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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