic medium who specializes in reading auras. When talking about energy, we explore the question: can you connect to someone’s energy when they aren’t in the room? Michaela says yes. Every version of you still exists, and you can send energ
10 Oct 2026 · 57 minConsciousness. 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!
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In honor of World Mental Health Day, we’re revisiting our second episode with New York Times best-selling author Johann Hari (Stolen Focus, Lost Connections, Chasing the Scream, Magic Pill). He gave us a powerful breakdown of the real causes behind depression, anxiety, and the global attention crisis. Is Big Pharma healing us or profiting from keeping us sick? Johann reveals why only two of the ni
9 Oct 2026 · 1 h 35 minWhat if UFOs, human consciousness, and artificial intelligence are all connected, and the key to humanity’s future isn’t coming from governments, scientists, or Silicon Valley, but from nonhuman intelligence (NHI)? In this episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Sean Webb (leading human mind & emotional intelligence expert who translates cutting-edge neuroscience & complex-systems thinking into pract
7 Oct 2026 · 52 minWhat if UFOs, human consciousness, and artificial intelligence are all connected, and the key to humanity’s future isn’t coming from governments, scientists, or Silicon Valley, but from nonhuman intelligence (NHI)? In this episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Sean Webb (leading human mind & emotional intelligence expert who translates cutting-edge neuroscience & complex-systems thinking into pract
6 Oct 2026 · 53 minDr. Edwin C. May (physicist, former director of the U.S. Government's infamous Star Gate remote viewing program, and one of the world's leading researchers into extrasensory perception) reveals what decades of classified research actually uncovered about psychic phenomena. In this episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, he breaks down the science behind remote viewing and telepathy, explains why he b
2 Oct 2026 · 1 h 3 minWhat if everything you believe about consciousness, enlightenment, God, death, and reality is backwards? In this episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Rupert Spira—one of the world's leading voices on nonduality and contemporary spirituality—challenges the deepest assumptions about who we are and reveals why consciousness may be the ultimate reality of the universe, not something created by the bra
30 Sep 2026 · 51 minWhat if everything you believe about consciousness, enlightenment, God, death, and reality is backwards? In this episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Rupert Spira—one of the world's leading voices on nonduality and contemporary spirituality—challenges the deepest assumptions about who we are and reveals why consciousness may be the ultimate reality of the universe, not something created by the bra
29 Sep 2026 · 47 minWhat if consciousness is far more fundamental than the physical world we see around us? What happens to consciousness when we die? And could learning to quiet the mind, strengthen intuition, and move beyond our five senses reveal a deeper reality? In this episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar—world-renowned spiritual leader, meditation teacher, and founder of The Art of
26 Sep 2026 · 51 minThis week we’re revisiting an episode from 2021 with Rainn Wilson, best known as Dwight Schrute from the beloved series The Office. Rainn holds a special place here at MBB for a couple of reasons: he was our very first in-person guest and one of our first spiritual guests. In this episode he discusses his nerdy childhood, growing up with social misfit parents, and the evolution that therapy has pr
25 Sep 2026 · 55 minCult expert Rick Alan Ross (founder of the Cult Education Institute and author of Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out ) reveals how cults are shaping modern society in ways most people never realize. Could a cult be influencing U.S. politics? On this episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, we examine the disturbing allegations surrounding Tulsi Gabbard's (former director of national i
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22 Sep 2026 · 50 minWhat if science is finally catching up to the supernatural? In part 2 of our episode with Dr. Helané Wahbeh (Director of Research at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and author of The Science of Channeling) she takes us inside the cutting edge of consciousness research, revealing what science is uncovering about channeling, psychic abilities, energy healing, telepathy, and the non-material
17 Sep 2026 · 1 h 5 minWhat if everything you thought you knew about channeling is wrong? Dr. Helané Wahbeh (Director of Research at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and author of The Science of Channeling) reveals the science, psychology, and real-world practice behind one of the world's most misunderstood phenomena. In this episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, she shares how she unexpectedly began trance channeling as
15 Sep 2026 · 1 h 3 minWe're sharing an episode Jonathan Cohen appeared on that we think you'll love. Jonathan joined the Phenomena Podcast to help close out its season on energy healing and we wanted to bring that conversation to you! What is “energy” in energy healing? Every healer in this series uses the word. Every patient reaches for it. Ancient healing traditions built entire systems around it and modern researche
12 Sep 2026 · 1 h 17 minWhat if the next battlefield isn't physical, but your brain? In this episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Dr. James Giordano (Professor Emeritus of Neurology and Biochemistry, Chair Emeritus of the Neuroethics Studies Program at Georgetown University Medical Center, served as the consulting neuroscientist on research into the original cases of Havana Syndrome) explores the rapidly evolving world o
11 Sep 2026 · 1 h 31 minSharon Stone has never shared a conversation quite like this. The Basic Instinct and Casino star, bestselling author of The Beauty of Living Twice , artist, producer, and humanitarian opens up on Mayim Bialik's Breakdown about the extraordinary experiences that completely transformed how she sees life, consciousness, death, love, and the universe. She reveals the terrifying near death experience s
9 Sep 2026 · 46 minSharon Stone has never shared a conversation quite like this. The Basic Instinct and Casino star, bestselling author of The Beauty of Living Twice , artist, producer, and humanitarian opens up on Mayim Bialik's Breakdown about the extraordinary experiences that completely transformed how she sees life, consciousness, death, love, and the universe. She reveals the terrifying near death experience s
8 Sep 2026 · 1 h 5 minWhat if your intuition isn't just a gut feeling, but a message from Spirit? What if the challenges you're facing today were lessons your soul chose before you were even born? And what if anyone could learn to connect with loved ones who have passed? In this episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Barbra Banner (Certified Psychic, Trance & Evidential Medium) shares the extraordinary story of how she u
4 Sep 2026 · 47 minDr. Charles Liu (astrophysics professor and host of The LIUniverse podcast) joins Mayim Bialik's Breakdown to reveal the physics of consciousness, time, & the multiverse! We explore the biggest scientific mysteries humanity is facing today: - How scientists are beginning to take disclosure into their own hands to gather evidence that could actually prove the existence of nonhuman intelligence - Wh
2 Sep 2026 · 1 h 0 minDr. Charles Liu (astrophysics professor and host of The LIUniverse podcast) joins Mayim Bialik's Breakdown to reveal the physics of consciousness, time, & the multiverse! We explore the biggest scientific mysteries humanity is facing today: - How scientists are beginning to take disclosure into their own hands to gather evidence that could actually prove the existence of nonhuman intelligence - Wh
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