Re-Air: Melissa Joan Hart: Teaching Mayim About Clam Breeding & Christmas!

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Mayim Bialik

Comedy, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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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. Subscribe on Substack for Ad-Free Episodes & Bonus Content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bialikbreakdown.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BialikBreakdown.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube.com/mayimbialik⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm I am Bialik.
0:06.5	And I'm Jonathan Cohen.
0:07.7	And welcome to our breakdown.
0:09.9	Well, the weather outside is frightful.
0:13.9	That's just one of the Christmas songs I like to sing at this time of year.
0:18.0	Happy holiday season, everyone.
0:19.5	We're revisiting today a really fun episode
0:22.7	with the Queen of Christmas herself, who, Melissa Joan Hart. This is from a couple years ago.
0:28.8	You know Melissa from obviously Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Clarissa explains it all, and basically
0:34.8	most Christmas movies that have come out in the last 20 years.
0:39.2	Before Maim continues to tell you about this episode, which is phenomenal and, you know,
0:45.3	I wasn't in it actually when it first recorded, so I'm here with you all revisiting it.
0:50.3	I'll tell you a little bit of story about Maim. There's a local Christmas party that we went to last year.
0:56.5	And we're going to go again this year.
0:58.7	And Mime's favorite activity during a Christmas party is leaving the Christmas party.
1:05.5	Especially when the Christmas carols start.
1:08.0	She is such a good caroler and she's such a good singer.
1:10.5	But there's
1:11.3	something about collective singing and dancing that maybe freaks her out a little bit.
1:16.9	I think this is a misrepresentation. There's actually a lot that is really fun and joyful,
1:23.7	even if you don't celebrate Christmas, which I don't. But in this episode, we actually talk
1:27.8	about kind of Christmas culture. So we thought it was a perfect episode to let you hear. So she also
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