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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:
  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

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