#288 – Sarma Melngailis: Bad Vegan
Sarma Melngailis is a chef and restauranteur who was the subject of the Netflix documentary Bad Vegan: Fame, Fraud, Fugitives. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) - Introduction
(07:44) - Childhood
(12:46) - Films
(23:17) - Gifts
(32:20) - Favorite food creations
(38:31) - Leon: The Pitbull
(50:39) - Bad Vegan
(1:02:41) - Abusive relationship
(1:07:24) - Remorse for employees
(1:13:19) - Sociopathy
(1:23:44) - How Sarma met Anthony Strangis
(1:45:43) - Retrospection
(1:58:24) - Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
(2:06:17) - Is Anthony Strangis a sociopath?
(2:10:24) - What Bad Vegan got wrong
(2:27:40) - Darkest personal discovery
(2:38:22) - Road trip from hell
(2:45:36) - Wild stories
(2:54:33) - Prison
(3:04:13) - Ghislaine Maxwell
(3:19:44) - Running restaurants
(3:33:26) - Last meal
(3:37:50) - Relationships
(3:47:02) - Advice for young people
(3:52:16) - Regrets
(3:56:01) - Mortality
(4:12:04) - Love