Ep. 179: Dominick Thompson - Eat What Elephants Eat
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2023
⏱️ 127 minutes
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Summary
We're honored to introduce you to a fellow kale-loving athlete, Dominick Thompson.
Imagine growing up poor in Chicago’s west side, witnessing your first murder at age 5, doing whatever it takes to protect yourself and provide for your family, and going to prison at age 21 – all while still excelling in school, athletics, and work.
It’s a background that is so different from most, but such an important story to tell because, to understand Dom now, you simply have to look back on his past.
Today, Dom is a beautiful humble soul who defies every stereotype we have of a “tough guy.”
He’s an activist, bodybuilder, endurance athlete, dog dad, and social entrepreneur, known for his businesses, Eat What Elephants Eat and Crazies and Weirdos. It’s even more fascinating to learn that Dom went vegan during his first week of prison. Unbelievable.
He had a spiritual epiphany and the decision to stop eating animals completely transformed his life.
His mantra? “If it requires harm, then nahhh.”
Today, he gives us a riveting look at his past and discusses that spiritual shift that informs his present-day work as an activist and social entrepreneur.
“When you eradicate harm from your life, the universe has your back,” he says. We couldn’t agree more.
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| 0:00.0 | Everything that I decided to do could I stop eating meat in prison 22 years ago. |
| 0:06.8 | My whole life would have started ascending because I felt like the universe had my back |
| 0:12.0 | and it just kept protecting me and kept opening one door at their end other for me. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm Rep. Alcestan and welcome to the Plan Strong podcast. The mission at |
| 0:23.4 | Plan Strong is to further the advancement of all things within the plant-based |
| 0:28.6 | movement. We advocate for the scientifically proven benefits of plant-based living |
| 0:33.6 | and envision a world that universally understands, promotes and prescribes |
| 0:39.1 | plants as a solution to empowering your health, enhancing your |
| 0:43.8 | performance, restoring the environment, and becoming better guardians to the |
| 0:48.7 | animals we share this planet with. We welcome you wherever you are on your |
| 0:53.3 | Plan Strong journey and I hope that you enjoy this show. One of the best things |
| 0:59.6 | about hosting the Plan Strong podcast is getting the opportunity to meet |
| 1:03.9 | people that I otherwise would never have the opportunity to connect with and |
| 1:09.3 | not only connect with them but really connect with them on a very very deep |
| 1:14.1 | and very personal level. Today I'm honored to introduce you to a fellow |
| 1:21.1 | kale crunching soul, Dom Thompson. Imagine growing up poor in Chicago's West |
| 1:29.4 | side witnessing your first murder at age five and having this mindset that |
| 1:36.4 | you're willing to do whatever it takes to protect yourself and to provide for |
| 1:41.3 | your family. Going to prison at age 21 all while still excelling in school |
| 1:48.3 | athletics and work and it is a background that is so vastly different from the |
| 1:55.3 | one how I was raised but it is a super important story to tell because to |
| 2:00.7 | understand Dom Thompson today you simply have to look back on his past and I |
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