BLACK HOLES, THE BIG BANG & ALIEN LIFE: Astrophysicist Janna Levin Breaks Down the UniverseEver wondered what existed before the Big Bang? Or why all planets are different, and why Earth is so perfectly suited for life?In this mind-expanding episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, renowned astrophysicist and author of Black Hole Survival Guide, Janna Levin (Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University), takes us on a cosmic journey through the deepest mysteries of the universe, and how they reflect back on what it means to be human.From the terrifying truth about black holes to the surprising science behind moons, planets, and even nuclear weapons, we're answering space questions you didn’t even know you had.Janna Levin breaks down:- Everything You’ve Ever Wondered About the Big Bang: What came before it, myths, how it created space and time- What is Time and how do black holes bend it?- Why planets are round- What moons really are (and the wild origin of our Moon)- How stars give birth to planets- What black holes are, what happens inside, and their role in the fundamentals of physics- Why some stars become black holes and others don’t- How Einstein and Oppenheimer cracked the code on black holes and how we observe them today- What would happen if our Sun became a black hole and could we actually fall into one?- Spooky effects of black holes on time & space (Could they teach us to age slower?)- Why there’s likely a black hole at the center of every galaxy- Why Janna Levin believes we’ll discover alien life within 50 years & what it could look like (it will likely be on moons, not planets!)- Will our tragic reliance on tech destroy us, or save us?- Can we make tech more compatible with nature?- Why advancing tech increases the generational gap- Why Janna doesn’t believe AI will ever become truly conscious- Why the universe is considered left-handed- What would happen if the Sun were knocked out of our system- Nuclear weapons & how they were invented through studying the Sun- Parallels between nature and cosmic phenomena across the universeThis episode of MBB is really all about the growing hunger in society to understand the cosmos, and therefore, ourselves. Don’t miss this mind-blowing journey into the heart of space, time, existence, and our place in it all!

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BLACK HOLES, THE BIG BANG & ALIEN LIFE: Astrophysicist Janna Levin Breaks Down the Universe

Ever wondered what existed before the Big Bang? Or why all planets are different, and why Earth is so perfectly suited for life?

In this mind-expanding episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, renowned astrophysicist and author of Black Hole Survival Guide, Janna Levin (Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University), takes us on a cosmic journey through the deepest mysteries of the universe, and how they reflect back on what it means to be human.

From the terrifying truth about black holes to the surprising science behind moons, planets, and even nuclear weapons, we're answering space questions you didn’t even know you had.

Janna Levin breaks down:

- Everything You’ve Ever Wondered About the Big Bang: What came before it, myths, how it created space and time

- What is Time and how do black holes bend it?

- Why planets are round

- What moons really are (and the wild origin of our Moon)

- How stars give birth to planets

- What black holes are, what happens inside, and their role in the fundamentals of physics

- Why some stars become black holes and others don’t

- How Einstein and Oppenheimer cracked the code on black holes and how we observe them today

- What would happen if our Sun became a black hole and could we actually fall into one?

- Spooky effects of black holes on time & space (Could they teach us to age slower?)

- Why there’s likely a black hole at the center of every galaxy

- Why Janna Levin believes we’ll discover alien life within 50 years & what it could look like (it will likely be on moons, not planets!)

- Will our tragic reliance on tech destroy us, or save us?

- Can we make tech more compatible with nature?

- Why advancing tech increases the generational gap

- Why Janna doesn’t believe AI will ever become truly conscious

- Why the universe is considered left-handed

- What would happen if the Sun were knocked out of our system

- Nuclear weapons & how they were invented through studying the Sun

- Parallels between nature and cosmic phenomena across the universe

This episode of MBB is really all about the growing hunger in society to understand the cosmos, and therefore, ourselves. Don’t miss this mind-blowing journey into the heart of space, time, existence, and our place in it all!

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In honor of ADHD Awareness Month, we are revisiting our conversation with Jodie Sweetin! Jodie Sweetin (Full House & Fuller House) discusses her work as “Stephanie Tanner” on Full House, living with ADHD and how she thinks it has helped her, and the importance of showing up as the parent you needed to have yourself. She explains how therapy and sobriety allow her to be a better parent and the importance of honesty in a parent-child relationship. Mayim and Jodie consider the need for prison reform after Jodie opens up about being adopted as a baby after she was born within the prison system. They discuss coping mechanisms in nature vs nurture and share their earliest childhood memories. Jodie reveals the top 5 things that keep her centered and ways she redirects feelings of wanting to run away into efforts of self-care.

