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🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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At the plant-based burger chain Slutty Vegan, Pinky Cole is flipping the script on vegan food with bold style. In conversation with host of "TED Radio Hour" Manoush Zomorodi, she shares the highs and lows of her entrepreneurial journey, from her roots in Baltimore to the grease fire that took her first storefront in Harlem. Learn more about the authenticity, resilience and community that went into building a multimillion-dollar vegan food empire.

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0:00.0	Hey, TED Health listeners. This week I'm sharing an episode from TED Talks Daily.
0:05.5	Entrepreneur Pinky Cole and host of TED Radio Hour, Manus Shemroti,
0:10.3	chats about Pinky's journey and leading a plant-based burger chain,
0:14.2	why she's slipping the script on veganism, and the highs and lows of being an entrepreneur.
0:19.7	If you enjoy this episode,
0:21.4	check out more from Pinky and Manusche
0:23.2	on TED Talks Daily, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:26.9	And now, on to the episode.
0:33.1	You're listening to TED Talks Daily,
0:35.1	where we bring you new ideas and conversations
0:37.3	to spark
0:37.9	your curiosity every day.
0:39.9	I'm your host, Elise Hu.
0:41.9	Every day, more and more people are talking about climate change.
0:45.2	At the same time, it seems that every day, more and more people don't want to hear about
0:50.0	climate change.
0:51.3	I get it.
0:52.0	It's overwhelming.
0:53.4	But restaurateur Pinky Cole, owner of
0:55.8	slutty vegan in Atlanta, Georgia, might be serving up a solution. In a conversation with
1:01.5	TED Radio Hour host, Manus Shomerode, Pinky shares how great food and hospitality sets the
1:07.0	table for the harder conversations we need to keep having.
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