Mayim Bialik's Breakdown

Hosts

• Mayim BialikActress, neuroscientist and host of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown
• Jonathan CohenExecutive producer and co-host of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, writer and energy worker

Frequent guests

• Rick Alan Ross · 2 episodesAmerican cult intervention specialist, founder of the Cult Education Institute and author of Cults Inside Out
• Sean Webb · 1 episodeAuthor of the Mind Hacking Happiness series and NHI Connected Mind, emotional intelligence and AI algorithm developer
• Edwin C. May · 1 episodeAmerican physicist and former director of the U.S. government's Star Gate remote viewing research program
• Rupert Spira · 1 episodeBritish teacher of nonduality and contemporary spirituality, author of the direct path approach
• Rainn Wilson · 1 episodeAmerican actor known for playing Dwight Schrute on The Office and founder of SoulPancake
• Meredith Sprengel · 1 episodeResearcher and recurring expert contributor on the Phenomena podcast
• Neil Theise · 1 episodeAdjunct professor of pathology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and co-discoverer of the interstitium
• Richard Hammerschlag · 1 episodeBiochemist and acupuncture researcher, co-author of a foundational paper defining the biofield
• Martin Picard · 1 episodeProfessor of behavioral medicine at Columbia University who leads the mitochondrial psychobiology lab

Topics

• Meditation
• Consciousness
• Near-death experience
• Materialism
• Child abuse
• Cults Inside Out
• Thought reform
• Military use of artificial intelligence
• NHI Connected Mind
• Disclosure Day (film)
• Jesus and quantum mechanics
• Quantum mind and microtubules
• Artificial intelligence
• Anthropic
• AI alignment

Recently covered

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  Part Two: He Called Out to Nonhuman Intelligence at Lake Hartwell. Three Minutes Later, Navy SEALs Watched Two Objects Perform a Maneuver No Terrestrial Craft Could Make | Sean Webb

  Oct 7, 2026 · 52 min

  Sean Webb tells Mayim Bialik and Jonathan Cohen about receiving information from nonhuman intelligence, AI emotions and alignment, and Jesus and quantum mechanics.

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  CIA Used Psychics To See The Future: The Secret Remote Viewing Program That Sent Psychic Spies on 500 Classified Missions, Plus Signs That You Might Have These Abilities | Dr. Edwin C. May

  Oct 2, 2026 · 1 h 4 min

  Physicist Edwin C. May tells Mayim Bialik and Jonathan Cohen about the U.S. government's Star Gate remote viewing program, precognition research, and his materialist worldview.

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  Part Two: You Have Never Seen Reality: Discover Who You Actually Are in Only Two Minutes | Rupert Spira

  Sep 30, 2026 · 51 min

  Mayim Bialik and Jonathan Cohen continue their conversation with nonduality teacher Rupert Spira on enlightenment, consciousness, synchronicity, relationships, death, and the soul.

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  Re-Air: Embrace Your Eccentricities & A Petri Dish of Creativity | Rainn Wilson

  Sep 25, 2026 · 55 min

  Rainn Wilson tells Mayim Bialik and Jonathan Cohen about his alienated nerdy childhood, anxiety and addiction, therapy, 12-step programs and the Baha'i faith.

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  Part Two: Cult Leaders Target You At Your Weakest. Never Confess This To Them | Rick Alan Ross

  Sep 23, 2026 · 59 min

  Mayim Bialik and cult expert Rick Alan Ross discuss coercive control in relationships, workplaces and UFO groups, Tulsi Gabbard's ties to Chris Butler, and whether MAGA is a cult.

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