meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Proof with Simon Hill

Adopting a Positive Mental Attitude | John Joseph

The Proof with Simon Hill

Simon Hill

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Education

4.92.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2018

⏱️ 142 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Episode #40 is certainly not for the faint hearted. Legendary punk rocker, author, and plant-powered athlete John Joseph takes us through his life and what it was like to grow up in Manhattan in the 60s, 70s and 80s with no money and little family support while being surrounded by some truly bad influences. If you don’t like swearing or you have young kids listening, this is not the episode for you. John grew up in some crazy times and did some crazy things to basically stay alive. But despite the colourful language, John has an extremely powerful message; one thing that stood out to me from our conversation was ‘it’s not what happens to someone in life…it’s what they do about it’. In our conversation, John shared the trouble he got into as a teenager and how drugs impacted his life, what the punk rock scene was like and how he got there, and why he switched to a plant-based diet. He also talked about being on the run from the police, joining the Hare Krishnas, his time in the navy, and the work he’s doing with correctional facilities and inmates. For more from John, check out his memoir and his other two books (Meat is for Pussies and The PMA effect). Enjoy, friends. Simon Want to support the show? The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. Simon Hill, Msc, Bsc (Hons) Creator of theproof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill Author of The Proof is in the Plants Watch the episodes on YouTube, or Listen on Apple/Spotify Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Download my complimentary two week meal plan and high protein plant performance recipe book

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Quick one. My team tells me we actually have very few reviews relative to the weekly audience

0:07.4

numbers. This is no doubt my fault, as I've always felt a little weird about asking you

0:12.2

to do something for me. But clearly, if you don't ask, you don't get. So if you're enjoying

0:17.6

the show, if it's providing you value, please take 30 seconds and leave a review on Apple

0:22.6

or Spotify. In doing so, you'll help the show rank higher, which means we can continue

0:27.5

to attract the brightest and most trustworthy people in science. My team and I have big

0:32.3

plans for the show where we want to be in 24 months and we need your help to make this

0:36.7

possible.

0:37.7

I'm driving through the fucking desert with a car, doing 90 on the way to Palm Springs

0:46.6

and I got pulled over by a cop and I said, that's it. The cop comes and he's like licensed

0:52.0

in registration and I'm sitting and I'm thinking, you know, should I attack him? I'm not

0:57.0

going to ask you again. Put your hands where I can see them. And he had his hands on the

1:02.4

open window and I saw a fucking boats inmate tattoo, whole number of the destroyer and he

1:09.5

was a shell back, which many crossed the equator. So I go, I go, what year did you cross the

1:14.8

equator, boats? And he's like, you a Navy man. And we just started talking all this Navy

1:20.1

shit. He's like, oh, hell, I can't give no Navy man a fucking ticket. Let's me go. Had

1:25.4

he run that fucking Venn number, again, I wouldn't be sitting here telling you this shit.

1:32.0

That's John Joseph and this is the proof podcast.

1:40.6

Hello, plant friends. Happy to join you again today for another conversation and episode

1:54.8

of the Plant Proof Podcast for regular listeners. Welcome back. Glad you're enjoying the show.

2:00.8

For new listeners, my name is Simon Hill and I'm the creator of Plant Proof.com and the

2:05.8

Plant Proof Podcast. It's absolutely awesome to have you here with us today. I created

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Simon Hill, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Simon Hill and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.