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Sarma’s Website: <a href="https://sarmaraw.com">https://sarmaraw.com</a><br />
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (book): <a href="https://amzn.to/3G9pMvs">https://amzn.to/3G9pMvs</a><br />
Party of One (book): <a href="https://amzn.to/3NtcH2n">https://amzn.to/3NtcH2n</a><br />
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Darkness Visible (book): <a href="https://amzn.to/3tdxoYL">https://amzn.to/3tdxoYL</a><br />
Projections (book): <a href="https://amzn.to/38DrRDJ">https://amzn.to/38DrRDJ</a><br />
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On Love (book): <a href="https://amzn.to/3sS3Orj">https://amzn.to/3sS3Orj</a><br />
Dear Reader (book): <a href="https://amzn.to/39JPE4M">https://amzn.to/39JPE4M</a></p>
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.<br />
(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(07:44) – Childhood<br />
(12:46) – Films<br />
(23:17) – Gifts<br />
(32:20) – Favorite food creations<br />
(38:31) – Leon: The Pitbull<br />
(50:39) – Bad Vegan<br />
(1:02:41) – Abusive relationship<br />
(1:07:24) – Remorse for employees<br />
(1:13:19) – Sociopathy<br />
(1:23:44) – How Sarma met Anthony Strangis<br />
(1:45:43) – Retrospection<br />
(1:58:24) – Johnny Depp and Amber Heard<br />
(2:06:17) – Is Anthony Strangis a sociopath?<br />
(2:10:24) – What Bad Vegan got wrong<br />
(2:27:40) – Darkest personal discovery<br />
(2:38:22) – Road trip from hell<br />
(2:45:36) – Wild stories<br />
(2:54:33) – Prison<br />
(3:04:13) – Ghislaine Maxwell<br />
(3:19:44) – Running restaurants<br />
(3:33:26) – Last meal<br />
(3:37:50) – Relationships<br />
(3:47:02) – Advice for young people<br />
(3:52:16) – Regrets<br />
(3:56:01) – Mortality<br />
(4:12:04) – Love</p>