#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
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https://sarmaraw.com Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (book):
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Confessions of a Sociopath (book): https://amzn.to/3sM39Ys On Love
(book): https://amzn.to/3sS3Orj Dear Reader (book):
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https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for
the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (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