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In celebration of Bari Weiss' new position as Editor-in-Chief at CBS News, we are revisiting our conversation from 2 years ago! Bari Weiss (founder and editor of The Free Press, host of the Honestly podcast) opens up about her very public resignation from The New York Times, how the polarized mainstream media and negative news cycle can impact our wellness as a society, and the importance of being able to have conversations with people you may not always agree with. She explains how the digital revolution transformed the business model of news as an institution and considers the source of people’s paranoia with mainstream news, which has led to a rise in conspiracy theories. Bari reveals why her own grandma called her a right wing fascist, the values and historical perspective that guide her to stand up in the face of fear, and what the rise of gurus can tell us about our era. She discusses the importance of community and why sacrificing comfort is sometimes necessary to live a meaningful life.

Check out our full episode with Bari Weiss: https://www.bialikbreakdown.com/watch-podcast/bari-weiss

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Age Backwards! Dr. Vonda Wright Reveals the SHOCKING Truths About Your Health, Longevity, Hormones & Bone Loss

Is everything you thought you knew about aging completely wrong? In this eye-opening episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Dr. Vonda Wright (double-board certified orthopedic surgeon, internationally recognized authority on human performance, and author of UNBREAKABLE: A Woman’s Guide to Aging with Power) exposes the hidden truths about your body, your hormones, your health, and your future. Discover how your musculoskeletal system is secretly tied to your mood, hormones, and even your purpose in life, and why osteoporosis symptoms infuriate Dr. Wright (and what you NEED to know before it’s too late!).

Dr. Vonda Wright also breaks down:

- The jaw-dropping statistic that 80% of women experience incontinence, and how to prevent it

- Why the majority of Alzheimer’s patients are female, and what you can do NOW to lower your risk

- Biggest MYTHS people believe about aging debunked!

- How your diet and exercise actually change your genetic code

- Why visualizing your ideal aging process can literally improve your future

- Incontinence 101: Who it affects, what causes it, and how to retrain your body

- Why women’s health is decades behind, and how this delay is costing lives

- The 3 keys to resilience: Control, Challenge & Commitment, and how they make aging easier

- What’s behind the alarming rise in suicide among female doctors and male orthopedic surgeons

- How athletic activities improve mental health

- Easy, realistic steps to boost fitness (no gym required!)

- The shocking differences in how men and women age

- Why you don’t have to choose hormone therapy, but why you MUST educate yourself

- In your 30s or 40s? Over 50? Here’s exactly what to do NOW to protect your future health

- How our culture’s obsession with thinness is killing women

- How much calcium and protein you REALLY need for optimal bone health

- Best ways to build bone density

- Silent dangers of prioritizing weight loss over muscle strength

- What REALLY causes osteoporosis (it’s not just a women’s disease!)

- Shocking links between alcohol and hidden health risks

- How the medicalization of midlife health changes is hurting women

- Why menopause is behind a rising number of midlife divorces

- How improving mobility can reverse chronic disease

- How bone health predicts overall health

- Surprising links between Alzheimer’s & osteoporosis

- Dr. Wright’s top creatine supplement recommendation

- Why cardio is more important than you think

PLUS...Mayim teaches us the correct way to do Kegel exercises! This episode is a blueprint for powerful aging. Whether you’re 25 or 65, you NEED to hear what Dr. Wright has to say. Hit play, take notes, and take control of your future!

Dr. Vonda Wright’s latest book, UNBREAKABLE: A Woman's Guide to Aging with Power: ⁠https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777365/unbreakable-by-vonda-wright-md/⁠

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Age Backwards! Dr. Vonda Wright Reveals the SHOCKING Truths About Your Health, Longevity, Hormones & Bone Loss

Is everything you thought you knew about aging completely wrong? In this eye-opening episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Dr. Vonda Wright (double-board certified orthopedic surgeon, internationally recognized authority on human performance, and author of UNBREAKABLE: A Woman’s Guide to Aging with Power) exposes the hidden truths about your body, your hormones, your health, and your future. Discover how your musculoskeletal system is secretly tied to your mood, hormones, and even your purpose in life, and why osteoporosis symptoms infuriate Dr. Wright (and what you NEED to know before it’s too late!).

Dr. Vonda Wright also breaks down:

- The jaw-dropping statistic that 80% of women experience incontinence, and how to prevent it

- Why the majority of Alzheimer’s patients are female, and what you can do NOW to lower your risk

- Biggest MYTHS people believe about aging debunked!

