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Cult Liter with Spencer Henry

Bad Vegan Part 2 (Finale)

Cult Liter with Spencer Henry

Spencer Henry | Morbid Network

True Crime, Exhibit C, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.9 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re discussing the absolute insanity behind the “bad vegan” saga. Trust me, you’ll be sat with your popcorn or raw carrot corn or whatever.  Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com/@cultliter Call the Hotline: 747-322-0273 Buy my book: prh.com/obitchuary   Merch! Merch! Merch!: wonderyshop.com/cultliter Come see me on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com  Write me: [email protected] Spencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807  Follow along online: instagram.com/cultliterpodcast instagram.com/spencerhenry Join our patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter Check out my other show OBITCHUARY wherever you’re listening now!  Sources: Netflix–Bad Vegan https://www.sarmaraw.com/writing/2022/4/5/bad-vegan-is-not-a-documentary https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fugitive-restaurateur-who-championed-raw-food-caught-charged/ https://www.brooklynda.org/2016/05/12/owner-of-vegan-food-business-and-her-husband-indicted-for-allegedly-stealing-from-employees-defrauding-investors-not-paying-taxes/ https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/03/sarma-melngailis-vegan-fugitive-defense https://people.com/bad-vegan-sarma-melngailis-reveals-autism-diagnosis-exclusive-8597817 https://nypost.com/2025/07/13/lifestyle/bad-vegan-sarma-melngailis-claims-her-ex-ruined-her-life/ https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/11/how-sarma-melngailis-became-a-runaway-fugitive https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/03/sarma-melngailis-netflixs-bad-vegan-stares-down-her-past-and-future

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to a Morbid Network podcast. Hello and welcome back to cold leader.

0:40.6

I'm your cult leader, Spencer Henry, and we're back with more drama from last week.

0:44.7

So grab your favorite dairy-free raw snack and sit back as we unpack the rest of this absolute mess, this bad vegan story.

0:53.4

Okay?

0:53.7

It's been a full week since we covered this.

0:55.4

So here's a little quick recap to just get us back into the story. This last time, we covered

1:01.4

how this cute, blonde vegan babe named Sarma left her Wall Street career behind to become a chef,

1:08.2

okay? A very hallmark movie move, All right, I'm just going to,

1:11.2

I'm just going to change things up, but she didn't go to a small town, okay? She was in New York

1:14.6

City. In the early 2000s, she and her chef husband opened up this raw vegan restaurant in

1:20.3

New York with the help of investors. And the place was an instant hit, packed every night with

1:25.4

celebs, socialites, even fucking presidents. Okay, this is a big

1:29.9

deal. It's the place to go. But by 2009, Sarma and Matthew were ready to go their separate ways,

1:36.2

and with help from her investors, she ended up as the sole owner of this insanely busy and thriving

1:42.6

restaurant. The pressure was fucking on to run this thing solo for the first time.

1:48.0

But staff, investors, regulars, they all loved Sarma, and she loved them back.

1:52.6

Everyone loved the restaurant, including Alec Baldwin, who ended up leading Sarma to her soulmate dog.

1:58.5

A little pity, she named Leon.

2:00.6

And then Alec and Leon somehow cosmically led Sarma to her soulmate dog. A little pity she named Leon. And then Alec and Leon somehow cosmically

2:04.2

led Sarma to the new main squeeze in her life via Twitter, a mysterious high roller and wannabe

2:10.4

Twitter comedian named Shane Fox. Please. Okay, soon after, a confusing whirlwind IRL meetup

2:17.2

spiraled into a secret and bizarre quickie marriage,

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