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Adopting a Pit Bull
"I got weirdly obsessed with Leon before he was Leon," says Anthony Strangers star. "There's something very special about him" The actor met Alec Baldwin on Twitter and then in real life after adopting a pit bull named Leon from the local animal shelter.
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
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