- How your diet and exercise actually change your genetic code

- Why visualizing your ideal aging process can literally improve your future

- Incontinence 101: Who it affects, what causes it, and how to retrain your body

- Why women’s health is decades behind, and how this delay is costing lives

- The 3 keys to resilience: Control, Challenge & Commitment, and how they make aging easier

- What’s behind the alarming rise in suicide among female doctors and male orthopedic surgeons

- How athletic activities improve mental health

- Easy, realistic steps to boost fitness (no gym required!)

- The shocking differences in how men and women age

- Why you don’t have to choose hormone therapy, but why you MUST educate yourself

- In your 30s or 40s? Over 50? Here’s exactly what to do NOW to protect your future health

- How our culture’s obsession with thinness is killing women

- How much calcium and protein you REALLY need for optimal bone health

- Best ways to build bone density

- Silent dangers of prioritizing weight loss over muscle strength

- What REALLY causes osteoporosis (it’s not just a women’s disease!)

- Shocking links between alcohol and hidden health risks

- How the medicalization of midlife health changes is hurting women

- Why menopause is behind a rising number of midlife divorces

- How improving mobility can reverse chronic disease

- How bone health predicts overall health

- Surprising links between Alzheimer’s & osteoporosis

- Dr. Wright’s top creatine supplement recommendation

- Why cardio is more important than you think

PLUS...Mayim teaches us the correct way to do Kegel exercises! This episode is a blueprint for powerful aging. Whether you’re 25 or 65, you NEED to hear what Dr. Wright has to say. Hit play, take notes, and take control of your future!

Dr. Vonda Wright’s latest book, UNBREAKABLE: A Woman's Guide to Aging with Power: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777365/unbreakable-by-vonda-wright-md/

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Are Aliens Just an Extension of Our Consciousness? Are psychedelics the only way to tap into a higher state of consciousness? Dr. James B. Glattfelder on the Transcendental Multiverse, Psychedelics, and the Fight for Meaning

What if communicating with aliens isn’t “out there”, but deep within? In this mind-expanding episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Dr. James B. Glattfelder, complexity scientist, metaphysical idealist, former quant, and author, dives deep into the true nature of consciousness, the limits of traditional physics, and the emergence of meaning in our increasingly fractured world.

From psychedelic dimensions and the “transcendental multiverse” to the hidden role of identity in societal collapse, Dr. Glattfelder explores:

- Why modern physics hits a wall when explaining consciousness, and why the pendulum is swinging back toward spiritual and philosophical truth

- Whether alien contact during DMT trips is actually us tapping into a wider field of consciousness

- Why he believes we live in a transcendental multiverse, and how you can train yourself to explore it

- His personal experiences with psychedelics, and why he thinks they should be a last resort for accessing higher states

- Natural ways to stimulate DMT production without substances

- Potential mental health benefits of THC

- Alternative modalities that lead to non-dual states and expanded awareness

- Dangers of cosmic nihilism in today’s spiritual seeking

- Why identity is at the root of our collective dysfunction

- Whether everyone should have access to higher consciousness, or if it’s best left to the few

- Why exploring your consciousness has the radical power to transform your life

- Delicate balance between intuition, metaphysical signs, and grounded presence

- Neuroscience vs philosophy: Why brain damage sometimes unlocks new genius abilities

- How religion served humanity before it was weaponized, and what’s next

- Why we suffer, even if there’s a loving intelligence behind everything

- The real cure for our crisis of meaning? A return to re-enchantment with reality

- Why so many plants have psychedelic properties, and what that says about consciousness itself

This conversation will shake the foundations of what you believe is real!

Dr. James B. Glattfelder's latest book, The Sapient Cosmos: What A Modern-Day Synthesis of Science and Philosophy Teaches Us About the Emergence Of Information, Consciousness, and Meaning: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/essentia-books/our-books/sapient-cosmos

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Is Everything You Know About Reality…Wrong? What Is Consciousness & How Does It Shape Our Reality??

In this mind-expanding episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Dr. Bernardo Kastrup (Executive Director of the Essentia Foundation, CEO of AI company Euclyd B.V., and the leading voice behind the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism) explores the BIGGEST questions humans have ever asked, like:

- What is the true nature of reality?

- What happens when we die?

- Is consciousness more fundamental than matter?

- Does love actually matter?

- Is suffering necessary, or just misunderstood?

