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/

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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.

Visit ⁠https://untetheredsoul.com/⁠ for more information about Michael Singer.

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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 honor of the holiday season, we are revisiting our conversation with Melissa Joan Hart!

Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Clarissa Explains It All, What Women Binge podcast) explains how she got her starts on her iconic television series, her Blossom audition, what it’s like to have your mom as your manager, and how her strong sense of responsibility helped her cope with the pressures of being a child actor. She and Mayim bond over starring in female character-driven shows around the same time and Melissa teaches Mayim about "Christmas Culture." Melissa opens up about her journey as a lifelong learner, her foray into directing, and the fascinating story about how her mom inadvertently became her manager.

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Is the veil between life and the afterlife finally breaking down? What could that mean for the way we live our lives?

In this jaw-dropping episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, Dr. Raymond A. Moody Jr., MD, PhD—the world’s leading authority on Near Death Experiences and author of the groundbreaking bestseller Life After Life—reveals the most mind-blowing NDE he has ever encountered in his 50 years of pioneering research.

For decades, Dr. Moody watched NDEs go from “fringe pseudoscience” to a serious, respected field of study. In this episode, he explains exactly what changed, why he believes NDEs represent the crumbling veil between our current reality and the afterlife, and why believing these accounts has nothing to do with religion, and everything to do with evidence.

Dr. Moody also breaks down:

- His astonishing Psychomanteum Research, reviving the ancient ritual of mirror gazing to communicate with deceased loved ones

- Why he feels “forced” to believe in an afterlife

- His powerful message to hardcore skeptics

- Why NDEs may be humanity’s first measurable bridge to another dimension

- The stunning phenomenon of Shared Death Experiences (including his own personal encounter!)

- Why SDEs may offer irrefutable proof of the validity of NDEs

- The spiritual exercise he uses to help skeptics open to afterlife evidence

- Why we’re on the verge of a breakthrough in the rational investigation of life after death

- How skeptics & parapsychologists may actually be more aligned than they think

Mayim and Jonathan also unpack the different categories of NDEs, why proving the science of the afterlife is so difficult, the eerie phenomenon of multiple people having parallel dreams at the same time, the impact of family constellation work on healing and ancestral patterns, and the profound power of unconscious belief and how it shapes our reality.

If you’ve ever wondered whether consciousness survives death…this episode of MBB will challenge everything you think you know!

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Today we’re sharing something truly special: an intimate conversation Jonathan recorded with end-of-life counselor and death doula, Dr. Martha Jo Atkins. Many of you met her on the show before, but this episode—originally shared only with Jonathan’s Substack community on his practical spirituality page —goes even deeper. Martha Jo, who’s been with thousands of people as they have transitioned, witnessing what most of us never see or never talk about.

This conversation is not just about dying—it’s about understanding life. Martha describes the subtle patterns people exhibit when they’re nearing the end: asking the time over and over, feeling restless, talking about needing to “go,” searching for shoes or keys or maps even when they can’t physically walk. These behaviors aren’t random. They’re signals of a transition already underway. And once you hear her describe them, you realize we do the exact same things during major life transitions.

When we’re growing.

When we’re changing.

When something in us is shifting before we’re ready to say it out loud.

We can’t sleep.

We check the clock compulsively.

We feel unsettled in our bodies.

We imagine leaving relationships, jobs, or versions of ourselves without knowing why.

We call it anxiety—but Martha helps reveal it as a natural part of transformation. And that’s what makes this conversation so relatable. Martha and Jonathan talk about why so many of us feel anxious even when something might not be wrong. And how our bodies might send messages before our minds understand what’s happening. Martha and Jonathan explore what it actually means to tune your intuition.

Learning to notice what’s happening inside you.

Clearing the emotional noise that blocks clarity.

Understanding why your system reacts the way it does.

And reconnecting to the inner guidance most of us have spent years overriding or numbing out.

We also get into Martha’s personal journey—how her brother’s death opened her intuitive senses, the non-ordinary experiences she’s had but didn’t have language for at the time, and how she continues to feel connected to loved ones who have passed. And she shares concrete practices anyone can use to settle the nervous system, develop intuition, and navigate uncertainty with more calm and trust.

If you’re going through a transition, feeling overwhelmed, or just sensing that something inside you is shifting, this conversation will give you language, perspective, and support. And if you want more episodes like this—sometimes with surprise guests—you can find them on Jonathan’s Substack where this one originally aired. We hope you enjoy it, and we hope to see you over on Substack!

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