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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EPISODE LINKS:
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Sarma’s Website: https://sarmaraw.com
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (book): https://amzn.to/3G9pMvs
Party of One (book): https://amzn.to/3NtcH2n
Beautiful Ruins (book): https://amzn.to/38Cfgkc
Darkness Visible (book): https://amzn.to/3tdxoYL
Projections (book): https://amzn.to/38DrRDJ
Confessions of a Sociopath (book): https://amzn.to/3sM39Ys
On Love (book): https://amzn.to/3sS3Orj
Dear Reader (book): https://amzn.to/39JPE4M
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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
1:30 – Childhood
6:33 – Films
17:03 – Gifts
26:07 – Favorite food creations
32:18 – Leon: The Pitbull
44:26 – Bad Vegan
56:27 – Abusive relationship
1:01:10 – Remorse for employees
1:07:05 – Sociopathy
1:17:30 – How Sarma met Anthony Strangis
1:39:29 – Retrospection
1:52:11 – Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
2:00:04 – Is Anthony Strangis a sociopath?
2:04:11 – What Bad Vegan got wrong
2:21:26 – Darkest personal discovery
2:32:08 – Road trip from hell
2:39:23 – Wild stories
2:48:20 – Prison
2:58:00 – Ghislaine Maxwell
3:13:31 – Running restaurants
3:27:13 – Last meal
3:31:36 – Relationships
3:40:48 – Advice for young people
3:46:03 – Regrets
3:49:48 – Mortality
4:05:51 – Love
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