- Could reality be mental at its core, and not physical?

If you've ever questioned what science can’t explain, like supernatural experiences, deep emotional pain, or why the placebo effect can shrink tumors and reduce the need for surgery, this episode will blow your mind.

Dr. Kastrup reveals:

- Why physicalism fails to explain human experience

- How cosmopsychism gives us the tools to connect across political & cultural divides

- Why cancer may be partly a mental phenomenon

- How psychedelics model death

- The spiritual purpose of menopause (yes, really!)

- The loss of meaning as the real threat to humanity

- How the universe mimics biological networks (and why that matters)

- Why tinnitus became a spiritual journey of awakening for him

- Shocking power of the mind-body connection to heal or harm

- How addiction, capitalism, and overstimulation pull us away from life’s deeper truth

- Danger of identifying with your narrative self

- Why science isn’t enough to explain life’s biggest mysteries, and never will be

- Plus: Why Bernardo rarely does interviews anymore…and what made him say yes to this one.

If you've ever felt that there’s more to life than what we see, this episode is for you.

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Is Everything You Know About Reality…Wrong? What Is Consciousness & How Does It Shape Our Reality??

In this mind-expanding episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Dr. Bernardo Kastrup (Executive Director of the Essentia Foundation, CEO of AI company Euclyd B.V., and the leading voice behind the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism) explores the BIGGEST questions humans have ever asked, like:

- What is the true nature of reality?

- What happens when we die?

- Is consciousness more fundamental than matter?

- Does love actually matter?

- Is suffering necessary, or just misunderstood?

- Could reality be mental at its core, and not physical?

If you've ever questioned what science can’t explain, like supernatural experiences, deep emotional pain, or why the placebo effect can shrink tumors and reduce the need for surgery, this episode will blow your mind.

Dr. Kastrup reveals:

- Why physicalism fails to explain human experience

- How cosmopsychism gives us the tools to connect across political & cultural divides

- Why cancer may be partly a mental phenomenon

- How psychedelics model death

- The spiritual purpose of menopause (yes, really!)

- The loss of meaning as the real threat to humanity

- How the universe mimics biological networks (and why that matters)

- Why tinnitus became a spiritual journey of awakening for him

- Shocking power of the mind-body connection to heal or harm

- How addiction, capitalism, and overstimulation pull us away from life’s deeper truth

- Danger of identifying with your narrative self

- Why science isn’t enough to explain life’s biggest mysteries, and never will be

- Plus: Why Bernardo rarely does interviews anymore…and what made him say yes to this one.

If you've ever felt that there’s more to life than what we see, this episode is for you.

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Aliens Incoming?! Harvard Scientist Dr. Avi Loeb reveals the astronomy behind why 3I/Atlas could cancel your Halloween plans…

On October 29th, just two days before Halloween, a mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is set to make a highly unusual approach to our sun and it’s raising MAJOR red flags! Could this be a disguised alien mothership on a secret surveillance mission to Earth? The trajectory coincidences are so bizarre, they defy all known statistics.

In this explosive episode of Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown, Dr. Avi Loeb (Harvard professor, astrophysicist, and bestselling author of Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars) dives deep with Mayim & Jonathan into what 3I/ATLAS might really be…and how it ties into everything we thought we knew about life beyond Earth.

Dr. Avi Loeb also breaks down:

- Did the U.S. Government recover four types of alien biological entities from UAP crash sites?

- Evidence that human life may have been engineered by another species

- Was Mars home to life before Earth?

- The chilling reason you should NEVER shake an alien’s hand

- Why Loeb says extraterrestrial life is a national security issue

- The new “Loeb Scale” to evaluate interstellar object encounters

- Why the discovery of alien life could be the only thing that unites humanity

- His urgent call for a global organization to defend Earth against threats like aliens, AI, and climate change

- The plan to build a DNA ark using artificial intelligence — a “Noah’s Ark” for Earth’s survival!

- How science and spirituality can coexist, and why believing in aliens shouldn't conflict with faith

- Why the hidden black holes theory doesn’t prove the multiverse

- How we can finally pressure governments to reveal the truth about extraterrestrials

Whether you’re a skeptic, a believer, or just curious about all things alien, this is the video you can’t afford to miss. Tune in to MBB now before October 29th possibly changes everything...

Dr. Avi Loeb's latest book, Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars: ⁠https://www.harpercollins.com/products/interstellar-avi-loeb?variant=41641513418786⁠

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